2003 PGA Tour of Australasia

The 2003 PGA Tour of Australasia was a series of men's professional golf events played mainly in Australia and New Zealand. The main tournaments on the PGA Tour of Australasia are played in the southern summer so they are split between the first and last months of the year. It was the first year of tour's new developmental series; known as the Von Nida Tour and was played in the middle of the year.

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

Schedule

The table below shows the 2003 schedule. It only lists official money events on the main tour.

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$)
Winner OWGR
points
Other
tours[lower-alpha 1]
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

Source:[1][2]

Order of Merit

PositionPlayerPrize money (A$)
1 Peter Lonard604,000
2 Andre Stolz395,269
3 Peter Senior354,196
4 Chris Downes284,056
5 Nick O'Hern279,470
6 Jarrod Moseley251,434
7 Peter Senior210,860
8 Craig Parry229,855
9 Mahal Pearce203,578
10 Peter O'Malley168,363
n/a[lower-alpha 2] Joe Ogilvie219,383
Ryan Palmer205,204

Sources:[3][4]

Von Nida Tour

The Von Nida Tour consisted of 10 tournaments.[5]

Date Tournament Location Winner Ref.
16 Mar Bega Cheese NSW PGA Championship New South Wales Chris Downes (1) [6]
23 Mar Toyota Southern Classic New South Wales Scott Hend (1) [7]
30 Mar Volvo Trucks Klassic New South Wales Marcus Fraser (1) [8]
9 May Schweppes SA PGA Championship South Australia Stuart Bouvier (1) [9]
25 May WA PGA Championship Western Australia Kim Felton (1) [10]
20 Jul Queensland Masters Queensland Peter Senior (1) [11]
12 Oct Links Group Victorian PGA Championship Victoria Martin Doyle (1) [12]
2 Nov QLD Group Queensland Open Queensland Scott Hend (2) [13]
9 Nov Queensland PGA Championship Queensland David Diaz (1) [14]
23 Nov GolfSkins New South Wales Open New South Wales Craig Carmichael (1) [15]

Order of Merit leaders

Scott Hend won the Order of Merit, with Craig Carmichael second. The leading five are given below.[16]

PositionPlayerPrize money (A$)
1 Scott Hend52,006
2 Craig Carmichael36,661
3 Chris Downes34,015
4 Stuart Bouvier27,817
5 Matthew Millar25,958

Notes

  1. ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour; NWT − Nationwide Tour.
  2. Ogilvie and Palmer were non-members and earned their winnings via co-sanctioned Nationwide Tour events.

References

  1. 2003 PGA Tour of Australasia Schedule
  2. "Tour Information Centre – 2003". PGA Tour of Australasia.
  3. "2003 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit". Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  4. "Events – PGA Tour of Australasia – 2003". Official World Golf Ranking.
  5. "2003 Von Nida Schedule". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 1 March 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. "Wire to wire win for Bouvier". PGA of Australia. 9 May 2003. Archived from the original on 7 January 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  10. "Felton wins at a canter". PGA of Australia. 25 May 2003. Archived from the original on 7 January 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  11. "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.
  12. "VIC VNT Victory for Doyle". PGA of Australia. 12 October 2003. Archived from the original on 29 May 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  13. "Scott Hend takes out QLD Open". PGA of Australia. 2 November 2003. Archived from the original on 19 January 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  14. "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.
  15. "Carmichael wins NSW Open". PGA of Australia. 24 November 2003. Archived from the original on 20 May 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  16. "Von Nida Tour Order of Merit following the NSW Open". PGA of Australia. 23 November 2003. Archived from the original on 4 December 2003. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
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