2003 LPGA Tour


The 2003 LPGA Tour was the 54th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from March 13 to November 23. The season consisted of 31 official money events. Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, six. She also led the money list with earnings of $2,029,506, becoming the first player to earn over $2,000,000 in a season.
There were five first-time winners in 2003: Shi Hyun Ahn, Hee-Won Han, Candie Kung, Hilary Lunke, and Angela Stanford. Lunke's was most notable, as she won the U.S. Women's Open after enduring local and section qualifying for what would become her only LPGA Tour victory.
The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 2003 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.
DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse 1st prize
Mar 16Welch's/Fry's Championship Arizona Wendy Doolan 259 800,000120,000
Mar 23Safeway PING Arizona Se Ri Pak 265 1,000,000150,000
Mar 30Kraft Nabisco Championship California Patricia Meunier-Lebouc 281 1,600,000240,000
Apr 6The Office Depot Championship California Annika Sörenstam 211 1,500,000225,000
Apr 19LPGA Takefuji Classic Nevada Candie Kung 204 1,100,000165,000
Apr 27Chick-fil-A Charity Championship Georgia Se Ri Pak 200 1,350,000202,500
May 4Michelob Light Open at Kingsmill Virginia Grace Park 275 1,600,000240,000
May 12Asahi Ryokuken International Championship South Carolina Rosie Jones 273 1,300,000195,000
May 25LPGA Corning Classic New York Juli Inkster 264 1,000,000150,000
Jun 1Kellogg-Keebler Classic Illinois Annika Sörenstam 199 1,200,000180,000
Jun 8McDonald's LPGA Championship Delaware Annika Sörenstam 278 1,600,000240,000
Jun 15Giant Eagle LPGA Classic Ohio Rachel Teske 204 1,000,000150,000
Jun 22Wegmans Rochester LPGA New York Rachel Teske 277 1,200,000180,000
Jun 29ShopRite LPGA Classic New Jersey Angela Stanford 197 1,300,000195,000
Jul 6U.S. Women's Open Oregon Hilary Lunke 283 3,100,000560,000
Jul 13BMO Financial Group Canadian Women's Open Canada Beth Daniel 275 1,300,000195,000
Jul 20Sybase Big Apple Classic New York Hee-Won Han 273 950,000142,500
Jul 26Evian Masters France Juli Inkster 265 2,100,000315,000
Aug 3Weetabix Women's British Open England Annika Sörenstam 278 1,600,000254,880
Aug 10Wendy's Championship for Children Ohio Hee-Won Han 199 1,100,000165,000
Aug 17Jamie Farr Kroger Classic Ohio Se Ri Pak 271 1,000,000150,000
Aug 24Wachovia LPGA Classic Pennsylvania Candie Kung 274 1,200,000180,000
Aug 31State Farm Classic Illinois Candie Kung 202 1,200,000180,000
Sep 7John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic Oklahoma Karrie Webb 200 1,000,000150,000
Sep 28Safeway Classic Oregon Annika Sörenstam 201 1,200,000180,000
Oct 5Longs Drugs Challenge California Helen Alfredsson 275 1,000,000150,000
Oct 12Samsung World Championship Texas Sophie Gustafson 274 800,000200,000
Nov 2CJ Nine Bridges Classic South Korea Shi Hyun Ahn 204 1,250,000187,500
Nov 9Mizuno Classic Japan Annika Sörenstam 192 1,130,000169,500
Nov 16Mobile LPGA Tournament of Champions Alabama Dorothy Delasin 280 750,000122,000
Nov 23ADT Championship Florida Meg Mallon 281 1,000,000215,000

* – non-member at time of win

Leaders

Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings Events
1Annika Sörenstam2,029,50617
2Se Ri Pak1,611,92826
3Grace Park1,417,70226
4Hee-Won Han1,111,86027
5Juli Inkster1,028,20521
6Candie Kung938,07930
7Rachel Teske924,66727
8Beth Daniel917,65422
9Lorena Ochoa823,74024
10Rosie Jones808,78520

Awards