2003 Senior British Open

May 2018 May 2018 2003 Senior British Open 24–27 July 2003 South Ayrshire, Scotland 55.316 -4.833 Turnberry uk The R&A European Senior Tour Champions Tour 72 holes stroke play 70 6715 yd on 144 players, 77 after cut 144 (+4) 1,590,377 USD 255,731 USD222,779 EUR USA Tom Watson 263 (−17) Europe#United Kingdom#Scotland Turnberry Location in Europe##Location in the United Kingdom##Location in Scotland yes 230 2002 2004 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. Tom Watson defeated Carl Mason in a playoff to win his first Senior British Open title and his second senior major championship victory. Venue Turnberry (golf course) The 2003 event was the 5th Senior British Open played at Turnberry. Course layout HoleNameYardsPar2HoleNameYardsPar1Ailsa Craig3584 10Dinna Fouter41542Mak Siccar381411Maidens17433Blaw Wearie409412Monument41444Woe-Be-Tide165313Tickly Tap41245Fin Me Oot416414Risk-An-Hope44146Tappie Toorie221315Ca' Canny20937Roon The Ben475516Wee Burn40948Goat Fell431417Lang Whang49759Bruce's Castle454418Duel in the Sun4344Out3,31035In3,40535Source:https://www.europeantour.com/legends-tour/senior-british-open-presented-by-mastercard-2003/course 2003 Senior British Open – Course Card European Tour Total 6,71570 Field The field consisted of 144 competitors: 139 professionals and 5 amateurs. 18-hole stroke play qualifying rounds were held on Monday, 21 July, on two places in Scotland, the Barassie Links in Kilmarnock and the Kintyre course at Turnberry, for players who were not already exempt. The 31 leading players from the qualifying competitions joined the 113 exempt players for the championship. 77 players made the 36-hole cut, 76 professionals and one amateur. Arthur Pierce, Ireland, finished leading amateur at tied 62nd. Past champions in the field Made the cut Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par FinishBob Charles 1989, 1993 69 68 69 71 277 −3 T20 Noboru Sugai 2002 67 73 72 71 283 +3 T46Gary Player 1988, 1990, 1997 73 70 69 72 284 +4 T51Christy O'Connor Jnr 1999, 2000 73 71 70 71 285 +5 T54 Missed the cut Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 Total To parJohn Fourie 1992 71 74 145 +5 Neil Coles 1987 72 74 146 +6 Ian Stanley 2001 79 74 153 +13 Bobby Verwey 1991 86 69 155 +15 Past winners and runners-up at The Open Championship in the field The field included five former winners of The Open Championship. Four of them made the cut; 1975, 1977, 1980, 1982 and 1983 Open champion Tom Watson (won), 1966, 1970 and 1978 Open champion Jack Nicklaus (tied 14th), 1963 Open champion Bob Charles (tied 20th) and 1959, 1968 and 1974 Open champion Gary Player (tied 51st). 1961 and 1962 Open champion Arnold Palmer did not make the cut. The field also included three former runners-up at The Open Championship; Tom Kite (4th), Rodger Davis (tied 27th) and Simon Owen (tied 32nd). 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. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Tom Kite 66 −4 USA Tom WatsonT3 ENG Denis Durnian 67 −3 ENG Carl Mason USA Mark McCumber IRL Des Smyth JPN Noboru Sugai SCO Russell Weir USA Fuzzy ZoellerT10 ENG Maurice Bembridge 68 −2 ENG Malcolm Gregson CAN Bill Hardwick USA Bruce Summerhays 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. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 ENG Carl Mason 67-64=131 −92 USA D. A. Weibring 69-63=132 −8T3 USA Tom Kite 66-67=133 −7 USA Bruce Summerhays 68-65=133 USA Tom Watson 66-67=133T6 USA Jim Colbert 72-62=134 −6 SCO Russell Weir 67-67=1348 ENG Denis Durnian 67-68=135 −5T9 ENG Bob Cameron 69-67=136 −4 AUS Terry Gale 70-66=136 USA Mark McCumber 67-69=136 USA Dana Quigley 71-65=136 USA Bobby Wadkins 71-65=136 USA Fuzzy Zoeller 67-69=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. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 ENG Carl Mason 67-64-65=196 −142 USA D. A. Weibring 69-63-65=197 −13T3 USA Tom Kite 66-67-66=199 −11 USA Bruce Summerhays 68-65-66=199 USA Tom Watson 66-67-66=1996 USA Jim Colbert 72-62-66=200 −107 USA Mark McCumber 67-69-65=201 −98 AUS Brian Jones 69-69-65=203 −7T9 JPN Isao Aoki 66-67-66=204 −6 ENG Bob Cameron 69-67-68=204 ENG Denis Durnian 67-68-69=204 USA Jack Nicklaus 70-67-67=204 USA Fuzzy Zoeller 67-69-68=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. PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (€)T1 ENG Carl Mason 67-64-65-67=263 −17 Playoff USA Tom Watson 66-67-66-64=2633 USA Bruce Summerhays 68-65-66-65=264 −16 83,6484 USA Tom Kite 66-67-66-67=266 −14 66,8485 USA D. A. Weibring 69-63-65-73=270 −10 56,641T6 AUS Brian Jones 69-69-65-68=271 −9 43,440 USA Mark McCumber 67-69-65-70=271T8 USA Denis Durnian 67-68-69-68=272 −8 31,673 USA David Eger 71-68-66-67=272T10 USA Jim Colbert 72-62-66-73=273 −7 24,734 AUS Graham Marsh 71-68-66-68=273 USA Dana Quigley 71-65-70-67=273 Source:https://www.golfchannel.com/tours/champions-tour/2003/senior-british-open/ Golf Channel The Senior Open Championship presented by Rolex 27 July 2017 15 May 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180517153307/https://www.golfchannel.com/tours/champions-tour/2003/senior-british-open/ 17 May 2018 dead https://www.europeantour.com/legends-tour/senior-british-open-presented-by-mastercard-2003/results?round=4 2003 Senior British Open – Results European Tour 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. PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (€)1 USA Tom Watson 4-4=8 E 222,7792 ENG Carl Mason 4-5=9 +1 148,590 Notes and references External links Results on European Tour website Results on PGA Tour website 2003 Senior Players Championship Senior Major Championships 2003 JELD-WEN Tradition 55.316 -4.833 type:event title Category:Senior major golf championships Category:Golf tournaments in Scotland Senior British Open Senior British Open Senior British Open Category:Turnberry Category:Sport in South Ayrshire Category:21st century in South Ayrshire