2003 PGA Tour of Australasia

2003 PGA Tour of Australasia season
Duration16 January 2003 (2003-01-16) – 21 December 2003 (2003-12-21)
Number of official events9
Order of MeritAustralia Peter Lonard
← 2002
2004 →

The 2003 PGA Tour of Australasia was the 31st season on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the main professional golf tour in Australia and New Zealand since it was formed in 1973.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2003 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$) 		Winner[a] OWGR
points 		Other
tours[b] 		Notes
19 Jan Holden New Zealand Open New Zealand NZ$700,000 New Zealand Mahal Pearce (1) 16
2 Feb Heineken Classic Victoria 2,000,000 South Africa Ernie Els (n/a) 30 EUR
9 Feb ANZ Championship New South Wales 1,750,000 England Paul Casey (n/a) 30 EUR
16 Feb Johnnie Walker Classic Western Australia £1,000,000 South Africa Ernie Els (n/a) 44 ASA, EUR
2 Mar Jacob's Creek Open South Australia US$500,000 United States Joe Ogilvie (n/a) 12 NWT
9 Mar Clearwater Classic New Zealand US$500,000 United States Ryan Palmer (n/a) 12 NWT
7 Dec MasterCard Masters Victoria 1,250,000 Australia Robert Allenby (8) 18
14 Dec Australian PGA Championship Queensland 1,000,000 Australia Peter Senior (18) 16
21 Dec Hillross Australian Open Victoria 1,500,000 Australia Peter Lonard (6) 32 Flagship event

Order of Merit

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The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.[2][3]

Position Player Prize money (A$)
1 Australia Peter Lonard 604,000
2 Australia Andre Stolz 395,270
3 Australia Peter Senior 354,196
4 Australia Chris Downes 284,056
5 Australia Nick O'Hern 279,470

Von Nida Tour

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2003 Von Nida Tour season
Duration13 March 2003 (2003-03-13) – 23 November 2003 (2003-11-23)
Number of official events10[c]
Most winsAustralia Scott Hend (2)
Order of MeritAustralia Scott Hend
2004 →

The 2003 Von Nida Tour was the inaugural season of the Von Nida Tour, the official development tour to the PGA Tour of Australasia between 2003 and 2008.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2003 season.[4]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$) 		Winner[d] Ref.
16 Mar Bega Cheese NSW PGA Championship New South Wales 100,000 Australia Chris Downes (1) [5]
23 Mar Toyota Southern Classic New South Wales 100,000 Australia Scott Hend (1) [6]
30 Mar Volvo Trucks Klassic New South Wales 75,000 Australia Marcus Fraser (1) [7]
9 May Schweppes SA PGA Championship South Australia 100,000 Australia Stuart Bouvier (1) [8]
25 May WA PGA Championship Western Australia 100,000 Australia Kim Felton (1) [9]
20 Jul Queensland Masters Queensland 100,000 Australia Peter Senior (1) [10]
12 Oct Links Group Victorian PGA Championship Victoria 100,000 Australia Martin Doyle (1) [11]
26 Oct Victorian Open Victoria – Cancelled
2 Nov QLD Group Queensland Open Queensland 100,000 Australia Scott Hend (2) [12]
9 Nov Queensland PGA Championship Queensland 100,000 Australia David Diaz (1) [13]
23 Nov GolfSkins New South Wales Open New South Wales 100,000 Australia Craig Carmichael (1) [14]

Order of Merit

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The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.[15][16] The top 10 players on the Order of Merit earned status to play on the 2004 PGA Tour of Australasia.[17]

Position Player Prize money (A$)
1 Australia Scott Hend 52,007
2 Australia Craig Carmichael 36,661
3 Australia Chris Downes 34,015
4 Australia Stuart Bouvier 27,817
5 Australia Matthew Millar 25,959
6 Australia Marcus Fraser 24,810
7 Australia Euan Walters 24,574
8 Australia David Diaz 24,012
9 Australia Peter Senior 23,817
10 Australia Martin Doyle 23,085

Notes

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  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour of Australasia events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour of Australasia members.
  2. ^ ASA − Asian PGA Tour; EUR − European Tour; NWT − Nationwide Tour.
  3. ^ One further tournament was scheduled but was cancelled.
  4. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Von Nida Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Von Nida Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the PGA Tour of Australasia.

References

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  1. ^ "2003 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  2. ^ "2003 Order of Merit". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Lonard takes Open and OOM". PGA Tour of Australasia. 21 December 2003. Archived from the original on 11 September 2006. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Von Nida Tour 2003 Tournament schedule". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 1 March 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  5. ^ Willis, Rob (16 March 2003). "Downes by Eight Shots in Bega Cheese NSW PGA". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 7 January 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  6. ^ Willis, Rob (23 March 2003). "Hend wins playoff to take Toyota Southern Classic". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 7 January 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  7. ^ Hilyard, Brad (30 March 2003). "Marcus Fraser wins the Von Nida Tour's Volvo Trucks Klassik". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 29 May 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Wire to wire win for Bouvier". PGA of Australia. 9 May 2003. Archived from the original on 7 January 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Felton wins at a canter". PGA of Australia. 25 May 2003. Archived from the original on 7 January 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Senior wins QLD Masters in a playoff". PGA of Australia. 21 July 2003. Archived from the original on 9 January 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  11. ^ "VIC VNT Victory for Doyle". PGA of Australia. 12 October 2003. Archived from the original on 29 May 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Scott Hend takes out QLD Open". PGA of Australia. 2 November 2003. Archived from the original on 19 January 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  13. ^ "Diaz wins QLD PGA in a play-off". PGA of Australia. 9 November 2003. Archived from the original on 19 January 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  14. ^ "Carmichael wins NSW Open". PGA of Australia. 24 November 2003. Archived from the original on 20 May 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  15. ^ "2003 Von Nida Tour OOM". PGA of Australia. 23 November 2003. Archived from the original on 4 December 2003. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  16. ^ "Final Von Nida Tour Money List". PGA Tour of Australasia. 24 November 2003. Archived from the original on 11 September 2006. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  17. ^ "Felton tops 2004 Von Nida Tour". PGA Tour of Australasia. 24 November 2004. Archived from the original on 13 January 2005. Retrieved 29 October 2022. ...the Von Nida Tour provides fully-exempt Australasian Tour cards to the top 10 players on the moneylist who would not otherwise be exempt.
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