2003 Recap & Results

Memorial Tournament Winner - Kenny Perry

Dates

May 26 - June 1

Purse

$5,000,000

Par

36-36=72

Yardage

7,265

Kenny Perry Wins the 2003 Memorial Tournament

On Sunday at the Memorial Tournament, Kenny Perry dashed out to a big lead with an impeccable front nine, and that allowed him to survive a sputtering finish and capture his second PGA TOUR victory in as many weeks. Despite bogeys on five of the last six holes, Perry shot a most uneven par-72 on a cool and breezy day at Muirfield Village Golf Club and held off Lee Janzen by two strokes to claim his sixth PGA TOUR title.

Perry, who won by six strokes the previous week at the Bank of America Colonial, enjoyed a similar cushion with eight holes to play at Muirfield Village, but the tension and pressure of the last two weeks caught up to him. After making just two bogeys through 66 holes, Perry nearly ran out of gas.

"The tank was empty, there was no doubt," a beaming and relieved Perry said. "I'm mentally and physically exhausted. The two weeks have been exhausting. I never experienced the press and the people pulling for me, all of the phone calls."

Perry, 42, of Franklin, Ky., had never won twice in a season, let alone back-to-back, the first player to accomplish that on TOUR since Ernie Els opened the season with two straight. His 13-under-par 275 total was worth $900,000 and lifted him to No. 5 on the PGA TOUR money list with a career-best $2,551,171.

He joined tournament host and founder Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Greg Norman, Hale Irwin and Tiger Woods as multiple Memorial Tournament champions.

It was all made possible by an outward 32 that stretched his two-stroke lead over Janzen to five at the turn.

"That front nine was probably the best nine I played in a long time," Perry said. "I shot some good rounds last week, but to shoot 32 on that nine through those winds and conditions really set up this victory for me."

Janzen, winless since his second U.S. Open title at The Olympic Club in 1998, could do no better than 72 himself despite holing out from a bunker for the third time in two days.

Masters champion Mike Weir was third after shooting the day's low round, a 65. Woods equaled that figure to tie for fourth with Vijay Singh. Singh closed with a 71 and has now finished joint second, first and joint fourth in his last three starts.

But even that streak can't match Perry, who shot a tournament record 19-under par in winning at Colonial Country Club the previous week, then took apart revamped Muirfield Village until his late lapse. Nevertheless, Perry became the sixth player this year with multiple victories, and the oldest player since Irwin (45) in 1990 to win consecutive TOUR events. Asked how he can explain his two-week stretch of nirvana, Perry responded, "I don't think you can. I think it was just my time."

And a special time, at that.

"I won on two terrific golf courses, the two best courses we play on TOUR," he said.

# Name R1 R2 R3 R4 Total Purse
1 Kenny Perry 65 68 70 72 275 $900,000
2 Lee Janzen 67 67 71 72 277 $540,000
3 Mike Weir 72 70 71 65 278 $340,000
4 Tiger Woods 67 71 76 65 279 $220,000
5 Vijay Singh 67 69 72 71 279 $220,000
6 Stewart Cink 70 69 72 69 280 $180,000
7 Chad Campbell 67 70 74 70 281 $161,250
8 Ratief Goosen 67 67 74 73 281 $161,250
9 Mark Calcavecchia 69 70 70 73 282 $145,000
10 Jose Maria Olazabal 73 69 66 75 283 $135,000
11 Justin Leonard 71 69 76 69 285 $120,000
12 John Rollins 70 69 74 72 285 $120,000
13 Jesper Parnevik 70 71 73 72 286 $91,000
14 Padraig Harrington 70 71 73 72 286 $91,000
15 Robert Gamez 70 68 75 73 286 $91,000
16 K.J. Choi 70 70 73 73 286 $91,000
17 Ernie Els 73 70 70 73 286 $91,000
18 John Huston 66 74 78 69 287 $70,000
19 Stuart Appleby 71 71 76 69 287 $70,000
20 Jeff Sluman 70 72 72 73 287 $70,000
21 Peter Lonard 72 72 75 69 288 $56,000
22 Jay Haas 75 69 71 73 288 $56,000
23 Ben Crane 73 68 73 74 288 $56,000
24 Tim Herron 72 68 77 72 289 $44,000
25 Shigeki Maruyama 69 75 72 73 289 $44,000
26 Jim Furyk 68 70 75 76 289 $44,000
27 Charles Howell III 64 74 77 75 290 $37,750
28 Jay Williamson 73 73 70 74 290 $37,750
29 Spike McRoy 68 68 84 71 291 $32,500
30 Adam Scott 67 72 79 73 291 $32,500
31 Rory Sabbatini 71 71 75 74 291 $32,500
32 Jonathan Byrd 74 72 71 74 291 $32,500
33 Lee Westwood 72 68 75 76 291 $32,500
34 Glen Day 73 73 74 72 292 $25,250
35 J.P. Hayes 73 72 73 74 292 $25,250
36 Stephen Leaney 73 72 73 74 292 $25,250
37 Carl Pettersson 70 70 77 75 292 $25,250
38 Bob Tway 69 72 74 77 292 $25,250
39 Jeff Maggert 68 73 71 80 292 $25,250
40 Hidemichi Tanaka 70 72 79 72 293 $19,500
41 Ian Leggatt 70 76 74 73 293 $19,500
42 Steve Lowery 70 76 73 74 293 $19,500
43 Brad Faxon 67 77 74 75 293 $19,500
44 Gene Sauers 70 75 70 78 293 $19,500
45 Tim Petrovic 70 71 78 75 294 $15,050
46 Luke Donald 70 69 80 75 294 $15,050
47 Kevin Sutherland 73 71 73 77 294 $15,050
48 Mark O'Meara 76 69 72 77 294 $15,050
49 Gary Nicklaus 69 75 77 74 295 $12,800
50 David Gossett 72 74 75 74 295 $12,800
51 Dudley Hart 69 72 76 79 296 $12,300
52 Tim Clark 74 72 79 72 297 $11,725
53 Billy Andrade 69 75 79 74 297 $11,725
54 Len Mattiace 70 72 80 75 297 $11,725
55 David Peoples 77 68 77 75 297 $11,725
56 John Daly 68 73 83 74 298 $11,350
57 Craig Perks 70 72 76 80 298 $11,350
58 Jerry Kelly 70 72 84 73 299 $11,050
59 Bob Burns 75 68 82 74 299 $11,050
60 Keith Fergus 69 76 79 75 299 $11,050
61 Peter O’Malley 72 71 76 80 299 $11,050
62 Frank Lickliter II 72 72 81 75 300 $10,750
63 Woody Austin 68 74 76 82 300 $10,750
64 David Duval 73 72 78 78 301 $10,550
65 Jonathan Kaye 73 73 76 79 301 $10,550
66 David Edwards 72 73 81 77 303 $10,350
67 Peter Jacobsen 73 71 80 79 303 $10,350
68 Chris Smith 73 72 84 75 304 $10,200
69 J.L. Lewis 77 69 85 76 307 $10,100

Leaders

First Round
Charles Howell III shot an 8-under-par 64 and led Kenny Perry by one and John Huston by two. Seven players were three back.

Second Round
Perry moved to 11-under-par and led Retief Goosen and Lee Janzen by one. Vijay Singh and Mike McRoy were three behind.

Third Round
Perry at 13-under-par led Janzen by two strokes. Goosen, Singh and Jose Maria Olazabal were three back.

Notes

Cut Notes:

70 players at 2-over par from a field of 104 professionals

Missed Cut:

Briny Baird (77-70-MC), Sergio Garcia (73-74-MC), Scott McCarron (74-73-MC), Craig Parry (75-72-MC), Rod Pampling (74-73-MC), Tom Lehman (74-73-MC), Scott Verplank (69-78-MC), Trevor Immelman (72-75-MC), Scott Laycock (74-73-MC), Stephen Ames (75-73-MC), Joel Edwards (72-76-MC), Paul Azinger (69-79-MC), Pat Perez (74-74-MC), Jack Nicklaus (76-72-MC), Tom Pernice, Jr. (75-73-MC), Andy Miller (74-74-MC), Jerry Pate (76-74-MC), Geoff Ogilvy (78-72-MC), Ben Curtis (74-76-MC), David Smail (74-76-MC), Matt Kuchar (76-75-MC), Fred Funk (75-76-MC), Harrison Frazar (74-77-MC), Carlos Franco (78-74-MC), Notah Begay III (71-82-MC), Steve Flesch (76-77-MC), Hank Kuehne (77-76-MC), Matt Gogel (75-79-MC), Bernhard Langer (79-75-MC), Steve Allan (77-77-MC), Mark Brooks (76-80-MC), Alejandro Larrazabal (88-77-MC), Brenden Pappas (W/D), Rocco Mediate (W/D), Robert Allenby (W/D), Craig Stadler (W/D).

Weather:

Thursday, partly sunny with temperatures climbing into the low 70s with later afternoon showers. Winds were out of the northwest 10 mph. Friday, warm and mostly sunny with a high of 75. It became cooler and overcast in the afternoon. Saturday morning started out warm and rainy. Play was delayed 46 minutes from 11:14 a.m. to 12 p.m. In the afternoon it was windy, overcast and cooler, with lows in the mid-50s and winds 20-30 mph from the northwest. Sunday was clear, windy and cool with a high of 65 and winds 15-20 mph out of the northwest.

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