2003 British Open Results
Winner: Ben Curtis, 283
Where it was played: Royal St. George's Golf Club, Sandwich, England
Tournament dates: July 17-20, 2003
Leader after first round: Hennie Otto, 68
Leader after second round: Davis Love III, 141
Leader after third round: Thomas Bjorn, 212
Notable Notes: Ben Curtis, ranked in the 300s in the world rankings at the time, won this Open by surviving while big-name challengers failed down the stretch.
Curtis trailed third-round leader Thomas Bjorn by two entering the final round, but shot 69 to post 283. Vijay Singh, Tiger Woods and Davis Love had opportunities, but couldn't convert down the stretch. Bjorn, after losing the lead earlier in the round, reclaimed it and led by three with four holes to go. But he got stuck in a bunker on the 16th hole and took three swings before he could get out of it, among other late stumbles.
Final Scores
| Ben Curtis | 72-72-70-69—283 |
| Vijay Singh | 75-70-69-70—284 |
| Thomas Bjorn | 73-70-69-72—284 |
| Tiger Woods | 73-72-69-71—285 |
| Davis Love III | 69-72-72-72—285 |
| Brian Davis | 77-73-68-68—286 |
| Fredrik Jacobson | 70-76-70-70—286 |
| Nick Faldo | 76-74-67-70—287 |
| Kenny Perry | 74-70-70-73—287 |
| Hennie Otto | 68-76-75-69—288 |
| Retief Goosen | 73-75-71-69—288 |
| Gary Evans | 71-75-70-72—288 |
| Phillip Price | 74-72-69-73—288 |
| Sergio Garcia | 73-71-70-74—288 |
| Chad Campbell | 74-71-72-72—289 |
| Stuart Appleby | 75-71-71-72—289 |
| Pierre Fulke | 77-72-67-73—289 |
| Greg Norman | 69-79-74-68—290 |
| Tom Watson | 71-77-73-69—290 |
| Mathias Gronberg | 71-74-73-72—290 |
| Ernie Els | 78-68-72-72—290 |
| Padraig Harrington | 75-73-74-69—291 |
| K.J. Choi | 77-72-72-70—291 |
| J.L. Lewis | 78-70-72-71—291 |
| Peter Fowler | 77-73-70-71—291 |
| Thomas Levet | 71-73-74-73—291 |
| Angel Cabrera | 75-73-70-73—291 |
| Mike Weir | 74-76-71-71—292 |
| Andrew Oldcorn | 72-74-73-73—292 |
| Paul McGinley | 77-73-69-73—292 |
| Nick Price | 74-72-72-74—292 |
| Mark Foster | 73-73-72-74—292 |
| S.K. Ho | 70-73-72-77—292 |
| Stewart Cink | 75-75-75-68—293 |
| Bob Estes | 77-71-76-69—293 |
| Adam Mednick | 76-72-76-69—293 |
| Shingo Katayama | 76-73-73-71—293 |
| Gary Murphy | 73-74-73-73—293 |
| Duffy Waldorf | 76-73-71-73—293 |
| Marco Ruiz | 73-71-75-74—293 |
| Jose Coceres | 77-70-72-74—293 |
| Scott McCarron | 71-74-73-75—293 |
| Rich Beem | 76-74-75-69—294 |
| Robert Allenby | 73-75-74-72—294 |
| Tom Byrum | 77-72-71-74—294 |
| Tom Lehman | 77-73-72-73—295 |
| Markus Brier | 76-71-74-74—295 |
| Anthony Wall | 75-74-71-75—295 |
| Brad Faxon | 77-73-70-75—295 |
| Ian Poulter | 78-72-70-75—295 |
| Mathew Goggin | 76-72-70-77—295 |
| Fred Couples | 71-75-71-78—295 |
| Mark McNulty | 79-71-77-69—296 |
| Rory Sabbatini | 79-71-75-71—296 |
| Michael Campbell | 78-72-74-72—296 |
| Trevor Immelman | 77-73-72-74—296 |
| Raphael Jacquelin | 77-71-72-76—296 |
| David Lynn | 73-76-71-76—296 |
| Alastair Forsyth | 74-70-78-75—297 |
| Craig Parry | 73-73-76-75—297 |
| Skip Kendall | 73-76-73-75—297 |
| Darren Clarke | 75-75-71-76—297 |
| Phil Mickelson | 74-72-73-78—297 |
| Peter Lonard | 73-73-70-81—297 |
| Stephen Leaney | 74-76-78-70—298 |
| Mark O'Meara | 73-77-77-71—298 |
| Charles Howell III | 71-76-77-74—298 |
| Len Mattiace | 74-75-74-75—298 |
| Katsuyoshi Tomori | 72-77-75-76—300 |
| John Rollins | 72-76-78-75—301 |
| Chris Smith | 74-73-76-79—302 |
| Ian Woosnam | 73-75-80-75—303 |
| John Daly | 75-74-74-80—303 |
