2003 Kraft Nabisco Championship | |
Dates: | March 27–30, 2003 |
Location: | Rancho Mirage, California |
Course: | Mission Hills Country Club Dinah Shore Tourn. Course |
Tour: | LPGA Tour |
Format: | Stroke play - 72 holes |
Par: | 72 |
Yardage: | 6520yd[1] |
Field: | 100 players, 79 after cut |
Cut: | 154 (+10) |
Purse: | $1.6 million |
Winners Share: | $240,000 |
Champion: | ![]() |
Score: | 281 (−7) |
Previous: | 2002 |
Next: | 2004 |
The 2003 Kraft Nabisco Championship was a women's professional golf tournament, held March 27–30 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. This was the 32nd edition of the Kraft Nabisco Championship, and the 21st edition as a major championship.
Patricia Meunier-Lebouc won her only major title, one stroke ahead of runner-up Annika Sörenstam, the two-time defending champion.[2] Meunier-Lebouc was the leader by three strokes after 54 holes,[3] but hit a tee shot out of bounds early in the final round, but regained the lead after a birdie at the 13th hole. Ahead by two strokes on the final hole, she played conservatively and three-putted for a bogey and the win.[4]
The low amateur was 13-year-old Michelle Wie at even par, seven strokes back in a tie for ninth. After a 66 on Saturday to climb up to third place,[3] she dropped back with a 76 on Sunday.[1]
At this time, Sörenstam had won four of her ten major titles. In late May, she became the first woman to play in a PGA Tour event in 58 years. It was at the Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas, and she missed the cut by four strokes.
Sunday, March 30, 2003
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |||
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1 | ![]() | 70-68-70-73=281 | −7 | 240,000 | |||
2 | 68-72-71-71=282 | −6 | 146,120 | ||||
3 | 71-70-74-68=283 | −5 | 106,000 | ||||
4 | 70-75-69-70=284 | −4 | 82,000 | ||||
align=center rowspan=4 | T5 | 75-74-68-70=287 | align=center rowspan=4 | −1 | align=center rowspan=4 | 51,200 | |
76-71-69-71=287 | |||||||
72-72-73-70=287 | |||||||
71-74-72-70=287 | |||||||
align=center rowspan=2 | T9 | 74-70-72-72=288 | align=center rowspan=2 | E | 35,600 | ||
![]() | 72-74-66-76=288 | 0 |
Amateurs: Michelle Wie (E), Virada Nirapathpongporn (+5), Lindsey Wright (+13).