2003 LPGA Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | June 5–8, 2003 |
| Location | Wilmington, Delaware Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. |
| Course | DuPont Country Club |
| Tour | LPGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play - 72 holes |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 6,408 yards (5,859 m) |
| Field | 144 players, 70 after cut |
| Cut | 146 (+4) |
| Prize fund | $1.6 million |
| Winner's share | $240,000 |
| Champion | |
| Sweden Annika Sörenstam | |
| 278 (−6), playoff | |
| Location map | |
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The 2003 LPGA Championship was the 49th LPGA Championship, played June 5–8 at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware.
Annika Sörenstam won in a playoff over Grace Park with a par on the first sudden death hole.[1][2] It was the first of three consecutive LPGA Championships for Sorenstam and the fifth of her ten major titles.
Two weeks earlier, Sörenstam played in a PGA Tour event, the Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas.[3]
The DuPont Country Club hosted this championship for eleven consecutive seasons, from 1994 through 2004.
Final leaderboard
[edit | edit source]Sunday, June 8, 2003
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Sweden Annika Sörenstam | 70-64-72-72=278 | −6 | Playoff |
| South Korea Grace Park | 69-72-70-67=278 | |||
| T3 | United States Beth Daniel | 71-71-70-72=284 | E | 85,718 |
| United States Rosie Jones | 73-68-72-71=284 | |||
| Australia Rachel Teske | 69-70-74-71=284 | |||
| T6 | United States Kate Golden | 72-70-68-75=285 | +1 | 41,873 |
| South Korea Young Kim | 70-73-72-70=285 | |||
| Australia Joanne Mills | 68-73-75-69=285 | |||
| Wales Becky Morgan | 73-70-70-72=285 | |||
| South Korea Young-A Yang | 73-74-69-69=285 |
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Playoff
[edit | edit source]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.
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden Annika Sörenstam | 4 | E | 240,000 |
| 2 | South Korea Grace Park | 5 | +1 | 147,934 |
- Sudden-death playoff played on hole 18.
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External links
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