2003 U.S. Open (golf)

The 2003 United States Open Championship was the 103rd U.S. Open, held June 12–15 at the North Course of Olympia Fields Country Club in Olympia Fields, Illinois, a suburb south of Chicago. Jim Furyk won his only major championship, three shots ahead of runner-up Stephen Leaney.^[3][4] With a total score of 272, Furyk tied the record for the lowest 72-hole score in U.S. Open history, also achieved in 2000, 1993 and 1980 (and since lowered to 268 in 2011). Another record was equalled by Vijay Singh, who tied Neal Lancaster's 9-hole record of 29 on the back nine of his second round.

2003 U.S. Open

Tournament information
Dates	June 12–15, 2003
Location	Olympia Fields, Illinois
Course(s)	Olympia Fields Country Club North Course
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	7,190 yards (6,575 m)^[1]
Field	156 players, 68 after cut
Cut	143 (+3)
Prize fund	$6,000,000 €5,130,394
Winner's share	$1,080,000 €923,471^[2]
Champion
Jim Furyk
272 (−8)
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Olympia
Fields

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Location in the United States

This was the fourth major held at Olympia Fields; it hosted the U.S. Open in 1928 and the PGA Championship in 1925 and 1961.

Course

See also: Olympia Fields Country Club

North Course

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	576	400	389	164	440	555	212	433	496	3,665	444	467	458	397	414	187	451	247	460	3,525	7,190
Par	5	4	4	3	4	5	3	4	4	36	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	34	70

Source:^[1]

Field

1. Last 10 U.S. Open Champions

Ernie Els (4,9,10,11,12,13,16), Retief Goosen (9,10,16), Lee Janzen, Corey Pavin, Tiger Woods (3,4,5,8,9,11,12,16)

• Steve Jones did not play due to an injury.

2. Top two finishers in the 2002 U.S. Amateur

Ricky Barnes (a), Hunter Mahan (a)

3. Last five Masters Champions

José María Olazábal (9,10), Vijay Singh (5,9,11,12,16), Mike Weir (11,12,16)

4. Last five British Open Champions

David Duval, Paul Lawrie (10,16), Mark O'Meara

5. Last five PGA Champions

Rich Beem (9,12,16), David Toms (9,11,16)

6. The Players Champion

Davis Love III (9,11,16)

7. The U.S. Senior Open Champion

Don Pooley

8. Top 15 finishers and ties in the 2002 U.S. Open

Robert Allenby (9,16), Tom Byrum, Nick Faldo, Sergio García (9,10,16), Jay Haas (11,16), Pádraig Harrington (10,13,16), Dudley Hart, Scott Hoch (16), Justin Leonard (9,11,16), Peter Lonard (15,16), Jeff Maggert, Billy Mayfair, Phil Mickelson (9,16), Nick Price (9,16)

9. Top 30 leaders on the 2002 PGA Tour official money list

K. J. Choi (16), Chris DiMarco (16), Bob Estes (16), Fred Funk (16), Jim Furyk (11,16), Charles Howell III (16), Jerry Kelly (16), Steve Lowery, Scott McCarron, Shigeki Maruyama (16), Len Mattiace (16), Rocco Mediate (16), Kenny Perry (11,16), Chris Riley (16), Loren Roberts, John Rollins, Jeff Sluman (16)

10. Top 15 on the 2002 European Tour Order of Merit

Thomas Bjørn (16), Ángel Cabrera (16), Michael Campbell (16), Trevor Immelman (16), Stephen Leaney, Colin Montgomerie (16), Eduardo Romero (16), Justin Rose (16), Adam Scott (16)

11. Top 10 on the PGA Tour official money list, as of May 25

12. Winners of multiple PGA Tour events from April 24, 2002 through the 2003 Memorial Tournament

13. Top 2 from the 2003 European Tour Order of Merit, as of May 26

14. Top 2 on the 2002 Japan Golf Tour, provided they are within the top 75 point leaders of the Official World Golf Rankings at that time

Toru Taniguchi

15. Top 2 on the 2002 PGA Tour of Australasia, provided they are within the top 75 point leaders of the Official World Golf Rankings at that time

Craig Parry (16)

16. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Rankings list, as of May 26

Stuart Appleby, Paul Casey, Darren Clarke, Fred Couples, Niclas Fasth, Brad Faxon, Steve Flesch, Bernhard Langer, Kirk Triplett, Scott Verplank

17. Special exemptions selected by the USGA

Hale Irwin, Tom Kite, Tom Watson

Sectional qualifiers

• Tarzana, California: Anthony Arvidson (L), Bill Lunde (L), Rick Reinsberg (a,L), Warren Schutte (L)
• Littleton, Colorado: Tom Glissmeyer (a,L), Bret Guetz (L)
• Orlando, Florida: Doug Dunakey (L), Maarten Lafeber, Alan Morin (L), Matt Seppanen (L), Grant Waite
• Roswell, Georgia: Billy Andrade, Luke List (a,L)
• Glenview, Illinois: Brian Davis, Tom Gillis, Jason Knutzon (L), Bryce Molder (L)
• Chevy Chase, Maryland: Chris Anderson (L), Sean Murphy (L), Dicky Pride (L)
• Rockville, Maryland: Tommy Armour III, Woody Austin, Jay Don Blake, Craig Bowden, Olin Browne, Bob Burns, Jonathan Byrd, Alex Čejka, Robert Damron, Marco Dawson, Ryan Dillon (L), Joe Durant, Dan Forsman, Brian Gay, Bill Haas (a), Brian Henninger, Brandt Jobe, Richard S. Johnson, Kent Jones, Cliff Kresge, Doug LaBelle II (L), Neal Lancaster, Ian Leggatt, Spike McRoy, Larry Mize, Rod Pampling, Brett Quigley, Chez Reavie (a), Joey Sindelar, Darron Stiles, Hidemichi Tanaka, Roland Thatcher, Jay Williamson, Mark Wurtz (L)
• Kansas City, Missouri: Steve Gotsche (L)
• Purchase, New York: Cortney Brisson (L), Freddie Jacobson, John Maginnes, Geoffrey Sisk (L)
• Cleveland, Ohio: Chad Campbell
• Columbus, Ohio: Rob Bradley (L), Mark Calcavecchia, Stewart Cink, Tim Clark, Brad Elder, J. P. Hayes, J. B. Holmes (a,L), Jonathan Kaye, Hiroshi Matsuo (L), Sean McCarty (L), Joe Ogilvie, Geoff Ogilvy, Jesper Parnevik, Tim Petrovic, Rory Sabbatini, David Smail, Chris Smith, Kevin Sutherland, Bob Tway, Dean Wilson
• McKinney, Texas: Greg Hiller, Trip Kuehne (a)
• Auburn, Washington: Chris Baryla (a,L)

Alternates who gained entry

• Roy Biancalana (L, Kansas City) – replaced Steve Jones

(a) denotes amateur
(L) denotes player advanced through local qualifying

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 12, 2003

Place	Player	Score	To par^[5]
T1	Brett Quigley	65	−5
	Tom Watson
T3	Jay Don Blake	66	−4
	Justin Leonard
T5	Jim Furyk	67	−3
	Stephen Leaney
T7	Mark Calcavecchia	68	−2
	Tom Gillis
	Ian Leggatt
T10	Jonathan Byrd	69	−1
	Tom Byrum
	Tim Clark
	Robert Damron
	Ernie Els
	Sergio García
	Pádraig Harrington
	Freddie Jacobson
	Cliff Kresge
	Len Mattiace
	Billy Mayfair
	Colin Montgomerie
	Tim Petrovic
	Loren Roberts
	Hidemichi Tanaka

Second round

Friday, June 13, 2003

Place	Player	Score	To par^[6]
T1	Jim Furyk	67-66=133	−7
	Vijay Singh	70-63=133
T3	Jonathan Byrd	69-66=135	−5
	Stephen Leaney	67-68=135
T5	Freddie Jacobson	69-67=136	−4
	Justin Leonard	66-70=136
	Nick Price	71-65=136
	Eduardo Romero	70-66=136
	Tiger Woods	70-66=136
T10	Robert Damron	69-68=137	−3
	Tom Watson	65-72=137

Amateurs: Kuehne (+1), Barnes (+2), Holmes (+5), Baryla (+6), Mahan (+6), Haas (+9), List (+9), Reinsberg (+12), Reavie (+13), Glissmeyer (+19).

Third round

Saturday, June 14, 2003

Place	Player	Score	To par^[7]
1	Jim Furyk	67-66-67=200	−10
2	Stephen Leaney	67-68-68=203	−7
T3	Nick Price	71-65-69=205	−5
	Vijay Singh	70-63-72=205
T5	Jonathan Byrd	69-66-71=206	−4
	Ian Leggatt	68-70-68=206
	Dicky Pride	71-69-66=206
	Eduardo Romero	70-66-70=206
T9	Mark Calcavecchia	68-72-67=207	−3
	Billy Mayfair	69-71-67=207
	Mark O'Meara	72-68-67=207

Final round

Sunday, June 15, 2003

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Jim Furyk	67-66-67-72=272	−8	1,080,000
2	Stephen Leaney	67-68-68-72=275	−5	650,000
T3	Kenny Perry	72-71-69-67=279	−1	341,367
	Mike Weir	73-67-68-71=279
T5	Ernie Els	69-70-69-72=280	E	185,934
	Freddie Jacobson	69-67-73-71=280
	Nick Price	71-65-69-75=280
	Justin Rose	70-71-70-69=280
	David Toms	72-67-70-71=280
T10	Pádraig Harrington	69-72-72-68=281	+1	124,936
	Jonathan Kaye	70-70-72-69=281
	Cliff Kresge	69-70-72-70=281
	Billy Mayfair	69-71-67-74=281
	Scott Verplank	76-67-68-70=281

Amateurs: Trip Kuehne (+10), Ricky Barnes (+11)^[8]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	5	4	4	3	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4
Furyk	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−9	−8
Leaney	−6	−7	−6	−7	−7	−8	−7	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5
Perry	+1	E	−1	−1	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	E	−1	−1	−1
Weir	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−2	−1
Els	E	+1	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	−1	E	E
Jacobson	E	+1	+1	+1	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	+1	E	−1	−1	E
Price	−4	−3	−2	−2	−2	−3	−2	−2	−1	−1	E	E	−1	−1	−2	−2	−1	E
Rose	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	E	E	E	E	E	−1	E	E
Toms	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Singh	−5	−6	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−2	−1	E	+1	+2	+3	+3	+2	+1	+2	+3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[9]

References

1. "U.S. Open scorecard". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. June 12, 2003. p. C5.
2. "U.S. Open Championship: leaderboard". PGA European Tour. June 15, 2003. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
3. Herrmann, Mark (June 16, 2013). "Unflappable Furyk wins Open". Spokesman-Review. Newsday. p. C1.
4. Silver, Michael (June 23, 2003). "Father Knows Best". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
5. "US Open Championship – Round 1". PGA European Tour. Archived from the original on September 4, 2009. Retrieved August 22, 2009.
6. "US Open Championship – Round 2". PGA European Tour. Archived from the original on September 4, 2009. Retrieved August 22, 2009.
7. "US Open Championship – Round 3". PGA European Tour. Archived from the original on September 4, 2009. Retrieved August 22, 2009.
8. "2003 U.S. Open". Yahoo Sports. June 15, 2003. Retrieved June 14, 2012.
9. "U.S. Open Championship". ESPN. Retrieved August 10, 2015.

External links

• USOpen.com – 2003
• BBC Sport golf page

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