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Sunday 20 July 2003European Tour · PGA TourYear in Review
Curtis wins the Open
Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich, England · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 July 2003 · Ben Curtis’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse £3,900,000 GBP · 132nd Open Championship
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
15 h 44 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 59° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R120°/17°C · wind 37 km/h SW, gusts 69 · 6.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R222°/17°C · wind 28 km/h SW, gusts 48 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/17°C · wind 17 km/h S, gusts 35 · 0.6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/16°C · wind 21 km/h SW, gusts 39 · 0.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- The Open
1860–2026 in our record, 154 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Thomas Bjørn DEN · 284Two clear with three to play, he took three shots to escape the greenside bunker at the 16th for a double bogey, after a bogey at 15, and bogeyed 17 to finish one behind Bunkered Bjorn's sandy sorrow (BBC Sport)
- Vijay Singh FIJ · 284In contention in the final round but fell back with bogeys at the 8th, 10th and 15th; closed with 70 Bunkered Bjorn's sandy sorrow (BBC Sport)
156 started · cut +8, 73 made it
Same week
Men's major
The Open
Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Thomas Bjørn, Vijay Singh
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 July 2003
I came in here this week just trying to play the best I could and hopefully make the cut and compete on the weekend.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
20 July 2003
I'm one of the few that's had this opportunity to do it in this world. There's so many professional golfers out there that set the dream just to win a major. And I did it my first try
BBC Sport
21 July 2003
I stood on the 15th tee with one hand on that trophy, and I let it go
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Curtis | 72 · 72 · 70 · 69 | 283 | −1 |
| T2 | Thomas Bjørn | 73 · 70 · 69 · 72 | 284 | E |
| T2 | Vijay Singh | 75 · 70 · 69 · 70 | 284 | E |
| T4 | Davis Love III | 69 · 72 · 72 · 72 | 285 | +1 |
| T4 | Tiger Woods | 73 · 72 · 69 · 71 | 285 | +1 |
| T6 | Brian Davis | 77 · 73 · 68 · 68 | 286 | +2 |
| T6 | Freddie Jacobson | 70 · 76 · 70 · 70 | 286 | +2 |
| T8 | Nick Faldo | 76 · 74 · 67 · 70 | 287 | +3 |
| T8 | Kenny Perry | 74 · 70 · 70 · 73 | 287 | +3 |
| T10 | Hennie Otto | 68 · 76 · 75 · 69 | 288 | +4 |
| T10 | Sergio Garcia | 73 · 71 · 70 · 74 | 288 | +4 |
| T10 | Retief Goosen | 73 · 75 · 71 · 69 | 288 | +4 |
| T10 | Phillip Price | 74 · 72 · 69 · 73 | 288 | +4 |
| T10 | Gary Evans | 71 · 75 · 70 · 72 | 288 | +4 |
The golfer
born 1977-05-26, Columbus, Ohio; USA; turned pro 2000; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 1; world No. 396 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile, THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP 2003); Wikipedia also 396; BBC factfile 386).
What’s in the bag
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