2003 US Open pin flag Jim Furyk Olympia Fields Country Club ryder british pga

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The
2003 United States Open Championship
was the 103rd
U.S. Open
, held June 12–15 at the North Course of
Olympia Fields Country Club
in
Olympia Fields, Illinois
, a suburb south of
Chicago
.
Jim Furyk
won his only
major championship
, three shots ahead of runner-up
Stephen Leaney
.
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With a total score of 272, Furyk tied the record for the lowest 72-hole score in U.S. Open history, also achieved in
2000
,
1993
and
1980
(and since lowered to 268 in
2011
). Another record was equalled by
Vijay Singh
, who tied
Neal Lancaster
's 9-hole record of 29 on the back nine of his second round.
This was the fourth major held at Olympia Fields; it hosted the U.S. Open in
1928
and the
PGA Championship
in
1925
and
1961
.