2003 Senior British Open

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.

2003 Senior British Open
Tournament information
Dates24–27 July 2003
LocationSouth Ayrshire, Scotland
Course(s)Turnberry
Organized byThe R&A
Tour(s)
Statistics
Par70
Length6,715 yd (6,140 m)
Field144 players, 77 after cut
Cut144 (+4)
Prize fund$1,590,377
Champion
Tom Watson
263 (−17)
Turnberry 
Location in Scotland

Tom Watson defeated Carl Mason in a playoff to win his first Senior British Open title. The 2003 event was Watson's second senior major championship victory.

Venue

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

Course layout

HoleNameYardsPar  HoleNameYardsPar
1Ailsa Craig358410Dinna Fouter4154
2Mak Siccar381411Maidens1743
3Blaw Wearie409412Monument4144
4Woe-Be-Tide165313Tickly Tap4124
5Fin Me Oot416414Risk-An-Hope4414
6Tappie Toorie221315Ca' Canny2093
7Roon The Ben475516Wee Burn4094
8Goat Fell431417Lang Whang4975
9Bruce's Castle454418Duel in the Sun4344
Out3,31035In3,40535
Source:[1]Total6,71570

Field

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

Nationalities in the field

North America (61)South America (4)Europe (51)Oceania (15)Asia (7)Africa (6)
 Canada (2) Argentina (2) England (21) Australia (11) Japan (7) South Africa (6)
 Jamaica (1) Chile (1) Spain (5) New Zealand (4)
 United States (58) Brazil (1) Scotland (12)
 Wales (1)
 Ireland (6)
 Netherlands (2)
 Italy (3)
 Northern Ireland (1)

Made the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Bob Charles New Zealand1989, 199369686971277−3T20
Noboru Sugai Japan200267737271283+3T46
Gary Player South Africa1988, 1990, 199773706972284+4T51
Christy O'Connor Jnr Ireland1999, 200073717071285+5T54

Missed the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
John Fourie South Africa19927174145+5
Neil Coles England19877274146+6
Ian Stanley Australia20017974153+13
Bobby Verwey South Africa19918669155+15

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 24 July 2003

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

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tom Kite United States66−4
Tom Watson United States
T3Denis Durnian England67−3
Carl Mason England
Mark McCumber United States
Des Smyth Ireland
Noboru Sugai Japan
Russell Weir Scotland
Fuzzy Zoeller United States
T10Maurice Bembridge England68−2
Malcolm Gregson England
Bill Hardwick Canada
Bruce Summerhays United States

Second round

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.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Carl Mason England67-64=131−9
2D. A. Weibring United States69-63=132−8
T3Tom Kite United States66-67=133−7
Bruce Summerhays United States68-65=133
Tom Watson United States66-67=133
T6Jim Colbert United States72-62=134−6
Russell Weir Scotland67-67=134
8Denis Durnian England67-68=135−5
T9Bob Cameron England69-67=136−4
Terry Gale Australia70-66=136
Mark McCumber United States67-69=136
Dana Quigley United States71-65=136
Bobby Wadkins United States71-65=136
Fuzzy Zoeller United States67-69=136

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

Third round

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.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Carl Mason England67-64-65=196−14
2D. A. Weibring United States69-63-65=197−13
T3Tom Kite United States66-67-66=199−11
Bruce Summerhays United States68-65-66=199
Tom Watson United States66-67-66=199
6Jim Colbert United States72-62-66=200−10
7Mark McCumber United States67-69-65=201−9
8Brian Jones Australia69-69-65=203−7
T9Isao Aoki Japan66-67-66=204−6
Bob Cameron England69-67-68=204
Denis Durnian England67-68-69=204
Jack Nicklaus United States70-67-67=204
Fuzzy Zoeller United States67-69-68=204

Amateurs: Pierse (+2)

Final round

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.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ()
T1Carl Mason England67-64-65-67=263−17Playoff
Tom Watson United States66-67-66-64=263
3Bruce Summerhays United States68-65-66-65=264−1683,648
4Tom Kite United States66-67-66-67=266−1466,848
5D. A. Weibring United States69-63-65-73=270−1056,641
T6Brian Jones Australia69-69-65-68=271−943,440
Mark McCumber United States67-69-65-70=271
T8Denis Durnian United States67-68-69-68=272−831,673
David Eger United States71-68-66-67=272
T10Jim Colbert United States72-62-66-73=273−724,734
Graham Marsh Australia71-68-66-68=273
Dana Quigley United States71-65-70-67=273

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

Playoff

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.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ()
1Tom Watson United States4-4=8E222,779
2Carl Mason England4-5=9+1148,590

Notes and references

Preceded by
2003 Senior Players Championship
Senior Major Championships Succeeded by
2003 JELD-WEN Tradition

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