2003 Volvo PGA Championship explained

2003 Volvo PGA Championship
Dates:	22–25 May 2003
Location:	Virginia Water, Surrey, England
Course:	Wentworth Club West Course
Tour:	European Tour
Par:	72
Field:	156 players, 75 after cut
Cut:	143 (−1)
Purse:	€3,500,000
Winners Share:	€625,000
Champion:	Ignacio Garrido
Score:	270 (−18)
Previous:	2002
Next:	2004
Map:	UK England#Surrey
Map Relief:	yes
Map Label:	Wentworth Club
Coordinates:	51.4°N -0.59°W

The 2003 Volvo PGA Championship was the 49th edition of the Volvo PGA Championship, an annual professional golf tournament on the European Tour. It was held 22–25 May at the West Course of Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, a suburb southwest of London.

Ignacio Garrido beat Trevor Immelman in a playoff to claim his first Volvo PGA Championship.^[1]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 22 May 2003

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Darren Clarke	66	−6
T2	Alastair Forsyth	67	−5
	Thongchai Jaidee
	James Kingston
T5	Arjun Atwal	68	−4
	Peter Baker
	Gordon Brand Jnr
	Søren Kjeldsen
	Graeme McDowell
	José María Olazábal
	Greg Owen
	Justin Rose
	Adam Scott
	Peter Senior
	Ian Woosnam

Second round

Friday, 23 May 2003

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Darren Clarke	66-69=135	−9
2	Niclas Fasth	69-67=136	−8
T3	Kenneth Ferrie	70-67=137	−7
	Søren Hansen	69-68=137
	Robert Rock	69-68=137
	Ian Woosnam	68-69=137
T7	Gordon Brand Jnr	68-70=138	−6
	Ernie Els	69-69=138
	Alastair Forsyth	67-71=138
	Trevor Immelman	69-69=138

Third round

Saturday, 24 May 2003

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Trevor Immelman	69-69-64=202	−14
2	Niclas Fasth	69-67-68=204	−12
T3	Ernie Els	69-69-67=205	−11
	Ignacio Garrido	70-69-66=205
T5	Gordon Brand Jnr	68-70-68=206	−10
	Paul Casey	70-72-64=206
	Mathias Grönberg	72-67-67=206
T8	Darren Clarke	66-69-72=207	−9
	Nick Faldo	71-68-68=207
	Kenneth Ferrie	70-67-70=207
	Stephen Leaney	69-73-65=207
	Kevin Na	69-70-68=207
	Gary Orr	69-72-66=207
	Phillip Price	71-69-67=207
	Robert Rock	69-68-70=207

Final round

Sunday, 25 May 2003

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (€)
T1	Ignacio Garrido	70-69-66-65=270	−18	Playoff
	Trevor Immelman	69-69-64-68=270
3	Mathias Grönberg	72-67-67-67=273	−15	219,100
4	Ernie Els	69-69-67-69=274	−14	175,000
T5	Kenneth Ferrie	70-67-70-68=275	−13	135,450
	Barry Lane	72-68-68-67=275
T7	Søren Kjeldsen	68-72-69-67=276	−12	96,250
	Thomas Levet	74-69-66-67=276
T9	Paul Casey	70-72-64-71=277	−11	65,870
	Nick Faldo	71-68-68-70=277
	Colin Montgomerie	69-70-69-69=277
	Gary Orr	69-72-66-70=277
	Phillip Price	71-69-67-70=277

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	3	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	3	4	4	5	5
Garrido	−11	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−13	−14	−14	−15	−16	−17	−17	−17	−17	−18	−18	−18
Immelman	−14	−15	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−16	−16	−17	−18
Grönberg	−10	−11	−10	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−15	−15
Els	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−14
Ferrie	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−12	−11	−12	−13
Lane	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13
Kjeldsen	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−11	−12	−12
Levet	−6	−6	−5	−5	−6	−6	−7	−8	−8	−8	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−12	−12
Fasth	−12	−12	−11	−11	−10	−10	−9	−9	−10	−11	−10	−11	−11	−10	−9	−9	−10	−10

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Double Eagle

Eagle -->

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Triple bogey+ -->

Source:^[2]

Playoff

The playoff began on the par five 18th; Immelman reached the green in two; while Garrido's second shot clattered into the trees and came to rest just off the green. Garrido played a superb chip shot to 2-feet, leaving himself a tap-in birdie. Immelman three-putted to hand the Spaniard the title.^[3]

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (€)
1	Ignacio Garrido		4	−1	583,330
2			5	E	388,880

Notes and References

1. Web site: Play-off Glory for Garrido at Wentworth Club . 25 May 2003 . European Tour . 7 May 2020.
2. Web site: 2003 Volvo PGA Championship leaderboard . 25 May 2003 . PGA European Tour . 7 May 2020.
3. Web site: Nacho's chip proves winner at the crunch . 26 May 2003 . The Guardian . 7 May 2020.