2003 Women's British Open

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2003 Women's British Open
Tournament information
Dates31 July – 3 August 2003
LocationLancashire, England
Course(s)Royal Lytham & St Annes
Golf Club
Organized byLadies' Golf Union
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
Ladies European Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,308 yards (5,768 m)[1]
Field144 players, 68 after cut
Cut147 (+3)
Prize fund$1,600,000
1,435,782
Winner's share$254,880
€228,720
Champion
Sweden Annika Sörenstam
278 (−10)
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Lytham & St Annes is located in England
Lytham & St Annes
Lytham &
St Annes
Location in England

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
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
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[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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[]

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