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Sunday 8 June 2003LPGA TourYear in Review
Sörenstam wins McDonald's LPGA Championship
DuPont Country Club, Wilmington, Delaware · Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 June 2003 · Annika Sörenstam’s win no. 45 on the LPGA Tour · purse $1.6 million USD · McDonald's
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 44 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/14°C · wind 17 km/h WNW, gusts 37 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R223°/14°C · wind 12 km/h WNW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R318°/15°C · wind 16 km/h E, gusts 40 · 19.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R420°/15°C · wind 11 km/h ENE, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- LPGA Championship
- Eve-LPGA Championship
- Mazda LPGA Championship
- McDonald's LPGA Championship
- McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by AIG
- McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola
- LPGA Championship presented by Wegmans
- Wegmans LPGA Championship
- KPMG Women's PGA Championship
1955–2026 in our record, 72 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Grace Park KOR · 278Closed with 67 from T7 to force a playoff, then chunked her approach at the first extra hole (18), chipped from plugged rough to 12 feet and missed the par putt Grace Park interview, June 8 2003 (ASAP Sports)
144 started · cut +4, 70 made it
Same week
Women's major
McDonald's LPGA Championship
DuPont Country Club, Wilmington
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Grace Park
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
8 June 2003
I have been coming here for ten years and I have had a chance to win a few times, but never really put four rounds together
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
8 June 2003
That is as much pressure as I have ever felt at Colonial. I don't think I could feel any more anywhere else at any other time.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
8 June 2003
I played junior golf here, won as a junior, and I like this course, and this is the best finish in a major for me so far, so I will always remember this. But you won't. Nobody will.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annika Sorenstam | 70 · 64 · 72 · 72 | 278 | −6 |
| 2 | Grace Park | 69 · 72 · 70 · 67 | 278 | −6 |
| T3 | Beth Daniel | 71 · 71 · 70 · 72 | 284 | E |
| T3 | Rachel Teske | 69 · 70 · 74 · 71 | 284 | E |
| T3 | Rosie Jones | 73 · 68 · 72 · 71 | 284 | E |
| T6 | Young Kim | 70 · 73 · 72 · 70 | 285 | +1 |
| T6 | Joanne Mills | 68 · 73 · 75 · 69 | 285 | +1 |
| T6 | Becky Morgan | 73 · 70 · 70 · 72 | 285 | +1 |
| T6 | Young-A Yang | 73 · 74 · 69 · 69 | 285 | +1 |
| T6 | Kate Golden | 72 · 70 · 68 · 75 | 285 | +1 |
The golfer
born 1970-10-09, Bro, Stockholm County, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 1992; age 32 that week; tour wins to date: 45; majors to date: 5.
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet