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.

Best of 9 frames
 * Round 1


 * Round 2–4

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