2003 LG Cup (snooker)
The 2003 LG Cup was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 4 and 12 October 2003 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England.
Mark Williams won the 15th ranking title of his career by defeating John Higgins 9–5 in the final. In the 11th frame of the final, Higgins made his 3rd maximum in professional competition.
Chris Small came into the tournament as defending champion, however he lost 5–3 to John Parrott in the quarter-finals.
Tournament summary
Defending champion Chris Small was the number 1 seed with World Champion Mark Williams seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:- Winner: £82,500
- Final: £42,500
- Semi-final: £21,500
- Quarter-final: £11,800
- Last 16: £9,700
- Last 32: £7,600
- Last 48: £4,200
- Last 64: £3,100
- Last 80: £2,200
- Last 96: £1,500
- Stage one highest break: £1,800
- Stage two highest break: £5,000
- Stage one maximum break: £5,000
- Stage two maximum break: £20,000
- Total: £597,200
Qualifying
Qualifying for the tournament took place between 4 and 18 September 2003 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales.;Round 1
Best of 9 frames
;Round 2–4
Century breaks
Qualifying stage centuries
- 136, 102 Brian Morgan
- 133 Ian Brumby
- 128, 116 Ding Junhui
- 123 Patrick Wallace
- 118 Bradley Jones
- 117, 111 Adrian Rosa
- 115 Martin Dziewialtowski
- 115 Stephen Maguire
- 114, 100 Kwan Poomjang
- 114 Johl Younger
- 112 Darryn Walker
- 108, 104 Atthasit Mahitthi
- 108 Michael Judge
- 107 Ricky Walden
- 106 Mark Davis
- 105 Bjorn Haneveer
- 104 Andrew Norman
- 102 Barry Hawkins
- 101 Jamie Cope
- 101 Rory McLeod
- 100 Billy Snaddon
- 100 Stuart Pettman
Televised stage centuries
- 147, 142, 104 John Higgins
- 140, 109, 100 Ken Doherty
- 137 John Parrott
- 127 Mark Williams
- 122, 102 Stephen Lee
- 111, 110 Ali Carter
- 107 Robin Hull
- 104 Marco Fu
- 103 Peter Ebdon
- 102 Gerard Greene
- 102 Joe Perry
- 101 Michael Holt
- 101 Stephen Hendry
- 100 Jimmy White