2003 Senior British Open


The 2003 Senior British Open was a senior major golf championship and the 17th Senior British Open, held from 24–27 July at Turnberry in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It was the 5th Senior British Open played at the course and the first Senior British Open played as a senior major championship.
Tom Watson defeated Carl Mason in a playoff to win his first Senior British Open title. The 2003 event was Watson's second senior major championship victory.

Venue

The 2003 event was the 5th Senior British Open played at Turnberry.

Course layout

Field

The field consisted of 144 competitors: 139 professionals and 5 amateurs.

Nationalities in the field

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 24 July 2003
Tom Kite and Tom Watson posted four-under-par 66's on day one to lead by one shot.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tom Kite66−4
1Tom Watson66−4
T3Denis Durnian67−3
T3Carl Mason67−3
T3Mark McCumber67−3
T3Des Smyth67−3
T3Noboru Sugai67−3
T3Russell Weir67−3
T3Fuzzy Zoeller67−3
T10Maurice Bembridge68−2
T10Malcolm Gregson68−2
T10Bill Hardwick68−2
T10Bruce Summerhays68−2

Second round

Friday 25 July 2003
Carl Mason shot a 64 to take a one-shot lead over D.A. Weibring, who shot a seven-under-par 63.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Carl Mason67-64=131−9
2D. A. Weibring69-63=132−8
T3Tom Kite66-67=133−7
T3Bruce Summerhays68-65=133−7
T3Tom Watson66-67=133−7
T6Jim Colbert72-62=134−6
T6Russell Weir67-67=134−6
8Denis Durnian67-68=135−5
T9Bob Cameron69-67=136−4
T9Terry Gale70-66=136−4
T9Mark McCumber67-69=136−4
T9Dana Quigley71-65=136−4
T9Bobby Wadkins71-65=136−4
T9Fuzzy Zoeller67-69=136−4

Amateurs: Pierse, Reynolds, Boles, Baldwin, MacNamara

Third round

Saturday, 26 July 2003
Mason and Weibring shot matching rounds of 65 as Mason maintained his one shot lead. Kite, Summerhays, and Watson all shot rounds of 66 to trail Mason by three shots. Jim Colbert backed up his eight-under-par 62 with a 66 in the third round, trailing Mason by 4 strokes.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Carl Mason67-64-65=196−14
2D. A. Weibring69-63-65=197−13
T3Tom Kite66-67-66=199−11
T3Bruce Summerhays68-65-66=199−11
T3Tom Watson66-67-66=199−11
6Jim Colbert72-62-66=200−10
7Mark McCumber67-69-65=201−9
8Brian Jones69-69-65=203−7
T9Isao Aoki66-67-66=204−6
T9Bob Cameron69-67-68=204−6
T9Denis Durnian67-68-69=204−6
T9Jack Nicklaus70-67-67=204−6
T9Fuzzy Zoeller67-69-68=204−6

Amateurs: Pierse

Final round

Sunday, 27 July 2003
Tom Watson trailed Carl Mason by one stroke heading into the 72nd hole. Needing birdie to tie Mason, Watson bogeyed the par-4 18th hole to fall two shots behind the leader. Mason, now leading by 2 strokes, double bogeyed the 18th hole and fell into a playoff with Watson.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
T1Carl Mason67-64-65-67=263−17Playoff
T1Tom Watson66-67-66-64=263−17Playoff
3Bruce Summerhays68-65-66-65=264−1683,648
4Tom Kite66-67-66-67=266−1466,848
5D. A. Weibring69-63-65-73=270−1056,641
T6Brian Jones69-69-65-68=271−943,440
T6Mark McCumber67-69-65-70=271−943,440
T8Denis Durnian67-68-69-68=272−831,673
T8David Eger71-68-66-67=272−831,673
T10Jim Colbert72-62-66-73=273−724,734
T10Graham Marsh71-68-66-68=273−724,734
T10Dana Quigley71-65-70-67=273−724,734

Source:
Amateurs: Pierse

Playoff

Sunday, 27 July 2003
Tom Watson and Carl Mason both parred the first playoff hole. Watson won with par on the second playoff hole as Mason made bogey.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Tom Watson4-4=8E222,779
2Carl Mason4-5=9+1148,590