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Volume 29

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August 30, 2004

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-- Editors Comments --
1. PGA Tour - Buick Championship Results
2. PGA Tour Money List
3. European Tour - BMW International Open Results
4. European Tour Volvo Order Of Merit
5. LPGA Tour - Results
6. LPGA Tour ADT Money List
7. Champions Tour - JELD-WEN Tradition Results
8. Champions Tour Money List
9. "Off the Cart Path" - weekly cartoon strip by Roy Doty
10. Ryder Cup - Final Team Selections
11. Official World Golf Rankings

Editor's Weekly Word

Ryder Cup - Final Team Selections

Following on from the announcement of the USA Team two weeks ago, Bernard Langer announced his two selections to join the ten qualifiers for the European Team. His captain's picks were Colin Montgomerie (no surprise there!) and Englishman Luke Donald, who plays most of his golf in America on the PGA Tour but recently rejoined the European Tour to make himself available for selection. Among the other players under consideration by Langer were Fredrik Jacobson and Alex Cejka, who are also more often seen in the States.

Jacobson just missed out by one place in the World Points list qualification last week and was again one place out of automatic qualification this week. He had a chance to secure an automatic place by finishing fourth at the BMW International Open but could only managed tied sixth place. Ian Poulter nearly lost his spot on the team when he took a quadruple-bogey on the 10th hole on Sunday but picked up six shots in the last eight holes, including an eagle on the 18th, to secure his place on the team.

Cejka finished tied for third place in Munich but was too far out of the running to make qualification. However, his recent form has been excellent including tied ninth at last week's World Golf Championships NEC Invitational and second at the INTERNATIONAL a couple of weeks earlier. Perhaps Langer feared that his friendship with his countryman may have been cited as a contributing factor, had he chosen Cejka over Donald.

All three had a case to make for inclusion but Langer acknowledged that he gave weight to Donald's experience in the Walker Cup, which is the bi-annual amateur team match play competition between USA and GB & Ireland, where he won seven of his eight matches during his team's victories in 1999 and 2001.

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This week and for the next couple of weeks while I am on my vacation (I'll be back in time for the Ryder Cup), I shall only be writing my editorial article instead of individual reports on each of the tournaments. I shall still be publishing the top ten results, money lists and world rankings as well a new "Off the Cart Path" cartoon strip each week.

That's all for now. Have a great week, on and off the course.

Regards

Andy Smith
Founder/Editor
www.golfing-weekly.com

Buick Championship - Results

Par 70 - 6,820 yards

Pos.	Player	Par	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
P1	Woody Austin	-10	68	70	66	66	270
2	Tim Herron	-10	70	69	65	66	270
T3	Zach Johnson	-9	67	65	73	66	271
T3	Tom Pernice, Jr.	-9	70	66	68	67	271
T3	Fred Funk	-9	66	66	69	70	271
T6	Jason Bohn	-8	71	67	69	65	272
T6	Matt Gogel	-8	67	69	69	67	272
T6	Corey Pavin	-8	62	72	68	70	272
T9	Jeff Sluman	-7	72	69	70	62	273
T9	Kevin Sutherland	-7	70	70	67	66	273
T9	Todd Fischer	-7	71	69	67	66	273
T9	Tom Byrum	-7	69	66	67	71	273

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PGA Tour Money List

Pos.	Last Week	Player	# of Events	Prize Money
1	1	Vijay Singh	23	$6,989,566
2	2	Phil Mickelson	18	$5,662,288
3	3	Ernie Els	14	$4,429,025
4	4	Tiger Woods	16	$4,122,472
5	12	Stewart Cink	23	$3,648,883
6	5	Adam Scott	13	$3,131,384
7	7	Davis Love III	19	$3,012,592
8	6	Stephen Ames	22	$2,966,679
9	8	Sergio Garcia	16	$2,807,415
10	9	Todd Hamilton	24	$2,760,634
11	10	Stuart Appleby	20	$2,705,943
12	11	Retief Goosen	13	$2,547,323
13	13	Chris DiMarco	22	$2,525,427
14	22	Rory Sabbatini	23	$2,270,197
15	14	Steve Flesch	24	$2,256,848
16	15	Chad Campbell	23	$2,175,984
17	16	John Daly	17	$2,151,007
18	17	Mark Hensby	22	$2,076,791
19	18	Mike Weir	18	$2,018,464
20	19	Scott Verplank	19	$2,015,477

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BMW International Open - Results

Par 72 - 6,957 yards

Pos.	Player	Par	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Miguel Angel JIM�NEZ (Sp)	-21	68	66	67	66	267
2	Thomas LEVET (Fr)	-19	73	65	63	68	269
T3	Colin MONTGOMERIE (Scot)	-16	67	70	67	68	272
T3	Alex CEJKA (Ger)	-16	68	70	69	65	272
T3	Paul CASEY (Eng)	-16	69	69	69	65	272
T6	Paul MCGINLEY (Ire)	-15	70	68	67	68	273
T6	Darren CLARKE (N.Ire)	-15	72	68	68	65	273
T6	Fredrik JACOBSON (Swe)	-15	71	65	68	69	273
T6	David LYNN (Eng)	-15	67	68	69	69	273
T6	Retief GOOSEN (SA)	-15	66	69	68	70	273

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Volvo Order Of Merit

Earnings on the European Tour are paid in Euros. The equivalent value in US$ is for information purposes only and was calculated at the rate which was current at time of publishing. Earnings from the majors are included in both the European & PGA Tour Money Lists.

Pos.	Player	Ctry.	# of Events	Prize Money (Euros)	US$ (approx.)
1	Ernie ELS	SA	11	2,341,008.30	$2,819,276
2	Retief GOOSEN	SA	9	1,976,893.55	$2,380,773
3	Thomas LEVET	FR	23	1,491,785.78	$1,796,558
4	Miguel Angel JIM�NEZ	SP	21	1,381,371.34	$1,663,586
5	Vijay SINGH	FIJI	7	1,328,697.51	$1,600,150
6	Darren CLARKE	N.IRE	15	1,185,976.53	$1,428,272
7	Angel CABRERA	ARG	10	1,110,184.61	$1,336,995
8	Padraig HARRINGTON	IRE	14	988,804.65	$1,190,817
9	Jean-Francois REMESY	FR	22	987,360.08	$1,189,078
10	Joakim HAEGGMAN	SWE	24	987,250.29	$1,188,946
11	Paul CASEY	ENG	17	975,737.47	$1,175,081
12	Trevor IMMELMAN	SA	16	899,300.38	$1,083,027
13	Paul MCGINLEY	IRE	22	888,586.96	$1,070,125
14	Lee WESTWOOD	ENG	17	874,841.69	$1,053,572
15	Nick O'HERN	AUS	17	869,733.14	$1,047,420
16	Graeme MCDOWELL	N.IRE	24	864,162.80	$1,040,711
17	Richard GREEN	AUS	19	841,589.42	$1,013,526
18	David HOWELL	ENG	21	814,835.86	$981,307
19	Barry LANE	ENG	21	729,185.64	$878,158
20	Scott DRUMMOND	SCOT	20	697,874.96	$840,451

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Wachovia LPGA Classic - Results

Par 72 - 6,197 yards

Pos.	Player	Par	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Lorena Ochoa	-19	67	68	69	65	269
2	Grace Park	-17	68	66	65	72	271
T3	Hee-Won Han	-15	67	72	67	67	273
T3	Jill McGill	-15	66	64	70	73	273
5	Beth Daniel	-14	70	70	66	68	274
T6	Christina Kim	-13	69	69	71	66	275
T6	Catriona Matthew	-13	71	69	69	66	275
T6	Shi Hyun Ahn	-13	67	67	71	70	275
T6	Nancy Scranton	-13	68	69	67	71	275
T10	Young-A Yang	-12	73	67	69	67	276
T10	Marcy Hart	-12	67	72	67	70	276
T10	Soo-Yun Kang	-12	67	66	68	75	276

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ADT Money List

Pos.	Player	Prize Money
1	Annika Sorenstam	$1,665,208.00
2	Meg Mallon	$1,288,255.00
3	Lorena Ochoa	$1,204,092.00
4	Grace Park	$920,044.00
5	Cristie Kerr	$806,936.00
6	Karen Stupples	$798,803.00
7	Mi-Hyun Kim	$734,001.00
8	Se Ri Pak	$646,505.00
9	Jennifer Rosales	$590,684.00
10	Wendy Doolan	$575,983.00

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Champions Tour - JELD-WEN Tradition - Results

Par 72 - 6,998 yards

Pos.	Player	Par	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Craig Stadler	-13	70	70	68	67	275
T2	Jerry Pate	-12	73	71	66	66	276
T2	Allen Doyle	-12	69	72	64	71	276
T4	Bruce Fleisher	-11	71	70	70	66	277
T4	Andy Bean	-11	69	69	72	67	277
T4	Doug Tewell	-11	69	70	69	69	277
T4	Tom Kite	-11	72	71	65	69	277
T4	D.A. Weibring	-11	69	69	69	70	277
T4	Vicente Fernandez	-11	67	71	66	73	277
T4	Peter Jacobsen	-11	69	66	69	73	277

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Champions Tour Money List

Pos.	Last week	Player	# of Events	Prize Money
1	3	Craig Stadler	16	$1,609,666
2	1	Hale Irwin	17	$1,451,097
3	4	Bruce Fleisher	22	$1,347,108
4	2	Gil Morgan	20	$1,344,333
5	5	Tom Kite	20	$1,250,291
6	7	D.A. Weibring	19	$1,068,095
7	6	Larry Nelson	19	$1,033,224
8	8	Jim Thorpe	19	$977,279
9	14	Allen Doyle	21	$968,449
10	9	Tom Purtzer	16	$927,297

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"Off the Cart Path" - weekly cartoon strip by Roy Doty

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Ryder Cup - Final Team Selections

European Team	USA Team
Padraig Harrington	Tiger Woods
Sergio Garcia	Phil Mickelson
Darren Clarke	Davis Love III
Miguel Angel Jim�nez	Jim Furyk
Lee Westwood	Kenny Perry
Thomas Levet	David Toms
Paul Casey	Chad Campbell
David Howell	Chris DiMarco
Paul McGinley	Fred Funk
Ian Poulter	Chris Riley
Colin Montgomerie	Jay Haas
Luke Donald	Stewart Cink

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Official World Golf Rankings

Rank	Last Week	Player	Points Avge.	# of Events	Total Points
1	1	Tiger Woods	12.09	40	483.63
2	2	Vijay Singh	11.91	57	678.96
3	3	Ernie Els	11.22	51	572.22
4	4	Phil Mickelson	8.85	47	415.94
5	5	Davis Love III	7.62	46	350.52
6	6	Retief Goosen	7.47	53	396.08
7	7	Mike Weir	6.23	43	267.71
8	8	Padraig Harrington	5.56	49	272.54
9	9	Jim Furyk	5.24	40	209.68
10	11	Stewart Cink	4.75	58	275.28
11	12	Sergio Garcia	4.73	49	231.87
12	10	Adam Scott	4.72	56	264.33
13	14	Stuart Appleby	4.57	58	265.13
14	13	Kenny Perry	4.55	50	227.53
15	16	Darren Clarke	4.47	56	250.05
16	15	Chad Campbell	4.46	59	263.09
17	17	Chris DiMarco	4.38	55	240.65
18	18	Todd Hamilton	4.15	51	211.46
19	21	Stephen Ames	4.04	53	214.21
20	20	Scott Verplank	4.02	50	201.17

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