2004 PGA Tournament - Arjun/Daniel/Vijay/(Jyoti)

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 7:51 pm

It appears that Tiger needed an extended vacation (honeymoon) to clear his mind of any doubts about his game, golf swing, etc. After dusting off the rust from his game yesterday he came back with a vengeance and has 6 birdies after playing 16 holes.

Mike Weir and Retief Goosen are trying to hold up the flag for the International players by playing superbly today, and Jay Haas seems to have taken a page from Vijay's book and is playing the best golf of his life at 50 years of age.

Vijay's game is going south in the southern city of Atlanta and he has four bogeys and one birdie after playing 13 holes. It appears that his putter is deserting him once again.

Stewart Cink is sinking faster than the fortunes of the democrats in southern and mid-west USA.

More later on once the second round is over.

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 10:25 pm

Jay Haas had his best performance to date this year in January when he finished third at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, and in the last tournament of 2004 PGA he is giving Vijay, Tiger, Ernie Els and the other younger players a run for their money. Can he come up with four scintilatting rounds of golf in Atlanta?

Tiger had the best round today with six birdies and no bogeys. Can you keep a champion golfer down for too long?

Vijay needed 35 putts to play 18 holes today! Is it time to get the belly putter?

Ernie has yet to rediscover his form after the hand injury and has not had a sub-par round in Atlanta this year.

The less said about Phil, the better. Can he go back to his old golf set? Yeah, we have heard about how he does not play well in the second half of the season but if only the top half of the players were going to make the cut at the Tour Championship, Phil would be heading home today, just like he did last week also.

What happened to the "smiling assasin" Shigeki Maruyama? Felled by his own bullet?

1 T1 Jay Haas -4 F -7 67 66 - - 133
2 T6 Stephen Ames -4 F -5 69 66 - - 135
T3 T19 Tiger Woods -6 F -4 72 64 - - 136
T3 T14 Retief Goosen -4 F -4 70 66 - - 136
T5 T6 Mike Weir -1 F -2 69 69 - - 138
T5 T1 Jerry Kelly 1 F -2 67 71 - - 138
T7 T16 Rory Sabbatini -2 F -1 71 68 - - 139
T7 T6 Mark Hensby E F -1 69 70 - - 139
T7 T4 Zach Johnson 1 F -1 68 71 - - 139
T10 T19 Carlos Franco -2 F E 72 68 - - 140
T10 T1 Darren Clarke 3 F E 67 73 - - 140
T12 28 Scott Verplank -3 F 1 74 67 - - 141
T12 T16 Sergio Garcia E F 1 71 70 - - 141
T12 T6 Stuart Appleby 2 F 1 69 72 - - 141
T12 T6 John Daly 2 F 1 69 72 - - 141
T12 T4 David Toms 3 F 1 68 73 - - 141
17 T6 Vijay Singh 3 F 2 69 73 - - 142
T18 T24 Fred Funk E F 3 73 70 - - 143
T18 T19 Ernie Els 1 F 3 72 71 - - 143
T18 T19 Chris DiMarco 1 F 3 72 71 - - 143
T18 T16 Phil Mickelson 2 F 3 71 72 - - 143
T18 T14 Stewart Cink 3 F 3 70 73 - - 143
T23 T19 Todd Hamilton 2 F 4 72 72 - - 144
T23 T6 Padraig Harrington 5 F 4 69 75 - - 144
T25 29 Adam Scott 1 F 6 75 71 - - 146
T25 T24 Chad Campbell 3 F 6 73 73 - - 146
T25 T24 K.J. Choi 3 F 6 73 73 - - 146
28 T6 Steve Flesch 8 F 7 69 78 - - 147
29 30 Kenny Perry 2 F 8 76 72 - - 148
30 T24 Shigeki Maruyama 6 F 9 73 76 - - 149

ajay · Post by **ajay** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 1:48 am

Nice to see Tiger coming back. He is young and great player. Although he is no longer #1 but he is going to be in contention for #1 players for many years to come.

I think as soon as people start talking about Vijay's streaks, he comes under pressure and breaks the streak. Early this year, he was having a good streak of finishing in top 10s, and if I remember correctly, he lost it by missing the cut. This time he was having a long streak of rounds par or under par, he broke it by stumbling to 3 over par round. Anyway, now the pressure of maintaining that streak is gone, he should come back in contention tomorrow. Go Vijay!!!

PKBasu · Post by **PKBasu** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 4:59 am

Vijay has defied the law of averages all year long (actually for almost two years on the trot), but it seems to have caught up with him at last in the final event of this year. Let's hope he returns to the norm -- of defying the law of averages -- again in the final two rounds. My hunch is that he will...

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 5:27 am

Vijay Singh won the PGA Tour championship in Atlanta 2 years back and his worst round then was also on the second day. However, his scores of 65, 71, 65 and 67 in 2002 were better than his scores on the first two days in 2004.

The scores in 2004 are higher than in 2002 partly because of the heavy rain and the decision by the organizers to not allow the golfers to lift and clean the ball.

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 9:03 pm

If Tiger had only known earlier that a married life will elevate his game to his previous level of excellence he would have gotten married in January 2004!

Tiger reached to the top of the leaderboard after another sensational round of golf today. Jay Haas, representing the hopes and aspirations of the older people in the world, is trying to keep pace and not giving an inch to his much younger rivals.

Vijay is out of contention after the third round.

T1 T3 Tiger Woods -5 F -9 72 64 65 - 201
T1 1 Jay Haas -2 F -9 67 66 68 - 201
T3 T5 Mike Weir -3 F -5 69 69 67 - 205
T3 T3 Retief Goosen -1 F -5 70 66 69 - 205
T3 2 Stephen Ames E F -5 69 66 70 - 205
6 T7 Mark Hensby -1 F -2 69 70 69 - 208
T7 T12 Scott Verplank -2 F -1 74 67 68 - 209
T7 T5 Jerry Kelly 1 F -1 67 71 71 - 209
T9 T18 Phil Mickelson -3 F E 71 72 67 - 210
T9 T12 Sergio Garcia -1 F E 71 70 69 - 210
T9 T10 Darren Clarke E F E 67 73 70 - 210
T9 T7 Zach Johnson 1 F E 68 71 71 - 210
T9 T7 Rory Sabbatini 1 F E 71 68 71 - 210
T14 T18 Ernie Els -2 F 1 72 71 68 - 211
T14 T12 David Toms E F 1 68 73 70 - 211
T16 T23 Padraig Harrington -2 F 2 69 75 68 - 212
T16 17 Vijay Singh E F 2 69 73 70 - 212
T16 T12 John Daly 1 F 2 69 72 71 - 212
T16 T12 Stuart Appleby 1 F 2 69 72 71 - 212
20 T18 Chris DiMarco E F 3 72 71 70 - 213
T21 28 Steve Flesch -3 F 4 69 78 67 - 214
T21 T18 Stewart Cink 1 F 4 70 73 71 - 214
23 T25 Adam Scott -1 F 5 75 71 69 - 215
24 30 Shigeki Maruyama -3 F 6 73 76 67 - 216
T25 29 Kenny Perry E F 8 76 72 70 - 218
T25 T25 K.J. Choi 2 F 8 73 73 72 - 218
T25 T18 Fred Funk 5 F 8 73 70 75 - 218
T25 T10 Carlos Franco 8 F 8 72 68 78 - 218
29 T23 Todd Hamilton 6 F 10 72 72 76 - 220
- - Chad Campbell Withdrawn 73 73 - - 146
- - Davis Love III Withdrawn - - - - -

jaydeep · Post by **jaydeep** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 5:26 am

Superb golfing round by Tiger ... Had six birdies and 1 bogey ... Looking at Tiger's phenomenal record of winning 30 of 32 tournaments when entering in last round as leader tell us, he will mostly put season ending PGA Tour Championship in pocket ... His only worry is Jay Hass (who's last win came 10 years back in 1993) and others r 4 strokes or more behind from him.

Jaydeep.

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 10:40 pm

Oh, what a difference a year makes. Until last year Tiger's position at the top of the leaderboard at the conclusion of the third round was as good as money in the bank. Tiger Woods and Jay Haas led Mike Weir, Stephen Ames and Retief Goosen by four strokes but this is 2004 - a year when Tiger has not won a stroke play tournament all year long.

Tiger and Jay played the front nine holes with more bogeys than birdies, while Retief kept on inching closer with birdies. Three birdies by the 15th hole brought Tiger back to even score for the day but Retief was closing the deal with birdies of his own. In the end the US Open Champion won the PGA Tour Championship going away and Tiger ended the official PGA Tour season with a disappointment. However, a wedding ring is probably better than a Tour Championship trophy.

Vijay was not satisfied with his 16th place at the start of today's play and he gave it his all to get back into contention. Eight birdies and one bogey in the first 15 holes got him in the top 5 but bogeys on the next two holes dropped him to 9th place.

Final scoreboard:
1 T3 Retief Goosen -6 F -11 70 66 69 64 269
2 T1 Tiger Woods 2 F -7 72 64 65 72 273
3 T7 Jerry Kelly -5 F -6 67 71 71 65 274
T4 T3 Stephen Ames E F -5 69 66 70 70 275
T4 6 Mark Hensby -3 F -5 69 70 69 67 275
T4 T3 Mike Weir E F -5 69 69 67 70 275
T7 T7 Scott Verplank -3 F -4 74 67 68 67 276
T7 T1 Jay Haas 5 F -4 67 66 68 75 276
9 T16 Vijay Singh -5 F -3 69 73 70 65 277
T10 T14 David Toms -3 F -2 68 73 70 67 278
T10 T9 Rory Sabbatini -2 F -2 71 68 71 68 278
T10 T14 Ernie Els -3 F -2 72 71 68 67 278
13 T9 Zach Johnson -1 F -1 68 71 71 69 279
14 T16 Padraig Harrington -2 F E 69 75 68 68 280
T15 T16 Stuart Appleby -1 F 1 69 72 71 69 281
T15 T9 Darren Clarke 1 F 1 67 73 70 71 281
T15 T9 Sergio Garcia 1 F 1 71 70 69 71 281
18 T16 John Daly E F 2 69 72 71 70 282
T19 24 Shigeki Maruyama -2 F 4 73 76 67 68 284
T19 T9 Phil Mickelson 4 F 4 71 72 67 74 284
T21 23 Adam Scott E F 5 75 71 69 70 285
T21 T21 Steve Flesch 1 F 5 69 78 67 71 285
T21 T21 Stewart Cink 1 F 5 70 73 71 71 285
T24 T25 Fred Funk -2 F 6 73 70 75 68 286
T24 T25 Carlos Franco -2 F 6 72 68 78 68 286
T24 20 Chris DiMarco 3 F 6 72 71 70 73 286
27 T25 K.J. Choi E F 8 73 73 72 70 288
28 29 Todd Hamilton E F 10 72 72 76 70 290
29 T25 Kenny Perry 3 F 11 76 72 70 73 291
- - Chad Campbell Withdrawn 73 73 - - 146
- - Davis Love III Withdrawn - - - - -

jaydeep · Post by **jaydeep** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 4:33 am

Wow .. Awesome guys ... Beating Woods in his own den ... Simply best performance by Retief to win PGA Tour Championship ... No more words to congratulate him .. Amazing!!!

Jaydeep.

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 4:49 am

The silly season that follows the regular PGA Tour has unique tournaments.

The winner of the four "majors" play for $1 million prize money at the PGA Grand Slam of Golf. Phil (Masters), Todd Hamilton (British), Retief Goosen (US Open) and Vijay Singh (PGA) will vie for the title at the 7,014 yard-Poipu Bay Golf Course in Kauai. The winner pockets $400,000 and the last place earns $150,000. Vijay has played this event twice in 1998 and 2000 and finished second to Tiger on both occasions.

The tournament starts on Tuesday and it is a 2-day 36 hole event.

jaydeep · Post by **jaydeep** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 10:59 am

Looking at current form ... Battle is between Vijay and Retief ... After win at PGA Tour Championship (beating Tiger from 4 strokes deficit) Retief would be full of confidence ... But after poor performance (from his own standard as he finished creditably on 9th position) in PGA Tour Championship, Vijay will be out to prove point why he is No.1 golfer in the world ... It would be very interesting battle to watch.

Jaydeep.

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 1:45 am

Retief birdied the last hole and took a one stroke lead over Vijay.

Retief Goosen 65 (-7)
Vijay Singh 66 (-6)
Phil Mickelson 68 (-4)
Todd Hamilton 70 (-2)

This is a two day 36-hole event.

ajay · Post by **ajay** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 2:49 am

jaydeep wrote:Looking at current form ... Battle is between Vijay and Retief ...

You are absolutely right. The battle is between Vijay and Goosen. Vijay needs to display his top game to beat in form Goosen. Come on Vijay!!

jaydeep · Post by **jaydeep** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 5:08 am

Very good start by Vijay and Retief ... And Phil is also not far behind ... So all this line up into cracking final day in PGA grand slam of Golf tournament.

Jaydeep.

ajay · Post by **ajay** » Wed Nov 24, 2004 10:02 pm

Amazing round by Mickelson so far. After 10 holes, he is 8 under for the day with an eagle and 6 birdies and leads the field at -12. The only holes that he parred today so far are #1,8 and 10

. Hopefully, he'll par more in the remaining holes to give other players some chances. Vijay has 4 birdies for today and Goosen has 3 birdies and both are tied for 2nd spot at -10.

Well! Vijay just dropped a shot on the 11th while others made a par.

The scores:
1 Phil Mickelson -12 11 -8
2 Retief Goosen -10 11 -3
3 Vijay Singh -9 11 -3
4 Todd Hamilton +1 11 +3

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