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Dates: Thursday, October 14th through Sunday, October 17th
Site: Wentworth Club (West Course), Surrey, England
Course Architect: H.S. Colt (1924)
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,072
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 473 Yds 10 - Par 3 184 Yds
2 - Par 3 154 Yds 11 - Par 4 403 Yds
3 - Par 4 447 Yds 12 - Par 5 509 Yds
4 - Par 5 497 Yds 13 - Par 4 467 Yds
5 - Par 3 191 Yds 14 - Par 3 179 Yds
6 - Par 4 354 Yds 15 - Par 4 481 Yds
7 - Par 4 396 Yds 16 - Par 4 383 Yds
8 - Par 4 400 Yds 17 - Par 5 571 Yds
9 - Par 4 452 Yds 18 - Par 5 531 Yds
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35 3,364 Yds 37 3,708 Yds
Annual: 41st
Defending Champion: Ernie Els
Runner-Up: Thomas Bjorn
Largest Winning Margin in Finals: Nick Faldo def. Jeff Sluman, 8 & 7, 1992
Longest Match in Finals: Gary Player def. Graham Marsh, 1-up (40 holes), 1973
Largest Winning Margin in any match: Mark O'Meara def. V.Singh, 11 & 10, 1998
Longest Match: Michael Campbell def. Nick Faldo, 1-up (43 holes), 2002
Best Single Round: 60 (Ernie Els, 2002)
Best Match Scores: 15-under-par (Ernie Els, 2002 - 31 holes);
(Colin Montgomerie, 2000 - 33 holes);
(Sandy Lyle, 1986 - 37 holes)
Total Purse: $4,377,859 (2,440,000 pounds)
Shares: 1st Place - $1,794,204; 2nd - 717,681; Semifinalist; 215,304;
2nd Round loser - 143,536; 1st Round loser - 107,652
2003 Results
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Final Match - Ernie Els def. Thomas Bjorn, 4 & 3
Semifinals - Ernie Els def. Vijay Singh, 5 & 4
Thomas Bjorn def. Ben Curtis, 2-up
Second Round - Ernie Els def. Tim Clark, 2-up
Thomas Bjorn def. Mike Weir, 5 & 4
Vijay Singh def. Shaun Micheel, 1-up (38 holes)
Ben Curtis def. Chad Campbell, 5 & 3
First Round - Tim Clark def. Stephen Leaney, 3 & 2
Vijay Singh def. Alex Cejka, 8 & 7
Chad Campbell def. Fredrik Jacobson, 6 & 5
Thomas Bjorn def. Len Mattiace, 4 & 3
Past World Match-Play Championship Results
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Year Winner Runner-up Result
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2003 Ernie Els Thomas Bjorn 4 & 3
2002 Ernie Els Sergio Garcia 2 & 1
2001 Ian Woosnam Padraig Harrington 2 & 1
2000 Lee Westwood Colin Montgomerie 38th hole
1999 Colin Montgomerie Mark O'Meara 3 and 2
1998 Mark O'Meara Tiger Woods 1-up
1997 Vijay Singh Ernie Els 1-up
1996 Ernie Els Vijay Singh 3 & 2
1995 Ernie Els Steve Elkington 3 & 1
1994 Ernie Els Colin Montgomerie 4 & 2
1993 Corey Pavin Nick Faldo 1-up
1992 Nick Faldo Jeff Sluman 8 & 7
1991 Seve Ballesteros Nick Price 3 & 2
1990 Ian Woosnam Mark McNulty 4 & 2
1989 Nick Faldo Ian Woosnam 1-up
1988 Sandy Lyle Nick Faldo 2 & 1
1987 Ian Woosnam Sandy Lyle 1-up
1986 Greg Norman Sandy Lyle 2 & 1
1985 Seve Ballesteros Bernhard Langer 6 & 5
1984 Seve Ballesteros Bernhard Langer 2 & 1
1983 Greg Norman Nick Faldo 3 & 2
1982 Seve Ballesteros Sandy Lyle 37th hole
1981 Seve Ballesteros Ben Crenshaw 1-up
1980 Greg Norman Sandy Lyle 1-up
1979 Bill Rogers Isao Aoki 1-up
1978 Isao Aoki S.Owen 3 & 2
1977 Graham Marsh Ray Floyd 5 & 3
1976 David Graham Hale Irwin 38th hole
1975 Hale Irwin Al Geiberger 4 & 2
1974 Hale Irwin Gary Player 3 & 1
1973 Gary Player Graham Marsh 40th hole
1972 Tom Weiskopf Lee Trevino 4 & 3
1971 Gary Player Jack Nicklaus 5 & 4
1970 Jack Nicklaus Lee Trevino 2 & 1
1969 Bob Charles Gene Littler 37th hole
1968 Gary Player Bob Charles 1-up
1967 Arnold Palmer Peter Thomson 1-up
1966 Gary Player Jack Nicklaus 6 & 4
1965 Gary Player Peter Thomson 3 & 2
1964 Arnold Palmer Neil Coles 2 & 1
Facts and Figures
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Most appearances:
20 - Gary Player (1964-74 and 1976-84)
20 - Seve Ballesteros (1976-94 and 2001)
Successive appearances:
19 - Seve Ballesteros (1976-94)
Oldest winner:
Ian Woosnam, 43 years, 5 months, 12 days, 2001
Youngest winner:
Seve Ballesteros, 24 years, 6 months, 2 days, 1981
Youngest finalist:
Sergio Garcia, 22 years, 9 months, 11 days, 2002
Most wins:
5 - Gary Player (1965, 66, 68, 71, and 73)
5 - Seve Ballesteros (1981, 82, 84, 85 and 91)
Consecutive wins:
Ernie Els (1994-96)
Gary Player (1965-66); Hale Irwin (1974-75)
Seve Ballesteros (1981-82 and 84-85)
Victories in three decades:
Ian Woosnam (1987, 90, 01)
Best 18 hole score:
12-under par, Ernie Els, 2002
11-under par, Colin Montgomerie, 2000;
Padraig Harrington, 2001 (Final)
Best match score:
15-under par (37 holes), Sandy Lyle, 1986;
15-under par (33 holes), Colin Montgomerie, 2000
15-under par (31 holes), Ernie Els, 2002
Best outward nine:
28 (-7), Ian Woosnam, 2001 (Final)
Best inward nine:
30 (-7), Nick Faldo, 1989; Ronan Rafferty, 1990;
Padraig Harrington, 2001 (Final), Ernie Els, 2002
Largest winning margin:
Mark O’Meara beat Vijay Singh, 1998 (11 & 10)
Tom Watson beat Dale Hayes, 1978 (11 & 9)
Ian Woosnam beat Lee Westwood, 2001 (10 & 9)
Gary Player beat Jean Garaialde, 1969 (10 & 9)
Longest matches:
Michael Campbell beat Nick Faldo at 43rd, 2002
Gary Player beat Graham Marsh at 40th, 1973 (Final)
Isao Aoki beat Seve Ballesteros at 40th, 1979
Darren Clarke beat Nick Faldo at 40th, 2000
Successive birdies:
7, Ian Woosnam, 2001 (2nd to 8th) (Final)
7, Ian Woosnam, 1992, (23rd to 29th)
Successive pars:
16, Bob Charles, 1971, (5th to 20th);
16, Raymond Floyd, 1977, (6th to 21st)
Best comebacks:
Gary Player, 1965, (7 down after 19 holes to Tony Lema (37th)
Ernie Els, 1996, (6 down after 18 holes to Steve Stricker, (1 hole)
Sandy Lyle, 1982, (6 down after 18 holes to Nick Faldo, (2 & 1)
Lowest aggregate through week:
Colin Montgomerie, 2000 (37-under par for 103 holes - avg: 65.15)
Nick Faldo, 1989 (38-under par for 105 holes - avg : 65.24)
Lee Westwood, 2000 (33-under par for 109 holes - avg: 65.49)
Padraig Harrington, 2001 (42-under par for 128 holes - avg: 65.99)
Ian Woosnam, 2001 (41-under par for 128 holes - avg: 66.14)
Players in the Field (World rankings in parenthesis)
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Angel Cabrera (30) Retief Goosen (5) Thomas Levet (43)
K.J. Choi (28) Todd Hamilton (16) Jeff Maggert (59)
Scott Drummond (118) Padraig Harrington (8) Chris Riley (42)
* Ernie Els (2) Miguel Angel Jimenez (19) Vijay Singh (1)
Steve Flesch (34) Bernhard Langer (86) Mike Weir (7)
Lee Westwood (39)
* - Defending champion
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