The 2003 LPGA Championship was the 49th LPGA Championship, played June 5–8 at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware.
Annika Sörenstam won in a playoff over Grace Park with a par on the first sudden death hole. It was the first of three consecutive LPGA Championships for Sorenstam and the fifth of her ten major titles.
Two weeks earlier, Sörenstam played in a PGA Tour event, the Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas.
The DuPont Country Club hosted this championship for eleven consecutive seasons, from 1994 through 2004.
Final leaderboard Sunday, June 8, 2003 Place Player Score To par Money ($)T1 Annika Sörenstam70-64-72-72=278−6Playoff Grace Park69-72-70-67=278T3 Beth Daniel71-71-70-72=284E85,718 Rosie Jones73-68-72-71=284 Rachel Teske69-70-74-71=284T6 Kate Golden72-70-68-75=285+141,873 Young Kim70-73-72-70=285 Joanne Mills68-73-75-69=285 Becky Morgan73-70-70-72=285 Young-A Yang73-74-69-69=285 Source:
Playoff The sudden-death playoff began on the par-4 18th hole, where Park missed the green, chipped from the heavy rough to but failed to save par. Sörenstam had a for birdie, then tapped in for par to win.
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Annika Sörenstam 4E240,0002 Grace Park 5+1147,934 Sudden-death playoff played on hole 18.
References
External links Golf Observer leaderboard DuPont Country Club