The 2003 LPGA Championship was the 49th

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, played June 5–8 at

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Annika Sörenstam Annika Charlotta Sörenstam (; born 9 October 1970) is a Swedish professional golfer. She is regarded as one of the best female golfers in history. Before stepping away from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she had won 90 intern ...

won in a playoff over Grace Park with a par on the first sudden death hole. It was the first of three consecutive LPGA Championships for Sorenstam and the fifth of her ten major titles. Two weeks earlier, Sörenstam played in a

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event, the

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. The DuPont Country Club hosted this championship for eleven consecutive seasons, from

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through 2004.

Final leaderboard

''Sunday, June 8, 2003'' Source:

Playoff

The sudden-death playoff began on the par-4 18th hole, where Park missed the green, chipped from the heavy rough to but failed to save par. Sörenstam had a for birdie, then tapped in for par to win. *Sudden-death playoff played on hole 18.

References

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