2003 WGC-NEC Invitational
Introduction 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 11Rich 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 18Chad 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 moreStephen 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
External links * Full results