Golf tournament
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] 1992 ,[ 4]
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).
Field
Fulton Allem , Robert Allenby , Stephen Ames , Billy Andrade , Stuart Appleby , Paul Azinger , Briny Baird , Craig Barlow , Pat Bates , Cameron Beckman , Rich Beem , Notah Begay III , David Berganio Jr. , Mark Brooks , Olin Browne , Bob Burns , Jonathan Byrd , Tom Byrum , Ángel Cabrera , Mark Calcavecchia , Chad Campbell , Michael Campbell , Jim Carter , Greg Chalmers , K. J. Choi , Stewart Cink , Tim Clark , Darren Clarke , José Cóceres , John Cook , Fred Couples , Ben Crane , John Daly , Robert Damron , Glen Day , Chris DiMarco , Luke Donald , Joe Durant , David Duval , Joel Edwards , Steve Elkington , Bob Estes , Nick Faldo , Niclas Fasth , Brad Faxon , Steve Flesch , Dan Forsman , Carlos Franco , Harrison Frazar , Fred Funk , Jim Furyk , Robert Gamez , Sergio García , Brian Gay , Brent Geiberger , Matt Gogel , Retief Goosen , David Gossett , Jay Haas , Pádraig Harrington , Dudley Hart , J. P. Hayes , J. J. Henry , Tim Herron , Glen Hnatiuk , Charles Howell III , John Huston , Trevor Immelman , Lee Janzen , Brandt Jobe , Per-Ulrik Johansson , Steve Jones , Jonathan Kaye , Jerry Kelly , Skip Kendall , Matt Kuchar , Neal Lancaster , Bernhard Langer , Paul Lawrie , Stephen Leaney , Tom Lehman , Justin Leonard , Thomas Levet , J. L. Lewis , Frank Lickliter , Peter Lonard , Davis Love III , Steve Lowery , Andrew Magee , Jeff Maggert , Shigeki Maruyama , Len Mattiace , Billy Mayfair , Scott McCarron , Spike McRoy , Rocco Mediate , Shaun Micheel , Colin Montgomerie , Greg Norman , Mark O'Meara , Geoff Ogilvy , José María Olazábal , Rod Pampling , Jesper Parnevik , Craig Parry , Carl Paulson , Corey Pavin , David Peoples , Pat Perez , Craig Perks , Tom Pernice Jr. , Kenny Perry , Tim Petrovic , Nick Price , Chris Riley , Loren Roberts , John Rollins , Eduardo Romero , Justin Rose , Rory Sabbatini , Gene Sauers , Adam Scott , John Senden , Joey Sindelar , Vijay Singh , Heath Slocum , Jeff Sluman , Chris Smith , Paul Stankowski , Steve Stricker , Kevin Sutherland , Hal Sutton , Hidemichi Tanaka , Phil Tataurangi , Esteban Toledo , David Toms , Kirk Triplett , Bob Tway , Scott Verplank , Duffy Waldorf , Mike Weir , Jay Williamson , Garrett Willis , Tiger Woods
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, March 27, 2003 Friday, March 28, 2003
Second round
Friday, March 28, 2003 Saturday, March 29, 2003
Source: [ 5] [ 6]
Third round
Saturday, March 29, 2003
Source: [ 6]
Final round
Sunday, March 30, 2003
Champion
(c) = past champion
Leaderboard below the top 10
Place
Player
Score
To par
Money ($ )
T11
Briny Baird 76-68-68-70=282
−6
133,250
Mark Calcavecchia 73-68-72-69=282
Brad Faxon 73-69-71-69=282
Jeff Maggert 71-70-68-73=282
Duffy Waldorf 70-72-68-72=282
Tiger Woods (c)72-70-68-72=282
T17
Stephen Ames 73-69-71-70=283
−5
94,250
Craig Perks (c)68-69-70-76=283
Adam Scott 69-69-74-71=283
Bob Tway 68-73-69-73=283
T21
Stuart Appleby 71-72-71-70=284
−4
65,000
Tim Clark 69-72-69-74=284
Chris DiMarco 77-67-70-70=284
Niclas Fasth 68-73-71-72=284
Justin Leonard (c)73-70-68-73=284
Geoff Ogilvy 71-68-72-73=284
T27
Glen Day 72-67-73-73=285
−3
47,125
Neal Lancaster 70-72-69-74=285
Mike Weir 72-71-69-73=285
Jay Williamson 74-69-68-74=285
31
Bob Estes 71-68-72-75=286
−2
42,250
T32
Charles Howell III 72-71-72-72=287
−1
35,192
Brandt Jobe 72-70-70-75=287
Jonathan Kaye 73-70-70-74=287
Skip Kendall 68-69-73-77=287
Corey Pavin 70-69-69-79=287
Kenny Perry 70-73-69-75=287
Jeff Sluman 72-72-70-73=287
T39
Stewart Cink 69-71-73-75=288
E
26,000
Nick Faldo 74-68-72-74=288
Steve Flesch 71-68-70-79=288
Glen Hnatiuk 71-72-71-74=288
Tom Lehman 69-72-75-72=288
Justin Rose 72-71-69-76=288
T45
Fred Funk 70-70-75-74=289
+1
20,150
Shigeki Maruyama 76-65-74-74=289
Rocco Mediate 68-70-73-78=289
T48
Billy Andrade 71-72-73-74=290
+2
16,336
Carlos Franco 71-71-72-76=290
Per-Ulrik Johansson 73-70-75-72=290
Bernhard Langer 72-70-71-77=290
Jesper Parnevik 76-68-69-77=290
Kevin Sutherland 69-73-72-76=290
T54
Tim Herron 71-73-72-75=291
+3
15,015
Shaun Micheel 71-73-71-76=291
T56
Notah Begay III 77-67-76-72=292
+4
14,495
David Berganio Jr. 75-69-72-76=292
John Daly 70-70-72-80=292
Paul Lawrie 71-73-74-74=292
Peter Lonard 73-68-71-80=292
Esteban Toledo 74-69-72-77=292
T62
Mark Brooks 73-70-75-75=293
+5
13,845
Joe Durant 75-67-75-76=293
Dudley Hart 75-69-75-74=293
Steve Jones 68-75-76-74=293
T66
Bob Burns 74-70-72-78=294
+6
13,455
Matt Gogel 70-71-77-76=294
68
Lee Janzen (c)73-69-70-83=295
+7
13,260
T69
Jim Carter 69-73-77-80=299
+11
13,065
Robert Gamez 71-73-74-81=299
71
Loren Roberts 75-69-78-78=300
+12
12,870
CUT
Paul Azinger 72-73=145
+1
Pat Bates 72-73=145
Olin Browne 73-72=145
Tom Byrum 73-72=145
Sergio García 71-74=145
Retief Goosen 73-72=145
Matt Kuchar 74-71=145
Thomas Levet 74-71=145
Andrew Magee 70-75=145
Colin Montgomerie 73-72=145
Tim Petrovic 75-70=145
Chris Riley 73-72=145
Joey Sindelar 71-74=145
Paul Stankowski 74-71=145
Hal Sutton (c)73-72=145
Phil Tataurangi 74-71=145
David Toms 70-75=145
Jonathan Byrd 72-74=146
+2
Brent Geiberger 73-73=146
Jerry Kelly 72-74=146
Nick Price (c)73-73=146
Gene Sauers 73-73=146
Craig Barlow 76-71=147
+3
Cameron Beckman 76-71=147
Rich Beem 75-72=147
Ben Crane 79-68=147
Steve Elkington (c)75-72=147
Brian Gay 73-74=147
J. J. Henry 76-71=147
Craig Parry 73-74=147
John Rollins 75-72=147
Rory Sabbatini 73-74=147
Vijay Singh 75-72=147
David Duval (c)76-72=148
+4
David Gossett 74-74=148
J. P. Hayes 78-70=148
Frank Lickliter 74-74=148
José María Olazábal 71-77=148
John Senden 75-73=148
Steve Stricker 78-70=148
Ángel Cabrera 74-75=149
+5
Joel Edwards 74-75=149
Trevor Immelman 79-70=149
Tom Pernice Jr. 78-71=149
Eduardo Romero 73-76=149
Luke Donald 74-76=150
+6
Len Mattiace 75-75=150
Billy Mayfair 81-69=150
K. J. Choi 78-73=151
+7
Robert Damron 76-75=151
Dan Forsman 75-76=151
Harrison Frazar 77-74=151
Rod Pampling 77-74=151
Heath Slocum 75-76=151
Garrett Willis 75-76=151
J. L. Lewis 79-73=152
+8
Spike McRoy 78-74=152
Mark O'Meara 74-78=152
Chris Smith 73-79=152
Greg Chalmers 75-78=153
+9
Scott McCarron 79-74=153
Pat Perez 75-78=153
Stephen Leaney 78-77=155
+11
Hidemichi Tanaka 77-78=155
Fulton Allem 76-81=157
+13
WD
John Cook 72-71-73=216
E
David Peoples 73
+1
Steve Lowery 75
+3
José Cóceres 76
+4
Greg Norman (c)78
+6
John Huston 79
+7
Carl Paulson
DQ
Michael Campbell 89
+17
Source: [ 7]
References
^ "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.^ "Players Championship" . Wilmington 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.^ "Past Results 1974 – present" . PGA Tour . Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020 .
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