U.S. BANK CHAMPIONSHIP
GARY D’AMATO
U.S. BANK CHAMPIONSHIP
FINAL ROUND REPORT
By GARY D’AMATO AND DAN MANOYAN
Monday, July 26, 2004
SHOT OF THE DAY
Kenny Perry holed out from 171 yards for an eagle on the par-4 eighth hole to get to 11 under. He couldn’t sustain the momentum, however, and gave the shots back with bogeys on Nos. 10 and 11. His eagle was one of just two in the tournament on par-4 holes.
DEEP TROUBLE
Quite simply, Patrick Sheehan’s double-bogey 6 on the 381-yard 12th hole cost him any shot at winning the tournament. Sheehan, who had led through 10 holes, hit driver off the tee but it hit squarely off a tree and rebounded 60 yards straight back. Sheehan, now 180 yards from the pin, hit 5-iron in but it flew the green to a patch he described as feeling like “concrete.” His chip rolled 78 feet past the hole, where it took him three to get down for double-bogey.
HOLE OF THE DAY
No. 14, 188 yards, par 3: The shortest hole on the back nine gave up only five birdies, fewer than any other hole in the final round. The flagstick was tucked behind a bunker near the left edge, making it all but inaccessible.
Birdies: 5; Pars: 66; Bogeys: 13; Double-bogeys: 0; Triple- bogeys: 1; Average score: 3.129
QUOTABLE
“We didn’t win it but we took a lot of cheese out of Wisconsin.”
— Runner-up Brett Quigley, on the success of fellow Rhode Island players Billy Andrade, Patrick Sheehan and Brad Faxon in the U.S. Bank Championship.
2 Bogey-free final rounds (Olin Browne and Billy Andrade).
BY THE NUMBERS
70.657 Scoring average for all four rounds at Brown Deer Park.
82 Rounds played by Loren Roberts in 22 starts in the U.S. Bank Championship. He ranks third behind Jay Haas (86) and Andy North (84).
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