2003 Women's British Open
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 31 July – 3 August 2003 |
Location | Lancashire, England |
Course(s) | Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club |
Organized by | Ladies' Golf Union |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour Ladies European Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,308 yards (5,768 m)[1] |
Field | 144 players, 68 after cut |
Cut | 147 (+3) |
Prize fund | $1,600,000 €1,435,782 |
Winner's share | $254,880 €228,720 |
Champion | |
Annika Sörenstam | |
278 (−10) | |
Lytham &
St Annes
St Annes
The 2003 Women's British Open was held 31 July to 3 August at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England. It was the 27th edition of the Women's British Open, and the third as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. TNT Sports and ABC Sports televised the event in the United States and BBC Sport in the United Kingdom.
Annika Sörenstam won the sixth of her ten major titles, one stroke ahead of runner-up Se-Ri Pak, the 2001 champion. The victory completed the career grand slam for Sörenstam.[2]
Course layout[]
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
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Yards | 198 | 390 | 410 | 357 | 170 | 474 | 542 | 389 | 144 | 3,074 | 311 | 465 | 151 | 324 | 418 | 455 | 333 | 406 | 371 | 3,234 | 6,308 |
Par | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 72 |
Source:[1]
Field[]
Past champions in the field[]
Player | Country | Year won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
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Se-Ri Pak | South Korea | 2001 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 72 | 279 | −9 | 2 |
Karrie Webb | Australia | 2002 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 71 | 280 | −8 | T3 |
Round summaries[]
First round[]
Thursday, 31 July 2003
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | Wendy Ward | United States | 67 | −5 |
Karrie Webb | Australia | |||
3 | Annika Sörenstam | Sweden | 68 | −4 |
T4 | Lorie Kane | Canada | 69 | −3 |
Denmark | ||||
Se-ri Pak | South Korea | |||
Jennifer Rosales | Philippines | |||
England | ||||
Karen Stupples | England | |||
Shani Waugh | Australia |
Second round[]
Friday, 1 August 2003
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Heather Bowie | United States | 70-66=136 | −8 |
T2 | Se-ri Pak | South Korea | 69-69=138 | −6 |
Wendy Ward | United States | 67-71=138 | ||
T4 | Akiko Fukushima | Japan | 72-67=139 | −5 |
Patricia Meunier-Lebouc | France | 70-69=139 | ||
Lorena Ochoa | Mexico | 74-65=139 | ||
Grace Park | South Korea | 74-65=139 | ||
Karrie Webb | Australia | 67-72=139 | ||
T9 | Michele Redman | United States | 71-69=140 | −4 |
Annika Sörenstam | Sweden | 68-72=140 |
Amateurs: Serramià (+3), Keighley (+5), Brewerton (+6)
Third round[]
Saturday, 2 August 2003
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Patricia Meunier-Lebouc | France | 70-69-67=206 | −10 |
T2 | Se-ri Pak | South Korea | 69-69-69=207 | −9 |
Wendy Ward | United States | 67-71-69=207 | ||
4 | Annika Sörenstam | Sweden | 68-72-68=208 | −8 |
5 | Karrie Webb | Australia | 67-72-70=209 | −7 |
T6 | Heather Bowie | United States | 70-66-74=210 | −6 |
Grace Park | South Korea | 74-65-71=210 | ||
T8 | Kelli Kuehne | United States | 73-69-69=211 | −5 |
Paula Martí | Spain | 71-70-70=211 | ||
T10 | Beth Daniel | United States | 74-71-67=212 | −4 |
Vicki Goetze-Ackerman | United States | 73-71-68=212 |
Final round[]
Sunday, 3 August 2003
Place | Player | Nation | Score | To par | Money ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Annika Sörenstam | Sweden | 68-72-68-70=278 | −10 | 254,880 |
2 | Se-ri Pak | South Korea | 69-69-69-72=279 | −9 | 159,300 |
T3 | Grace Park | South Korea | 74-65-71-70=280 | −8 | 99,563 |
Karrie Webb | Australia | 67-72-70-71=280 | |||
5 | Patricia Meunier-Lebouc | France | 70-69-67-76=282 | −6 | 71,685 |
T6 | Vicki Goetze-Ackerman | United States | 73-71-68-71=283 | −5 | 58,941 |
Wendy Ward | United States | 67-71-69-76=283 | |||
8 | Sophie Gustafson | Sweden | 73-69-71-71=284 | −4 | 50,976 |
9 | Young Kim | South Korea | 73-70-72-70=285 | −3 | 46,197 |
T10 | Candie Kung | Taiwan | 73-71-69-73=286 | −2 | 39,825 |
Gloria Park | South Korea | 70-75-69-72=286 |
Amateur: Serramià (+6)
References[]
- ^ a b "Annika Sorenstam: 2003 Weetabix Women's British Open". Ladies European Tour. 3 August 2003. Archived from the original on 19 July 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2013.
- ^ Millward, Robert (4 August 2013). "Sorenstam caps slam with British Open title". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. C-1. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
External links[]
- Ladies European Tour: 2003 Weetabix Women's British Open results
- LPGA: 2003 Women's British Open results
Categories:
- Women's British Open
- Golf tournaments in England
- 2003 in women's golf
- 2003 in English women's sport
- July 2003 sports events in the United Kingdom
- August 2003 sports events in the United Kingdom
- 2000s in Lancashire