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
DatesJune 12–15, 2003
LocationOlympia Fields, Illinois
Course(s)Olympia Fields Country Club
North Course
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length7,190 yards (6,575 m)[1]
Field156 players, 68 after cut
Cut143 (+3)
Prize fund$6,000,000
5,130,394
Winner's share$1,080,000
€923,471[2]
Champion
United States Jim Furyk
272 (−8)
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Olympia Fields is located in the United States
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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

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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

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Field

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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)

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
Alternates who gained entry

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

Round summaries

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First round

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b "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. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. 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.
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