2003 WGC-NEC Invitational explained

2003 WGC-NEC Invitational
Dates:	August 21–24, 2003
Location:	Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Course:	Firestone Country Club
Tour:	PGA Tour European Tour
Par:	70
Yardage:	7,283
Field:	85 players
Cut:	None
Purse:	$6,000,000
Winners Share:	$1,050,000
Score:	268 (−12)
Previous:	2002
Next:	2004

The 2003 WGC-NEC Invitational was a golf tournament that was contested from August 21–24, 2003 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the fifth WGC-NEC Invitational tournament, and the second of four World Golf Championships events held in 2003.

Darren Clarke won the tournament to capture his first WGC-NEC Invitational and his second World Golf Championships title.

Field

1. 2003 United States and International Presidents Cup teams

• United States: Chris DiMarco (3,4), Fred Funk (3,4), Jim Furyk (2,3,4,5), Jay Haas (3,4), Charles Howell III (3,4,5), Jerry Kelly (3,4), Justin Leonard (3,4), Davis Love III (2,3,4,5), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4), Kenny Perry (3,4,5), David Toms (2,3,4,5), Tiger Woods (2,3,4,5)
• International: Robert Allenby (3,4), Stuart Appleby (3,4), K. J. Choi (3,4), Tim Clark, Ernie Els (3,4,5), Retief Goosen (3,4), Stephen Leaney (3,4,5), Peter Lonard (3,4), Adam Scott (3,4), Nick Price (3,4), Vijay Singh (3,4,5), Mike Weir (3,4,5)

2. 2002 United States and European Ryder Cup teams

• United States: Paul Azinger, Mark Calcavecchia, Stewart Cink, Scott Hoch (3,4), Hal Sutton, Scott Verplank (3,4)

• David Duval did not play.
• Europe: Thomas Bjørn (3,4,5), Darren Clarke (3,4), Niclas Fasth, Pierre Fulke, Sergio García (3,4), Pádraig Harrington (3,4,5), Bernhard Langer (5), Paul McGinley, Colin Montgomerie (3,4,5), Jesper Parnevik, Phillip Price (3,4,5), Lee Westwood

3. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking as of August 11Rich Beem (4), Ángel Cabrera (4), Michael Campbell (4), Paul Casey (4,5), Fred Couples (4,5), Ben Curtis (4,5), Bob Estes (4), Nick Faldo, Brad Faxon (4), Trevor Immelman, Freddie Jacobson (4), Jonathan Kaye (5), Len Mattiace (4), Rocco Mediate (4), Chris Riley (4), John Rollins (4,5), Eduardo Romero (4), Justin Rose (4), Jeff Sluman (4)

4. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking as of August 18Chad Campbell, Alex Čejka (5), Shaun Micheel (5)

5. Tournament winners of worldwide events since the 2002 WGC-NEC Invitational with an OWGR Strength of Field Rating of 100 points or moreStephen Allan, Bob Burns, Jonathan Byrd, Ben Crane, Robert-Jan Derksen, Steve Flesch, Dan Forsman, Ignacio Garrido, Philip Golding, Peter Jacobsen, Robert Karlsson, Craig Parry, Ian Poulter, Rory Sabbatini, Gene Sauers, Steen Tinning, Kaname Yokoo

• Phil Tataurangi did not play.

6. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours:

• Japan Golf Tour

Japan Golf Tour Championship (2003) – Toshimitsu Izawa

• PGA Tour of Australasia

Australian PGA Championship (2002) – tie between Peter Lonard (qualified in categories 1, 3, and 4) and Jarrod Moseley

• Sunshine Tour

The Tour Championship (2003) – Hennie Otto

• Asian Tour

Volvo Masters of Asia (2002) – Kevin Na

Round summaries

First round

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Ben Curtis	64	−6
	Sergio García
T3	Darren Clarke	65	−5
	Tiger Woods
T5	Davis Love III	66	−4
	Chris Riley
	David Toms
	Scott Verplank
T9	Fred Couples	67	−3
	Ernie Els
	Niclas Fasth
	Retief Goosen
	Jeff Sluman

Second round

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Chris Riley	align=center	66-67=133	−7
	David Toms	align=center	66-67=133
T3	Fred Funk	align=center	72-62=134	−6
	Vijay Singh	align=center	69-65=134
T5	Darren Clarke	align=center	65-70=135	−5
	Brad Faxon	align=center	68-67=135
T7	Retief Goosen	align=center	67-69=136	−4
	Davis Love III	align=center	66-70=136
T9	Ernie Els	align=center	67-70=137	−3
	Dan Forsman	align=center	69-68=137
	Peter Jacobsen	align=center	73-64=137
	Jonathan Kaye	align=center	68-69=137
	Hal Sutton	align=center	68-69=137
	Tiger Woods	align=center	65-72=137

Third round

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Darren Clarke	align=center	65-70-66=201	−9
2	Jonathan Kaye	align=center	68-69-65=202	−8
3	Chris Riley	align=center	66-67-70=203	−7
T4	Davis Love III	align=center	66-70-68=204	−6
	Tiger Woods	align=center	65-72-67=204
T6	Brad Faxon	align=center	68-67-70=205	−5
	Steve Flesch	align=center	71-67-67=205
	Retief Goosen	align=center	67-69-69=205
	Hal Sutton	align=center	68-69-68=205
T10	Robert Allenby	69-69-68=206	−4
	Fred Funk	72-62-72=206
	Jim Furyk	69-69-68=206
	Vijay Singh	69-65-72=206

Final round

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Darren Clarke	65-70-66-67=268	−12	1,050,000
2		68-69-65-70=272	−8	550,000
3		66-70-68-69=273	−7	360,000
T4		66-67-70-71=274	−6	235,000
		65-72-67-70=274
T6		69-69-68-69=275	−5	163,333
		69-69-68-69=275
		69-65-72-69=275
T9		68-67-70-71=276	−4	116,750
		70-68-70-68=276

External links

• Full results

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