Length 7,106 yards (6,498 m) Dates 17 Jul 2003 – 20 Jul 2003 | Cut 150 (+8) Par 71 | |
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Field 156 players, 75 after cut Prize fund £3,900,000€5,631,600$6,240,000 Winner's share £700,000€1,010,800$1,112,720 Course Royal St. George's Golf Club Location Royal St. George's Golf Club, Worth, United Kingdom Similar 2004 Open Championship (British O, 2005 Open Championship (British O, 2001 Open Championship (British O, 1999 Open Championship (British O, 1989 Open Championship |
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. 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.
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Course layout
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Field
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)
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)
Mark Calcavecchia (18), Nick Faldo, Sandy Lyle, Tom Watson
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)
Bradley Dredge, Anders Hansen (6), Stephen Leaney, José María Olazábal (11)
Ignacio Garrido, Andrew Oldcorn
Brian Davis, Robert-Jan Derksen, Kenneth Ferrie, Mathias Grönberg, Fredrik Jacobson
Alastair Forsyth, Philip Golding, David Howell, Søren Kjeldsen, Mark McNulty, Greg Owen, Ian Poulter
Raphaël Jacquelin, David Lynn, Rolf Muntz, Gary Murphy, Nick O'Hern, Iain Pyman, Mark Roe, Charl Schwartzel
Craig Perks, Hal Sutton (18)
Joe Durant, Jonathan Kaye, Cliff Kresge, J. L. Lewis, Rory Sabbatini, Duffy Waldorf
Tom Byrum, José Cóceres, Ben Curtis, Luke Donald, Dudley Hart, Skip Kendall, Scott McCarron, Chris Smith
Paul Azinger, Stewart Cink, Pierre Fulke, Paul McGinley, Jesper Parnevik, Phillip Price, Lee Westwood
Shingo Katayama, Nobuhito Sato, Toru Taniguchi
Hur Suk-ho, Hirofumi Miyase, Hideto Tanihara, Katsuyoshi Tomori
Ricky Barnes (a)
Missed the cut
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First round
Thursday, 17 July 2003
Second round
Friday, 18 July 2003
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. The rule that resulted in the disqualifications was changed two years later; Roe never played in another major.
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.
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Final round
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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