2003 U.S. Open (golf)

2003 U.S. Open
Tournament information
Dates June 12 - 15, 2003
Location Olympia Fields Illinois
Course(s) Olympia Fields Country Club
Tour(s) PGA Tour
PGA European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par 70
Length 7,188
Field 156 players, 68 after cut
Cut 143 (+3)
Prize fund $6,000,000
Winner's share $1,080,000
Champion
Jim Furyk
272 (-8)

The 2003 United States Open Championship was the 103rd U.S. Open, held between June 12 and June 15. It took place at the prestigious Olympia Fields Country Club located at Olympia Fields in Illinois in the United States. The tournament was won by Jim Furyk, for whom it was his first (and as of 2010, only) major championship win. In doing so he tied for the record lowest 72-hole score in U.S. Open history. Another record was set by Vijay Singh, who tied Neal Lancaster's 9-hole standard of 29 on the back nine of his second round.

Contents

Round summaries

First round

# Player Country Score To par[1]
T1 Brett Quigley  United States 65 -5
Tom Watson  United States
T3 Jay Don Blake  United States 66 -4
Justin Leonard  United States
T5 Jim Furyk  United States 67 -3
Stephen Leaney  Australia
T7 Mark Calcavecchia  United States 68 -2
Tom Gillis  United States
Ian Leggatt  Canada
T10 Jonathan Byrd  United States 69 -1
Tom Byrum  United States
Tim Clark  South Africa
Robert Damron  United States
Ernie Els  South Africa
Sergio García  Spain
Pádraig Harrington  Ireland
Fredrik Jacobson  Sweden
Cliff Kresge  United States
Len Mattiace  United States
Billy Mayfair  United States
Colin Montgomerie  Scotland
Tim Petrovic  United States
Loren Roberts  United States
Hidemichi Tanaka  Japan

Second round

# Player Country Score To par[2]
T1 Jim Furyk  United States 67-66=133 -7
Vijay Singh  Fiji 70-63=133
T3 Jonathan Byrd  United States 69-66=135 -5
Stephen Leaney  Australia 67-68=135
T5 Fredrik Jacobson  Sweden 69-67=136 -4
Justin Leonard  United States 66-70=136
Nick Price  Zimbabwe 71-65=136
Eduardo Romero  Argentina 70-66=136
Tiger Woods  United States 70-66=136
T10 Robert Damron  United States 69-68=137 -3
Tom Watson  United States 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

# Player Country Score To par[3]
1 Jim Furyk  United States 67-66-67=200 -10
2 Stephen Leaney  Australia 67-68-68-203 -7
T3 Nick Price  Zimbabwe 71-65-69=205 -5
Vijay Singh  Fiji 70-63-72=205
T5 Jonathan Byrd  United States 69-66-71=206 -4
Ian Leggatt  Canada 68-70-68=206
Dicky Pride  United States 71-69-66=206
Eduardo Romero  Argentina 70-66-70=206
T9 Mark Calcavecchia  United States 68-72-67=207 -3
Billy Mayfair  United States 69-71-67=207
Mark O'Meara  United States 72-68-67=207

Final leaderboard

# Player Country Score To par Winnings
1 Jim Furyk  United States 67-66-67-72=272 -8 $1,080,000
2 Stephen Leaney  Australia 67-68-68-72=275 -5 $650,000
T3 Kenny Perry  United States 72-71-69-67=279 -1 $341,367
Mike Weir  Canada 73-67-68-71=279
T5 Justin Rose  England 70-71-70-69=280 E $185,934
Fredrik Jacobson  Sweden 69-67-73-71=280
David Toms  United States 72-67-70-71=280
Ernie Els  South Africa 69-70-69-72=280
Nick Price  Zimbabwe 71-65-69-75=280
T10 Pádraig Harrington  Ireland 69-72-72-68=281 +1 $124,936
Jonathan Kaye  United States 70-70-72-69=281
Cliff Kresge  United States 69-70-72-70=281
Billy Mayfair  United States 69-71-67-74=281
Scott Verplank  United States 76-67-68-70=281

Amateurs: Kuehne (+10), Barnes (+11).

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Preceded by
2003 Masters
Major Championships Succeeded by
2003 Open Championship