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Sunday 22 August 2004PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review

Cink wins WGC-NEC Invitational

Firestone Country Club (South Course), Akron, Ohio · Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 August 2004 · Stewart Cink’s win no. 4 on the PGA Tour · purse $7,000,000 USD · NEC

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 18 m

of daylight on the final day, the sun 60° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).

  1. R123°/19°C · wind 15 km/h SW, gusts 44 · 18.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R221°/17°C · wind 11 km/h NW, gusts 43 · 23.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R321°/12°C · wind 16 km/h NNW, gusts 34 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. R424°/9°C · wind 12 km/h S, gusts 24 · 0 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

76 started, 75 made it

Same week

PGA Tour event

WGC-NEC Invitational

Firestone Country Club (South Course), Firestone Country Club (South Course), Akron, Ohio

4 of 5 researched

Winner

Stewart Cink

269Total
−11To par
4 strokesMargin

Runner-up not yet researched.

From the papers

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

I can be a front runner like anybody else and I can polish it off.

Stewart Cink, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 22 August 2004. The report

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

Fast greens and nervous golfers don't really mix too well

Stewart Cink, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 22 August 2004. The report

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

Personally I don't think there's any five stroke lead on any golf course, let alone this one.

Rory Sabbatini, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 22 August 2004. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Stewart Cink63 · 68 · 68 · 70269−11
T2Rory Sabbatini68 · 66 · 71 · 68273−7
T2Tiger Woods68 · 66 · 70 · 69273−7
T4Davis Love III68 · 68 · 72 · 66274−6
T4Ángel Cabrera69 · 70 · 67 · 68274−6
T6Bob Tway67 · 73 · 67 · 68275−5
T6Chris DiMarco68 · 69 · 67 · 71275−5
T6David Toms69 · 66 · 69 · 71275−5
T9Alex Cejka72 · 67 · 71 · 66276−4
T9Stuart Appleby69 · 70 · 69 · 68276−4
T9Robert Allenby71 · 67 · 69 · 69276−4
T9Lee Westwood69 · 69 · 69 · 69276−4
T9Charles Howell III71 · 67 · 68 · 70276−4
The golfer

born 1973-05-21, Huntsville, Alabama; USA; turned pro 1995; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 4; majors to date: 0; world No. 24 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).

Source

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