# 2003 Women's British Open

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2003 Women's British Open Tournament information Dates 31 July – 3 August 2003 Location Lancashire, England Course Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club Organized by Ladies' Golf Union Tour(s) LPGA Tour Ladies European Tour Statistics Par 72 Length 6,308 yards (5,768 m)[1] Field 144 players, 68 after cut Cut 147 (+3) Prize fund $1,600,000 €1,435,782 Winner's share $254,880 €228,720 Champion Annika Sörenstam 278 (−10) ← 2002 2004 →

Lytham &
St Annes

Location in [England](/source/England)

The **2003 Women's British Open** was held 31 July to 3 August at [Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club](/source/Royal_Lytham_%26_St_Annes_Golf_Club) in [Lancashire](/source/Lancashire%2C_England), [England](/source/England). It was the 27th edition of the [Women's British Open](/source/Women's_British_Open), and the third as a [major championship](/source/Women's_major_golf_championships) on the [LPGA Tour](/source/LPGA_Tour). [TNT Sports](/source/Warner_Bros._Discovery_Sports) and [ABC Sports](/source/ABC_Sports) televised the event in the United States and [BBC Sport](/source/BBC_Sport) in the United Kingdom.

[Annika Sörenstam](/source/Annika_S%C3%B6renstam) won the sixth of her ten major titles, one stroke ahead of runner-up [Se-Ri Pak](/source/Se-Ri_Pak), the [2001](/source/2001_Women's_British_Open) champion. The victory completed the career [grand slam](/source/Grand_Slam_(golf)) for Sörenstam.[2]

## Course layout

Main article: [Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club](/source/Royal_Lytham_%26_St_Annes_Golf_Club)

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

### First round

*Thursday, 31 July 2003*

Place Player Score To par T1 Wendy Ward 67 −5 Karrie Webb 3 Annika Sörenstam 68 −4 T4 Lorie Kane 69 −3 Christina Kuld Se-ri Pak Jennifer Rosales Georgina Simpson Karen Stupples Shani Waugh

### Second round

*Friday, 1 August 2003*

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

Amateurs: *Serramià (+3)*, Keighley (+5), [Brewerton](/source/Becky_Brewerton) (+6)

### Third round

*Saturday, 2 August 2003*

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

### Final round

*Sunday, 3 August 2003*

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

Amateur: Serramià (+6)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-aslet03_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-aslet03_1-1) ["Annika Sorenstam: 2003 Weetabix Women's British Open"](http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/tic_scorecard.php?id=2003_TM12&pid=151). Ladies European Tour. 3 August 2003. Retrieved 18 July 2013.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-scapsl_2-0)** Millward, Robert (4 August 2013). ["Sorenstam caps slam with British Open title"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=f-hRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hHADAAAAIBAJ&pg=2341%2C3679486). *Pittsburgh Post-Gazette*. Associated Press. p. C-1. Retrieved 26 July 2013.

## External links

- [Ladies European Tour:](https://web.archive.org/web/20130726065031/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/tic_tournament.php?id=2003_TM12) 2003 Weetabix Women's British Open results

- [LPGA:](http://www.lpga.com/golf/tournaments/lpga/ricoh-womens-british-open/full-results.aspx?year=2003) 2003 Women's British Open results

v t e 2003 Women's Major Golf Championships Kraft Nabisco Championship LPGA Championship U.S. Women's Open Women's British Open

v t e The Women's Open as an LPGA major 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

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