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2003 Senior British Open

Coordinates: 55°18′58″N 4°49′59″W / 55.316°N 4.833°W / 55.316; -4.833
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2003 Senior British Open
Tournament information
Dates24–27 July 2003
LocationSouth Ayrshire, Scotland
55°18′58″N 4°49′59″W / 55.316°N 4.833°W / 55.316; -4.833
Course(s)Turnberry
Organised byThe R&A
Tour(s)
Format72 holes stroke play
Statistics
Par70
Length6,715 yd (6,140 m)
Field144 players, 77 after cut
Cut144 (+4)
Prize fundUS$1,590,377
Winner's shareUS$255,731
222,779
Champion
United States Tom Watson
263 (−17)
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The 2003 Senior British Open was a senior major golf championship and the 17th Senior British Open, held from 24–27 July at Turnberry in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It was the 5th Senior British Open played at the course and the first Senior British Open played as a senior major championship.

Tom Watson defeated Carl Mason in a playoff to win his first Senior British Open title and his second senior major championship victory.

Venue

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The 2003 event was the 5th Senior British Open played at Turnberry.

Course layout

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Hole Name Yards Par    Hole Name Yards Par
1 Ailsa Craig 358 4 10 Dinna Fouter 415 4
2 Mak Siccar 381 4 11 Maidens 174 3
3 Blaw Wearie 409 4 12 Monument 414 4
4 Woe-Be-Tide 165 3 13 Tickly Tap 412 4
5 Fin Me Oot 416 4 14 Risk-An-Hope 441 4
6 Tappie Toorie 221 3 15 Ca' Canny 209 3
7 Roon The Ben 475 5 16 Wee Burn 409 4
8 Goat Fell 431 4 17 Lang Whang 497 5
9 Bruce's Castle 454 4 18 Duel in the Sun 434 4
Out 3,310 35 In 3,405 35
Source:[1] Total 6,715 70

Field

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The field consisted of 144 competitors: 139 professionals and 5 amateurs.

18-hole stroke play qualifying rounds were held on Monday, 21 July, on two places in Scotland, the Barassie Links in Kilmarnock and the Kintyre course at Turnberry, for players who were not already exempt. The 31 leading players from the qualifying competitions joined the 113 exempt players for the championship.

77 players made the 36-hole cut, 76 professionals and one amateur. Arthur Pierce, Ireland, finished leading amateur at tied 62nd.

Past champions in the field

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Made the cut

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Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Finish
Bob Charles  New Zealand 1989, 1993 69 68 69 71 277 −3 T20
Noboru Sugai  Japan 2002 67 73 72 71 283 +3 T46
Gary Player  South Africa 1988, 1990, 1997 73 70 69 72 284 +4 T51
Christy O'Connor Jnr  Ireland 1999, 2000 73 71 70 71 285 +5 T54

Missed the cut

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Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To par
John Fourie  South Africa 1992 71 74 145 +5
Neil Coles  England 1987 72 74 146 +6
Ian Stanley  Australia 2001 79 74 153 +13
Bobby Verwey  South Africa 1991 86 69 155 +15

Past winners and runners-up at The Open Championship in the field

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The field included five former winners of The Open Championship. Four of them made the cut; 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982 and 1983 Open champion Tom Watson (won), 1966, 1970 and 1978 Open champion Jack Nicklaus (tied 14th), 1963 Open champion Bob Charles (tied 20th) and 1959, 1968 and 1974 Open champion Gary Player (tied 51st). 1961 and 1962 Open champion Arnold Palmer did not make the cut.

The field also included three former runners-up at The Open Championship; Tom Kite (4th), Rodger Davis (tied 27th) and Simon Owen (tied 32nd).

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, 24 July 2003

Tom Kite and Tom Watson posted four-under-par 66's on day one to lead by one shot.

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Tom Kite 66 −4
United States Tom Watson
T3 England Denis Durnian 67 −3
England Carl Mason
United States Mark McCumber
Republic of Ireland Des Smyth
Japan Noboru Sugai
Scotland Russell Weir
United States Fuzzy Zoeller
T10 England Maurice Bembridge 68 −2
England Malcolm Gregson
Canada Bill Hardwick
United States Bruce Summerhays

Second round

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Friday 25 July 2003

Carl Mason shot a 64 (−6) to take a one-shot lead over D.A. Weibring, who shot a seven-under-par 63.

Place Player Score To par
1 England Carl Mason 67-64=131 −9
2 United States D. A. Weibring 69-63=132 −8
T3 United States Tom Kite 66-67=133 −7
United States Bruce Summerhays 68-65=133
United States Tom Watson 66-67=133
T6 United States Jim Colbert 72-62=134 −6
Scotland Russell Weir 67-67=134
8 England Denis Durnian 67-68=135 −5
T9 England Bob Cameron 69-67=136 −4
Australia Terry Gale 70-66=136
United States Mark McCumber 67-69=136
United States Dana Quigley 71-65=136
United States Bobby Wadkins 71-65=136
United States Fuzzy Zoeller 67-69=136

Amateurs: Pierse (−1), Reynolds (+5), Boles (+9), Baldwin (+11), MacNamara (+15)

Third round

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Saturday, 26 July 2003

Mason and Weibring shot matching rounds of 65 (−5) as Mason maintained his one shot lead. Kite, Summerhays, and Watson all shot rounds of 66 (−4) to trail Mason by three shots. Jim Colbert backed up his eight-under-par 62 with a 66 (−4) in the third round, trailing Mason by 4 strokes.

Place Player Score To par
1 England Carl Mason 67-64-65=196 −14
2 United States D. A. Weibring 69-63-65=197 −13
T3 United States Tom Kite 66-67-66=199 −11
United States Bruce Summerhays 68-65-66=199
United States Tom Watson 66-67-66=199
6 United States Jim Colbert 72-62-66=200 −10
7 United States Mark McCumber 67-69-65=201 −9
8 Australia Brian Jones 69-69-65=203 −7
T9 Japan Isao Aoki 66-67-66=204 −6
England Bob Cameron 69-67-68=204
England Denis Durnian 67-68-69=204
United States Jack Nicklaus 70-67-67=204
United States Fuzzy Zoeller 67-69-68=204

Amateurs: Pierse (+2)

Final round

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Sunday, 27 July 2003

Tom Watson trailed Carl Mason by one stroke heading into the 72nd hole. Needing birdie to tie Mason, Watson bogeyed the par-4 18th hole to fall two shots behind the leader. Mason, now leading by 2 strokes, double bogeyed the 18th hole and fell into a playoff with Watson.

Place Player Score To par Money ()
T1 England Carl Mason 67-64-65-67=263 −17 Playoff
United States Tom Watson 66-67-66-64=263
3 United States Bruce Summerhays 68-65-66-65=264 −16 83,648
4 United States Tom Kite 66-67-66-67=266 −14 66,848
5 United States D. A. Weibring 69-63-65-73=270 −10 56,641
T6 Australia Brian Jones 69-69-65-68=271 −9 43,440
United States Mark McCumber 67-69-65-70=271
T8 United States Denis Durnian 67-68-69-68=272 −8 31,673
United States David Eger 71-68-66-67=272
T10 United States Jim Colbert 72-62-66-73=273 −7 24,734
Australia Graham Marsh 71-68-66-68=273
United States Dana Quigley 71-65-70-67=273

Source:[2][3]
Amateurs: Pierse (+6)

Playoff

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Sunday, 27 July 2003

Tom Watson and Carl Mason both parred the first playoff hole. Watson won with par on the second playoff hole as Mason made bogey.

Place Player Score To par Money ()
1 United States Tom Watson 4-4=8 E 222,779
2 England Carl Mason 4-5=9 +1 148,590

Notes and references

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  1. ^ "2003 Senior British Open – Course Card". European Tour.
  2. ^ "The Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex". Golf Channel. 27 July 2017. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  3. ^ "2003 Senior British Open – Results". European Tour.
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