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Other Golf News This Week
| Wie Watch: Michelle Wie just failed to retain her U.S.
Women's Amateur Public Links title on Sunday, losing to 15 year old Ya-Ni Tseng of Taiwan
on the last hole of the 36-hole matchplay final. Wie is scheduled to play in the U.S.
Women's Open this week. British Open Qualifying: In the first year that
the Royal & Ancient has held qualifying the Open Championship outside the British
Isles they have been let down badly. Of 120 entries for the qualifying tournament held at
Congressional in Bethesda, Maryland, only 68 players bothered to turn up and play. The
R&A are considering what action to take but players that failed to show without a
valid reason could be banned from next year's British Open.
Qualifiers from Congressional included Steve Elkington, Rod Pampling, Bo Van Pelt, Matt
Goggin, Tim Herron, Hunter Mahan, Aaron Baddeley, Skip Kendall, Glen Day, Bob Estes and
Cameron Beckman with medallist honours going to Spike McRoy and Swedes, Mathias Gronberg
and Carl Petterson who all shot 9-under 134 over the two rounds.
At Sunningdale, Colin Montgomerie claimed one of the remaining places in a playoff
after failing to win automatic exemption for the first time since 1989. Mark Foster, Paul
Broadhurst and Nicolas Colsaerts shared medalist honors with 36 hole totals of 9-under
134. Other qualifiers include Paul McGinley, Kenneth Ferrie, Euan Little, Simon Wakefield,
Miles Tunnicliff, Christian Cevaer, Klas Eriksson, Gary Emerson, Eduardo Romero, Marten
Olander, Peter Hedblom, Maarten Lafeber, and Warren Bennett. Among those who failed to
qualify were Justin Rose, Jesper Parnevik and former Masters champions Bernhard
Langer, Jose Maria Olazabal and Ian Woosnam.
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Wegmans Rochester LPGA
Locust Hill Country Club, Pittsford, NY
June 24-27, 2004 |
| Saiki wins by Four Strokes |
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| 38 year old Kim Saiki won her first LPGA title on Sunday after
13 years on the Ladies Tour. Saiki held a one shot lead over Rosie Jones at the start of
play but lost it after two holes. The pair then took turns holding the lead until the 14th
hole which Saiki birdied while Jones took a double bogey. Saiki kept her cool and finally
put an end to her 272 tournament winless streak with a par on the final hole. Mi Hyun
Kim shot a 69 to take a share of second place with Jones and Annika Sorenstam recorded
another top ten with tied seventh place, eights shots behind the winner. |
Kim Saiki with the trophy.
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| Next week the Ladies fight it out
at the U.S. Women's Open, the third of this year's LPGA Tour majors. So far in 2004 Grace
Park and Annika Sorenstam have won one major each. |
Final
Scores - Wegmans Rochester LPGA - Par 72 - 6,200 yds (5,669 mtrs) |
Pos. |
Player |
To Par |
Rnd 1 |
Rnd 2 |
Rnd 3 |
Rnd 4 |
Total |
1 |
Kim Saiki |
-14 |
66 |
69 |
68 |
71 |
274 |
T2 |
Mi Hyun Kim |
-10 |
72 |
67 |
70 |
69 |
278 |
T2 |
Rosie Jones |
-10 |
69 |
68 |
67 |
74 |
278 |
4 |
Brandie Burton |
-8 |
73 |
71 |
70 |
66 |
280 |
T5 |
Jeong Jang |
-7 |
72 |
68 |
73 |
68 |
281 |
T5 |
Patricia Meunier-Lebouc |
-7 |
73 |
71 |
65 |
72 |
281 |
T7 |
Laura Davies |
-6 |
70 |
73 |
71 |
68 |
282 |
T7 |
Suzann Pettersen |
-6 |
72 |
74 |
68 |
68 |
282 |
T7 |
Paula Marti |
-6 |
72 |
69 |
70 |
71 |
282 |
T7 |
Annika Sorenstam |
-6 |
72 |
66 |
71 |
73 |
282 |
T7 |
Candie Kung |
-6 |
67 |
68 |
73 |
74 |
282 |
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ADT Money List - June 28, 2004 - after Wegmans
Rochester LPGA |
Pos. |
Player |
Prize Money |
1 |
Annika Sorenstam |
$1,054,654 |
2 |
Grace Park |
$770,730 |
3 |
Cristie Kerr |
$695,750 |
4 |
Lorena Ochoa |
$581,069 |
5 |
Mi-Hyun Kim |
$568,138 |
6 |
Se Ri Pak |
$501,840 |
7 |
Jennifer Rosales |
$404,978 |
8 |
Karrie Webb |
$404,561 |
9 |
Juli Inkster |
$387,354 |
10 |
Shi Hyun Ahn |
$346,516 |
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Full Scoreboard and Money List can
be found at
www.lpga.com |
Bank of America Championship
Nashawtuc Country Club, Concord, Massachusetts
June 25-27, 2004 |
| 8-under Sunday clinches
Victory for Stadler |
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Tom Purtzer held the lead after the first and second rounds of the Bank of
America Championship but a par final round was not enough to stop Craig Stadler, who
started the day four strokes back, then shot a 64 to win by four shots over Purtzer, D.A.
Weibring and Tom Kite. Victory here gave Stadler his second win of 2004 and his fifth
since he joined the Champions Tour. His day was made complete as he watched his son Kevin
win his first tournament on the Nationwide Tour at the Lake Erie Charity Classic. The win
earns Kevin Stadler exemption on the Nationwide Tour through 2005 but also puts him well
on the way to gaining his PGA Tour card for next year. |
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Final Scores - Bank
of America Championship
Par 72 - 6,729 yards (6,153 metres) |
Pos. |
Player |
To Par |
Rnd 1 |
Rnd 2 |
Rnd 3 |
Total |
1 |
Craig Stadler |
-15 |
68 |
69 |
64 |
201 |
T2 |
D.A. Weibring |
-11 |
70 |
70 |
65 |
205 |
T2 |
Tom Kite |
-11 |
67 |
69 |
69 |
205 |
T2 |
Tom Purtzer |
-11 |
65 |
68 |
72 |
205 |
T5 |
Dana Quigley |
-10 |
68 |
70 |
68 |
206 |
T5 |
Doug Tewell |
-10 |
69 |
68 |
69 |
206 |
T5 |
John Jacobs |
-10 |
68 |
67 |
71 |
206 |
8 |
Jerry Pate |
-9 |
68 |
68 |
71 |
207 |
T9 |
Bruce Summerhays |
-7 |
74 |
68 |
67 |
209 |
T9 |
Tom Jenkins |
-7 |
70 |
69 |
70 |
209 |
T9 |
Des Smyth |
-7 |
70 |
69 |
70 |
209 |
T9 |
Mike McCullough |
-7 |
67 |
71 |
71 |
209 |
T9 |
Jay Sigel |
-7 |
68 |
69 |
72 |
209 |
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Champions Tour Money
List - June 28, 2004
after Bank of America Championship |
Pos. |
Last week |
Player |
# of Events |
Prize Money |
1 |
1 |
Gil Morgan |
14 |
$1,083,781 |
2 |
2 |
Hale Irwin |
12 |
$1,008,788 |
3 |
5 |
Craig Stadler |
11 |
$992,319 |
4 |
3 |
Larry Nelson |
14 |
$830,654 |
5 |
4 |
Bruce Fleisher |
15 |
$823,708 |
6 |
7 |
D.A. Weibring |
14 |
$817,918 |
7 |
8 |
Tom Purtzer |
12 |
$780,162 |
8 |
6 |
Tom Jenkins |
15 |
$762,753 |
9 |
9 |
Dana Quigley |
16 |
$679,473 |
10 |
10 |
Allen Doyle |
15 |
$629,989 |
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Full
Scoreboard & Money List can be found at
www.pgatour.com |
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Ryder
Cup Qualifying Standings
Based on the most up-to-date information available as at June
28, 2004, the qualifying players for the Ryder Cup Matches to be played in September are
shown in the table below. For more information about Ryder Cup qualification visit these
links:
European Team Qualification
USA Team
Qualification
Following his win at the Open de France, Jean-Francois
Remesy has now entered the running for a place in the European Ryder Cup Team, at the
expense of Brian Davis.
Europe |
USA |
| Sergio Garcia (Sp) |
Tiger Woods |
Padraig HARRINGTON (Ire) |
Phil Mickelson |
| Darren CLARKE (N.Ire) |
Davis Love III |
Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ (Sp) |
Jim Furyk |
Fredrik JACOBSON (Swe) |
Kenny Perry |
Paul CASEY (Eng) |
David Toms |
| Jean-Francois REMESY (Fr) |
Chad Campbell |
Lee WESTWOOD (Eng) |
Steve Flesch |
Ian POULTER (Eng) |
Fred Funk |
Joakim Haeggman (Swe) |
Jeff Maggert |
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The teams will be finalized in August and
the 35th Ryder Cup Matches will be held 17-19 September 2004, at Oakland Hills Country
Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
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