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Sunday 9 January 2005PGA TourYear in Review
Appleby wins Mercedes Championships
Plantation Course at Kapalua, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii · Thursday 6 to Sunday 9 January 2005 · Stuart Appleby’s win no. 6 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,300,000 USD · Mercedes
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 48 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 47° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/20°C · wind 22 km/h NNE, gusts 34 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/21°C · wind 23 km/h NE, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/21°C · wind 19 km/h ENE, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/20°C · wind 30 km/h SSW, gusts 39 · 82.5 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
- Jonathan Kaye USA · 272Chipped in for eagle from 35 yards at the ninth and briefly led, then bogeyed the 12th; needing a birdie at the 18th to force a playoff, his pitch into the green left him far short Australia's Appleby makes it 2 in a row (Ann Miller, The Honolulu Advertiser staff, 2005-01-10)
, 31 made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
PGA Tour event
Mercedes Championships
Kapalua Resort (Plantation Course), Plantation Course at Kapalua, Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Stuart Appleby
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Australia's Appleby makes it 2 in a row (Ann Miller, The Honolulu Advertiser staff, 2005-01-10)
9 January 2005
Golf is a simple game that's made very complicated through a lot of thought processes and actions. You've really got to simplify it and keep it simple.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
9 January 2005
I guess in racing terms, I stumbled out of the gates and was last, almost.
Australia's Appleby makes it 2 in a row (Ann Miller, The Honolulu Advertiser staff, 2005-01-10)
9 January 2005
If I had it to do over again, I'd fly it all the way to the hole and, worse comes to worse, you've got an 8- or 10-footer. That's better than 45 feet.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stuart Appleby | 74 · 64 · 66 · 67 | 271 | −21 |
| 2 | Jonathan Kaye | 68 · 67 · 66 · 71 | 272 | −20 |
| T3 | Tiger Woods | 68 · 68 · 69 · 68 | 273 | −19 |
| T3 | Ernie Els | 69 · 65 · 68 · 71 | 273 | −19 |
| T5 | Adam Scott | 69 · 72 · 68 · 65 | 274 | −18 |
| T5 | Stewart Cink | 68 · 68 · 67 · 71 | 274 | −18 |
| T5 | Vijay Singh | 66 · 65 · 69 · 74 | 274 | −18 |
| T8 | David Toms | 71 · 67 · 70 · 68 | 276 | −16 |
| T8 | Vaughn Taylor | 69 · 69 · 68 · 70 | 276 | −16 |
| T10 | Sergio Garcia | 68 · 67 · 73 · 70 | 278 | −14 |
| T10 | Craig Parry | 67 · 72 · 68 · 71 | 278 | −14 |
The golfer
born 1971-05-01, Cohuna, Victoria, Australia; AUS; turned pro 1992; age 33 that week; tour wins to date: 6; world No. 14 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by the OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet