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2003 U.S. Women's Open: Hilary Lunke wins at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club (Witch Hollow Course)

Hilary Lunke won the 2003 U.S. Women's Open at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club (Witch Hollow Course), North Plains, Oregon, United States with 283 (−1), beating Angela Stanford and Kelly Robbins in a playoff.

Updated October 23, 2026

Every year is on the U.S. Women's Open winners list.

Dates
July 3, 2003 to July 7, 2003
Course
Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club (Witch Hollow Course), North Plains, Oregon, United States
Edition
58th edition
Counted as a major
yes
Format
stroke play, 4 rounds
Par
71 · 6,550 yards
Entries
929
Field
156
Made the cut
60 (cut at 149)
Purse
$3,100,000 · winner's share $560,000
Champion
Hilary Lunke · age 24 · United States · born Edina, Minnesota, United States
Champion's title
1st title at this event · 1st major
Winning score
71-69-68-75 = 283 (−1)
Runners-up
Angela Stanford, Kelly Robbins (283 each)
54-hole leader
Hilary Lunke
Playoff
18-hole stroke-play playoff (Monday, July 7): Lunke 70, Stanford 71, Robbins 73; 18 holes; beat Angela Stanford; Kelly Robbins; 18-hole total; Stanford birdied No. 18, then Lunke holed a 15-foot birdie putt there to win by one
Caddie
Tylar Lunke (her husband)
Low amateur
Aree Song (285)
Run by
United States Golf Association

Winner and runners-up

Pos.PlayerR1R2R3R4TotalTo par
1Hilary Lunke71696875283−1
T2Angela Stanford70706974283−1
T2Kelly Robbins74697169283−1

What happened at the 2003 U.S. Women's Open

Annika Sörenstam bogeyed the par-5 72nd hole and missed the three-way playoff by one stroke.

In the Monday playoff Angela Stanford birdied the 18th, then Hilary Lunke holed a 15-foot birdie putt on the same hole to win 70-71, with Kelly Robbins at 73.

How this was built

Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's U.S. Women's Open data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.

Data: womens-golf-majors_dataset_2026-10-20.json (GNN's women's majors research set, "master" row for this year, research dated October 20, 2026).

Also from GNN's U.S. Women's Open set (entries, runners-up round by round, values the majors set does not hold).

Sources

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  6. Wikipedia: Hilary Lunke
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