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	2004 Quality Performance Index
	(November 7, 2004 - Golf Rank Index) Ernie Els Wins 2004 GRI Quality Performance Index • #2 Singh, #3 Woods, #4 Mickelson • Final 2004 Standings in PDF Format GRI - 2004 Quality Performance Final 2004 Standings Rank Player Pts. Per Event 1 Ernie Els 109.38 2 Vijay Singh 95.55 3 Tiger Woods 89.33 4 Phil Mickelson 82.45 5 Retief Goosen 80.02 6 Adam Scott 57.23 7 Sergio Garcia 53.18 8 Darren Clarke 45.43 9 Stewart Cink 44.76 10 Mike Weir 39.80 File Photo: ©GRI Ernie Els was able to hold on to the final 2004 Quality Performance Index (QPI) despite Vijay Singh's incredible run over the last few months of the season. The QPI average is derived by totaling all GRI ranking points earned for the year, divided by the number of events played to arrive at a points per event average. Els finishes the 2004 campaign with an average of 109.38, almost 14 full points ahead of #2 Vijay Singh who finishes with an average of 95.55. Despite notching only a single win for the season, #3 Tiger Woods finished the season with an average of 89.33, while #4 Phil Mickelson finished with an average of 82.45. The keys to Els taking the 2004 QPI were his consistent top finishes in the 4 majors and the fact that his 3 wins were in events with strong fields and thus worth higher point levels. Singh did claim three wins in his first 20 events, however, all three were in events with strength of fields rated 31st or below out of the 48 events played in 2004. Singh's average for his first 20 events was only 61.69. Singh's average for the 9 events from the Buick Open forward was 175.64. Also favoring Els is a comparison of the 13 common events played by both Els and Singh. Els averaged 104.68 points per event when Singh was in the field, compared to Singh's average of 73.33. Another factor benefiting Els was that the strength of field rating for all of his 16 events played was over 2.0, while 7 of Singh's wins were in events rated below 2. In the final analysis, the QPI rewards quality and not quantity. While Els played just over half as many events as Singh, Els performed more consistently in his events than did Singh. The top-50 of the Final 2004 Quality Performance Index are listed below. Golf Rank Index 2004 Quality Performance Index Final 2004 Standings - 15 Events Minimum Rank Player GRI Points Events GRI Points Per Event 1 Ernie Els 1,750.01 16 109.38 2 Vijay Singh 2,770.95 29 95.55 3 Tiger Woods 1,697.36 19 89.33 4 Phil Mickelson 1,813.80 22 82.45 5 Retief Goosen 1,280.37 16 80.02 6 Adam Scott 915.67 16 57.23 7 Sergio Garcia 957.28 18 53.18 8 Darren Clarke 726.96 16 45.43 9 Stewart Cink 1,253.23 28 44.76 10 Mike Weir 875.71 22 39.80 11 Stephen Ames 999.02 27 37.00 12 Davis Love III 874.44 24 36.43 13 Chris DiMarco 975.37 27 36.12 14 Stuart Appleby 862.35 25 34.49 15 David Toms 702.71 24 29.28 16 Jay Haas 672.27 23 29.23 17 Todd Hamilton 773.63 27 28.65 18 K.J. Choi 682.70 24 28.45 19 Scott Verplank 675.83 24 28.16 20 John Daly 599.66 22 27.26 21 Shigeki Maruyama 665.03 26 25.58 22 Jerry Kelly 733.95 29 25.31 23 Kenny Perry 576.84 23 25.08 24 Fred Couples 400.83 16 25.05 25 Rory Sabbatini 643.11 26 24.74 26 Mark Hensby 684.73 29 23.61 27 Luke Donald 490.20 21 23.34 28 Steve Flesch 696.22 31 22.46 29 Jeff Maggert 431.05 20 21.55 30 Chad Campbell 561.59 28 20.06 31 Robert Allenby 503.23 26 19.36 32 Zach Johnson 578.32 30 19.28 33 Kirk Triplett 459.34 24 19.14 34 Craig Parry 289.01 16 18.06 35 Bernhard Langer 265.83 15 17.72 36 Fred Funk 500.91 29 17.27 37 Jonathan Kaye 425.05 25 17.00 38 Justin Leonard 417.15 25 16.69 39 Tom Lehman 314.60 19 16.56 40 Fredrik Jacobson 391.83 24 16.33 41 Carlos Franco 432.07 27 16.00 42 Nick Price 237.67 15 15.84 43 Rod Pampling 398.31 26 15.32 44 Tim Herron 396.81 26 15.26 45 Duffy Waldorf 391.73 26 15.07 46 Chris Riley 337.58 23 14.68 47 Scott Hoch 249.11 17 14.65 48 Arron Oberholser 336.15 23 14.62 49 Justin Rose 316.63 22 14.39 50 Jesper Parnevik 344.96 24 14.37 Complete Current Rankings in PDF Format Flag Reference: Argentina Australia Austria Canada Columbia Denmark England Fiji France Germany Holland India Ireland N. Ireland Italy Japan S. Korea Mexico N.Zeland Norway Paraguay Scotland S. Africa Spain Sweden Thailand Trinidad U.S.A. Wales Zimbabwe
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