2003 Tour de las Américas

The 2003 Tour de las Américas, titled as the 2003 American Express Tour de las Américas for sponsorship reasons, was the 12th season of the Tour de las Américas (formerly the South American Tour), the main professional golf tour in Latin America since it was formed in 1991.

2003 Tour de las Américas season

Duration	8 January 2003 (2003-01-08) – 14 December 2003 (2003-12-14)
Number of official events	12
Most wins	Andrés Romero (2)
Order of Merit	Eduardo Argiró
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American Express title sponsorship

In May, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with American Express, being renamed as the American Express Tour de las Américas.^[1]

Schedule

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

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (US$)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]
11 Jan	Caribbean Open	Bahamas	50,000	Rafael Gómez (1)	n/a
18 Jan	Samsung Panama Open	Panama	200,000	Charles Warren (1)	n/a
26 Jan	Cable and Wireless Panama Masters	Panama	40,000	Andrés Romero (1)	n/a
2 Feb	Credomatic MasterCard Costa Rica Open	Costa Rica	100,000	Sebastián Fernández (2)	6	CHA
9 Feb	Telefónica Centro America Abierto de Guatemala	Guatemala	100,000	Daniel Vancsik (1)	6	CHA
16 Feb	American Express Los Encinos Open	Mexico	100,000	James Hepworth (n/a)	6	CHA
25 May	Acapulco Fest Invitational	Mexico	50,000	José Octavio González (1)	n/a
16 Nov	Bancolombia American Express Serrezuela Masters	Colombia	50,000	Ángel Romero (2)	n/a
23 Nov	Abierto de Medellín	Colombia	50,000	Andrés Romero (2)	n/a
30 Nov	American Express Trump Brazil Open	Brazil	100,000	Carlos Franco (5)	n/a
14 Dec	Mexican Open	Mexico	300,000	Eduardo Herrera (1)	n/a

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Tour de las Américas, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse ($)	Winner
11 Oct	Copa de Naciones	Mexico	n/a	Felipe Aguilar and Roy Mackenzie

Order of Merit

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

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Eduardo Argiró	48,174
2	Juan Abbate	36,221
3	Sebastián Fernández	27,456
4	Daniel Vancsik	26,146
5	Rafael Gómez	24,800

Notes

1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Tour de las Américas events they had won up to and including that tournament.
2. CHA − Challenge Tour.