2003 LPGA Tour

The 2003 LPGA Tour was the 54th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from March 13 to November 23. The season consisted of 31 official money events. Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, six. She also led the money list with earnings of $2,029,506, becoming the first player to earn over $2,000,000 in a season.

There were five first-time winners in 2003: Shi Hyun Ahn, Hee-Won Han, Candie Kung, Hilary Lunke, and Angela Stanford. Lunke's was most notable, as she won the U.S. Women's Open after enduring local and section qualifying for what would become her only LPGA Tour victory.

The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 2003 season.[1] "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse ($)1st prize ($)
Mar 16Welch's/Fry's ChampionshipUnited States ArizonaAustralia Wendy Doolan (2)259 (−21)800,000120,000
Mar 23Safeway PINGUnited States ArizonaSouth Korea Se Ri Pak (19)265 (−23)1,000,000150,000
Mar 30Kraft Nabisco ChampionshipUnited States CaliforniaFrance Patricia Meunier-Lebouc (2)281 (−7)1,600,000240,000
Apr 6The Office Depot ChampionshipUnited States CaliforniaSweden Annika Sörenstam (43)211 (−5)1,500,000225,000
Apr 19LPGA Takefuji ClassicUnited States NevadaTaiwan Candie Kung (1)204 (−12)1,100,000165,000
Apr 27Chick-fil-A Charity ChampionshipUnited States GeorgiaSouth Korea Se Ri Pak (20)200 (−16)1,350,000202,500
May 4Michelob Light Open at KingsmillUnited States VirginiaSouth Korea Grace Park (4)275 (−9)1,600,000240,000
May 12Asahi Ryokuken International ChampionshipUnited States South CarolinaUnited States Rosie Jones (13)273 (−15)1,300,000195,000
May 25LPGA Corning ClassicUnited States New YorkUnited States Juli Inkster (29)264 (−24)1,000,000150,000
Jun 1Kellogg-Keebler ClassicUnited States IllinoisSweden Annika Sörenstam (44)199 (−17)1,200,000180,000
Jun 8McDonald's LPGA ChampionshipUnited States DelawareSweden Annika Sörenstam (45)278 (−6)1,600,000240,000
Jun 15Giant Eagle LPGA ClassicUnited States OhioAustralia Rachel Teske (7)204 (−12)1,000,000150,000
Jun 22Wegmans Rochester LPGAUnited States New YorkAustralia Rachel Teske (8)277 (−11)1,200,000180,000
Jun 29ShopRite LPGA ClassicUnited States New JerseyUnited States Angela Stanford (1)197 (−16)1,300,000195,000
Jul 6U.S. Women's OpenUnited States OregonUnited States Hilary Lunke (1)283 (−1)3,100,000560,000
Jul 13BMO Financial Group Canadian Women's OpenCanada CanadaUnited States Beth Daniel (33)275 (−13)1,300,000195,000
Jul 20Sybase Big Apple ClassicUnited States New YorkSouth Korea Hee-Won Han (1)273 (−11)950,000142,500
Jul 26Evian MastersFrance FranceUnited States Juli Inkster (30)265 (−21)2,100,000315,000
Aug 3Weetabix Women's British OpenEngland EnglandSweden Annika Sörenstam (46)278 (−10)1,600,000254,880
Aug 10Wendy's Championship for ChildrenUnited States OhioSouth Korea Hee-Won Han (2)199 (−17)1,100,000165,000
Aug 17Jamie Farr Kroger ClassicUnited States OhioSouth Korea Se Ri Pak (21)271 (−13)1,000,000150,000
Aug 24Wachovia LPGA ClassicUnited States PennsylvaniaTaiwan Candie Kung (2)274 (−14)1,200,000180,000
Aug 31State Farm ClassicUnited States IllinoisTaiwan Candie Kung (3)202 (−14)1,200,000180,000
Sep 7John Q. Hammons Hotel ClassicUnited States OklahomaAustralia Karrie Webb (29)200 (−10)1,000,000150,000
Sep 28Safeway ClassicUnited States OregonSweden Annika Sörenstam (47)201 (−15)1,200,000180,000
Oct 5Longs Drugs ChallengeUnited States CaliforniaSweden Helen Alfredsson (5)275 (−13)1,000,000150,000
Oct 12Samsung World ChampionshipUnited States TexasSweden Sophie Gustafson (4)274 (−14)800,000200,000
Nov 2CJ Nine Bridges ClassicSouth Korea South KoreaSouth Korea Shi Hyun Ahn (1*)204 (−12)1,250,000187,500
Nov 9Mizuno ClassicJapan JapanSweden Annika Sörenstam (48)192 (−24)1,130,000169,500
Nov 16Mobile LPGA Tournament of ChampionsUnited States AlabamaUnited States Dorothy Delasin (4)280 (−8)750,000122,000
Nov 23ADT ChampionshipUnited States FloridaUnited States Meg Mallon (15)281 (−7)1,000,000215,000

* – non-member at time of win

Leaders

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Events
1Annika Sörenstam Sweden2,029,50617
2Se Ri Pak South Korea1,611,92826
3Grace Park South Korea1,417,70226
4Hee-Won Han South Korea1,111,86027
5Juli Inkster United States1,028,20521
6Candie Kung Taiwan938,07930
7Rachel Teske Australia924,66727
8Beth Daniel United States917,65422
9Lorena Ochoa Mexico823,74024
10Rosie Jones United States808,78520

Full 2003 Official Money List

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winnerAnnika Sörenstam (6) Sweden
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)Se Ri Pak South Korea
Player of the YearAnnika Sörenstam (6) Sweden
Rookie of the YearLorena Ochoa Mexico

References

  1. ↑ LPGA Tournament Chronology 2000-2008 Archived 2011-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
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