2004 Open Championship

November 2020 August 2013 2004 Open Championship 15–18 July 2004 Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland Royal Troon Golf Club,Old Course European TourPGA TourJapan Golf Tour 71 7175 yd 156 players, 73 after cut 145 (+3) £4,000,000€6,001,690$7,490,400 £720,000€1,078,430$1,348,272 USA Todd Hamilton 274 (−10), playoff 2003 2005 UK Scotland 1 Troon 55.532 -4.651 Location in Scotland 240 Scotland South Ayrshire Troon 55.532 -4.651 Location in South Ayrshire, Scotland 240 The 2004 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 133rd Open Championship, held from 15 to 18 July at the Old Course of Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland. Todd Hamilton won his only major championship, defeating 2002 champion Ernie Els by a stroke in a four-hole playoff.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NakkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FHEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5720%2C6253201 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Ferguson Doug Associated Press Unlikely winner captures British 19 July 2004 C-1 Phil Mickelson finished third, followed by Lee Westwood in fourth.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=T91WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jusDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4364%2C4645232 Eugene Register-Guard (Los Angeles Times) Bonk Thomas Hamilton's journey ends with major conquest 19 July 2004 E1 Hamilton was the sixth consecutive American to win at Royal Troon.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1032523/index.htm https://archive.today/20130119133548/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1032523/index.htm dead 19 January 2013 Sports Illustrated A horse for the gorse Bamberger Michael 26 July 2004 23 July 2013 History of The Open Championship at Royal Troon Royal Troon first hosted The Open Championship in 1923 and the 2004 Open was its eighth. Royal Troon's list of champions includes Arthur Havers (1923), 4-time Open winner Bobby Locke (1950), 7-time major winner Arnold Palmer (1962), Tom Weiskopf (1973), 5-time Open champion Tom Watson (1982), Mark Calcavecchia (1989), and Justin Leonard (1997). Course Royal Troon Golf ClubOld Coursehttp://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/071404/spg_16091894.shtml The holes of Royal Troon The Florida Times-Union 14 July 2004 17 July 2012 HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1Seal3704 10Sandhills43842Black Rock391411The Railway49043Gyaws379412The Fox43144Dunure560513Burmah47245Greenan210314Alton17836Turnberry601515Crosbie48347Tel-el-Kebir405416Well54258Postage Stamp123317Rabbit22239The Monk423418Craigend4574Out3,46236In3,71335 Total7,17571 Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950):http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 25, 203 2 July 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx 18 April 2012 1997: 7079 yd, par 71 1989: 7097 yd, par 72 1982: 7067 yd, par 72 2em 1973: 7064 yd, par 72 1962: 7045 yd, par 72 1950: 6583 yd, par 70 Opens from 1962 through 1989 played the 11th hole as a par-5. Field 1. Top 10 and ties from the 2003 Open Championship Thomas Bjørn (3,4), Ben Curtis (2,3), Brian Davis (4), Gary Evans, Nick Faldo (2), Sergio García (3), Retief Goosen (3,4,9,13,17), Freddie Jacobson (3,4), Davis Love III (3,12,13,17), Hennie Otto, Kenny Perry (3,13,17), Phillip Price (4), Vijay Singh (3,10,13,17), Tiger Woods (2,3,9,10,11,13,17) 2. Past Open Champions aged 65 or under on 18 July 2004 Mark Calcavecchia, John Daly, Ernie Els (3,4,13,17), Paul Lawrie, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard (3,13,17), Sandy Lyle, Greg Norman, Mark O'Meara, Nick Price (3,13,17), Tom Weiskopf David Duval and Tom Watson (26) withdrew. Ian Baker-Finch, Seve Ballesteros, Tony Jacklin, Johnny Miller, Jack Nicklaus, Bill Rogers, and Lee Trevino did not enter. 3. The first 50 players on the OWGR on 27 May 2004 Robert Allenby (17), Stephen Ames, Stuart Appleby (13,17), Chad Campbell (13), Paul Casey (4), K. J. Choi (17), Stewart Cink, Darren Clarke (4), Chris DiMarco (13,17), Brad Faxon (13), Steve Flesch, Jim Furyk (9,13,17), Jay Haas (13,17), Todd Hamilton (23), Pádraig Harrington (4), Charles Howell III (13,17), John Huston, Trevor Immelman (4), Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Zach Johnson, Jonathan Kaye (13), Jerry Kelly (17), Stephen Leaney (4,17), Peter Lonard (4,17,19), Shigeki Maruyama, Shaun Micheel (11), Phil Mickelson (10,17), Craig Parry, Ian Poulter (4), Chris Riley, Adam Scott (4,12,17), David Toms (11,13,17), Bob Tway (13,21), Scott Verplank (13), Mike Weir (10,13,17) Fred Couples, Scott Hoch, and Kirk Triplett did not play. 4. Top 20 in the final 2003 European Tour Order of Merit Michael Campbell, Alastair Forsyth, Ignacio Garrido (5), David Howell, Raphaël Jacquelin, Lee Westwood 5. The Volvo PGA Championship winners for 2002–04 Scott Drummond, Anders Hansen 6. First 3 players, not exempt, in the top 20 of the 2004 European Tour Order of Merit as of 27 May Joakim Haeggman, Barry Lane, Graeme McDowell 7. First 2 European Tour members, not exempt, in a cumulative money list taken from all official European Tour events from the Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe up to and including the European Open and including the U.S. Open Richard Green, Jean-François Remésy 8. The leading player, not exempt having applied (7) above, in each of the 2004 European Open and the 2004 Scottish Open Thomas Levet, Peter O'Malley 9. The U.S. Open Champions for 2000–04 10. The Masters Champions for 2000–04 11. The PGA Champions for 1999–2003 Rich Beem 12. The Players Champions for 2002–04 Craig Perks 13. Top 20 in the final 2003 PGA Tour Official Money List 14. First 3 players, not exempt, in the top 20 of the 2004 PGA Tour Official Money List as of 27 May 15. First 2 PGA Tour members, not exempt, in a cumulative money list taken from the 2004 Players Championship and the five PGA Tour events leading up to and including the 2004 Western Open Frank Lickliter, Rory Sabbatini 16. The leading player, not exempt having applied (15) above, in each of the 2004 Western Open and the 2004 John Deere Classic Steve Lowery Mark Hensby did not play. 17. Playing members of the 2003 Presidents Cup teams Tim Clark Fred Funk did not play. 18. Winner of the 2003 Asian PGA Tour Order of Merit Arjun Atwal 19. Top 2 from the 2003 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit Andre Stolz did not play. 20. Winner of the 2003–04 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit Darren Fichardt 21. The 2003 Canadian Open Champion 22. The 2003 Japan Open Champion Keiichiro Fukabori 23. Top 3 from the 2003 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit Tetsuji Hiratsuka Toshimitsu Izawa did not play. 24. The leading player, not exempt, in the 2004 Mizuno Open Hiroaki Iijima did not play. 25. First 4, not exempt having applied (24) above, in a cumulative money list taken from all official Japan Golf Tour events from the 2004 Japan PGA Championship up to and including the 2004 Mizuno Open Dinesh Chand, Hidemasa Hoshino, Hur Suk-ho, Takashi Kamiyama 26. The 2003 Senior British Open Champion 27. The 2004 Amateur Champion Stuart Wilson (a) 28. The 2003 U.S. Amateur Champion Nick Flanagan (a) 29. The 2003 European Amateur Champion Brian McElhinney (a) International Final Qualifying Africa – James Kingston, Grant Muller, Louis Oosthuizen, Tjaart van der Walt Australasia – Andrew Buckle, Matthew Hazelden, Brendan Jones, Adam Le Vesconte, Paul Sheehan Asia – Scott Barr, Kim Felton, Jyoti Randhawa, Yoshinobu Tsukada America – Aaron Baddeley, Cameron Beckman, Glen Day, Luke Donald, Bob Estes, Mathew Goggin, Mathias Grönberg, Tim Herron, Skip Kendall, Hunter Mahan, Spike McRoy, Rod Pampling, Carl Pettersson, Bo Van Pelt Steve Elkington qualified but withdrew prior to the tournament. Europe – Paul Broadhurst, Christian Cévaër, Nicolas Colsaerts, Gary Emerson, Klas Eriksson, Kenneth Ferrie, Mark Foster, Peter Hedblom, Maarten Lafeber, Euan Little, Paul McGinley, Colin Montgomerie, Mårten Olander, Eduardo Romero, Miles Tunnicliff, Simon Wakefield Warren Bennett qualified but withdrew prior to the tournament. Local Final Qualifying (Saturday 10 July and Sunday 11 July) Glasgow (Gailes) – Paul Bradshaw, Simon Dyson, Anthony Millar, Andrew Willey Irvine – Jonathan Cheetham, Martin Erlandsson, Andrew Oldcorn, Sven Strüver Turnberry Kintyre – Lloyd Campbell (a), Steven Tiley (a), Paul Wesselingh, Sean Whiffin Western Gailes – Lewis Atkinson, Daniel Sugrue, Ben Willman Alternates Jimmy Green – IFQ America – replaced Steve Elkington Barry Hume – Western Gailes – replaced Mark Hensby Ian Spencer – Irvine – replaced Toshimitsu Izawa Neil Evans – Turnberry Kintyre – replaced Warren Bennett Brett Taylor – Glasgow (Gailes) – replaced Andre Stolz David Griffiths – Western Gailes – replaced David Duval Round summaries First round Thursday, 15 July 2004 Paul Casey and Thomas Levet both carded 66 (−5) and held a two stroke lead over a group of nine players. The group at 3-under included amateur Stuart Wilson and Vijay Singh. Defending champ Ben Curtis carded a 75 (+4). In total there were 39 rounds under par, 25 of those being in the 60s. Home favourite Colin Montgomerie started with a 2-under 69. PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 ENG Paul Casey66−5 FRA Thomas LevetT3 KOR 1997 K. J. Choi68−3 ENG Gary Evans ENG Kenneth Ferrie SCO Alastair Forsyth AUS Mathew Goggin SWE Mårten Olander SWE Carl Pettersson FIJ Vijay Singh SCO Stuart Wilson (a) Second round Friday, 16 July 2004 Skip Kendall stormed into the lead with a 66 to reach the halfway stage at 135 (−7). Casey dropped down the leaderboard with a 77, while Levet shot a 70 to drop down into second. K. J. Choi continued his good start with a 69, keeping him in a tie for third place with Barry Lane. Todd Hamilton finished the round with a 67 to move up into a tie for fifth place. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Skip Kendall 69-66=135 −7 2 FRA Thomas Levet 66-70=136 −6T3 KOR 1997 K. J. Choi 68-69=137 −5 ENG Barry Lane 69-68=137T5 NZL Michael Campbell 67-71=138 −4 ZAF Ernie Els 69-69=138 USA Todd Hamilton 71-67=138 SCO Colin Montgomerie 69-69=138 FIJ Vijay Singh 68-70=138T10 ZAF Retief Goosen 69-70=139 −3 USA Phil Mickelson 73-66=139 USA Kenny Perry 69-70=139 USA Scott Verplank 69-70=139 CAN Mike Weir 71-68=139 Amateurs: Stuart Wilson (+1), Campbell (+5), Tiley (+5), Flanagan (+6), McElhinney (+10). Third round Saturday, 17 July 2004 Hamilton surged up the leader with a second consecutive 67 to finish the day at 205 (−8). Ernie Els, the 2002 champion, moved up to second at 206 with a 68, while one shot behind lay the reigning Masters champion Phil Mickelson, Retief Goosen, and Thomas Levet at 207 (−6). PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Todd Hamilton 71-67-67=205 −82 ZAF Ernie Els 69-69-68=206 −7T3 ZAF Retief Goosen 69-70-68=207 −6 FRA Thomas Levet 66-70-71=207 USA Phil Mickelson 73-66-68=2076 ENG Barry Lane 69-68-71=208 −5T7 USA Scott Verplank 69-70-70=209 −4 USA Tiger Woods 70-71-68=209T9 USA Skip Kendall 69-66-75=210 −3 SCO Colin Montgomerie 69-69-72=210 CAN Mike Weir 71-68-71=210 Final round Sunday, 18 July 2004 A see-saw final round led to a two-man playoff between Hamilton and Els. Hamilton, playing in only his eighth major, opened up a two-shot lead after chipping in for birdie from 30 ft 0 on the par-3 14th to get to 10 under. Then he holed a 12 ft 0 on birdie on the par-5 16th to keep his cushion. Els had to make birdies to keep up, and he came through with pure putts on the 16th and 17th. Then came the wild 72nd hole, with Hamilton holding a one shot lead. Hamilton pushed his iron off the tee and into the rough, then chopped it across the fairway next to a guard railing that restricted his swing. Els hit his approach to within the shadow of the flag, leaving a 12-foot birdie attempt. Hamilton chipped to 20 ft 0 and missed to take bogey. Els suddenly had a putt to win, but left it short. Mickelson carded a final round 68 to finish a shot back at 275 (−9). A 67 moved Lee Westwood into sole fourth, matching Davis Love III for low score of the final round. PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)T1 USA Todd Hamilton 71-67-67-69=274 −10 Playoff ZAF Ernie Els 69-69-68-68=2743 USA Phil Mickelson 73-66-68-68=275 −9 275,0004 ENG Lee Westwood 72-71-68-67=278 −6 210,000T5 FRA Thomas Levet66-70-71-72=279−5159,500 USA Davis Love III72-69-71-67=279T7 ZAF Retief Goosen69-70-68-73=280−4117,500 USA Scott Verplank69-70-70-71=280T9 CAN Mike Weir71-68-71-71=281−389,500 USA Tiger Woods70-71-68-72=281 Amateurs: Wilson (+12) Source:http://www.databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=2004&tid=8 databasegolf.com 2004 Open Championship results 1 July 2012 Scorecard Final round Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13 1415161718Par444535434 444434534USA Hamilton −8−7−7−8−9−9−9−9−9−8−9−9−9−10−10−11−11−10ZAF Els −7−7−8−9−8−8−9−9−9−7−7−7−8−8−8−9−10−10USA Mickelson −6−6−6−8−8−8−9−9−9−9−9−9−8−8−8−9−9−9ENG Westwood −2−2−1−1E−1−2−3−3−4−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−6FRA Levet −6−6−6−8−8−8−8−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−6−6−5−5USA Love EE−1−2−2−2−2−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−5ZAF Goosen −5−5−5−6−6−6−6−6−5−5−4−4−4-4−4−4−4−4 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source:https://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/leaderboard/2004/29 Yahoo! Sports 2004 Open Championship leaderboard 23 July 2013 Playoff After 72 holes, Hamilton and Els were tied for the lead at 274 (−10), requiring a four-hole aggregate playoff, played over the 1st, 2nd, 17th, and 18th holes. (The first use of this format in The Open was fifteen years earlier in 1989, also at Royal Troon.) Both players parred the first two holes, both par fours, and Hamilton managed a par 3 on the 222 yd on 17th. Els overshot the green and bogeyed,http://www.pga.com/openchampionship/2004/news_071804_hamilton_wins.html PGA of America Associated Press Hamilton wins Open Championship in playoff over Els 18 July 2004 21 June 2012 5 July 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080705065000/http://www.pga.com/openchampionship/2004/news_071804_hamilton_wins.html dead then parred the last, leaving Hamilton a 3-foot (1 m) par putt to win the Open, which he holed.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/3905065.stm BBC Sport Hamilton grabs shock win Hodgetts Rob 18 July 2004 21 June 2012 Els had all four rounds in the 60s for the second time in an Open without winning; the other time was at Royal St. George's in 1993. PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)1 USA Todd Hamilton 4-4-3-4=15 E 720,0002 ZAF Ernie Els 4-4-4-4=16 +1 430,000 Scorecard Hole  1    2   17  18 Par4434USA Hamilton EEEEZAF Els EE+1+1 Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par References External links Royal Troon 2004 (Official site) 133rd Open Championship - Royal Troon (European Tour) 2004 55.532 -4.651 type:event title Category:The Open Championship Category:Golf tournaments in Scotland Open Championship Open Championship Open Championship Category:Troon Category:Sport in South Ayrshire Category:21st century in South Ayrshire