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Sunday 9 May 2004PGA TourYear in Review
Sindelar wins Wachovia Championship
Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, North Carolina · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 May 2004 · Joey Sindelar’s win no. 7 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,600,000 USD · Wachovia
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 43 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 72° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R130°/14°C · wind 9 km/h WNW, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R232°/15°C · wind 8 km/h W, gusts 22 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R331°/17°C · wind 14 km/h ENE, gusts 32 · 1.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/17°C · wind 14 km/h SSE, gusts 26 · 0.5 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
- Arron Oberholser USA · 277led by one entering the final round and by two after an eagle at the 15th, bogeyed the 16th and 17th to fall into a tie, then bogeyed the second playoff hole from a bunker Golf Today: Sindelar wins again after 14 year wait - Wachovia Championship 2004 (Wayback Machine copy)
156 started, 72 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Wachovia Championship
Quail Hollow Club, Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, North Carolina
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Joey Sindelar
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Joey Sindelar interview, 2004-05-09 (ASAP Sports)
9 May 2004
they think those trophies in my case are replicas, things I picked up in a local sporting goods store to fool them. Now we have a real one to show them.
Joey Sindelar interview, 2004-05-09 (ASAP Sports)
9 May 2004
It took me two years and 30,000 chips just to get so I felt like I could chip it on the green like a pro off from a good lie.
Arron Oberholser interview, 2004-05-09 (ASAP Sports)
9 May 2004
I thought it was in the water and I thought the tournament was over at that point.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joey Sindelar | 69 · 69 · 70 · 69 | 277 | −11 |
| 2 | Arron Oberholser | 69 · 68 · 68 · 72 | 277 | −11 |
| T3 | Tiger Woods | 69 · 66 · 75 · 68 | 278 | −10 |
| T3 | Carlos Franco | 68 · 71 · 69 · 70 | 278 | −10 |
| T5 | Phil Mickelson | 70 · 70 · 72 · 67 | 279 | −9 |
| T5 | Steve Flesch | 72 · 72 · 66 · 69 | 279 | −9 |
| T5 | Jeff Maggert | 71 · 69 · 67 · 72 | 279 | −9 |
| T5 | Notah Begay III | 67 · 70 · 69 · 73 | 279 | −9 |
| 9 | Mathias Gronberg | 69 · 71 · 71 · 69 | 280 | −8 |
| T10 | Lucas Glover | 74 · 70 · 68 · 69 | 281 | −7 |
| T10 | Kevin Sutherland | 71 · 68 · 71 · 71 | 281 | −7 |
| T10 | Heath Slocum | 67 · 75 · 67 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
| T10 | Vijay Singh | 68 · 70 · 71 · 72 | 281 | −7 |
| T10 | Geoff Ogilvy | 69 · 71 · 66 · 75 | 281 | −7 |
The golfer
born 1958-03-30, Fort Knox, Kentucky, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1981; age 46 that week; tour wins to date: 7; world No. 222 that week (OWGR rankBefore for 'Wachovia Championship' (week 19/2004), OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet