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2003 WGC-NEC Invitational

Field	Value
name	2003 WGC-NEC Invitational
dates	August 21–24, 2003
location	Akron, Ohio, U.S.
course	Firestone Country Club
tour	PGA Tour
European Tour
par	70
yardage	7,283
field	85 players
cut	None
purse	$6,000,000
winners_share	$1,050,000
champion	NIR Darren Clarke
score	268 (−12)
previous	[2002](2002-wgc-nec-invitational)
next	[2004](2004-wgc-nec-invitational)

European Tour 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

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA Ben Curtis	64	−6
ESP Sergio García
T3	NIR Darren Clarke	65	−5
USA Tiger Woods
T5	USA Davis Love III	66	−4
USA Chris Riley
USA David Toms
USA Scott Verplank
T9	USA Fred Couples	67	−3
ZAF Ernie Els
SWE Niclas Fasth
ZAF Retief Goosen
USA Jeff Sluman

Second round

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA Chris Riley	66-67=133	−7
USA David Toms	66-67=133
T3	USA Fred Funk	72-62=134	−6
FIJ Vijay Singh	69-65=134
T5	NIR Darren Clarke	65-70=135	−5
USA Brad Faxon	68-67=135
T7	ZAF Retief Goosen	67-69=136	−4
USA Davis Love III	66-70=136
T9	ZAF Ernie Els	67-70=137	−3
USA Dan Forsman	69-68=137
USA Peter Jacobsen	73-64=137
USA Jonathan Kaye	68-69=137
USA Hal Sutton	68-69=137
USA Tiger Woods	65-72=137

Third round

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	NIR Darren Clarke	65-70-66=201	−9
2	USA Jonathan Kaye	68-69-65=202	−8
3	USA Chris Riley	66-67-70=203	−7
T4	USA Davis Love III	66-70-68=204	−6
USA Tiger Woods	65-72-67=204
T6	USA Brad Faxon	68-67-70=205	−5
USA Steve Flesch	71-67-67=205
ZAF Retief Goosen	67-69-69=205
USA Hal Sutton	68-69-68=205
T10	AUS Robert Allenby	69-69-68=206	−4
USA Fred Funk	72-62-72=206
USA Jim Furyk	69-69-68=206
FIJ Vijay Singh	69-65-72=206

Final round

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	NIR Darren Clarke	65-70-66-67=268	−12	1,050,000
2	USA Jonathan Kaye	68-69-65-70=272	−8	550,000
3	USA Davis Love III	66-70-68-69=273	−7	360,000
T4	USA Chris Riley	66-67-70-71=274	−6	235,000
USA Tiger Woods	65-72-67-70=274
T6	AUS Robert Allenby	69-69-68-69=275	−5	163,333
USA Jim Furyk	69-69-68-69=275
FJI Vijay Singh	69-65-72-69=275
T9	USA Brad Faxon	68-67-70-71=276	−4	116,750
ZAF Trevor Immelman	70-68-70-68=276

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