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Volume 31

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September 13, 2004

Table of Contents
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0. Editorial Article
1. PGA Tour - Bell Canadian Open Results
2. PGA Tour Money List
3. European Tour - Linde German Masters Results
4. European Tour Volvo Order Of Merit
5. LPGA Tour - John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic Results
6. LPGA Tour ADT Money List
7. Champions Tour - Kroger Classic 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

Who will win the Ryder Cup this week?

On Sunday evening we will know the answer. The much awaited Ryder Cup matches start tomorrow and everyone has their opinions as to who will win and what will be the deciding factors.

Experience could play a part. In this area the USA has the advantage that all five of their "rookies" are over 30 with the two most senior being Kenny Perry (44) and Fred Funk (48). Of the five first-time Europeans, four are Englishmen under 30 years old and Thomas Levet of France is the oldest at 36. Bernhard Langer has stated that what the younger players may lack in experience is more than compensated by the talent they bring to the team, but on experience alone, Team USA has the edge.

Current form is also a consideration. Apart from Stewart Cink who won the NEC Invitational a month ago, none of the USA team have tasted victory individually since David Toms won the FedEx St. Jude in May. Having said that they have all finished in the top ten at least once in the last couple of months apart from Chad Campbell, whose last top ten finish was in May when he came second at the Colonial. Strongest recent form (last two months) has come from Stewart Cink, Chris DiMarco and Tiger Woods. In the same period all members of the European team have finished in the top ten, the majority of them more than once. Luke Donald, Miguel Angel Jiménez and Padraig Harrington have been victorious in the last three events leading up to this week and confidence levels must be high. On the recent form factor, I have to give Europe the preference.

Home advantage has proven to be a significant factor in recent Ryder Cups and there is no doubt that the USA Team will benefit from an enthusiastic crowd at Oakland Hills. The European Team, however, is made up mostly of players with whom the American spectators are very familiar and although the crowd is sure to be partisan I don't anticipate anything other than a sporting respect for the visitors. The other advantage that the home side will have is the set-up of the course which will be very different to what the Europeans are used to. The European team's well-documented camaraderie will help them wherever they play but, overall, the venue gives USA a big advantage.

Both sides have a few players with excellent match play records and until we can see the draw for the matches it is impossible to guess how any individual will fare. I believe that it will once again be a very close run thing. As a golf writer, my head tells me that USA has the edge but being British, my heart tells me that, rather than caving under the pressure, the talented young rookies could turn out to be Europe's secret weapon. The only thing I can say for sure is that, regardless of the outcome, I'll be glued to the television for three days of tense, exciting golf viewing.

* * * * * LATEST NEWS * * * * *

Pairings for Friday morning Fourballs have just been announced as follows:-

Local Time	USA		Europe	UK Time
8:10ET	Mickelson/Woods	v	Montgomerie/Harrington	13:10
8:25ET	Love/Campbell	v	Clarke/Jimenez	13:25
8:40ET	Riley/Cink	v	McGinley/Donald	13:40
8:55ET	Toms/Furyk	v	Garcia/Westwood	13:55

That's all for now. Have a great week,

Regards

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

(While I have been on my vacation I have only been 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).

Bell Canadian Open - Results

Par 71 - 6,946 yards

Pos.	Player	Par	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Vijay Singh	-9	68	66	72	69	275
2	Mike Weir	-9	68	65	70	72	275
3	Joe Ogilvie	-7	70	69	69	69	277
T4	Justin Rose	-6	70	70	75	63	278
T4	Tom Lehman	-6	74	70	70	64	278
T4	Hunter Mahan	-6	72	69	69	68	278
T4	Stewart Cink	-6	72	68	69	69	278
8	Robert Damron	-5	72	71	70	66	279
T9	Mark Hensby	-4	70	69	70	71	280
T9	Jesper Parnevik	-4	69	66	71	74	280

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PGA Tour Money List

Pos.	Last Week	Player	# of Events	Prize Money
1	1	Vijay Singh	25	$8,699,566
2	2	Phil Mickelson	19	$5,672,323
3	3	Tiger Woods	17	$4,562,472
4	4	Ernie Els	14	$4,429,025
5	5	Stewart Cink	24	$3,826,070
6	6	Adam Scott	14	$3,571,384
7	7	Davis Love III	20	$3,030,592
8	8	Stephen Ames	23	$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	13	Chris DiMarco	23	$2,566,827
13	12	Retief Goosen	13	$2,547,323
14	19	Mike Weir	19	$2,504,464
15	14	Rory Sabbatini	23	$2,270,197
16	15	Steve Flesch	26	$2,267,342
17	18	Mark Hensby	24	$2,222,291
18	16	Chad Campbell	24	$2,205,977
19	17	John Daly	18	$2,170,507
20	20	Scott Verplank	19	$2,015,477

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Linde German Masters - Results

Par 72 - 7,289 yards

Pos.	Player	Par	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Padraig HARRINGTON (Ire)	-13	66	75	64	70	275
2	Nick O'HERN (Aus)	-10	68	68	72	70	278
T3	Raphaël JACQUELIN (Fr)	-9	68	68	70	73	279
T3	Graeme MCDOWELL (N.Ire)	-9	69	64	69	77	279
5	Alex CEJKA (Ger)	-8	67	70	71	72	280
T6	Richard GREEN (Aus)	-5	68	68	73	74	283
T6	Nick DOUGHERTY (Eng)	-5	72	71	71	69	283
T6	Paul CASEY (Eng)	-5	68	72	67	76	283
9	Kenneth FERRIE (Eng)	-4	73	71	72	68	284
T10	Trevor IMMELMAN (SA)	-3	70	73	71	71	285
T10	Alastair FORSYTH (Scot)	-3	70	71	73	71	285

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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	$2,927,849
2	Retief GOOSEN	SA	9	1,976,893.55	$2,422,782
3	Miguel Angel JIMÉNEZ	SP	23	1,579,541.34	$1,935,807
4	Thomas LEVET	FR	24	1,538,225.78	$1,885,173
5	Padraig HARRINGTON	IRE	15	1,488,804.65	$1,824,605
6	Darren CLARKE	N.IRE	16	1,222,826.53	$1,498,635
7	Nick O'HERN	AUS	18	1,203,063.14	$1,474,414
8	Angel CABRERA	ARG	12	1,159,834.92	$1,421,436
9	Graeme MCDOWELL	N.IRE	26	1,089,062.80	$1,334,701
10	Paul CASEY	ENG	18	1,065,737.47	$1,306,115
11	Joakim HAEGGMAN	SWE	25	1,033,690.29	$1,266,839
12	Jean-Francois REMESY	FR	23	1,012,423.72	$1,240,776
13	Trevor IMMELMAN	SA	17	956,900.38	$1,172,729
14	Richard GREEN	AUS	20	931,589.42	$1,141,709
15	Paul MCGINLEY	IRE	23	888,586.96	$1,089,008
16	Lee WESTWOOD	ENG	17	874,841.69	$1,072,162
17	David HOWELL	ENG	21	814,835.86	$998,622
18	Barry LANE	ENG	23	740,885.64	$907,992
19	Michael CAMPBELL	NZ	21	703,983.18	$862,767
20	Scott DRUMMOND	SCOT	22	697,874.96	$855,281

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John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic - Results

Par 71 - 6,551 yards

Pos.	Player	Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Annika Sorenstam	-9	66	68	70	204
2	Shi Hyun Ahn	-5	66	73	69	208
3	Candie Kung	-3	72	69	69	210
T4	Mi Hyun Kim	-2	74	70	67	211
T4	Heather Bowie	-2	70	72	69	211
T6	Shani Waugh	-1	73	70	69	212
T6	Kelli Kuehne	-1	68	72	72	212
T8	Laura Diaz	E	71	70	72	213
T8	Candy Hannemann	E	71	70	72	213
T8	Karen Stupples	E	69	70	74	213
T8	Joanne Morley	E	70	67	76	213

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ADT Money List

Pos.	Player	Prize Money
1	Annika Sorenstam	$1,815,208.00
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	$858,232.00
7	Karen Stupples	$832,865.00
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
Kroger Classic

Par 72 - 7,046 yards

Pos.	Player	Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Bruce Summerhays	-15	67	70	64	201
T2	Jim Thorpe	-14	68	68	66	202
T2	Gil Morgan	-14	69	67	66	202
T2	Doug Tewell	-14	66	65	71	202
T5	Mike Reid	-12	67	70	67	204
T5	Des Smyth	-12	65	67	72	204
T7	David Eger	-11	66	71	68	205
T7	Fred Gibson	-11	70	65	70	205
T7	Hale Irwin	-11	69	67	69	205
T10	John Harris	-10	69	70	67	206
T10	Rodger Davis	-10	69	69	68	206
T10	D.A. Weibring	-10	70	68	68	206
T10	Gary McCord	-10	65	69	72	206

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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	19	$1,631,097
3	4	Gil Morgan	22	$1,478,783
4	3	Tom Kite	22	$1,396,991
5	5	Bruce Fleisher	23	$1,360,608
6	6	D.A. Weibring	21	$1,190,595
7	8	Jim Thorpe	21	$1,097,279
8	7	Larry Nelson	20	$1,033,224
9	12	Doug Tewell	22	$1,017,377
10	9	Allen Doyle	22	$978,449

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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 Jiménez	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	Vijay Singh	13.22	58	766.70
2	2	Tiger Woods	12.25	41	502.29
3	3	Ernie Els	11.04	51	562.95
4	4	Phil Mickelson	8.64	48	414.56
5	6	Retief Goosen	7.51	52	390.65
6	5	Davis Love III	7.28	47	342.28
7	7	Mike Weir	6.79	43	291.79
8	8	Padraig Harrington	6.18	49	302.94
9	9	Adam Scott	5.19	55	285.42
10	12	Stewart Cink	4.92	58	285.15
11	10	Jim Furyk	4.83	40	193.39
12	11	Sergio Garcia	4.69	49	229.88
13	13	Stuart Appleby	4.63	57	264.12
14	15	Chad Campbell	4.41	59	260.38
15	16	Darren Clarke	4.38	57	249.83
16	14	Kenny Perry	4.35	51	221.75
17	17	Chris DiMarco	4.34	55	238.59
18	18	Todd Hamilton	4.05	50	202.28
19	19	Stephen Ames	3.99	53	211.35
20	21	Miguel A. Jimenez	3.99	52	207.32

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