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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).
- R123°/19°C · wind 15 km/h SW, gusts 44 · 18.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R221°/17°C · wind 11 km/h NW, gusts 43 · 23.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/12°C · wind 16 km/h NNW, gusts 34 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- 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
- Rory Sabbatini RSA · 273the only chaser to make a real move, he closed to within two with a birdie at the 14th, then missed a nine-footer for par at the par-3 15th and got no closer Golf Today: Cink claims four stroke victory (NEC Invitational 2004 round 4 report, Wayback Machine copy)
- Tiger Woods USA · 273started the final round five behind and shot 69 but never threatened; his first runner-up finish of the year, and he kept the No. 1 ranking Golf Today: Cink claims four stroke victory (NEC Invitational 2004 round 4 report, Wayback Machine copy)
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
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
22 August 2004
I can be a front runner like anybody else and I can polish it off.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
22 August 2004
Fast greens and nervous golfers don't really mix too well
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
22 August 2004
Personally I don't think there's any five stroke lead on any golf course, let alone this one.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stewart Cink | 63 · 68 · 68 · 70 | 269 | −11 |
| T2 | Rory Sabbatini | 68 · 66 · 71 · 68 | 273 | −7 |
| T2 | Tiger Woods | 68 · 66 · 70 · 69 | 273 | −7 |
| T4 | Davis Love III | 68 · 68 · 72 · 66 | 274 | −6 |
| T4 | Ángel Cabrera | 69 · 70 · 67 · 68 | 274 | −6 |
| T6 | Bob Tway | 67 · 73 · 67 · 68 | 275 | −5 |
| T6 | Chris DiMarco | 68 · 69 · 67 · 71 | 275 | −5 |
| T6 | David Toms | 69 · 66 · 69 · 71 | 275 | −5 |
| T9 | Alex Cejka | 72 · 67 · 71 · 66 | 276 | −4 |
| T9 | Stuart Appleby | 69 · 70 · 69 · 68 | 276 | −4 |
| T9 | Robert Allenby | 71 · 67 · 69 · 69 | 276 | −4 |
| T9 | Lee Westwood | 69 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 276 | −4 |
| T9 | Charles Howell III | 71 · 67 · 68 · 70 | 276 | −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).
What’s in the bag
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