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Sunday 21 November 2004PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Casey and Donald win WGC-World Cup
Real Club de Golf de Sevilla, Seville, Spain · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 November 2004 · purse $4,000,000 USD
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
9 h 46 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 32° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Sergio Garcia & Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain) ESP · 258started the final round a stroke ahead of England but Garcia hit his approach into the water at the par-5 16th and missed a 5-foot par putt; Jimenez's birdie at 18 left England needing Casey's 4-footer to win by one Casey's putter helps England edge Spain (ESPN.com news services, 21 Nov 2004; Wayback Machine copy, page dead)
24 started, 24 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
WGC-World Cup
Real Club de Golf de Sevilla, Real Club de Golf de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
3 of 5 researched
Winner
Paul Casey and Luke Donald
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
21 November 2004
I'm very happy with the way I've handled myself this week. I've been very professional. I've not enjoyed what's happened early in the week, and this is a nice way to finish it.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
21 November 2004
Yeah, I got a text just the other day, just yesterday saying, "A year ago tomorrow, 15 men came back with the World Cup." A good friend of mine texted me that
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
21 November 2004
I got clapped for repairing one of their pitchmarks which I thought was nice.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
21 November 2004
I'm more disappointed with the putt that I missed on 16 than the actual second shot, because the second shot you can do that, but I missed that putt after hitting that shot.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England (Luke Donald & Paul Casey) | 61 · 64 · 68 · 64 | 257 | −31 |
| 2 | Spain (Miguel Angel Jimenez & Sergio Garcia) | 63 · 68 · 61 · 66 | 258 | −30 |
| 3 | Ireland (Padraig Harrington & Paul McGinley) | 60 · 71 · 64 · 65 | 260 | −28 |
| 4 | South Africa (Rory Sabbatini & Trevor Immelman) | 66 · 65 · 64 · 68 | 263 | −25 |
| T5 | Austria (Martin Wiegele & Markus Brier) | 60 · 70 · 68 · 67 | 265 | −23 |
| T5 | Netherlands (Robert-Jan Derksen & Maarten Lafeber) | 65 · 69 · 63 · 68 | 265 | −23 |
| T7 | Germany (Kariem Baraka & Marcel Siem) | 64 · 69 · 66 · 68 | 267 | −21 |
| T7 | Sweden (Joakim Haeggman & Fredrik Jacobson) | 64 · 67 · 64 · 72 | 267 | −21 |
| T7 | United States (Scott Verplank & Bob Tway) | 64 · 67 · 64 · 72 | 267 | −21 |
| T10 | Australia (Stephen Leaney & Nick O'Hern) | 64 · 68 · 65 · 72 | 269 | −19 |
| T10 | Japan (Shigeki Maruyama & Hidemichi Tanaka) | 62 · 69 · 65 · 73 | 269 | −19 |
| T10 | South Korea (Kim Dae-sub & Shin Yong-jin) | 65 · 70 · 64 · 70 | 269 | −19 |
| T10 | Wales (Phillip Price & Bradley Dredge) | 65 · 69 · 64 · 71 | 269 | −19 |
The golfer
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What’s in the bag
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