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.
Read more about this topic: 2003 In Sports
Famous quotes containing the word golf:
“emerald as heavy
as a golf course, ruby as dark
as an afterbirth,
diamond as white as sun
on the sea ...”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“If there is any larceny in a man, golf will bring it out.”
—Paul Gallico (1897–1976)
“Years ago we discovered the exact point, the dead center of middle age. It occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net.”
—Franklin Pierce Adams (1881–1960)