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[edit] Events
- January 11 - Mercedes Championships winner: Stuart Appleby, $1,060,000 (66-67-66-71--270)
- January 15-16 - At the age of 14, golf prodigy Michelle Wie becomes the youngest woman (and only the fourth overall) to play at a PGA TOUR event, shooting 72-68 (even par) at the Sony Open at Waialae Country Club in her hometown of Honolulu. She missed the cut by one stroke.
- January 18- South African Airways Open at Somerset West, South Africa winner: Trevor Immelman (71-69-69-67--276)
- January 25 - Golfer Phil Mickelson wins for the first time in 19 months, beating Skip Kendall on the first extra hole at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.
- February 1 - Jonathan Kaye breaks from the pack on the final day in the FBR Open, winning by shooting five birdies in seven holes.
- February 8 - Vijay Singh claims his first victory of 2004 at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
- February 15 - John Daly ends an eight-year winless drought by beating Chris Riley and Luke Donald in the Buick Invitational.
- February 22 - Mike Weir wins his second Nissan Open.
- February 29 - Tiger Woods defeats Davis Love III to win the Accenture Match Play Championship.
- February 29 - Annika Sörenstam wins her third ANZ Ladies Masters.
- March 28 - Grace Park wins the first major of the LPGA season, the Kraft Nabisco Championship, by one shot over 17-year-old Aree Song. Michelle Wie finished fourth, four shots behind Park.
- March 28 - Adam Scott wins THE PLAYERS Championship by one shot over Padraig Harrington. Scott is the tournament's youngest winner ever.
- April 11 - Phil Mickelson wins The Masters, the first major of his career.
- May 9 - Se Ri Pak wins the LPGA Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill, qualifying her for the World Golf Hall of Fame. She will not be eligible for induction, however, until she completes her 10th year on tour in 2007.
- June 13 - Annika Sörenstam successfully defends her title in the second major of the LPGA season, the LPGA Championship.
- July 18 - Todd Hamilton wins The Open at Royal Troon
- August 15 - Vijay Singh wins the PGA Championship in a three-hole playoff with Chris DiMarco and Justin Leonard.
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