The 2003 WGC-NEC Invitational was a golf tournament that was contested from August 21–24, 2003 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the fifth WGC-NEC Invitational tournament, and the second of four World Golf Championships events held in 2003.
Darren Clarke won the tournament to capture his first WGC-NEC Invitational and his second World Golf Championships title.
Field 1. 2003 United States and International Presidents Cup teams United States: Chris DiMarco (3,4), Fred Funk (3,4), Jim Furyk (2,3,4,5), Jay Haas (3,4), Charles Howell III (3,4,5), Jerry Kelly (3,4), Justin Leonard (3,4), Davis Love III (2,3,4,5), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4), Kenny Perry (3,4,5), David Toms (2,3,4,5), Tiger Woods (2,3,4,5) International: Robert Allenby (3,4), Stuart Appleby (3,4), K. J. Choi (3,4), Tim Clark, Ernie Els (3,4,5), Retief Goosen (3,4), Stephen Leaney (3,4,5), Peter Lonard (3,4), Adam Scott (3,4), Nick Price (3,4), Vijay Singh (3,4,5), Mike Weir (3,4,5)
2. 2002 United States and European Ryder Cup teams United States: Paul Azinger, Mark Calcavecchia, Stewart Cink, Scott Hoch (3,4), Hal Sutton, Scott Verplank (3,4) David Duval did not play. Europe: Thomas Bjørn (3,4,5), Darren Clarke (3,4), Niclas Fasth, Pierre Fulke, Sergio García (3,4), Pádraig Harrington (3,4,5), Bernhard Langer (5), Paul McGinley, Colin Montgomerie (3,4,5), Jesper Parnevik, Phillip Price (3,4,5), Lee Westwood
3. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking as of August 11 Rich Beem (4), Ángel Cabrera (4), Michael Campbell (4), Paul Casey (4,5), Fred Couples (4,5), Ben Curtis (4,5), Bob Estes (4), Nick Faldo, Brad Faxon (4), Trevor Immelman, Freddie Jacobson (4), Jonathan Kaye (5), Len Mattiace (4), Rocco Mediate (4), Chris Riley (4), John Rollins (4,5), Eduardo Romero (4), Justin Rose (4), Jeff Sluman (4)
4. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking as of August 18 Chad Campbell, Alex Čejka (5), Shaun Micheel (5)
5. Tournament winners of worldwide events since the 2002 WGC-NEC Invitational with an OWGR Strength of Field Rating of 100 points or more Stephen Allan, Bob Burns, Jonathan Byrd, Ben Crane, Robert-Jan Derksen, Steve Flesch, Dan Forsman, Ignacio Garrido, Philip Golding, Peter Jacobsen, Robert Karlsson, Craig Parry, Ian Poulter, Rory Sabbatini, Gene Sauers, Steen Tinning, Kaname Yokoo Phil Tataurangi did not play.
6. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship (2003) – Toshimitsu Izawa PGA Tour of Australasia: Australian PGA Championship (2002) – tie between Peter Lonard (qualified in categories 1, 3, and 4) and Jarrod Moseley Sunshine Tour: The Tour Championship (2003) – Hennie Otto Asian Tour: Volvo Masters of Asia (2002) – Kevin Na
Round summaries First round PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Ben Curtis64−6 Sergio GarcíaT3 Darren Clarke65−5 Tiger WoodsT5 Davis Love III66−4 Chris Riley David Toms Scott VerplankT9 Fred Couples67−3 Ernie Els Niclas Fasth Retief Goosen Jeff Sluman
Second round PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Chris Riley66-67=133−7 David Toms66-67=133T3 Fred Funk72-62=134−6 Vijay Singh69-65=134T5 Darren Clarke65-70=135−5 Brad Faxon68-67=135T7 Retief Goosen67-69=136−4 Davis Love III66-70=136T9 Ernie Els67-70=137−3 Dan Forsman69-68=137 Peter Jacobsen73-64=137 Jonathan Kaye68-69=137 Hal Sutton68-69=137 Tiger Woods65-72=137
Third round PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Darren Clarke65-70-66=201−92 Jonathan Kaye68-69-65=202−83 Chris Riley66-67-70=203−7T4 Davis Love III66-70-68=204−6 Tiger Woods65-72-67=204T6 Brad Faxon68-67-70=205−5 Steve Flesch71-67-67=205 Retief Goosen67-69-69=205 Hal Sutton68-69-68=205T10 Robert Allenby69-69-68=206 −4 Fred Funk72-62-72=206 Jim Furyk69-69-68=206 Vijay Singh69-65-72=206
Final round PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Darren Clarke 65-70-66-67=268 −12 1,050,0002 Jonathan Kaye 68-69-65-70=272 −8 550,0003 Davis Love III 66-70-68-69=273 −7 360,000T4 Chris Riley 66-67-70-71=274 −6 235,000 Tiger Woods 65-72-67-70=274T6 Robert Allenby 69-69-68-69=275 −5 163,333 Jim Furyk 69-69-68-69=275 Vijay Singh 69-65-72-69=275T9 Brad Faxon 68-67-70-71=276 −4 116,750 Trevor Immelman 70-68-70-68=276
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