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2004
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 Welcome to the 2004
coverage of the Memorial Golf Tournament. Columbus Wired is
proud to be bringing you the best of the PGA players for the
fifth year in a row. Please direct any comments,
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Els Finishes On Top
by Giles Kennedy
Ernie Els held off Fred Couples to finally win the
Memorial Tournament after eleven tries.
Moving Day at Muirfield
by Dave Weissman
Justin Rose, Ben Curtis and Stephen Ames started out the day tied
for the lead in the 2004 Memorial Tournament. But, by the end of
play in the third round, Ernie Els was atop the leader board
after shooting a 6-under par 66 today to end at 10-under. Fred Couples,
playing with Els and aiming for his second Memorial title, is in
second place at 9-under and will be paired with Els again
tomorrow...more
Three On Top
by Dave Weissman
Justin Rose, Ben Curtis and Stephen Ames share the lead
after two rounds at the 2004 PGA Memorial Tournament. Rose was the
first atop the leader board after carding a 5-under par 67 and
move to 7-under for the tournament. Ostrander, Ohio native and
last year’s British Open champion, Ben Curtis was next up after
finishing his second consecutive round without a bogey on his
card. Late afternoon player Stephen Ames checked in with a 4-under
par today to be in the hunt...more
Round 1 Sets the Tone
by Dave Weissman
Ernie Els and Ben Curtis, the last two British Open champions , share the lead at 4-under par at the 2004
Memorial Tournament after the first round of play.
Paul Azinger, Lee Janzen, Stephen Ames and five others, including
Fred Couples, are tied for
second at 3-under par. Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh in what was
hyped up as the duel, didn’t factor into the leader board on the
first round. Tiger was tied for 39th at 1even par and Singh was
tied for 48th with 1-over par...more
Photo
Gallery - Round 1 |
Photo Gallery - Wednesday
My First Muirfield Experience - This Side
of the Story
By Giles Kennedy, Contributing Columnist
While walking the course and taking in the ambiance of the PGA’s
greatest golfers, I was pondering how to go about this
installment. This is the first time I went to the greens near
Dublin as a reporter. But, I can simply say that the reason why I
call Central Ohio home is some of the folks I met at Muirfield.
Residents and fans seem very hospitable and friendly...more
 Triplett
does it for the kids.
Tour For
Adoption aims to help foster kids get adopted.
by Dave Weissman, Columbus
Wired
Each week, Kirk Triplett
as part of his new sponsorship with the Dave Thomas Foundation,
carries a photo of a foster child on his bag. The Tour For
Adoption program features a Foster child in each PGA city that
Triplett plays in. He places a picture of the child on his bag
that is seen by everyone during each weeks tournament, providing a
catalyst for adoption to people that are interested not only in
Sentral, but other foster children as well. “The goal of the
program is to create awareness that in your community there may be
literally hundreds of children like Sentral in foster care that
people need to consider (adoption),” Triplett said...more
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Tuesday's Notebook
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Cicadas,
cicadas, cicadas …Seems once you pass the gates of
Muirfield Village, all you can hear is the sound of the
cicadas. They seem to be everywhere and their noise is
plentiful. 1987 was the last time the cicadas were abound at
Muirfield Village. There are thousands of them and the noise
made is their mating call. The sound is like crickets, but
never ending. Let’s hope the golfers can put the noise behind
them this week and focus on the job at hand.
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Pro-Am –
For those lucky few, sponsors and other dignitaries, today
marked the Morgan Stanly Invitational Pro-Am. Let by PGA pros
such as Tiger Woods, V.J. Singh, Nick Price and tournament
host Jack Nicklaus, all seemed to have a good time.
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Autograph
Hounds. The fans loved the mood of the pros today as many
of them snagged many autographs. Once family, a woman and her
niece, sat safely at number 9 and collected over 25
signatures. They were last seen waiting for Tiger Woods. “He
probably won’t stop and give any,” said the 16 year old.
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Tee Times
Announced...Tee times for Thursday and Friday were
announced. Most notable is the group of Joey Sindelar,
Vijay Singh and Tiger Woods. With Singh leading the
money list, look for Tiger to growl a bit to catch up to him.
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First Timers...This
year's tournament features 19 new faces to Dublin.
Arjun Atwal, Thomas Bjorn,
Alex Cejka, Niclas Fasth, Nick Flanagan, Keiichiro Fukabori,
Mathias Gronberg, Mark Hensby, Zach Johnson, Hank Kuehne,
Hunter Mahan, Shaun Micheel, Hirofumi Miyase, Arron Oberholser,
Joe Ogilvie, Nick Price, Brandt Snedeker (A), Andre Stolz (A),
Bo Van Pelt round out the newbies to Muirfield.
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| 2004 Memorial Tournament Updates
| 2004 Honorees - Lee Travino and
Joyce Wethered. |
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 2003
- Kenny Perry’s
Day In The Sun
May will prove to be a very lucrative month for David Lipscomb
University. See, Kenny “Under The Radar” Perry donates 5% of his
winnings to his wife’s Alma Matter to fund a pair of scholarships
each year for two children from his home county...more
 2002
- Expect the Unexpected!
Jim Furyk, adopted hometown hero and the guy with the unusual
swing, wins the 2002 Memorial Tournament in dramatic fashion....(more)
 2001
Tiger Three-Peats
Tiger Woods continued his dominance of professional golf, coming from one stroke behind to
pass Paul Azinger and win his third consecutive Memorial victory at Muirfield Village...(more)
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Schedule of
Events
Monday, May 31st - Practice
Rounds
Tuesday, June 1st - Practice
Rounds, Morgan Stanley Invitational Pro-Am (12:30), Kroger
Junior Golf Clinic (5:30)
Wednesday, June 2nd -
Practice Rounds, Honoree Ceremony (3:00), Jack Nicklaus Golf
Clinic (4:30)
Thursday - Sunday, June 3rd
thru June 6th. Tournament Play.
Play begins approximately
7:30 am (Thursday, Friday) and 8:30 am (Saturday, Sunday)
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