2003 Weetabix Women's British Open: Annika Sörenstam wins at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club
Annika Sörenstam won the 2003 Weetabix Women's British Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England with 278 (−10), by 1 stroke over Se Ri Pak.
Updated October 23, 2026
Every year is on the AIG Women's Open winners list.
- Dates
- 31 July 2003 to 3 August 2003
- Course
- Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England
- Edition
- 27th edition
- Counted as a major
- yes
- Format
- stroke play, 4 rounds
- Par
- 72 · 6,308 yards
- Field
- 144
- Made the cut
- 68 (cut at 147)
- Purse
- £1,050,000 · winner's share £160,000 (US$1,600,000)
- Champion
- Annika Sörenstam · age 32 · Sweden · born Bro (near Stockholm), Sweden
- Champion's title
- 1st title at this event · 6th major
- Winning score
- 68-72-68-70 = 278 (−10) · won by 1 stroke
- Runner-up
- Se Ri Pak (279)
- 54-hole leader
- Patricia Meunier-Lebouc · Annika Sörenstam was 2 strokes back
- Low amateur
- Elisa Serramia (294)
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annika Sörenstam | 68 | 72 | 68 | 70 | 278 | −10 |
| 2 | Se Ri Pak | 279 |
What happened at the 2003 Weetabix Women's British Open
On the 72nd hole, after Se Ri Pak drove into a pot bunker, Sörenstam took driver on her caddie's advice, hit what she called one of the best shots of her career and parred to win by one as Pak bogeyed.
Trailing for most of the front nine, Sörenstam took the lead with birdies at the 11th and 15th while Pak answered with birdies at the 12th and 16th.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's AIG 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).
Sources
- aigwomensopen.com: records
- aigwomensopen.com: aigwo champions
- aigwomensopen.com: annika sorenstam grand slam royal lytham 2003
- aigwomensopen.com: royal lytham magic moments
- aigwomensopen.com: 50th year magic moments 31 40
- lpga.com: british history
- where2golf.com: annika sorenstam
- Wikipedia: 2003 Women's British Open
- caddiehalloffame.org: 200 terry mcnamara
- live-let.ocs-software.com
- sportcal.com