2003 Open Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 17–20 July 2003 |
Location | Sandwich, England |
Course(s) | Royal St George's Golf Club |
Tour(s) | European Tour PGA Tour Japan Golf Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 71 |
Length | 7,106 yards (6,498 m)[1] |
Field | 156 players, 75 after cut[1] |
Cut | 150 (+8)[1] |
Prize fund | £3,900,000 €5,631,600 $6,240,000 |
Winner's share | £700,000 €1,010,800 $1,112,720 |
Champion | |
Ben Curtis | |
283 (−1) | |
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The 2003 Open Championship was the 132nd Open Championship, held 17–20 July at Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, England. Ben Curtis won his only major title to date, one stroke ahead of runners-up Thomas Bjørn and Vijay Singh. Bjørn had led in the final round by two shots with three holes to play, but needed three attempts to play out of a greenside bunker on the 16th hole.[2][3] Playing in his first major championship and number 396 in the world rankings, Curtis became the first debut winner at The Open since Tom Watson in 1975.[4][5][6]
Contents
Course layout
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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 | 442 | 418 | 210 | 497 | 420 | 172 | 532 | 455 | 388 | 3,534 | 414 | 242 | 381 | 459 | 550 | 475 | 163 | 428 | 460 | 3,572 | 7,106 |
Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 71 |
Source:[1]
- The 4th hole was a par 4 in previous Opens
Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950):[1]
- 1993: 6,860 yards (6,273 m), par 70
- 1985: 6,857 yards (6,270 m), par 70
- 1981: 6,827 yards (6,243 m), par 70
Past champions in the field
Made the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
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Tiger Woods | United States | 2000 | 73 | 72 | 69 | 71 | 285 | +1 | T4 |
Nick Faldo | England | 1987, 1990, 1992 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 70 | 287 | +3 | T8 |
Greg Norman | Australia | 1986, 1993 | 69 | 79 | 74 | 68 | 290 | +6 | T18 |
Tom Watson | United States | 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983 |
71 | 77 | 73 | 69 | 290 | +6 | T18 |
Ernie Els | South Africa | 2002 | 78 | 68 | 72 | 72 | 290 | +6 | T18 |
Nick Price | Zimbabwe | 1994 | 74 | 72 | 72 | 74 | 292 | +8 | T28 |
Tom Lehman | United States | 1996 | 77 | 73 | 72 | 73 | 295 | +11 | T46 |
Mark O'Meara | United States | 1998 | 73 | 77 | 77 | 71 | 298 | +14 | T65 |
John Daly | United States | 1995 | 75 | 74 | 74 | 80 | 303 | +19 | T72 |
Missed the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | Total | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Justin Leonard | United States | 1997 | 74 | 77 | 151 | +9 |
Mark Calcavecchia | United States | 1989 | 78 | 73 | 151 | +9 |
Sandy Lyle | Scotland | 1985 | 73 | 79 | 152 | +10 |
Paul Lawrie | Scotland | 1999 | 81 | 74 | 155 | +13 |
David Duval | United States | 2001 | 83 | 78 | 161 | +19 |
Source:[7]
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, 17 July 2003
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par[8] |
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1 | Hennie Otto | South Africa | 68 | −3 |
T2 | Davis Love III | United States | 69 | −2 |
Greg Norman | Australia | |||
T4 | S.K. Ho | South Korea | 70 | −1 |
Fredrik Jacobson | Sweden | |||
T6 | Fred Couples | United States | 71 | E |
Gary Evans | England | |||
Mathias Grönberg | Sweden | |||
Charles Howell III | United States | |||
Thomas Levet | France | |||
Scott McCarron | United States | |||
Tom Watson | United States |
Second round
Friday, 18 July 2003
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par[9] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Davis Love III | United States | 69-72=141 | −1 |
T2 | Thomas Bjørn | Denmark | 73-70=143 | +1 |
S.K. Ho | South Korea | 70-73=143 | ||
T4 | Ben Curtis | United States | 72-72=144 | +2 |
Alastair Forsyth | Scotland | 74-70=144 | ||
Sergio García | Spain | 73-71=144 | ||
Thomas Levet | France | 71-73=144 | ||
Hennie Otto | South Africa | 68-76=144 | ||
Kenny Perry | United States | 74-70=144 | ||
Marco Ruiz | Paraguay | 73-71=144 |
Amateurs: Barnes (+11), Wolstenholme (+14), Godfrey (+18).
Third round
Saturday, 19 July 2003
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par[10] |
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1 | Thomas Bjørn | Denmark | 73-70-69=212 | −1 |
2 | Davis Love III | United States | 69-72-72=213 | E |
T3 | Ben Curtis | United States | 72-72-70=214 | +1 |
Sergio García | Spain | 73-71-70=214 | ||
Kenny Perry | United States | 74-70-70=214 | ||
Vijay Singh | Fiji | 75-70-69=214 | ||
Tiger Woods | United States | 73-72-69=214 | ||
T8 | Hur Suk-ho | South Korea | 70-73-72=215 | +2 |
Phillip Price | Wales | 74-72-69=215 | ||
T10 | Gary Evans | England | 71-75-70=216 | +3 |
Pierre Fulke | Sweden | 77-72-67=216 | ||
Fredrik Jacobson | Sweden | 70-76-70=216 | ||
Peter Lonard | Australia | 73-73-70=216 |
Final round
Sunday, 20 July 2003
Ben Curtis shot six-under in the first 11 holes to grab sole possession of the lead, but dropped four strokes in the next six holes to fall behind, and sank a 10-foot (3 m) putt on the final hole to post the clubhouse lead. Vijay Singh and Tiger Woods also moved into early contention, but fell behind Curtis with late bogeys, leaving Thomas Bjørn with a three stroke lead with four holes to play. He finished bogey-double bogey-bogey-par and tied for second, one stroke back.
It was not only Curtis' first win, but his first top-10 finish in a PGA Tour event.
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money (£) |
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1 | Ben Curtis | United States | 72-72-70-69=283 | −1 | 700,000 |
T2 | Thomas Bjørn | Denmark | 73-70-69-72=284 | E | 345,000 |
Vijay Singh | Fiji | 75-70-69-70=284 | |||
T4 | Davis Love III | United States | 69-72-72-72=285 | +1 | 185,000 |
Tiger Woods | United States | 73-72-69-71=285 | |||
T6 | Brian Davis | England | 77-73-68-68=286 | +2 | 134,500 |
Fredrik Jacobson | Sweden | 70-76-70-70=286 | |||
T8 | Nick Faldo | England | 76-74-67-70=287 | +3 | 155,383 |
Kenny Perry | United States | 74-70-70-73=287 | |||
T10 | Gary Evans | England | 71-75-70-72=288 | +4 | 97,750 |
Sergio García | Spain | 73-71-70-74=288 | |||
Retief Goosen | South Africa | 73-75-71-69=288 | |||
Hennie Otto | South Africa | 68-76-75-69=288 | |||
Phillip Price | Wales | 74-72-69-73=288 |
Source:[7]
Scorecard
Final round
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[11]
References
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External links
- Summary and full results
- European Tour: 2003 Open
- PGA of America: 2003 Open
- About.com: 2003 Open results
Preceded by | Major Championships | Succeeded by 2003 PGA Championship |
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