The 2003 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held 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. Love won eleven years earlier in 1992, and started the final round two strokes back.

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 .

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 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Fred Couples67−5 Pádraig HarringtonT3 Niclas Fasth68−4 Jay Haas Steve Jones Skip Kendall Rocco Mediate Craig Perks Bob TwayT10 Jim Carter69−3 Stewart Cink Tim Clark Tom Lehman Adam Scott Kevin Sutherland

Second round Friday, March 28, 2003 Saturday, March 29, 2003 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Pádraig Harrington67-68=135−9T2 Skip Kendall68-69=137−7 Davis Love III70-67=137 Craig Perks68-69=137T5 Chad Campbell72-66=138−6 Fred Couples67-71=138 Jay Haas68-70=138 Rocco Mediate68-70=138 Adam Scott69-69=138T10 Glen Day72-67=139−5 Bob Estes71-68=139 Steve Flesch71-68=139 Geoff Ogilvy71-68=139 Corey Pavin70-69=139 Source:

Third round Saturday, March 29, 2003 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Jay Haas 68-70-67=205 −11 Pádraig Harrington 67-68-70=205T3 Fred Couples 67-71-69=207 −9 Davis Love III 70-67-70=207 Craig Perks 68-69-70=207T6 Darren Clarke 71-70-67=208 −8 Corey Pavin 70-69-69=208T8 Chad Campbell 72-66-71=209 −7 Steve Flesch 71-68-70=209 Jim Furyk 73-68-68=209 Jeff Maggert 71-70-68=209 Source:

Final round Sunday, March 30, 2003 Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Davis Love III (c) 70-67-70-64=271 −17 1,170,000T2 Jay Haas 68-70-67-72=277 −11 572,000 Pádraig Harrington 67-68-70-72=277T4 Robert Allenby 70-71-72-65=278 −10 286,000 Jim Furyk 73-68-68-69=278T6 Chad Campbell 72-66-71-70=279 −9 225,875 Darren Clarke 71-70-67-71=279T8 Kirk Triplett 72-70-71-67=280 −8 195,000 Scott Verplank 71-72-68-69=28010 Fred Couples (c) 67-71-69-74=281 −7 175,500 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)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=282T17 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=283T21 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=284T27 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=28531 Bob Estes 71-68-72-75=286 −2 42,250T32 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=287T39 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=288T45 Fred Funk 70-70-75-74=289 +1 20,150 Shigeki Maruyama 76-65-74-74=289 Rocco Mediate 68-70-73-78=289T48 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=290T54 Tim Herron 71-73-72-75=291 +3 15,015 Shaun Micheel 71-73-71-76=291T56 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=292T62 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=293T66 Bob Burns 74-70-72-78=294 +6 13,455 Matt Gogel 70-71-77-76=29468 Lee Janzen (c) 73-69-70-83=295 +7 13,260T69 Jim Carter 69-73-77-80=299 +11 13,065 Robert Gamez 71-73-74-81=29971 Loren Roberts 75-69-78-78=300 +12 12,870CUT 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 +13WD 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

References

External links The Players Championship website Full Leaderboard