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Monday 7 July 2003LPGA TourYear in Review
Lunke wins U.S. Women's Open
Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club, North Plains, Oregon · Thursday 3 to Monday 7 July 2003 · Hilary Lunke’s win no. 1 on the LPGA Tour · purse $3.1 million USD · 72 holes ended Sunday July 6 in a three-way tie; 18-hole playoff Monday July 7
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 21 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 67° up at noon, and that night a first-quarter moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/9°C · wind 14 km/h NNW, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/11°C · wind 14 km/h NNW, gusts 37 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R324°/13°C · wind 13 km/h NNW, gusts 35 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R427°/13°C · wind 12 km/h NNW, gusts 32 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R527°/12°C · wind 14 km/h NW, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- U.S. Women's Open
1946–2026 in our record, 81 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Angela Stanford USA · 283Shot 71 in the Monday playoff: recovered from a 3-over front nine, chipped in at 14 to tie, bogeyed 17, then birdied 18 from about 25 feet before Lunke matched it Lunke claims title in dramatic finish - Golftoday, U.S. Women's Open 2003 report (Wayback copy)
- Kelly Robbins USA · 283Shot 73 in the Monday playoff; a bogey at 11 and double bogey at 13 left her three back Lunke claims title in dramatic finish - Golftoday, U.S. Women's Open 2003 report (Wayback copy)
156 started · cut +7, 59 made it
Same week
Women's major
U.S. Women's Open
Pumpkin Ridge G.C. (Witch Hollow Course), North Plains
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Angela Stanford, Kelly Robbins
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 July 2003
I does not have a hundred percent of my ball-striking this week, but I had 150 percent of my putter. And that's what brought me through.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
7 July 2003
And they want to see the dramatic and they want to see the impossible. And that putt today that I made on 18 was impossible.
Portland Tribune
7 July 2003
I always thought if I won, it'd be the U.S. Women's Open,
Portland Tribune
7 July 2003
That's just awesome. I'm disappointed. But that was so much fun.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | 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 |
| 4 | Annika Sorenstam | 72 · 72 · 67 · 73 | 284 | E |
| 5 | Aree Song | 70 · 73 · 68 · 74 | 285 | +1 |
| T6 | Mhairi McKay | 66 · 70 · 75 · 75 | 286 | +2 |
| T6 | Jeong Jang | 73 · 69 · 69 · 75 | 286 | +2 |
| 8 | Juli Inkster | 69 · 71 · 74 · 73 | 287 | +3 |
| 9 | Rosie Jones | 70 · 72 · 73 · 73 | 288 | +4 |
| T10 | Suzann Pettersen | 76 · 69 · 69 · 75 | 289 | +5 |
| T10 | Grace Park | 72 · 76 · 73 · 68 | 289 | +5 |
The golfer
born 1979-06-07, Edina, Minnesota; USA; turned pro 2002; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 1.
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