2003 PGA Tour of Australasia

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

Duration	16 January 2003 (2003-01-16) – 21 December 2003 (2003-12-21)
Number of official events	9
Order of Merit	Peter Lonard
← 2002 2004 →

Schedule

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

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

2003 Von Nida Tour season

Duration	13 March 2003 (2003-03-13) – 23 November 2003 (2003-11-23)
Number of official events	10[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

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

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

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.