2003 WGC-NEC Invitational

2003 WGC-NEC Invitational

Tournament information
Dates	August 21–24, 2003
Location	Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Course(s)	Firestone Country Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	7,283
Field	85 players
Cut	None
Prize fund	$6,000,000
Winner's share	$1,050,000
Champion
Darren Clarke
268 (−12)
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The 2003 WGC-NEC Invitational was a golf tournament that was contested from August 21–24, 2003 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the fifth WGC-NEC Invitational tournament, and the second of four World Golf Championships events held in 2003.

Darren Clarke won the tournament to capture his first WGC-NEC Invitational and his second World Golf Championships title.

Field[]

1. 2003 United States and International Presidents Cup teams

• United States: Chris DiMarco (3,4), Fred Funk (3,4), Jim Furyk (2,3,4,5), Jay Haas (3,4), Charles Howell III (3,4,5), Jerry Kelly (3,4), Justin Leonard (3,4), Davis Love III (2,3,4,5), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4), Kenny Perry (3,4,5), David Toms (2,3,4,5), Tiger Woods (2,3,4,5)
• International: Robert Allenby (3,4), Stuart Appleby (3,4), K. J. Choi (3,4), Tim Clark, Ernie Els (3,4,5), Retief Goosen (3,4), Stephen Leaney (3,4,5), Peter Lonard (3,4), Adam Scott (3,4), Nick Price (3,4), Vijay Singh (3,4,5), Mike Weir (3,4,5)

2. 2002 United States and European Ryder Cup teams

• United States: Paul Azinger, Mark Calcavecchia, Stewart Cink, Scott Hoch (3,4), Hal Sutton, Scott Verplank (3,4)

• David Duval did not play.

• Europe: Thomas Bjørn (3,4,5), Darren Clarke (3,4), Niclas Fasth, Pierre Fulke, Sergio García (3,4), Pádraig Harrington (3,4,5), Bernhard Langer (5), Paul McGinley, Colin Montgomerie (3,4,5), Jesper Parnevik, Phillip Price (3,4,5), Lee Westwood

3. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking as of August 11

Rich Beem (4), Ángel Cabrera (4), Michael Campbell (4), Paul Casey (4,5), Fred Couples (4,5), Ben Curtis (4,5), Bob Estes (4), Nick Faldo, Brad Faxon (4), Trevor Immelman, Freddie Jacobson (4), Jonathan Kaye (5), Len Mattiace (4), Rocco Mediate (4), Chris Riley (4), John Rollins (4,5), Eduardo Romero (4), Justin Rose (4), Jeff Sluman (4)

4. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking as of August 18

Chad Campbell, Alex Čejka (5), Shaun Micheel (5)

5. Tournament winners of worldwide events since the 2002 WGC-NEC Invitational with an OWGR Strength of Field Rating of 100 points or more

Stephen Allan, Bob Burns, Jonathan Byrd, Ben Crane, Robert-Jan Derksen, Steve Flesch, Dan Forsman, Ignacio Garrido, Philip Golding, Peter Jacobsen, Robert Karlsson, Craig Parry, Ian Poulter, Rory Sabbatini, Gene Sauers, Steen Tinning, Kaname Yokoo

• Phil Tataurangi did not play.

6. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours

• Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship (2003) – Toshimitsu Izawa
• PGA Tour of Australasia: Australian PGA Championship (2002) – tie between Peter Lonard (qualified in categories 1, 3, and 4) and Jarrod Moseley
• Sunshine Tour: The Tour Championship (2003) – Hennie Otto
• Asian Tour: Volvo Masters of Asia (2002) – Kevin Na

Round summaries[]

First round[]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Ben Curtis	United States	64	−6
	Sergio García	Spain
T3	Darren Clarke	Northern Ireland	65	−5
	Tiger Woods	United States
T5	Davis Love III	United States	66	−4
	Chris Riley	United States
	David Toms	United States
	Scott Verplank	United States
T9	Fred Couples	United States	67	−3
	Ernie Els	South Africa
	Niclas Fasth	Sweden
	Retief Goosen	South Africa
	Jeff Sluman	United States

Second round[]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Chris Riley	United States	66-67=133	−7
	David Toms	United States	66-67=133
T3	Fred Funk	United States	72-62=134	−6
	Vijay Singh	Fiji	69-65=134
T5	Darren Clarke	Northern Ireland	65-70=135	−5
	Brad Faxon	United States	68-67=135
T7	Retief Goosen	South Africa	67-69=136	−4
	Davis Love III	United States	66-70=136
T9	Ernie Els	South Africa	67-70=137	−3
	Dan Forsman	United States	69-68=137
	Peter Jacobsen	United States	73-64=137
	Jonathan Kaye	United States	68-69=137
	Hal Sutton	United States	68-69=137
	Tiger Woods	United States	65-72=137

Third round[]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Darren Clarke	Northern Ireland	65-70-66=201	−9
2	Jonathan Kaye	United States	68-69-65=202	−8
3	Chris Riley	United States	66-67-70=203	−7
T4	Davis Love III	United States	66-70-68=204	−6
	Tiger Woods	United States	65-72-67=204
T6	Brad Faxon	United States	68-67-70=205	−5
	Steve Flesch	United States	71-67-67=205
	Retief Goosen	South Africa	67-69-69=205
	Hal Sutton	United States	68-69-68=205
T10	Robert Allenby	Australia	69-69-68=206	−4
	Fred Funk	United States	72-62-72=206
	Jim Furyk	United States	69-69-68=206
	Vijay Singh	Fiji	69-65-72=206

Final round[]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Darren Clarke	Northern Ireland	65-70-66-67=268	−12	1,050,000
2	Jonathan Kaye	United States	68-69-65-70=272	−8	550,000
3	Davis Love III	United States	66-70-68-69=273	−7	360,000
T4	Chris Riley	United States	66-67-70-71=274	−6	235,000
	Tiger Woods	United States	65-72-67-70=274
T6	Robert Allenby	Australia	69-69-68-69=275	−5	163,333
	Jim Furyk	United States	69-69-68-69=275
	Vijay Singh	Fiji	69-65-72-69=275
T9	Brad Faxon	United States	68-67-70-71=276	−4	116,750
	Trevor Immelman	South Africa	70-68-70-68=276

External links[]

• Full results

Coordinates: 41°00′29″N 81°30′29″W / 41.008°N 81.508°W / 41.008; -81.508