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Sunday 30 May 2004European TourYear in Review
Drummond wins Volvo PGA Championship
Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, England · Thursday 27 to Sunday 30 May 2004 · Scott Drummond’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse €3,750,000 EUR · Volvo
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 02 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R116°/8°C · wind 13 km/h E, gusts 31 · 0.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/7°C · wind 17 km/h SE, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/13°C · wind 21 km/h S, gusts 39 · 1.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R418°/11°C · wind 14 km/h WSW, gusts 35 · 1.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Ángel Cabrera ARG · 271Led by one going into the final day and eagled the 4th and 12th, but his closing 67 was beaten by Drummond's 64; his putt at the last finished just short. Surprise victory for Scott Drummond - Golf Today (Wayback Machine copy)
156 started · cut E, 73 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
Volvo PGA Championship
Wentworth Club (West Course), Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, England
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Scott Drummond
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today
30 May 2004
I stuck rigidly to that even on the 18th and it was only by the crowd's reaction I knew I'd won.
ESPN (AP)
30 May 2004
I really can't comprehend it at the moment
BBC Sport
30 May 2004
I felt relaxed, I didn't look at the leaderboard at all
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Drummond | 66 · 71 · 68 · 64 | 269 | −19 |
| 2 | Ángel Cabrera | 67 · 69 · 68 · 67 | 271 | −17 |
| 3 | Joakim Haeggman | 68 · 67 · 70 · 67 | 272 | −16 |
| T4 | Darren Clarke | 68 · 67 · 71 · 67 | 273 | −15 |
| T4 | Nick Faldo | 70 · 69 · 68 · 66 | 273 | −15 |
| T4 | Anders Hansen | 67 · 69 · 73 · 64 | 273 | −15 |
| 7 | Ernie Els | 64 · 71 · 72 · 68 | 275 | −13 |
| T8 | Darren Fichardt | 68 · 69 · 68 · 71 | 276 | −12 |
| T8 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez | 65 · 74 · 70 · 67 | 276 | −12 |
| T8 | Thomas Levet | 72 · 66 · 70 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1974-05-29, Shrewsbury, England; SCO; turned pro 1996; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 1; world No. 434 that week (OWGR rankBefore (week 22, 2004) from OWGR player profile events table (BBC Sport and Golf Today say world No. 435)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet