2003 Women's British Open

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.

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)
Lytham &St Annes is located in England
Lytham &St Annes
Lytham &
St Annes
Location in England

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
Main article: Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards1983904103571704745423891443,0743114651513244184553334063713,2346,308
Par344435543354534454443772

Source:[1]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 31 July 2003

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1United States Wendy Ward67−5
Australia Karrie Webb
3Sweden Annika Sörenstam68−4
T4Canada Lorie Kane69−3
Denmark Christina Kuld
South Korea Se-ri Pak
Philippines Jennifer Rosales
England Georgina Simpson
England Karen Stupples
Australia Shani Waugh

Second round

Friday, 1 August 2003

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Heather Bowie70-66=136−8
T2South Korea Se-ri Pak69-69=138−6
United States Wendy Ward67-71=138
T4Japan Akiko Fukushima72-67=139−5
France Patricia Meunier-Lebouc70-69=139
Mexico Lorena Ochoa74-65=139
South Korea Grace Park74-65=139
Australia Karrie Webb67-72=139
T9United States Michele Redman71-69=140−4
Sweden Annika Sörenstam68-72=140

Amateurs: Serramià (+3), Keighley (+5), Brewerton (+6)

Third round

Saturday, 2 August 2003

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1France Patricia Meunier-Lebouc70-69-67=206−10
T2South Korea Se-ri Pak69-69-69=207−9
United States Wendy Ward67-71-69=207
4Sweden Annika Sörenstam68-72-68=208−8
5Australia Karrie Webb67-72-70=209−7
T6United States Heather Bowie70-66-74=210−6
South Korea Grace Park74-65-71=210
T8United States Kelli Kuehne73-69-69=211−5
Spain Paula Martí71-70-70=211
T10United States Beth Daniel74-71-67=212−4
United States Vicki Goetze-Ackerman73-71-68=212

Final round

Sunday, 3 August 2003

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Sweden Annika Sörenstam68-72-68-70=278−10254,880
2South Korea Se-ri Pak69-69-69-72=279−9159,300
T3South Korea Grace Park74-65-71-70=280−899,563
Australia Karrie Webb67-72-70-71=280
5France Patricia Meunier-Lebouc70-69-67-76=282−671,685
T6United States Vicki Goetze-Ackerman73-71-68-71=283−558,941
United States Wendy Ward67-71-69-76=283
8Sweden Sophie Gustafson73-69-71-71=284−450,976
9South Korea Young Kim73-70-72-70=285−346,197
T10Taiwan Candie Kung73-71-69-73=286−239,825
South Korea Gloria Park70-75-69-72=286

Amateur: Serramià (+6)

References
  1. "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.

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