2003 LPGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesJune 5–8, 2003
LocationWilmington, Delaware
Course(s)DuPont Country Club
Tour(s)LPGA Tour
FormatStroke play - 72 holes
Statistics
Par71
Length6,408 yards (5,859 m)
Field144 players, 70 after cut
Cut146 (+4)
Prize fund$1.6 million
Winner's share$240,000
Champion
Sweden Annika Sörenstam
278 (−6), playoff
Wilmington  is located in the United States
Wilmington 
Wilmington 
Location in the United States
DuPont CC is located in Delaware
DuPont CC
DuPont CC
Location in Delaware

The 2003 LPGA Championship was the 49th LPGA Championship, played June 5–8 at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware.

Annika Sörenstam won in a playoff over Grace Park with a par on the first sudden death hole.[1][2] It was the first of three consecutive LPGA Championships for Sorenstam and the fifth of her ten major titles.

Two weeks earlier, Sörenstam played in a PGA Tour event, the Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas.[3]

The DuPont Country Club hosted this championship for eleven consecutive seasons, from 1994 through 2004.

Final leaderboard

Sunday, June 8, 2003

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
T1Sweden Annika Sörenstam70-64-72-72=278−6Playoff
South Korea Grace Park69-72-70-67=278
T3United States Beth Daniel71-71-70-72=284E85,718
United States Rosie Jones73-68-72-71=284
Australia Rachel Teske69-70-74-71=284
T6United States Kate Golden72-70-68-75=285+141,873
South Korea Young Kim70-73-72-70=285
Australia Joanne Mills68-73-75-69=285
Wales Becky Morgan73-70-70-72=285
South Korea Young-A Yang73-74-69-69=285

Source:[4][5]

Playoff

The sudden-death playoff began on the par-4 18th hole, where Park missed the green, chipped from the heavy rough to 12 feet (4 m) but failed to save par. Sörenstam had a 20-foot (6 m) for birdie, then tapped in for par to win.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Sweden Annika Sörenstam4E240,000
2South Korea Grace Park5+1147,934
  • Sudden-death playoff played on hole 18.

References

  1. ↑ Bamberger, Michael (June 16, 2003). "Sunday best". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Pressure pays for Sorenstam". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. June 9, 2003. p. C3.
  3. ↑ Ferguson, Doug (May 24, 2003). "'It was worth every step'". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. p. C1.
  4. ↑ "McDonald's LPGA Championship". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. June 9, 2003. p. C4.
  5. ↑ "Wegmans LPGA Championship: 2003 results". LPGA. Archived from the original on May 14, 2013. Retrieved June 2, 2012.

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