2003 in Sports - Golf

Golf

Men's professional

  • Major Championship results:
    • Masters Tournament – Mike Weir becomes the first Canadian and the first left-handed golfer to win The Masters. He defeats Len Mattiace on the first playoff hole.
    • U.S. Open – Jim Furyk. Tournament takes place at Olympia Fields, and Furyk wins his first major by 3 shots.
    • British Open – Ben Curtis, an outsider, wins by a single shot from Thomas Björn and Vijay Singh at Royal St. George's.
    • PGA Championship – Shaun Micheel, another outside, wins by 2 shots at Oak Hill Country Club.

Men's amateur

  • British Amateur – Gary Wolstenholme
  • U.S. Amateur – Nick Flanagan
  • European Amateur – Brian McElhinney

Women's professional

  • Major results:
    • Kraft Nabisco Championship – Patricia Meunier-Lebouc
    • U.S. Women's Open – Hilary Lunke wins an 18-hole playoff over Angela Stanford and Kelly Robbins.
    • LPGA Championship – Annika Sörenstam
    • Women's British Open – Annika Sörenstam
  • September 12–14 – 2003 Solheim Cup – Team Europe win back the cup from Team United States 17½ to 10½ points.

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