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Volume 30

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September 6, 2004

Table of Contents
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0. Editorial Article
1. PGA Tour - Deutsche Bank Championship Results
2. PGA Tour Money List
3. European Tour - Omega European Masters Results
4. European Tour Volvo Order Of Merit
5. LPGA Tour - State Farm Classic Results
6. LPGA Tour ADT Money List
7. Champions Tour - First Tee Open at Pebble Beach presented by Wal-Mart 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

Tiger Woods is World #2

After over five years as the official World #1 of golf, Tiger Woods has finaly been toppled from the top spot by Vijay Singh. Maybe this will be the catalyst he needs to return to winning form and, let's face it, that's not a huge step from how he is playing right now. The change at the top has been long overdue and Woods has only maintained his position over the last few months by using the system, which rewards golfers for staying at home rather than playing, to his advantage. But don't write him off. I have no doubt that Woods will be back in the number one spot and my guess is that it will be sooner rather than later.

Although this has been the main talking point in the golf world, there were other events last week which are worth a mention.

Just as Stewart Cink went out the week after receiving his captain's pick for the Ryder Cup and won his second tournament of the season, Bernard Langer's second pick, Luke Donald, has gone out and done the same. A five stroke victory at the Omega European Masters in Switzerland was a fine way to thank his captain and show any doubters that his selection was justified.

On the Champions Tour, Craig Stadler notched up his fourth win of the season, a feat which he hasn't achieved since 1982, the year he won the Masters. Back then, his total winnings for the season were $446,462. This year he has already earned over $2 million and heads the Champions Tour money list as well leading the Charles Schwab Cup points list which awards a $1million annuity to the winner.

This week is the last week before the Ryder Cup and while the majority of the European Team are in Germany playing alongside their captain at the Linde German Masters, it was announced that one of the key members of the USA team, Phil Mickelson, has decided to change his clubs. Callaway Golf announced this week that Mickelson has signed a long term contract to use their equipment, starting this week at the Bell Canadian Open. Tiger Woods made his move to Nike the week before the 2002 Ryder Cup and won the WGC-American Express Championship the same week. Let's see how Phil gets on with his new clubs and balls in Canada this week. Coincidentally, both players were previously using Titleist equipment prior to their moves.

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While I am on my vacation (I'll be back in time for the Ryder Cup), I am only writing my editorial article instead of individual reports on each of the tournaments but I have still included last week's top ten results, money lists and world rankings as well a new "Off the Cart Path" cartoon strip. Enjoy.

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

Regards

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

Deutsche Bank Championship - Results

Par 71 - 7,415 yards

Pos.	Player	Par	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Vijay Singh	-16	68	63	68	69	268
T2	Adam Scott	-13	69	67	70	65	271
T2	Tiger Woods	-13	65	68	69	69	271
T4	John Rollins	-10	67	66	75	66	274
T4	Daniel Chopra	-10	68	69	70	67	274
T6	Hank Kuehne	-9	68	68	71	68	275
T6	Shigeki Maruyama	-9	68	66	71	70	275
8	Jay Williamson	-8	68	68	70	70	276
T9	Charles Howell III	-7	67	68	76	66	277
T9	Brad Faxon	-7	72	69	68	68	277
T9	Bill Haas	-7	69	64	71	73	277

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PGA Tour Money List

Pos.	Last Week	Player	# of Events	Prize Money
1	1	Vijay Singh	24	$7,889,566
2	2	Phil Mickelson	18	$5,662,288
3	4	Tiger Woods	17	$4,562,472
4	3	Ernie Els	14	$4,429,025
5	5	Stewart Cink	23	$3,648,883
6	6	Adam Scott	14	$3,571,384
7	7	Davis Love III	19	$3,012,592
8	8	Stephen Ames	22	$2,966,679
9	9	Sergio Garcia	16	$2,807,415
10	10	Todd Hamilton	24	$2,760,634
11	11	Stuart Appleby	20	$2,705,943
12	12	Retief Goosen	13	$2,547,323
13	13	Chris DiMarco	22	$2,525,427
14	14	Rory Sabbatini	23	$2,270,197
15	15	Steve Flesch	25	$2,256,848
16	16	Chad Campbell	23	$2,175,984
17	17	John Daly	18	$2,170,507
18	18	Mark Hensby	23	$2,096,291
19	19	Mike Weir	18	$2,018,464
20	20	Scott Verplank	19	$2,015,477

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Omega European Masters - Results

Par 71 - 6,808 yards

Pos.	Player	Par	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Luke DONALD (Eng)	-19	67	67	65	66	265
2	Miguel Angel JIM�NEZ (Sp)	-14	65	67	66	72	270
T3	Eduardo ROMERO (Arg)	-13	68	67	67	69	271
T3	Sergio GARCIA (Sp)	-13	66	65	68	72	271
T3	Robert COLES (Eng)	-13	70	68	69	64	271
6	Graeme MCDOWELL (N.Ire)	-12	69	67	66	70	272
7	Ernie ELS (SA)	-11	69	67	66	71	273
T8	Kyoung-Ju CHOI (Kor)	-10	76	65	66	67	274
T8	Carlos RODILES (Sp)	-10	67	69	72	66	274
T10	Darren FICHARDT (SA)	-8	69	67	69	71	276
T10	Peter O'MALLEY (Aus)	-8	72	65	71	68	276
T10	Stephen SCAHILL (NZ)	-8	70	68	72	66	276

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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	12	2,389,008.30	$2,909,525
2	Retief GOOSEN	SA	9	1,976,893.55	$2,407,619
3	Miguel Angel JIM�NEZ	SP	22	1,559,141.34	$1,898,847
4	Thomas LEVET	FR	23	1,491,785.78	$1,816,816
5	Vijay SINGH	FIJI	7	1,328,697.51	$1,618,194
6	Darren CLARKE	N.IRE	15	1,185,976.53	$1,444,377
7	Angel CABRERA	ARG	11	1,134,771.28	$1,382,015
8	Padraig HARRINGTON	IRE	14	988,804.65	$1,204,245
9	Jean-Francois REMESY	FR	22	987,360.08	$1,202,486
10	Joakim HAEGGMAN	SWE	24	987,250.29	$1,202,352
11	Paul CASEY	ENG	17	975,737.47	$1,188,331
12	Graeme MCDOWELL	N.IRE	25	920,162.80	$1,120,648
13	Trevor IMMELMAN	SA	16	899,300.38	$1,095,240
14	Paul MCGINLEY	IRE	22	888,586.96	$1,082,192
15	Lee WESTWOOD	ENG	17	874,841.69	$1,065,452
16	Nick O'HERN	AUS	17	869,733.14	$1,059,231
17	Richard GREEN	AUS	19	841,589.42	$1,024,955
18	David HOWELL	ENG	21	814,835.86	$992,372
19	Barry LANE	ENG	22	729,185.64	$888,061
20	Scott DRUMMOND	SCOT	21	697,874.96	$849,928

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State Farm Classic - Results

Par 72 - 6,403 yards

Pos.	Player	Par	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Cristie Kerr	-24	69	63	63	69	264
2	Christina Kim	-23	62	66	71	66	265
3	Mi Hyun Kim	-18	68	69	66	67	270
4	Pat Hurst	-15	68	70	68	67	273
T5	Kim Saiki	-14	69	69	71	65	274
T5	Lorena Ochoa	-14	68	67	69	70	274
T5	Candy Hannemann	-14	68	68	68	70	274
T5	Suzann Pettersen	-14	67	67	69	71	274
T5	Nancy Harvey	-14	68	71	64	71	274
10	Dorothy Delasin	-13	69	70	67	69	275

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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	$1,239,513.00
4	Cristie Kerr	$986,936.00
5	Grace Park	$926,078.00
6	Mi-Hyun Kim	$812,091.00
7	Karen Stupples	$811,415.00
8	Se Ri Pak	$648,860.00
9	Jennifer Rosales	$609,593.00
10	Wendy Doolan	$575,983.00

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Champions Tour - Results
First Tee Open at Pebble Beach presented by Wal-Mart

Par 72

Pos.	Player	Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Craig Stadler	-15	72	63	66	201
2	Jay Haas	-12	70	66	68	204
T3	Hale Irwin	-7	73	66	70	209
T3	Tom Kite	-7	73	66	70	209
T5	David Eger	-6	67	73	70	210
T5	D.A. Weibring	-6	68	71	71	210
T7	Bruce Lietzke	-5	70	74	67	211
T7	Ed Dougherty	-5	71	69	71	211
T9	Lonnie Nielsen	-4	73	70	69	212
T9	Peter Jacobsen	-4	70	73	69	212
T9	Doug Tewell	-4	73	69	70	212

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Champions Tour Money List

Pos.	Last week	Player	# of Events	Prize Money
1	1	Craig Stadler	17	$1,909,666
2	2	Hale Irwin	18	$1,583,097
3	5	Tom Kite	21	$1,382,291
4	4	Gil Morgan	21	$1,368,783
5	3	Bruce Fleisher	23	$1,360,608
6	6	D.A. Weibring	20	$1,156,095
7	7	Larry Nelson	20	$1,033,224
8	8	Jim Thorpe	20	$987,279
9	9	Allen Doyle	22	$978,449
10	10	Tom Purtzer	17	$962,297

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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	2	Vijay Singh	12.72	57	724.77
2	1	Tiger Woods	12.27	41	503.01
3	3	Ernie Els	10.99	51	560.63
4	4	Phil Mickelson	8.84	47	415.59
5	5	Davis Love III	7.56	46	347.95
6	6	Retief Goosen	7.54	52	392.16
7	7	Mike Weir	6.34	42	266.16
8	8	Padraig Harrington	5.47	49	268.07
9	12	Adam Scott	5.10	56	285.74
10	9	Jim Furyk	5.06	41	207.38
11	11	Sergio Garcia	4.87	49	238.84
12	10	Stewart Cink	4.82	57	274.53
13	13	Stuart Appleby	4.56	58	264.73
14	14	Kenny Perry	4.48	50	224.14
15	16	Chad Campbell	4.45	59	262.67
16	15	Darren Clarke	4.43	56	247.91
17	17	Chris DiMarco	4.34	55	238.66
18	18	Todd Hamilton	4.17	50	208.28
19	19	Stephen Ames	4.07	52	211.67
20	20	Scott Verplank	4.02	49	196.90

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Deutsche Bank Championship - Results

State Farm Classic - Results

Champions Tour - Results First Tee Open at Pebble Beach presented by Wal-Mart

Champions Tour - Results
First Tee Open at Pebble Beach presented by Wal-Mart