2003 Women's British Open

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox individual golf tournament | name = 2003 Women's British Open | image = | location = [[Lancashire, England]] | course = [[Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club|Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club]] | dates = 31 July – 3 August 2003 | org = [[Ladies' Golf Union]] | tour = [[LPGA Tour]] [[Ladies European Tour]] | par = 72 | yardage = {{convert|6308|yd}}<ref name=aslet03> {{cite web |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/tic_scorecard.php?id=2003_TM12&pid=151 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130719050736/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/tic_scorecard.php?id=2003_TM12&pid=151 |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 July 2013 |publisher=Ladies European Tour |title=Annika Sorenstam: 2003 Weetabix Women's British Open |date=3 August 2003 |accessdate=18 July 2013 }} </ref> | field = 144 players, 68 after cut | cut = 147 (+3) | purse = [[United States dollar|$]]1,600,000 [[Euro|€]]1,435,782 | winners_share = $254,880 €228,720 | champion = {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Annika Sörenstam]] | score = 278 (−10) | previous = [[2002 Women's British Open|2002]] | next = [[2004 Women's British Open|2004]] }} {{Location map |UK England |relief = 1 |label = Lytham & St Annes |lat = 53.7495 |long = -3.0180 |caption = Location in [[England]] |float = |background= |width = 240 }} The '''2003 Women's British Open''' was held 31 July to 3 August at [[Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club]] in [[Lancashire, England|Lancashire]], [[England]]. It was the 27th edition of the [[Women's British Open]], and the third as a [[Women's major golf championships|major championship]] on the [[LPGA Tour]]. [[Warner Bros. Discovery Sports|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 Women's British Open|2001]] champion. The victory completed the career [[Grand Slam (golf)|grand slam]] for Sörenstam.<ref name=scapsl>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=f-hRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hHADAAAAIBAJ&pg=2341%2C3679486 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |agency=Associated Press |last=Millward |first=Robert |title=Sorenstam caps slam with British Open title |date=4 August 2013 |page=C-1 |accessdate=26 July 2013}}</ref>

==Course layout== {{Main|Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !align="left"|Hole!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!9!!Out!!10!!11!!12!!13!!14!!15!!16!!17!!18!!In!!Total |- | align="center"|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''' |- | align="center"|Par||3||4||4||4||3||5||5||4||3||'''35'''||4||5||3||4||4||5||4||4||4||'''37'''||'''72''' |} Source:<ref name=aslet03/>

==Round summaries== ===First round=== ''Thursday, 31 July 2003''

{| class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par |- | align=center rowspan=2|T1|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Wendy Ward]] || align=center rowspan=2|67 || align=center rowspan=2|−5 |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Karrie Webb]] |- | align=center |3|| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Annika Sörenstam]] || align=center |68 || align=center |−4 |- | align=center rowspan=7|T4|| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Lorie Kane]] || align=center rowspan=7|69 || align=center rowspan=7|−3 |- | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Christina Kuld]] |- | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Se-ri Pak]] |- | {{flagicon|PHI}} [[Jennifer Rosales]] |- | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Georgina Simpson]] |- | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Karen Stupples]] |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Shani Waugh]] |}

===Second round=== ''Friday, 1 August 2003'' {| class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par |- | align=center|1 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Heather Bowie]] || 70-66=136 || align=center|−8 |- | align=center rowspan=2|T2 || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Se-ri Pak]] || 69-69=138 || align=center rowspan=2|−6 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Wendy Ward]] || 67-71=138 |- | align=center rowspan=5|T4 || {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Akiko Fukushima]] || 72-67=139 || align=center rowspan=5|−5 |- | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Patricia Meunier-Lebouc]] || 70-69=139 |- | {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Lorena Ochoa]] || 74-65=139 |- | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Grace Park (golfer)|Grace Park]] || 74-65=139 |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Karrie Webb]] || 67-72=139 |- | align=center rowspan=2|T9 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Michele Redman]] || 71-69=140 || align=center rowspan=2|−4 |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Annika Sörenstam]] || 68-72=140 |}

Amateurs: ''Serramià (+3)'', Keighley (+5), [[Becky Brewerton|Brewerton]] (+6)

===Third round=== ''Saturday, 2 August 2003''

{| class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par |- | align=center|1 || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Patricia Meunier-Lebouc]] || 70-69-67=206 || align=center|−10 |- | align=center rowspan=2|T2 || {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Se-ri Pak]] || 69-69-69=207 || align=center rowspan=2|−9 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Wendy Ward]] || 67-71-69=207 |- | align=center|4 || {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Annika Sörenstam]] || 68-72-68=208 || align=center|−8 |- | align=center|5 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Karrie Webb]] || 67-72-70=209 || align=center|−7 |- | align=center rowspan=2|T6 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Heather Bowie]] || 70-66-74=210 || align=center rowspan=2|−6 |- | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Grace Park (golfer)|Grace Park]] || 74-65-71=210 |- | align=center rowspan=2|T8 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kelli Kuehne]] || 73-69-69=211 || align=center rowspan=2|−5 |- | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Paula Martí]] || 71-70-70=211 |- | align=center rowspan=2|T10 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Beth Daniel]] || 74-71-67=212 || align=center rowspan=2|−4 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Vicki Goetze|Vicki Goetze-Ackerman]] || 73-71-68=212 |}

===Final round=== ''Sunday, 3 August 2003'' {|class="wikitable" ! Place !! Player !! Score !! To par || Money ([[United States dollar|$]]) |- | align=center|1|| {{flagicon|SWE}} '''[[Annika Sörenstam]]'''||68-72-68-70=278||align=center|−10||align=center|254,880 |- | align=center|2|| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Se-ri Pak]]||69-69-69-72=279||align=center|−9||align=center|159,300 |- | rowspan="2" align=center|T3|| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Grace Park (golfer)|Grace Park]]||74-65-71-70=280||rowspan="2" align=center|−8||rowspan=2 align=center|99,563 |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Karrie Webb]]||67-72-70-71=280 |- | align=center|5|| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Patricia Meunier-Lebouc]]||70-69-67-76=282||align=center|−6||align=center|71,685 |- | rowspan="2" align=center|T6|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Vicki Goetze|Vicki Goetze-Ackerman]]||73-71-68-71=283||rowspan="2" align=center|−5||rowspan=2 align=center|58,941 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Wendy Ward]]||67-71-69-76=283 |- | align=center|8|| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sophie Gustafson]]||73-69-71-71=284||align=center|−4||align=center|50,976 |- | align=center|9|| {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Kim Young|Young Kim]]||73-70-72-70=285||align=center|−3||align=center|46,197 |- | rowspan="2" align=center|T10|| {{flagicon|TWN}} [[Candie Kung]]||73-71-69-73=286||rowspan="2" align=center|−2||rowspan=2 align=center|39,825 |- | {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Gloria Park]]||70-75-69-72=286 |}

Amateur: Serramià (+6)

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20130726065031/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/tic_tournament.php?id=2003_TM12 Ladies European Tour:] 2003 Weetabix Women's British Open results *[http://www.lpga.com/golf/tournaments/lpga/ricoh-womens-british-open/full-results.aspx?year=2003 LPGA:] 2003 Women's British Open results

{{Women's Golf Major Championships master|2003}} {{Women's British Open championships}} {{coord|53.7495|-3.0180|type:event|display=title}}

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