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2003 Players Championship

The 2003 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 27–30 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 30th Players Championship.

Davis Love III shot a final round 64 in cool and blustery conditions to handily win his second Players title, six strokes ahead of runners-up Jay Haas and Pádraig Harrington, the 54-hole co-leaders. Love won eleven years earlier in 1992, and started the final round two strokes back.

Defending champion Craig Perks finished twelve strokes back, in a tie for seventeenth place.

Venue

This was the 22nd Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,093 yards (6,486 m).

Field

Fulton Allem, Robert Allenby, Stephen Ames, Billy Andrade, Stuart Appleby, Paul Azinger, Briny Baird, Craig Barlow, Pat Bates, Cameron Beckman, Rich Beem, Notah Begay III, David Berganio Jr., Mark Brooks, Olin Browne, Bob Burns, Jonathan Byrd, Tom Byrum, Ángel Cabrera, Mark Calcavecchia, Chad Campbell, Michael Campbell, Jim Carter, Greg Chalmers, K. J. Choi, Stewart Cink, Tim Clark, Darren Clarke, José Cóceres, John Cook, Fred Couples, Ben Crane, John Daly, Robert Damron, Glen Day, Chris DiMarco, Luke Donald, Joe Durant, David Duval, Joel Edwards, Steve Elkington, Bob Estes, Nick Faldo, Niclas Fasth, Brad Faxon, Steve Flesch, Dan Forsman, Carlos Franco, Harrison Frazar, Fred Funk, Jim Furyk, Robert Gamez, Sergio García, Brian Gay, Brent Geiberger, Matt Gogel, Retief Goosen, David Gossett, Jay Haas, Pádraig Harrington, Dudley Hart, J. P. Hayes, J. J. Henry, Tim Herron, Glen Hnatiuk, Charles Howell III, John Huston, Trevor Immelman, Lee Janzen, Brandt Jobe, Per-Ulrik Johansson, Steve Jones, Jonathan Kaye, Jerry Kelly, Skip Kendall, Matt Kuchar, Neal Lancaster, Bernhard Langer, Paul Lawrie, Stephen Leaney, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard, Thomas Levet, J. L. Lewis, Frank Lickliter, Peter Lonard, Davis Love III, Steve Lowery, Andrew Magee, Jeff Maggert, Shigeki Maruyama, Len Mattiace, Billy Mayfair, Scott McCarron, Spike McRoy, Rocco Mediate, Shaun Micheel, Colin Montgomerie, Greg Norman, Mark O'Meara, Geoff Ogilvy, José María Olazábal, Rod Pampling, Jesper Parnevik, Craig Parry, Carl Paulson, Corey Pavin, David Peoples, Pat Perez, Craig Perks, Tom Pernice Jr., Kenny Perry, Tim Petrovic, Nick Price, Chris Riley, Loren Roberts, John Rollins, Eduardo Romero, Justin Rose, Rory Sabbatini, Gene Sauers, Adam Scott, John Senden, Joey Sindelar, Vijay Singh, Heath Slocum, Jeff Sluman, Chris Smith, Paul Stankowski, Steve Stricker, Kevin Sutherland, Hal Sutton, Hidemichi Tanaka, Phil Tataurangi, Esteban Toledo, David Toms, Kirk Triplett, Bob Tway, Scott Verplank, Duffy Waldorf, Mike Weir, Jay Williamson, Garrett Willis, Tiger Woods

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 27, 2003
Friday, March 28, 2003

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Fred Couples 67 −5
Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington
T3 Sweden Niclas Fasth 68 −4
United States Jay Haas
United States Steve Jones
United States Skip Kendall
United States Rocco Mediate
New Zealand Craig Perks
United States Bob Tway
T10 United States Jim Carter 69 −3
United States Stewart Cink
South Africa Tim Clark
United States Tom Lehman
Australia Adam Scott
United States Kevin Sutherland

Second round

Friday, March 28, 2003
Saturday, March 29, 2003

Place Player Score To par
1 Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington 67-68=135 −9
T2 United States Skip Kendall 68-69=137 −7
United States Davis Love III 70-67=137
New Zealand Craig Perks 68-69=137
T5 United States Chad Campbell 72-66=138 −6
United States Fred Couples 67-71=138
United States Jay Haas 68-70=138
United States Rocco Mediate 68-70=138
Australia Adam Scott 69-69=138
T10 United States Glen Day 72-67=139 −5
United States Bob Estes 71-68=139
United States Steve Flesch 71-68=139
Australia Geoff Ogilvy 71-68=139
United States Corey Pavin 70-69=139

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Third round

Saturday, March 29, 2003

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Jay Haas 68-70-67=205 −11
Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington 67-68-70=205
T3 United States Fred Couples 67-71-69=207 −9
United States Davis Love III 70-67-70=207
New Zealand Craig Perks 68-69-70=207
T6 Northern Ireland Darren Clarke 71-70-67=208 −8
United States Corey Pavin 70-69-69=208
T8 United States Chad Campbell 72-66-71=209 −7
United States Steve Flesch 71-68-70=209
United States Jim Furyk 73-68-68=209
United States Jeff Maggert 71-70-68=209

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Final round

Sunday, March 30, 2003

Champion
(c) = past champion
Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 United States Davis Love III (c) 70-67-70-64=271 −17 1,170,000
T2 United States Jay Haas 68-70-67-72=277 −11 572,000
Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington 67-68-70-72=277
T4 Australia Robert Allenby 70-71-72-65=278 −10 286,000
United States Jim Furyk 73-68-68-69=278
T6 United States Chad Campbell 72-66-71-70=279 −9 225,875
Northern Ireland Darren Clarke 71-70-67-71=279
T8 United States Kirk Triplett 72-70-71-67=280 −8 195,000
United States Scott Verplank 71-72-68-69=280
10 United States Fred Couples (c) 67-71-69-74=281 −7 175,500

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References

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