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2003 PGA Tour of Australasia

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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.

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 →

Schedule edit

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   Mahal Pearce (1) 16
2 Feb Heineken Classic Victoria 2,000,000   Ernie Els (n/a) 30 EUR
9 Feb ANZ Championship New South Wales 1,750,000   Paul Casey (n/a) 30 EUR
16 Feb Johnnie Walker Classic Western Australia £1,000,000   Ernie Els (n/a) 44 ASA, EUR
2 Mar Jacob's Creek Open South Australia US$500,000   Joe Ogilvie (n/a) 12 NWT
9 Mar Clearwater Classic New Zealand US$500,000   Ryan Palmer (n/a) 12 NWT
7 Dec MasterCard Masters Victoria 1,250,000   Robert Allenby (8) 18
14 Dec Australian PGA Championship Queensland 1,000,000   Peter Senior (18) 16
21 Dec Hillross Australian Open Victoria 1,500,000   Peter Lonard (6) 32 Flagship event

Order of Merit edit

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   Peter Lonard 604,000
2   Andre Stolz 395,270
3   Peter Senior 354,196
4   Chris Downes 284,056
5   Nick O'Hern 279,470

Von Nida Tour edit

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

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

Order of Merit edit

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

Notes edit

  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. ^ A further one 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 edit

  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.

External links edit

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