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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).

  1. R123°/14°C · wind 17 km/h WNW, gusts 37 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  2. R223°/14°C · wind 12 km/h WNW, gusts 30 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  3. R318°/15°C · wind 16 km/h E, gusts 40 · 19.5 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
  4. 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

  1. LPGA Championship
  2. Eve-LPGA Championship
  3. Mazda LPGA Championship
  4. McDonald's LPGA Championship
  5. McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by AIG
  6. McDonald's LPGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola
  7. LPGA Championship presented by Wegmans
  8. Wegmans LPGA Championship
  9. KPMG Women's PGA Championship

1955–2026 in our record, 72 editions.

The ones it got away from

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

Annika Sörenstam

278Total
−6To par
playoff: sudden death; 1 holes; beat Grace Park; 18th hole (par 4), 1st extra hole: Sörenstam par, Park bogeyMargin
PlayoffDecided

Runner-up: Grace Park

From the papers

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

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

Annika Sorenstam, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 8 June 2003. The report

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

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.

Annika Sorenstam, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 8 June 2003. The report

ASAP Sports (interview transcript)

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.

Grace Park, quoted in ASAP Sports (interview transcript), 8 June 2003. The report
Top 10
PosPlayerRoundsTotalTo par
1Annika Sorenstam70 · 64 · 72 · 72278−6
2Grace Park69 · 72 · 70 · 67278−6
T3Beth Daniel71 · 71 · 70 · 72284E
T3Rachel Teske69 · 70 · 74 · 71284E
T3Rosie Jones73 · 68 · 72 · 71284E
T6Young Kim70 · 73 · 72 · 70285+1
T6Joanne Mills68 · 73 · 75 · 69285+1
T6Becky Morgan73 · 70 · 70 · 72285+1
T6Young-A Yang73 · 74 · 69 · 69285+1
T6Kate Golden72 · 70 · 68 · 75285+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.

Annika Sörenstam’s player card · Source

What’s in the bag

No bag on file yet