2003 Players Championship

2003 Players Championship
Tournament information
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
United States Davis Love III
271 (−17)
TPC Sawgrass
Location in the United States
TPC Sawgrass
Location in Florida

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

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Davis Love III United States199270677064271−171
Fred Couples United States1984, 199667716974281−710
Tiger Woods United States200172706872282−6T11
Craig Perks New Zealand200268697076283−5T17
Justin Leonard United States199873706873284−4T21
Lee Janzen United States199573697083295+768

Source:[1]

Missed the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
Hal Sutton United States1983, 20007372145+1
Nick Price Zimbabwe19937373146+2
Steve Elkington Australia1991, 19977572147+3
David Duval United States19997672148+4
Greg Norman United States199478WD

Source:[5]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 27, 2003
Friday, March 28, 2003

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Fred Couples United States67−5
Pádraig Harrington Ireland
T3Niclas Fasth Sweden68−4
Jay Haas United States
Steve Jones United States
Skip Kendall United States
Rocco Mediate United States
Craig Perks New Zealand
Bob Tway United States
T10Jim Carter United States69−3
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

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Pádraig Harrington Ireland67-68=135−9
T2Skip Kendall United States68-69=137−7
Davis Love III Australia70-67=137
Craig Perks New Zealand68-69=137
T5Chad Campbell United States72-66=138−6
Fred Couples United States67-71=138
Jay Haas United States68-70=138
Rocco Mediate United States68-70=138
Adam Scott Australia69-69=138
T10Glen Day United States72-67=139−5
Bob Estes United States71-68=139
Steve Flesch United States71-68=139
Geoff Ogilvy Australia71-68=139
Corey Pavin United States70-69=139

Source:[5][6]

Third round

Saturday, March 29, 2003

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Jay Haas United States68-70-67=205−11
Pádraig Harrington Ireland67-68-70=205
T3Fred Couples United States67-71-69=207−9
Davis Love III United States70-67-70=207
Craig Perks New Zealand68-69-70=207
T6Darren Clarke Northern Ireland71-70-67=208−8
Corey Pavin United States70-69-69=208
T8Chad Campbell United States72-66-71=209−7
Steve Flesch United States71-68-70=209
Jim Furyk United States73-68-68=209
Jeff Maggert United States71-70-68=209

Source:[6]

Final round

Sunday, March 30, 2003

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Davis Love III United States70-67-70-64=271−171,170,000
T2Jay Haas United States68-70-67-72=277−11572,000
Pádraig Harrington Ireland67-68-70-72=277
T4Robert Allenby Australia70-71-72-65=278−10286,000
Jim Furyk United States73-68-68-69=278
T6Chad Campbell United States72-66-71-70=279−9225,875
Darren Clarke Northern Ireland71-70-67-71=279
T8Kirk Triplett United States72-70-71-67=280−8195,000
Scott Verplank United States71-72-68-69=280
10Fred Couples United States67-71-69-74=281−7175,500

Source:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "PGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (scores). March 31, 2003. p. E4.
  2. ↑ Van Sickle, Gary (April 8, 2003). "Love Machine". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 29, 2003.
  3. ↑ Ferguson, Doug (March 31, 2003). "Love blisters field on a blustery day". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. E1.
  4. ↑ Reilly, Rick (April 6, 1992). "Love Story". Sports Illustrated. p. 22.
  5. 1 2 "Players Championship". Wimington Morning Star. (Wilmington, North Carolina). March 29, 2003. p. 2C.
  6. 1 2 "Players Championship". Sunday Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). March 30, 2003. p. 2C.

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