2004 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates15–18 July 2004
LocationTroon, South Ayrshire, Scotland
Course(s)Royal Troon Golf Club,
Old Course
Tour(s)European Tour
PGA Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par71[1]
Length7,175 yards (6,561 m)[1]
Field156 players, 73 after cut[1]
Cut145 (+3)[1]
Prize fund£4,000,000
€6,001,690
$7,490,400
Winner's share£720,000
€1,078,430
$1,348,272
Champion
United States Todd Hamilton
274 (−10), playoff
Troon is located in Scotland
Troon
Troon
Location in Scotland
Troon is located in South Ayrshire
Troon
Troon
Location in South Ayrshire, Scotland

The 2004 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 133rd Open Championship, held from 15 to 18 July at the Old Course of Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland.

Todd Hamilton won his only major championship, defeating 2002 champion Ernie Els by a stroke in a four-hole playoff.[2] Phil Mickelson finished third, followed by Lee Westwood in fourth.[3] Hamilton was the sixth consecutive American to win at Royal Troon.[4]

History of The Open Championship at Royal Troon

Royal Troon first hosted The Open Championship in 1923 and the 2004 Open was its eighth. Royal Troon's list of champions includes Arthur Havers (1923), 4-time Open winner Bobby Locke (1950), 7-time major winner Arnold Palmer (1962), Tom Weiskopf (1973), 5-time Open champion Tom Watson (1982), Mark Calcavecchia (1989), and Justin Leonard (1997).

Course

Old Course[5]

HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1Seal370410Sandhills4384
2Black Rock391411The Railway4904
3Gyaws379412The Fox4314
4Dunure560513Burmah4724
5Greenan210314Alton1783
6Turnberry601515Crosbie4834
7Tel-el-Kebir405416Well5425
8Postage Stamp123317Rabbit2223
9The Monk423418Craigend4574
Out3,46236In3,71335
Total7,17571

Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950):[1]

Opens from 1962 through 1989 played the 11th hole as a par-5.

Field

1. Top 10 and ties from the 2003 Open Championship

Thomas Bjørn (3,4), Ben Curtis (2,3), Brian Davis (4), Gary Evans, Nick Faldo (2), Sergio García (3), Retief Goosen (3,4,9,13,17), Freddie Jacobson (3,4), Davis Love III (3,12,13,17), Hennie Otto, Kenny Perry (3,13,17), Phillip Price (4), Vijay Singh (3,10,13,17), Tiger Woods (2,3,9,10,11,13,17)

2. Past Open Champions aged 65 or under on 18 July 2004

Mark Calcavecchia, John Daly, Ernie Els (3,4,13,17), Paul Lawrie, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard (3,13,17), Sandy Lyle, Greg Norman, Mark O'Meara, Nick Price (3,13,17), Tom Weiskopf

3. The first 50 players on the OWGR on 27 May 2004

Robert Allenby (17), Stephen Ames, Stuart Appleby (13,17), Chad Campbell (13), Paul Casey (4), K. J. Choi (17), Stewart Cink, Darren Clarke (4), Chris DiMarco (13,17), Brad Faxon (13), Steve Flesch, Jim Furyk (9,13,17), Jay Haas (13,17), Todd Hamilton (23), Pádraig Harrington (4), Charles Howell III (13,17), John Huston, Trevor Immelman (4), Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Zach Johnson, Jonathan Kaye (13), Jerry Kelly (17), Stephen Leaney (4,17), Peter Lonard (4,17,19), Shigeki Maruyama, Shaun Micheel (11), Phil Mickelson (10,17), Craig Parry, Ian Poulter (4), Chris Riley, Adam Scott (4,12,17), David Toms (11,13,17), Bob Tway (13,21), Scott Verplank (13), Mike Weir (10,13,17)

4. Top 20 in the final 2003 European Tour Order of Merit

Michael Campbell, Alastair Forsyth, Ignacio Garrido (5), David Howell, Raphaël Jacquelin, Lee Westwood

5. The Volvo PGA Championship winners for 2002–04

Scott Drummond, Anders Hansen

6. First 3 players, not exempt, in the top 20 of the 2004 European Tour Order of Merit as of 27 May

Joakim Haeggman, Barry Lane, Graeme McDowell

7. First 2 European Tour members, not exempt, in a cumulative money list taken from all official European Tour events from the Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe up to and including the European Open and including the U.S. Open

Richard Green, Jean-François Remésy

8. The leading player, not exempt having applied (7) above, in each of the 2004 European Open and the 2004 Scottish Open

Thomas Levet, Peter O'Malley

9. The U.S. Open Champions for 2000–04
10. The Masters Champions for 2000–04
11. The PGA Champions for 1999–2003

Rich Beem

12. The Players Champions for 2002–04

Craig Perks

13. Top 20 in the final 2003 PGA Tour Official Money List
14. First 3 players, not exempt, in the top 20 of the 2004 PGA Tour Official Money List as of 27 May
15. First 2 PGA Tour members, not exempt, in a cumulative money list taken from the 2004 Players Championship and the five PGA Tour events leading up to and including the 2004 Western Open

Frank Lickliter, Rory Sabbatini

16. The leading player, not exempt having applied (15) above, in each of the 2004 Western Open and the 2004 John Deere Classic

Steve Lowery

17. Playing members of the 2003 Presidents Cup teams

Tim Clark

18. Winner of the 2003 Asian PGA Tour Order of Merit

Arjun Atwal

19. Top 2 from the 2003 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
20. Winner of the 2003–04 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit

Darren Fichardt

21. The 2003 Canadian Open Champion
22. The 2003 Japan Open Champion

Keiichiro Fukabori

23. Top 3 from the 2003 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit

Tetsuji Hiratsuka

24. The leading player, not exempt, in the 2004 Mizuno Open
  • Hiroaki Iijima did not play.
25. First 4, not exempt having applied (24) above, in a cumulative money list taken from all official Japan Golf Tour events from the 2004 Japan PGA Championship up to and including the 2004 Mizuno Open

Dinesh Chand, Hidemasa Hoshino, Hur Suk-ho, Takashi Kamiyama

26. The 2003 Senior British Open Champion
27. The 2004 Amateur Champion

Stuart Wilson (a)

28. The 2003 U.S. Amateur Champion

Nick Flanagan (a)

29. The 2003 European Amateur Champion

Brian McElhinney (a)

International Final Qualifying
Africa – James Kingston, Grant Muller, Louis Oosthuizen, Tjaart van der Walt
Australasia – Andrew Buckle, Matthew Hazelden, Brendan Jones, Adam Le Vesconte, Paul Sheehan
Asia – Scott Barr, Kim Felton, Jyoti Randhawa, Yoshinobu Tsukada
America – Aaron Baddeley, Cameron Beckman, Glen Day, Luke Donald, Bob Estes, Mathew Goggin, Mathias Grönberg, Tim Herron, Skip Kendall, Hunter Mahan, Spike McRoy, Rod Pampling, Carl Pettersson, Bo Van Pelt
Europe – Paul Broadhurst, Christian Cévaër, Nicolas Colsaerts, Gary Emerson, Klas Eriksson, Kenneth Ferrie, Mark Foster, Peter Hedblom, Maarten Lafeber, Euan Little, Paul McGinley, Colin Montgomerie, Mårten Olander, Eduardo Romero, Miles Tunnicliff, Simon Wakefield
Local Final Qualifying (Saturday 10 July and Sunday 11 July)
Glasgow (Gailes) – Paul Bradshaw, Simon Dyson, Anthony Millar, Andrew Willey
Irvine – Jonathan Cheetham, Martin Erlandsson, Andrew Oldcorn, Sven Strüver
Turnberry Kintyre – Lloyd Campbell (a), Steven Tiley (a), Paul Wesselingh, Sean Whiffin
Western Gailes – Lewis Atkinson, Daniel Sugrue, Ben Willman
Alternates
  • Jimmy Green – IFQ America – replaced Steve Elkington
  • Barry Hume – Western Gailes – replaced Mark Hensby
  • Ian Spencer – Irvine – replaced Toshimitsu Izawa
  • Neil Evans – Turnberry Kintyre – replaced Warren Bennett
  • Brett Taylor – Glasgow (Gailes) – replaced Andre Stolz
  • David Griffiths – Western Gailes – replaced David Duval

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 15 July 2004

Paul Casey and Thomas Levet both carded 66 (−5) and held a two stroke lead over a group of nine players. The group at 3-under included amateur Stuart Wilson and Vijay Singh. Defending champ Ben Curtis carded a 75 (+4). In total there were 39 rounds under par, 25 of those being in the 60s. Home favourite Colin Montgomerie started with a 2-under 69.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1England Paul Casey66−5
France Thomas Levet
T3South Korea K. J. Choi68−3
England Gary Evans
England Kenneth Ferrie
Scotland Alastair Forsyth
Australia Mathew Goggin
Sweden Mårten Olander
Sweden Carl Pettersson
Fiji Vijay Singh
Scotland Stuart Wilson (a)

Second round

Friday, 16 July 2004

Skip Kendall stormed into the lead with a 66 to reach the halfway stage at 135 (−7). Casey dropped down the leaderboard with a 77, while Levet shot a 70 to drop down into second. K. J. Choi continued his good start with a 69, keeping him in a tie for third place with Barry Lane. Todd Hamilton finished the round with a 67 to move up into a tie for fifth place.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Skip Kendall69-66=135−7
2France Thomas Levet66-70=136−6
T3South Korea K. J. Choi68-69=137−5
England Barry Lane69-68=137
T5New Zealand Michael Campbell67-71=138−4
South Africa Ernie Els69-69=138
United States Todd Hamilton71-67=138
Scotland Colin Montgomerie69-69=138
Fiji Vijay Singh68-70=138
T10South Africa Retief Goosen69-70=139−3
United States Phil Mickelson73-66=139
United States Kenny Perry69-70=139
United States Scott Verplank69-70=139
Canada Mike Weir71-68=139

Amateurs: Stuart Wilson (+1), Campbell (+5), Tiley (+5), Flanagan (+6), McElhinney (+10).

Third round

Saturday, 17 July 2004

Hamilton surged up the leader with a second consecutive 67 to finish the day at 205 (−8). Ernie Els, the 2002 champion, moved up to second at 206 with a 68, while one shot behind lay the reigning Masters champion Phil Mickelson, Retief Goosen, and Thomas Levet at 207 (−6).

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Todd Hamilton71-67-67=205−8
2South Africa Ernie Els69-69-68=206−7
T3South Africa Retief Goosen69-70-68=207−6
France Thomas Levet66-70-71=207
United States Phil Mickelson73-66-68=207
6England Barry Lane69-68-71=208−5
T7United States Scott Verplank69-70-70=209−4
United States Tiger Woods70-71-68=209
T9United States Skip Kendall69-66-75=210−3
Scotland Colin Montgomerie69-69-72=210
Canada Mike Weir71-68-71=210

Final round

Sunday, 18 July 2004

A see-saw final round led to a two-man playoff between Hamilton and Els. Hamilton, playing in only his eighth major, opened up a two-shot lead after chipping in for birdie from 30 feet (9 m) on the par-3 14th to get to 10 under. Then he holed a 12-foot (4 m) birdie on the par-5 16th to keep his cushion. Els had to make birdies to keep up, and he came through with pure putts on the 16th and 17th. Then came the wild 72nd hole, with Hamilton holding a one shot lead. Hamilton pushed his iron off the tee and into the rough, then chopped it across the fairway next to a guard railing that restricted his swing. Els hit his approach to within the shadow of the flag, leaving a 12-foot birdie attempt. Hamilton chipped to 20 feet (6 m) and missed to take bogey. Els suddenly had a putt to win, but left it short. Mickelson carded a final round 68 to finish a shot back at 275 (−9). A 67 moved Lee Westwood into sole fourth, matching Davis Love III for low score of the final round.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)
T1United States Todd Hamilton71-67-67-69=274−10Playoff
South Africa Ernie Els69-69-68-68=274
3United States Phil Mickelson73-66-68-68=275−9275,000
4England Lee Westwood72-71-68-67=278−6210,000
T5France Thomas Levet66-70-71-72=279−5159,500
United States Davis Love III72-69-71-67=279
T7South Africa Retief Goosen69-70-68-73=280−4117,500
United States Scott Verplank69-70-70-71=280
T9Canada Mike Weir71-68-71-71=281−389,500
United States Tiger Woods70-71-68-72=281

Amateurs: Wilson (+12)
Source:[6]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12  13 1415161718
Par444535434444434534
United States Hamilton−8−7−7−8−9−9−9−9−9−8−9−9−9−10−10−11−11−10
South Africa Els−7−7−8−9−8−8−9−9−9−7−7−7−8−8−8−9−10−10
United States Mickelson−6−6−6−8−8−8−9−9−9−9−9−9−8−8−8−9−9−9
England Westwood−2−2−1−1E−1−2−3−3−4−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−6
France Levet−6−6−6−8−8−8−8−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−6−6−5−5
United States LoveEE−1−2−2−2−2−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−5
South Africa Goosen−5−5−5−6−6−6−6−6−5−5−4−4−4-4−4−4−4−4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[7]

Playoff

After 72 holes, Hamilton and Els were tied for the lead at 274 (−10), requiring a four-hole aggregate playoff, played over the 1st, 2nd, 17th, and 18th holes. (The first use of this format in The Open was fifteen years earlier in 1989, also at Royal Troon.) Both players parred the first two holes, both par fours, and Hamilton managed a par 3 on the 222-yard (203 m) 17th. Els overshot the green and bogeyed,[8] then parred the last, leaving Hamilton a 3-foot (1 m) par putt to win the Open, which he holed.[2][9] Els had all four rounds in the 60s for the second time in an Open without winning; the other time was at Royal St. George's in 1993.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)
1United States Todd Hamilton4-4-3-4=15E720,000
2South Africa Ernie Els4-4-4-4=16+1430,000
Scorecard
Hole  1    2   17  18 
Par4434
United States HamiltonEEEE
South Africa ElsEE+1+1

Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 25, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  2. 1 2 Ferguson, Doug (19 July 2004). "Unlikely winner captures British". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. C-1.
  3. ↑ Bonk, Thomas (19 July 2004). "Hamilton's journey ends with major conquest". Eugene Register-Guard. (Los Angeles Times). p. E1.
  4. ↑ Bamberger, Michael (26 July 2004). "A horse for the gorse". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  5. ↑ "The holes of Royal Troon". The Florida Times-Union. 14 July 2004. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  6. ↑ "2004 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  7. ↑ "2004 Open Championship leaderboard". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  8. ↑ "Hamilton wins Open Championship in playoff over Els". PGA of America. Associated Press. 18 July 2004. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  9. ↑ Hodgetts, Rob (18 July 2004). "Hamilton grabs shock win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 June 2012.

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