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Dates: Thursday, July 1st through Sunday, July 4th
Site: The K Club (Kildare Hotel&Country Club, South Course), Kildare, Ireland
Course Architect: Arnold Palmer (2003)
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,313
Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 449 Yds 10 - Par 5 551 Yds
2 - Par 3 179 Yds 11 - Par 4 365 Yds
3 - Par 5 603 Yds 12 - Par 3 214 Yds
4 - Par 4 394 Yds 13 - Par 4 468 Yds
5 - Par 4 439 Yds 14 - Par 4 394 Yds
6 - Par 4 436 Yds 15 - Par 4 376 Yds
7 - Par 5 600 Yds 16 - Par 4 457 Yds
8 - Par 3 144 Yds 17 - Par 3 202 Yds
9 - Par 4 464 Yds 18 - Par 5 578 Yds
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36 3,708 Yds 36 3,605 Yds
Annual: 27th
Defending Champion: Phillip Price
Runners-Up: Mark McNulty, Alastair Forsyth
Tournament Record: 260 (Ian Woosnam, 1988)
54-Hole Record: 195 (Ian Woosnam, 1988)
36-Hole Record: 131 (Ian Woosnam, Nick Faldo, Denis Durnian,
Mats Lanner, 1988; Robert Karlsson, 1992)
18-Hole Record: 60 (Darren Clarke, 1999)
9-Hole Record: 29 (Darren Clarke, 1999)
Course Record: 64 (Charl Schwartzel, 2003 - North Course)
Total Purse: $4,024,445
Shares: 1st Place - $670,809; 2nd Place - 447,166; 3rd Place - 251,937
2003 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Phillip Price 272 Darren Clarke 276
Mark McNulty 273 Jarmo Sandelin 278
Alastair Forsyth 273 Andrew Coltart 278
Gary Evans 275 Barry Lane 279
Eduardo Romero 276 Angel Cabrera 279
Lee Westwood 279
Past Smurfit European Open Winners
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Year Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up
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2003 Phillip Price (272) -- Mark McNulty, Alastair Forsyth
2002 Michael Campbell (282) -- Padraig Harrington, Paul Lawrie,
Bradley Dredge, Retief Goosen
2001 Darren Clarke (273) -- Ian Woosnam, Padraig Harrington, Thomas Bjorn
2000 Lee Westwood (276) -- Angel Cabrera
1999 Lee Westwood (271) -- Darren Clarke, Peter O'Malley
1998 Mathias Gronberg (275) -- Miguel Angel Jimenez, Phillip Price
1997 Per-Ulrik Johansson (267) -- Peter Baker
1996 Per-Ulrik Johansson (277) -- Costantino Rocca
1995 *Bernhard Langer (280) -- Barry Lane
1994 David Gilford (275) -- Costantino Rocca, Jose Maria Olazabal
1993 Gordon Brand, Jr. (275) -- Ronan Rafferty, Phillip Price
1992 Nick Faldo (262) -- Robert Karlsson
1991 Mike Harwood (277) -- Sandy Lyle
1990 Peter Senior (267) -- Ian Woosnam
1989 Andrew Murray (277) -- Frank Nobilo
1988 Ian Woosnam (260) -- Nick Faldo
1987 Paul Way (279) -- John Bland, Gordon Brand Jr
1986 *Greg Norman (269) -- Ken Brown
1985 Bernhard Langer (269) -- John O'Leary
1984 Gordon Brand, Jr. (270) -- Seve Ballesteros, Noel Ratcliffe
1983 Isao Aoki (274) -- Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo, Carl Mason
1982 Manuel Pinero (266) -- Sam Torrance
1981 Graham Marsh (275) -- Seve Ballesteros
1980 Tom Kite (284) -- Lon Hinkle, Leonard Thompson
1979 Sandy Lyle (275) -- Dale Hayes, Peter Townsend
1978 *Bobby Wadkins (283) -- Bernard Gallacher, Gil Morgan
* - Won in playoff.
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