2003 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship

2003 U.S. Women's Open

Tournament information
Dates	July 3–7, 2003
Location	North Plains, Oregon
Course(s)	Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club Witch Hollow Course
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71
Length	6,550 yards (5,989 m)[1]
Field	156 players, 60 after cut[2]
Cut	149 (+7)
Prize fund	$3.1 million
Winner's share	$560,000
Champion
Hilary Lunke
283 (−1), playoff
«2002 2004»

Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club

Location in the United States

      Pumpkin Ridge
  Golf Club

Location in Oregon

The 2003 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the 58th U.S. Women's Open, held July 3–7 at the Witch Hollow course of Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club near North Plains, Oregon, northwest of Portland.

Hilary Lunke won her only major title in an 18-hole Monday playoff over Angela Stanford and Kelly Robbins, and became the first qualifier to win the championship.^[3] The three Americans finished the fourth round at 283 (−1), one stroke ahead of two-time champion Annika Sörenstam, who bogeyed the par-5 72nd hole after putting her tee shot in the fairway.^[4][5][6][7] The last playoff was five years earlier in 1998 and it had been sixteen years since three players were involved. In the playoff round, all three players birdied the final (90th) hole, and Lunke clinched the title by one stroke over Stanford.^[1][8][9]

This was the second U.S. Women's Open at the Witch Hollow course; it hosted six years earlier in 1997, won by Alison Nicholas. It was also the site of the U.S. Amateur in 1996, the third straight victory by 20-year-old Tiger Woods in his final competition as an amateur.

Course layout

Witch Hollow Course

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yardage	383	169	386	531	163	411	559	379	427	3,408	197	534	127	387	394	175	407	419	502	3,142	6,550
Par	4	3	4	5	3	4	5	4	4	36	3	5	3	4	4	3	4	4	5	35	71

Source:^[1]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Annika Sörenstam	Sweden	1995, 1996	72	72	67	73	284	E	4
Juli Inkster	United States	1999, 2002	69	71	74	73	287	+3	8
Se Ri Pak	South Korea	1998	77	72	77	82	302	+18	50
Alison Nicholas	England	1997	75	67	83	80	305	+21	T53

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Laura Davies	England	1987	79	71	150	+8
Meg Mallon	United States	1991	76	74	150	+8
Liselotte Neumann	Sweden	1988	77	73	150	+8
Karrie Webb	Australia	2000, 2001	78	72	150	+8
Betsy King	United States	1989, 1990	78	80	158	+16

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 3, 2003

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Mhairi McKay	Scotland	66	−5
T2	Donna Andrews	United States	69	−2
	Juli Inkster	United States
T4	Rosie Jones	United States	70	−1
	Morgan Pressel (a)	United States
	Giulia Sergas	Italy
	Aree Song (a)	South Korea
	Angela Stanford	United States
T9	Ashli Bunch	United States	71	E
	Michele Redman	United States
	Irene Cho (a)	United States
	Rachel Teske	Australia
	Lorena Ochoa	Mexico
	Kirsty Taylor	United States
	Jamie Hullett	United States
	Stephanie Louden	United States
	Laura Diaz	United States
	Karen Stupples	England
	Hilary Lunke	United States
	Paula Marti	Spain
	Annette DeLuca	United States

Source:^[10]

Second round

Friday, July 4, 2003

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Mhairi McKay	Scotland	66-70=136	−6
T2	Juli Inkster	United States	69-71=140	−2
	Hilary Lunke	United States	71-69=140
	Angela Stanford	United States	70-70=140
5	Donna Andrews	United States	69-72=141	−1
T6	Beth Daniel	United States	73-69=142	E
	Laura Diaz	United States	71-71=142
	Natalie Gulbis	United States	73-69=142
	Jeong Jang	South Korea	73-69=142
	Rosie Jones	United States	73-69=142
	Leta Lindley	United States	73-69=142
	Patricia Meunier-Lebouc	France	73-69=142
	Alison Nicholas	England	75-67=142
	Dottie Pepper	United States	72-70=142

Source:^[2]

Third round

Saturday, July 5, 2003

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Hilary Lunke	United States	71-69-68=208	−5
2	Angela Stanford	United States	70-70-69=209	−4
T3	Jeong Jang	South Korea	73-69-69=211	−2
	Mhairi McKay	Scotland	66-70-75=211
	Aree Song (a)	South Korea	70-73-68=211
	Annika Sörenstam	Sweden	72-72-67=211
7	Donna Andrews	United States	69-72-72=213	E
T8	Natalie Gulbis	United States	73-69-72=214	+1
	Juli Inkster	United States	69-71-74=214
	Suzann Pettersen	Norway	76-69-69=214
	Kelly Robbins	United States	74-69-71=214

Source:^[11]

Final round

Sunday, July 6, 2003

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
T1	Hilary Lunke	United States	71-69-68-75=283	−1	Playoff
	Angela Stanford	United States	70-70-69-74=283
	Kelly Robbins	United States	74-69-71-69=283
4	Annika Sörenstam	Sweden	72-72-67-73=284	E	150,994
5	Aree Song (a)	South Korea	70-73-68-74=285	+1	0
T6	Jeong Jang	South Korea	73-69-69-75=286	+2	115,333
	Mhairi McKay	Scotland	66-70-75-75=286
8	Juli Inkster	United States	69-71-74-73=287	+3	97,363
9	Rosie Jones	United States	70-72-73-73=288	+4	90,241
T10	Grace Park	South Korea	72-76-73-68=289	+5	79,243
	Suzann Pettersen	Norway	76-69-69-75=289

Source:^[12]

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	3	4	5	3	4	5	4	4	5	3	5	4	4	3	4	4	5
Lunke	−6	−6	−5	−5	−4	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1
Stanford	−4	−4	−4	−5	−4	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	E	E	E	E	−1
Robbins	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+2	+3	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	E	−1
Sörenstam	−2	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	E
Song	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	+1	+2	+2	+3	+3	+2	+2	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1
Jang	−3	−3	−4	−4	+1	+1	E	E	E	E	E	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2
McKay	−2	−2	−1	−1	E	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+2	+2	+2
Inkster	+1	+1	+1	E	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+3
Jones	+2	+3	+2	+1	+2	+1	+1	+2	+2	+1	+1	+3	+4	+3	+3	+3	+3	+4
Park	+8	+8	+7	+7	+9	+8	+8	+7	+7	+6	+6	+6	+6	+7	+7	+6	+6	+5
Pettersen	E	E	E	E	+2	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3	+4	+4	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5

Source:^[1]

Playoff

Monday, July 7, 2003

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Hilary Lunke	United States	35-35=70	−1	560,000
T2	Angela Stanford	United States	39-32=71	E	275,839
	Kelly Robbins	United States	37-36=73	+2

Source:^[1][12]

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	3	4	5	3	4	5	4	4	5	3	5	4	4	3	4	4	5
Lunke	E	E	E	−1	−1	−2	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	E	E	E	E	E	−1
Stanford	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+3	+3	+3	+2	+1	E	E	E	E	+1	E
Robbins	+1	+1	+2	+3	+3	+2	+1	+1	+1	E	+1	+1	+3	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2

Source:^[1]

References

1. "2003 U.S. Women's Open - playoff scorecard". Retrieved August 1, 2011.
2. "U.S. Women's Open - Scoreboard (second round)". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. July 5, 2003. p. D7.
3. "Lune first qualifier to win Open". Tuscaloosa News. Alabama. Associated Press. July 8, 2003. p. 4C.
4. "Three-way playoff today; final hole foils Annika". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Florida. Associated Press. July 7, 2003. p. 1C.
5. Ferguson, Doug (July 7, 2003). "To be continued". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. p. C1.
6. Pumpkin Ridge.com - 2003 U.S. Women's Open - accessed 2011-08-26
7. Daschel, Nick (July 7, 2003). "Wide open finish for trio". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (The Columbian). p. E1.
8. Daschel, Nick (July 8, 2003). "Lunke's short game goes a long way". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (The Columbian). p. E1.
9. Ferguson, Doug (July 8, 2003). "Lunke makes history". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. p. C1.
10. Daschel, Nick (July 4, 2003). "Back nine puts Scot in lead". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. (The Columbian). p. C1.
11. "U.S. Women's Open - Scoreboard (third round)". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. July 6, 2003. p. D7.
12. "2003 U.S. Women's Open – money list". USGA. Retrieved August 1, 2011.

External links

• Official website
• Golf Observer final leaderboard
• U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship

Coordinates: 45°36′50″N 123°00′07″W / 45.614°N 123.002°W