2003 LPGA Championship
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The 2003 LPGA Championship was the 49th LPGA Championship, played June 5–8 at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware.
Annika Sörenstam won in a playoff over Grace Park with a par on the first sudden death hole. It was the first of three consecutive LPGA Championships for Sorenstam and the fifth of her ten major titles.
Two weeks earlier, Sörenstam played in a PGA Tour event, the Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas.
The DuPont Country Club hosted this championship for eleven consecutive seasons, from 1994 through 2004.
Final leaderboard
Sunday, June 8, 2003
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Sweden Annika Sörenstam | 70-64-72-72=278 | −6 | Playoff |
| South Korea Grace Park | 69-72-70-67=278 | |||
| T3 | United States Beth Daniel | 71-71-70-72=284 | E | 85,718 |
| United States Rosie Jones | 73-68-72-71=284 | |||
| Australia Rachel Teske | 69-70-74-71=284 | |||
| T6 | United States Kate Golden | 72-70-68-75=285 | +1 | 41,873 |
| South Korea Young Kim | 70-73-72-70=285 | |||
| Australia Joanne Mills | 68-73-75-69=285 | |||
| Wales Becky Morgan | 73-70-70-72=285 | |||
| South Korea Young-A Yang | 73-74-69-69=285 |
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Playoff
The sudden-death playoff began on the par-4 18th hole, where Park missed the green, chipped from the heavy rough to 12 feet (4 m) but failed to save par. Sörenstam had a 20-foot (6 m) for birdie, then tapped in for par to win.
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden Annika Sörenstam | 4 | E | 240,000 |
| 2 | South Korea Grace Park | 5 | +1 | 147,934 |
- Sudden-death playoff played on hole 18.
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