2003 Players Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | March 27–30, 2003 |
Location | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida |
Course(s) | TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,093 yards (6,486 m)[1] |
Field | 144 players, 72 after cut |
Cut | 144 (Even) |
Prize fund | $6.5 million |
Winner's share | $1.17 million |
Champion | |
Davis Love III | |
271 (−17) | |
The 2003 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 27–30 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 30th Players Championship.
Davis Love III shot a final round 64 in cool and blustery conditions to handily win his second Players title, six strokes ahead of runners-up Jay Haas and Pádraig Harrington, the 54-hole co-leaders.[2][3] Love won eleven years earlier in 1992,[4] and started the final round two strokes back.
Defending champion Craig Perks finished twelve strokes back, in a tie for seventeenth place.
Venue
This was the 22nd Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,093 yards (6,486 m).
Past champions in the field
Made the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Davis Love III | United States | 1992 | 70 | 67 | 70 | 64 | 271 | −17 | 1 |
Fred Couples | United States | 1984, 1996 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 74 | 281 | −7 | 10 |
Tiger Woods | United States | 2001 | 72 | 70 | 68 | 72 | 282 | −6 | T11 |
Craig Perks | New Zealand | 2002 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 76 | 283 | −5 | T17 |
Justin Leonard | United States | 1998 | 73 | 70 | 68 | 73 | 284 | −4 | T21 |
Lee Janzen | United States | 1995 | 73 | 69 | 70 | 83 | 295 | +7 | 68 |
Source:[1]
Missed the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | Total | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hal Sutton | United States | 1983, 2000 | 73 | 72 | 145 | +1 |
Nick Price | Zimbabwe | 1993 | 73 | 73 | 146 | +2 |
Steve Elkington | Australia | 1991, 1997 | 75 | 72 | 147 | +3 |
David Duval | United States | 1999 | 76 | 72 | 148 | +4 |
Greg Norman | United States | 1994 | 78 | WD |
Source:[5]
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, March 27, 2003
Friday, March 28, 2003
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | Fred Couples | United States | 67 | −5 |
Pádraig Harrington | Ireland | |||
T3 | Niclas Fasth | Sweden | 68 | −4 |
Jay Haas | United States | |||
Steve Jones | United States | |||
Skip Kendall | United States | |||
Rocco Mediate | United States | |||
Craig Perks | New Zealand | |||
Bob Tway | United States | |||
T10 | Jim Carter | United States | 69 | −3 |
Stewart Cink | United States | |||
Tim Clark | South Africa | |||
Tom Lehman | United States | |||
Adam Scott | Australia | |||
Kevin Sutherland | United States |
Second round
Friday, March 28, 2003
Saturday, March 29, 2003
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Pádraig Harrington | Ireland | 67-68=135 | −9 |
T2 | Skip Kendall | United States | 68-69=137 | −7 |
Davis Love III | Australia | 70-67=137 | ||
Craig Perks | New Zealand | 68-69=137 | ||
T5 | Chad Campbell | United States | 72-66=138 | −6 |
Fred Couples | United States | 67-71=138 | ||
Jay Haas | United States | 68-70=138 | ||
Rocco Mediate | United States | 68-70=138 | ||
Adam Scott | Australia | 69-69=138 | ||
T10 | Glen Day | United States | 72-67=139 | −5 |
Bob Estes | United States | 71-68=139 | ||
Steve Flesch | United States | 71-68=139 | ||
Geoff Ogilvy | Australia | 71-68=139 | ||
Corey Pavin | United States | 70-69=139 |
Third round
Saturday, March 29, 2003
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | Jay Haas | United States | 68-70-67=205 | −11 |
Pádraig Harrington | Ireland | 67-68-70=205 | ||
T3 | Fred Couples | United States | 67-71-69=207 | −9 |
Davis Love III | United States | 70-67-70=207 | ||
Craig Perks | New Zealand | 68-69-70=207 | ||
T6 | Darren Clarke | Northern Ireland | 71-70-67=208 | −8 |
Corey Pavin | United States | 70-69-69=208 | ||
T8 | Chad Campbell | United States | 72-66-71=209 | −7 |
Steve Flesch | United States | 71-68-70=209 | ||
Jim Furyk | United States | 73-68-68=209 | ||
Jeff Maggert | United States | 71-70-68=209 |
Source:[6]
Final round
Sunday, March 30, 2003
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Davis Love III | United States | 70-67-70-64=271 | −17 | 1,170,000 |
T2 | Jay Haas | United States | 68-70-67-72=277 | −11 | 572,000 |
Pádraig Harrington | Ireland | 67-68-70-72=277 | |||
T4 | Robert Allenby | Australia | 70-71-72-65=278 | −10 | 286,000 |
Jim Furyk | United States | 73-68-68-69=278 | |||
T6 | Chad Campbell | United States | 72-66-71-70=279 | −9 | 225,875 |
Darren Clarke | Northern Ireland | 71-70-67-71=279 | |||
T8 | Kirk Triplett | United States | 72-70-71-67=280 | −8 | 195,000 |
Scott Verplank | United States | 71-72-68-69=280 | |||
10 | Fred Couples | United States | 67-71-69-74=281 | −7 | 175,500 |
Source:[1]
References
- ^ a b c "PGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (scores). March 31, 2003. p. E4.
- ^ Van Sickle, Gary (April 8, 2003). "Love Machine". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 29, 2003.
- ^ Ferguson, Doug (March 31, 2003). "Love blisters field on a blustery day". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. E1.
- ^ Reilly, Rick (April 6, 1992). "Love Story". Sports Illustrated. p. 22.
- ^ a b "Players Championship". Wimington Morning Star. (Wilmington, North Carolina). March 29, 2003. p. 2C.
- ^ a b "Players Championship". Sunday Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). March 30, 2003. p. 2C.