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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
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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

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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
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]

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, 31 July 2003

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Wendy Ward 67 −5
Australia Karrie Webb
3 Sweden Annika Sörenstam 68 −4
T4 Canada Lorie Kane 69 −3
Denmark Christina Kuld
South Korea Se-ri Pak
Philippines Jennifer Rosales
England Georgina Simpson
England Karen Stupples
Australia Shani Waugh

Second round

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Friday, 1 August 2003

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Heather Bowie 70-66=136 −8
T2 South Korea Se-ri Pak 69-69=138 −6
United States Wendy Ward 67-71=138
T4 Japan Akiko Fukushima 72-67=139 −5
France Patricia Meunier-Lebouc 70-69=139
Mexico Lorena Ochoa 74-65=139
South Korea Grace Park 74-65=139
Australia Karrie Webb 67-72=139
T9 United States Michele Redman 71-69=140 −4
Sweden Annika Sörenstam 68-72=140

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

Third round

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Saturday, 2 August 2003

Place Player Score To par
1 France Patricia Meunier-Lebouc 70-69-67=206 −10
T2 South Korea Se-ri Pak 69-69-69=207 −9
United States Wendy Ward 67-71-69=207
4 Sweden Annika Sörenstam 68-72-68=208 −8
5 Australia Karrie Webb 67-72-70=209 −7
T6 United States Heather Bowie 70-66-74=210 −6
South Korea Grace Park 74-65-71=210
T8 United States Kelli Kuehne 73-69-69=211 −5
Spain Paula Martí 71-70-70=211
T10 United States Beth Daniel 74-71-67=212 −4
United States Vicki Goetze-Ackerman 73-71-68=212

Final round

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Sunday, 3 August 2003

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Sweden Annika Sörenstam 68-72-68-70=278 −10 254,880
2 South Korea Se-ri Pak 69-69-69-72=279 −9 159,300
T3 South Korea Grace Park 74-65-71-70=280 −8 99,563
Australia Karrie Webb 67-72-70-71=280
5 France Patricia Meunier-Lebouc 70-69-67-76=282 −6 71,685
T6 United States Vicki Goetze-Ackerman 73-71-68-71=283 −5 58,941
United States Wendy Ward 67-71-69-76=283
8 Sweden Sophie Gustafson 73-69-71-71=284 −4 50,976
9 South Korea Young Kim 73-70-72-70=285 −3 46,197
T10 Taiwan Candie Kung 73-71-69-73=286 −2 39,825
South Korea Gloria Park 70-75-69-72=286

Amateur: Serramià (+6)

References

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  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.
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