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
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- 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. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hilary Lunke | 71 | 69 | 68 | 75 | 283 | −1 |
| T2 | Angela Stanford | 70 | 70 | 69 | 74 | 283 | −1 |
| T2 | Kelly Robbins | 74 | 69 | 71 | 69 | 283 | −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
- usga.org: 26USWomensOpen
- Wikipedia: 2003 U.S. Women's Open
- mediacenter.usga.org: 2026 U.S. Women's Open Fact Sheet V2
- Wikipedia: Women's major golf championships
- Wikipedia: U.S. Women's Open
- Wikipedia: Hilary Lunke
- golfcompendium.com: 2003 us womens open
- golfcompendium.com: low amateurs us womens open
- filecache.mediaroom.com: 21 U.S. Women's Open
- web.archive.org: pastchamps
- web.archive.org: us womens open
- web.archive.org: money list
- web.archive.org: playoff
- web.archive.org: fact sheet
- web.archive.org: alllb
- web.archive.org: notes6
- web.archive.org: notes4
- gettyimages.com: image
- web.archive.org: fact sheet