2003 Players Championship

2003 Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates	March 27–30, 2003
Location	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida; 30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°W
Course(s)	TPC Sawgrass,; Stadium Course
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,093 yards (6,486 m)
Field	144 players, 72 after cut
Cut	144 (Even)
Prize fund	$6.5 million
Winner's share	$1.17 million
Champion
	Davis Love III
	271 (−17)
Location map
	TPC Sawgrass Location in the United States TPC Sawgrass Location in Florida
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The 2003 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 27–30 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.^[2]^[3] Love won eleven years earlier in 1992,^[4] 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 7,093 yards (6,486 m).

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

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Fred Couples	67	−5
T1	Pádraig Harrington	67	−5
T3	Niclas Fasth	68	−4
	Jay Haas
	Steve Jones
	Skip Kendall
	Rocco Mediate
	Craig Perks
	Bob Tway
T10	Jim Carter	69	−3
	Stewart Cink
	Tim Clark
	Tom Lehman
	Adam Scott
	Kevin Sutherland

Second round

Friday, March 28, 2003
Saturday, March 29, 2003

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Pádraig Harrington	67-68=135	−9
T2	Skip Kendall	68-69=137	−7
	Davis Love III	70-67=137
	Craig Perks	68-69=137
T5	Chad Campbell	72-66=138	−6
	Fred Couples	67-71=138
	Jay Haas	68-70=138
	Rocco Mediate	68-70=138
	Adam Scott	69-69=138
T10	Glen Day	72-67=139	−5
	Bob Estes	71-68=139
	Steve Flesch	71-68=139
	Geoff Ogilvy	71-68=139
	Corey Pavin	70-69=139

Source:^[5]^[6]

Third round

Saturday, March 29, 2003

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Jay Haas	68-70-67=205	−11
T1	Pádraig Harrington	67-68-70=205	−11
T3	Fred Couples	67-71-69=207	−9
	Davis Love III	70-67-70=207
	Craig Perks	68-69-70=207
T6	Darren Clarke	71-70-67=208	−8
T6	Corey Pavin	70-69-69=208	−8
T8	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:^[6]

Final round

Sunday, March 30, 2003

Champion
(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Davis Love III (c)	70-67-70-64=271	−17	1,170,000
T2	Jay Haas	68-70-67-72=277	−11	572,000
T2	Pádraig Harrington	67-68-70-72=277	−11	572,000
T4	Robert Allenby	70-71-72-65=278	−10	286,000
T4	Jim Furyk	73-68-68-69=278	−10	286,000
T6	Chad Campbell	72-66-71-70=279	−9	225,875
T6	Darren Clarke	71-70-67-71=279	−9	225,875
T8	Kirk Triplett	72-70-71-67=280	−8	195,000
T8	Scott Verplank	71-72-68-69=280	−8	195,000
10	Fred Couples (c)	67-71-69-74=281	−7	175,500

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
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=282
T17	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=283
T21	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=284
T27	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=285
31	Bob Estes	71-68-72-75=286	−2	42,250
T32	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=287
T39	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=288
T45	Fred Funk	70-70-75-74=289	+1	20,150
	Shigeki Maruyama	76-65-74-74=289
	Rocco Mediate	68-70-73-78=289
T48	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=290
T54	Tim Herron	71-73-72-75=291	+3	15,015
T54	Shaun Micheel	71-73-71-76=291	+3	15,015
T56	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=292
T62	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=293
T66	Bob Burns	74-70-72-78=294	+6	13,455
T66	Matt Gogel	70-71-77-76=294	+6	13,455
68	Lee Janzen (c)	73-69-70-83=295	+7	13,260
T69	Jim Carter	69-73-77-80=299	+11	13,065
T69	Robert Gamez	71-73-74-81=299	+11	13,065
71	Loren Roberts	75-69-78-78=300	+12	12,870
CUT	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	+11
Fulton Allem	76-81=157	+13
WD	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

Source:^[7]

References

^ "PGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (scores). March 31, 2003. p. E4.
^ Van Sickle, Gary (April 8, 2003). "Love Machine". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 29, 2003.
^ Ferguson, Doug (March 31, 2003). "Love blisters field on a blustery day". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. E1.
^ Reilly, Rick (April 6, 1992). "Love Story". Sports Illustrated. p. 22.
^ "Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. Wilmington, North Carolina. March 29, 2003. p. 2C.
^ ^a ^b "Players Championship". Sunday Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). March 30, 2003. p. 2C.
^ "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.

External links

[fidsco-1] "PGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). (scores). March 31, 2003. p. E4.

[lvmach-2] Van Sickle, Gary (April 8, 2003). "Love Machine". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 29, 2003.

[lwblday-3] Ferguson, Doug (March 31, 2003). "Love blisters field on a blustery day". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. E1.

[rrlsto-4] Reilly, Rick (April 6, 1992). "Love Story". Sports Illustrated. p. 22.

[satmo-5] "Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. Wilmington, North Carolina. March 29, 2003. p. 2C.

[pcthird-6] "Players Championship". Sunday Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). March 30, 2003. p. 2C.

[tpcpr-7] "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.

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