2003 Open Championship

2003 Open Championship
Tournament information
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
United States Ben Curtis
283 (−1)
«2002
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Sandwich
Location in England

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]

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4424182104974201725324553883,5344142423814595504751634284603,5727,106
Par443543544364344543443571

Source:[7]

Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950):[1]

Field

1. Top 15 and ties from the 2002 Open Championship

Stuart Appleby (4), Thomas Bjørn (4,5,18), Steve Elkington, Ernie Els (2,3,4,5,10,14), Gary Evans, Sergio García (4,5,18,14), Retief Goosen (4,5,10,14), Søren Hansen (5), Pádraig Harrington (4,5,18), Justin Leonard (2,3,4,14), Thomas Levet, Peter Lonard (4,22), Davis Love III (4,13,18), Shigeki Maruyama (4,14), Peter O'Malley (22), Nick Price (2,3,4,14)

2. Open Champions, 1993–2002

John Daly (3), David Duval (3,18), Paul Lawrie (3,4,5), Tom Lehman (3), Greg Norman (3), Mark O'Meara (3), Tiger Woods (3,4,10,11,12,13,14,18)

3. Past Open Champions aged 65 or under on 20 July 2003

Mark Calcavecchia (18), Nick Faldo, Sandy Lyle, Tom Watson

4. The first 50 players on the OWGR on 29 May 2003

Robert Allenby (14), Rich Beem (12,14), Ángel Cabrera (5), Michael Campbell (5), Paul Casey, K. J. Choi (14), Darren Clarke (18), Fred Couples, Chris DiMarco (14), Bob Estes, Niclas Fasth (5,18), Brad Faxon, Steve Flesch, Fred Funk (14), Jim Furyk (10,14,18), Jay Haas, Charles Howell III (14), Trevor Immelman (5,24), Jerry Kelly (14), Bernhard Langer (5,18), Len Mattiace (14), Phil Mickelson (14,18), Colin Montgomerie (5,6,18), Craig Parry (22), Kenny Perry, Chris Riley, Eduardo Romero (5), Justin Rose (5), Adam Scott (5), Vijay Singh (11,12,14), Jeff Sluman (14), David Toms (12,14,18), Scott Verplank (18), Mike Weir (11)

5. Top 20 in the final 2002 European Tour Order of Merit

Bradley Dredge, Anders Hansen (6), Stephen Leaney, José María Olazábal (11)

6. The Volvo PGA Championship winners for 2000–03

Ignacio Garrido, Andrew Oldcorn

7. First 5 players, not exempt, in the top 20 of the 2003 European Tour Order of Merit as of 29 May

Brian Davis, Robert-Jan Derksen, Kenneth Ferrie, Mathias Grönberg, Fredrik Jacobson

8. First 7 European Tour members, not exempt, in the top 25 of a cumulative money list taken from all official European Tour events from the 2003 Volvo PGA Championship up to and including the 2003 Scottish Open

Alastair Forsyth, Philip Golding, David Howell, Søren Kjeldsen, Mark McNulty, Greg Owen, Ian Poulter

9. The leading 8 players, not exempt having applied (8) above, in the 2003 Scottish Open

Raphaël Jacquelin, David Lynn, Rolf Muntz, Gary Murphy, Nick O'Hern, Iain Pyman, Mark Roe, Charl Schwartzel

10. The U.S. Open Champions for 1994–2003

Lee Janzen, Corey Pavin

11. The Masters Champions for 1999–2003
12. The PGA Champions for 1998–2002
13. The Players Champions for 2000–03

Craig Perks, Hal Sutton (18)

14. Top 20 in the final 2002 PGA Tour Official Money List
15. First 5 players, not exempt, in the top 20 of the 2003 PGA Tour Official Money List as of 29 May

Chad Campbell

16. First 7 PGA Tour members, not exempt, in the top 25 of a cumulative money list taken from the 2003 Players Championship and the five PGA Tour events leading up to and including the 2003 Western Open

Joe Durant, Jonathan Kaye, Cliff Kresge, J. L. Lewis, Rory Sabbatini, Duffy Waldorf

17. The leading 8 players, not exempt having applied (16) above, in the 2003 Western Open

Tom Byrum, José Cóceres, Ben Curtis, Luke Donald, Dudley Hart, Skip Kendall, Scott McCarron, Chris Smith

18. Playing members of the 2002 Ryder Cup teams

Paul Azinger, Stewart Cink, Pierre Fulke, Paul McGinley, Jesper Parnevik, Phillip Price, Lee Westwood

19. The 2002 Canadian Open Champion

John Rollins

20. The 2002 Japan Open Champion

David Smail

21. Winner of the 2002 Asian PGA Tour Order of Merit

Jyoti Randhawa

22. Top 3 from the 2002–03 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
23. Top 3 from the 2002 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit

Shingo Katayama, Nobuhito Sato, Toru Taniguchi

24. Top 2 from the 2002–03 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit

Mark Foster

25. The leading player, not exempt, in the 2003 Mizuno Open

Todd Hamilton

26. First 4, not exempt having applied (25) above, in the top 20 of a cumulative money list taken from all official Japan Golf Tour events from the 2003 Japan PGA Championship up to and including the 2003 Mizuno Open

Hur Suk-ho, Hirofumi Miyase, Hideto Tanihara, Katsuyoshi Tomori

27. The 2002 Senior British Open Champion

Noboru Sugai

28. The 2003 Amateur Champion

Gary Wolstenholme (a)

29. The 2002 U.S. Amateur Champion

Ricky Barnes (a)

30. The 2002 European Amateur Champion
Final Qualifying
Littlestone – Steven Bowditch, Robert Coles, Scott Godfrey (a), Adam Le Vesconte, Christopher Smith, Anthony Wall, Paul Wesselingh
North Foreland – Gary Emerson, Andrew George, Adam Mednick, Mårten Olander, Hennie Otto, Anthony Sproston, Simon Wakefield
Prince's – Mathew Goggin, Jarrod Moseley, Cameron Percy, Andrew Raitt, Marco Ruiz, Steen Tinning, Ian Woosnam
Royal Cinque Ports – Markus Brier, Charles Challen, Ben Crane, Peter Fowler, Euan Little, Malcolm MacKenzie, Mark Smith

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
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:[8]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 17 July 2003

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par[9]
1Hennie Otto  South Africa68−3
T2Davis Love III United States69−2
Greg Norman Australia
T4S.K. Ho South Korea70−1
Fredrik Jacobson Sweden
T6Fred Couples United States71E
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

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par[10]
1Davis Love III  United States69-72=141−1
T2Thomas Bjørn Denmark73-70=143+1
S.K. Ho South Korea70-73=143
T4Ben Curtis United States72-72=144+2
Alastair Forsyth Scotland74-70=144
Sergio García Spain73-71=144
Thomas Levet France71-73=144
Hennie Otto South Africa68-76=144
Kenny Perry United States74-70=144
Marco Ruiz Paraguay73-71=144

Amateurs: Barnes (+11), Wolstenholme (+14), Godfrey (+18).

Third round

Saturday, 19 July 2003

Mark Roe shot a 67 to finish at one over par, but he and playing partner Jesper Parnevik were disqualified, having failed to exchange scorecards and therefore having signed incorrect scorecards.[11] The rule that resulted in the disqualifications was changed two years later;[12] Roe never played in another major.[13]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par[14]
1Thomas Bjørn Denmark73-70-69=212−1
2Davis Love III  United States69-72-72=213E
T3Ben Curtis United States72-72-70=214+1
Sergio García Spain73-71-70=214
Kenny Perry United States74-70-70=214
Vijay Singh Fiji75-70-69=214
Tiger Woods United States73-72-69=214
T8Hur Suk-ho South Korea70-73-72=215+2
Phillip Price Wales74-72-69=215
T10Gary Evans England71-75-70=216+3
Pierre Fulke Sweden77-72-67=216
Fredrik Jacobson Sweden70-76-70=216
Peter Lonard Australia73-73-70=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) par 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.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney (£)
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:[8]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par443543544 434454344
United States Curtis E E E −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −3 −4 −5 −4 −4 −3 −2 −2 −1 −1
Denmark Bjørn E E −1 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −3 −1 E E
Fiji Singh +1 E E E −1 −2 −3 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 E −1 −1 E E E
United States Love +1 +2 +2 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +3 +2 +2 +1 E E E E +1 +1
United States Woods +1 +1 +1 E −1 −1 −2 −1 −1 E E E E −1 E E +1 +1

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[15]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 27, 203. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  2. ↑ Bunkered Bjorn's sandy sorrow
  3. ↑ Bamberger, Michael (28 July 2003). "A major major upset". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  4. ↑ Ben who?
  5. ↑ Ferguson, Doug (21 July 2003). "Rookie pulls off stunner". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. C-1. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  6. ↑ Newberry, Paul (21 July 2003). "Caught in a trap". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. p. C-3. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. p. 5. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  8. 1 2 "2003 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  9. ↑ "PGA European Tour - Tournaments". Archived from the original on 4 September 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
  10. ↑ "PGA European Tour - Tournaments". Archived from the original on 4 September 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
  11. ↑ "Roe and Parnevik disqualified". BBC Sport. 19 July 2003. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  12. ↑ "Mark Roe welcomes new rules change". Golf Today. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  13. ↑ "Mark Roe Career Record". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  14. ↑ "PGA European Tour - Tournaments". Archived from the original on 4 September 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
  15. ↑ "British Open Championship". ESPN. Retrieved 10 August 2015.

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Preceded by
2003 U.S. Open		 Major Championships Succeeded by
2003 PGA Championship

Coordinates: 51°16′26″N 1°22′01″E / 51.274°N 1.367°E / 51.274; 1.367

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