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Dates: Thursday, July 22nd through Sunday, July 25th
Site: Royal Portrush Golf Club (Dunluce Links), Portrush, Northern Ireland
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,822
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 392 Yds 10 - Par 5 478 Yds
2 - Par 5 505 Yds 11 - Par 3 170 Yds
3 - Par 3 155 Yds 12 - Par 4 392 Yds
4 - Par 4 457 Yds 13 - Par 4 340 Yds
5 - Par 4 411 Yds 14 - Par 3 210 Yds
6 - Par 3 189 Yds 15 - Par 4 365 Yds
7 - Par 4 431 Yds 16 - Par 4 442 Yds
8 - Par 4 393 Yds 17 - Par 5 548 Yds
9 - Par 5 475 Yds 18 - Par 4 459 Yds
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36 3,408 Yds 36 3,414 Yds
Annual: 18th
Defending Champion: Tom Watson
Runner-Up: Carl Mason
Tournament Record: 263 (Tom Watson, Carl Mason, 2003)
54-Hole Record: 196 (Carl Mason, 2003)
36-Hole Record: 131 (Gary Player, 1988; Carl Mason, 2003)
18-Hole Record: 63 (D.A. Weibring, 2003)
Total Purse: $1,868,130
Shares: 1st Place - $294,800; 2nd Place - 196,627; 3rd Place - 110,690
2003 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Tom Watson * 263 Brian Jones 271
Carl Mason 263 Mark McCumber 271
Bruce Summerhays 264 Denis Durnian 272
Tom Kite 266 David Eger 272
D.A. Weibring 270 Three players at 273
* - Won in playoff.
Past Senior British Open Winners
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Year Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
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2003 *Tom Watson (263) -- Carl Mason
(Turnberry Resort - Ailsa Course)
2002 Noboru Sugai (281) -- John Irwin
(Royal County Down Golf Club)
2001 *Ian Stanley (278) -- Bob Charles
(Royal County Down Golf Club)
2000 Christy O'Connor, Jr. (275) -- John Bland
(Royal County Down Golf Club)
1999 Christy O'Connor, Jr. (282) -- John Bland
(Royal Portrush Golf Club)
1998 *Brian Huggett (283) -- Eddie Polland
(Royal Portrush Golf Club)
1997 *Gary Player (278) -- John Bland
(Royal Portrush Golf Club)
1996 Brian Barnes (277) -- Bob Charles, David Oakley
(Royal Portrush Golf Club)
1995 *Brian Barnes (281) -- Bob Murphy
(Royal Portrush Golf Club)
1994 Tom Wargo (280) -- Bob Charles, Doug Dalziel
(Royal Lytham & St. Annes)
1993 Bob Charles (291) -- Gary Player, Tommy Horton
(Royal Lytham & St. Annes)
1992 John Fourie (282) -- Bob Charles, Neil Coles
(Royal Lytham & St. Annes)
1991 Bobby Verwey (285) -- Bob Charles, Tommy Horton
(Royal Lytham & St. Annes)
1990 Gary Player (280) -- Deane Beman, Brian Waites
(Turnberry Resort - Ailsa Course)
1989 Bob Charles (269) -- Billy Casper
(Turnberry Resort - Ailsa Course)
1988 Gary Player (272) -- Billy Casper
(Turnberry Resort - Ailsa Course)
1987 Neil Coles (279) -- Bob Charles
(Turnberry Resort - Ailsa Course)
* - Won in playoff.
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