2003 Asian PGA Tour explained

Year:2003
Tour:Asian PGA Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:18
Most Wins: Arjun Atwal (2)
Zhang Lianwei (2)
Honor1:Order of Merit
Honoree1: Arjun Atwal
Honor2:Players' Player of the Year
Honoree2: Arjun Atwal
Honor3:Rookie of the Year
Honoree3: Marcus Both
Prevseason:2002
Nextseason:2004

The 2003 Asian PGA Tour, titled as the 2003 Davidoff Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the ninth season of the Asian PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in Asia (outside of Japan) since it was established in 1995.

It was the fifth season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Davidoff, that was announced in May 1999.[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2003 season.[2]

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(US$)
Winner OWGR
points
Other
tours
Notes
22 Dec Asia Japan Okinawa OpenJapan ¥100,000,000 Hiroyuki Fujita (n/a) 12New to Asian PGA Tour
26 Jan Caltex MastersSingapore 900,000 Zhang Lianwei (5) 20
16 Feb Johnnie Walker ClassicAustralia £1,000,000 Ernie Els (n/a) 44
23 Feb Carlsberg Malaysian OpenMalaysia 1,100,000 Arjun Atwal (5) 20
2 Mar Myanmar OpenMyanmar 200,000 Lin Keng-chi (5) 6
30 Mar Royal Challenge Indian OpenIndia 300,000 Mike Cunning (1) 6
6 Apr Thailand OpenThailand 150,000 Edward Loar (1) 6
4 May Maekyung OpenSouth Korea ₩500,000,000 Chung Joon (1) 6
29 Jun SK Telecom OpenSouth Korea ₩500,000,000 K. J. Choi (2) 6
14 Sep Mercuries Taiwan MastersTaiwan 300,000 Lin Wen-ko (1) 6
12 Oct Kolon Korea OpenSouth Korea ₩500,000,000 John Daly (n/a) 6
19 Oct Macau OpenMacau 250,000 Colin Montgomerie (n/a) 6
26 Oct Sanya OpenChina 200,000 Marcus Both (1) 6 New tournament
9 Nov Hero Honda MastersIndia 300,000 Arjun Atwal (6) 6
16 Nov Volvo China OpenChina 500,000 Zhang Lianwei (6) 6
23 Nov Acer Taiwan OpenTaiwan 300,000 Jason Dawes (1)6
7 Dec Omega Hong Kong OpenHong Kong 700,000 Pádraig Harrington (n/a)26
14 Dec Volvo Masters of AsiaMalaysia 500,000 Thongchai Jaidee (4)20

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[3] [4]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 284,019
2 254,870
3 228,787
4 156,074
5 128,809

Notes and References

  1. News: Asian PGA gets cash injection . New Straits Times . Malaysia . 26 May 1999 . 104 (38 in paper) . 25 June 2023 . Google News Archive.
  2. Web site: Tournament schedule 2003 season . Asian Tour . 24 June 2023.
  3. Web site: 2003 Asian PGA Tour Order of Merit . Asian Tour . 24 June 2023.
  4. News: Order of Merit for Atwal . The Times of India . 15 December 2003 . 24 June 2023.
  5. Web site: Atwal Voted Asian PGA Players' Player Of The Year . 8 January 2023 . 15 December 2003 . Asian PGA . https://web.archive.org/web/20040102083342/http://asianpga.com/article.php?sid=346 . 2 January 2004 . Indian star Arjun Atwal capped a stellar season at the Annual Asian PGA Tour Gala Dinner on Sunday, earning the prestigious Players' Player of the Year award.. Australian Marcus Both, winner of the inaugural Sanya Open in China, was named Rookie of the Year..