2003 Senior British Open

2003 Senior British Open

Tournament information
Dates	24–27 July 2003
Location	South Ayrshire, Scotland
Course(s)	Turnberry
Organized by	The R&A
Tour(s)	European Senior Tour Champions Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	6,715 yd (6,140 m)
Field	144 players, 77 after cut
Cut	144 (+4)
Prize fund	$1,590,377
Champion
Tom Watson
263 (−17)
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The 2003 Senior British Open was a senior major golf championship and the 17th Senior British Open, held from 24–27 July at Turnberry in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It was the 5th Senior British Open played at the course and the first Senior British Open played as a senior major championship.

Tom Watson defeated Carl Mason in a playoff to win his first Senior British Open title. The 2003 event was Watson's second senior major championship victory.

Venue[]

The 2003 event was the 5th Senior British Open played at Turnberry.

Course layout[]

Hole	Name	Yards	Par		Hole	Name	Yards	Par
1	Ailsa Craig	358	4		10	Dinna Fouter	415	4
2	Mak Siccar	381	4		11	Maidens	174	3
3	Blaw Wearie	409	4		12	Monument	414	4
4	Woe-Be-Tide	165	3		13	Tickly Tap	412	4
5	Fin Me Oot	416	4		14	Risk-An-Hope	441	4
6	Tappie Toorie	221	3		15	Ca' Canny	209	3
7	Roon The Ben	475	5		16	Wee Burn	409	4
8	Goat Fell	431	4		17	Lang Whang	497	5
9	Bruce's Castle	454	4		18	Duel in the Sun	434	4
Out		3,310	35		In		3,405	35
Source:[1]		Total					6,715	70

Field[]

The field consisted of 144 competitors: 139 professionals and 5 amateurs.

Nationalities in the field[]

North America (61)	South America (4)	Europe (51)	Oceania (15)	Asia (7)	Africa (6)
Canada (2)	Argentina (2)	England (21)	Australia (11)	Japan (7)	South Africa (6)
Jamaica (1)	Chile (1)	Spain (5)	New Zealand (4)
United States (58)	Brazil (1)	Scotland (12)
		Wales (1)
		Ireland (6)
		Netherlands (2)
		Italy (3)
		Northern Ireland (1)

Past champions in the field[]

Made the cut[]

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Bob Charles	New Zealand	1989, 1993	69	68	69	71	277	−3	T20
Noboru Sugai	Japan	2002	67	73	72	71	283	+3	T46
Gary Player	South Africa	1988, 1990, 1997	73	70	69	72	284	+4	T51
Christy O'Connor Jnr	Ireland	1999, 2000	73	71	70	71	285	+5	T54

Missed the cut[]

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
John Fourie	South Africa	1992	71	74	145	+5
Neil Coles	England	1987	72	74	146	+6
Ian Stanley	Australia	2001	79	74	153	+13
Bobby Verwey	South Africa	1991	86	69	155	+15

Round summaries[]

First round[]

Thursday, 24 July 2003

Tom Kite and Tom Watson posted four-under-par 66's on day one to lead by one shot.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Tom Kite	United States	66	−4
	Tom Watson	United States
T3	Denis Durnian	England	67	−3
	Carl Mason	England
	Mark McCumber	United States
	Des Smyth	Ireland
	Noboru Sugai	Japan
		Scotland
	Fuzzy Zoeller	United States
T10	Maurice Bembridge	England	68	−2
	Malcolm Gregson	England
	Bill Hardwick	Canada
	Bruce Summerhays	United States

Second round[]

Friday 25 July 2003

Carl Mason shot a 64 (−6) to take a one-shot lead over D.A. Weibring, who shot a seven-under-par 63.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Carl Mason	England	67-64=131	−9
2	D. A. Weibring	United States	69-63=132	−8
T3	Tom Kite	United States	66-67=133	−7
	Bruce Summerhays	United States	68-65=133
	Tom Watson	United States	66-67=133
T6	Jim Colbert	United States	72-62=134	−6
		Scotland	67-67=134
8	Denis Durnian	England	67-68=135	−5
T9		England	69-67=136	−4
	Terry Gale	Australia	70-66=136
	Mark McCumber	United States	67-69=136
	Dana Quigley	United States	71-65=136
	Bobby Wadkins	United States	71-65=136
	Fuzzy Zoeller	United States	67-69=136

Amateurs: Pierse (−1), Reynolds (+5), Boles (+9), Baldwin (+11), MacNamara (+15)

Third round[]

Saturday, 26 July 2003

Mason and Weibring shot matching rounds of 65 (−5) as Mason maintained his one shot lead. Kite, Summerhays, and Watson all shot rounds of 66 (−4) to trail Mason by three shots. Jim Colbert backed up his eight-under-par 62 with a 66 (−4) in the third round, trailing Mason by 4 strokes.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Carl Mason	England	67-64-65=196	−14
2	D. A. Weibring	United States	69-63-65=197	−13
T3	Tom Kite	United States	66-67-66=199	−11
	Bruce Summerhays	United States	68-65-66=199
	Tom Watson	United States	66-67-66=199
6	Jim Colbert	United States	72-62-66=200	−10
7	Mark McCumber	United States	67-69-65=201	−9
8	Brian Jones	Australia	69-69-65=203	−7
T9	Isao Aoki	Japan	66-67-66=204	−6
		England	69-67-68=204
	Denis Durnian	England	67-68-69=204
	Jack Nicklaus	United States	70-67-67=204
	Fuzzy Zoeller	United States	67-69-68=204

Amateurs: Pierse (+2)

Final round[]

Sunday, 27 July 2003

Tom Watson trailed Carl Mason by one stroke heading into the 72nd hole. Needing birdie to tie Mason, Watson bogeyed the par-4 18th hole to fall two shots behind the leader. Mason, now leading by 2 strokes, double bogeyed the 18th hole and fell into a playoff with Watson.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (€)
T1	Carl Mason	England	67-64-65-67=263	−17	Playoff
	Tom Watson	United States	66-67-66-64=263
3	Bruce Summerhays	United States	68-65-66-65=264	−16	83,648
4	Tom Kite	United States	66-67-66-67=266	−14	66,848
5	D. A. Weibring	United States	69-63-65-73=270	−10	56,641
T6	Brian Jones	Australia	69-69-65-68=271	−9	43,440
	Mark McCumber	United States	67-69-65-70=271
T8	Denis Durnian	United States	67-68-69-68=272	−8	31,673
	David Eger	United States	71-68-66-67=272
T10	Jim Colbert	United States	72-62-66-73=273	−7	24,734
	Graham Marsh	Australia	71-68-66-68=273
	Dana Quigley	United States	71-65-70-67=273

Source:^[2][3]
Amateurs: Pierse (+6)

Playoff[]

Sunday, 27 July 2003

Tom Watson and Carl Mason both parred the first playoff hole. Watson won with par on the second playoff hole as Mason made bogey.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (€)
1	Tom Watson	United States	4-4=8	E	222,779
2	Carl Mason	England	4-5=9	+1	148,590

Notes and references[]

External links[]

• Results on European Tour website
• Results on PGA Tour website

Preceded by

Senior Major Championships

Succeeded by

Coordinates: 55°18′58″N 4°49′59″W / 55.316°N 4.833°W / 55.316; -4.833