2003 Asian PGA Tour

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The 2003 Asian PGA Tour was the ninth season of the Asian PGA Tour, the main men's professional golf tour in Asia excluding Japan.

Tournament schedule[]

The table below shows the 2003 Asian PGA Tour schedule.[1] The season began in December 2002 with the Okinawa Open.

Date Tournament Country Prize
fund (US$)		 Winner OWGR
points		 Notes
22 Dec Okinawa Open Japan 830,000 Japan Hiroyuki Fujita (n/a) 12 Co-sanctioned with the Japan Golf Tour
26 Jan Caltex Masters Singapore 900,000 China Zhang Lianwei (4) 20 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
16 Feb Johnnie Walker Classic Australia 1,600,000 South Africa Ernie Els (n/a) 44 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
and PGA Tour of Australasia
23 Feb Carlsberg Malaysian Open Malaysia 1,100,000 India Arjun Atwal (5) 20 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
2 Mar Myanmar Open Myanmar 200,000 Taiwan Lin Keng-chi (5) 6
16 Mar Phoenix Dynasty Cup China n/a Asia n/a Team event
30 Mar Royal Challenge Indian Open India 300,000 United States Mike Cunning (1) 6
6 Apr Thailand Open Thailand 150,000 United States Edward Loar (1) 6
4 May Maekyung Open South Korea 400,000 South Korea (1) 6
29 Jun SK Telecom Open South Korea 400,000 South Korea K. J. Choi (2) 6
14 Sep Mercuries Masters Taiwan 300,000 Taiwan (1) 6
12 Oct Kolon Korean Open South Korea 400,000 United States John Daly (n/a) 6
19 Oct Macau Open Macau 250,000 Scotland Colin Montgomerie (n/a) 6
26 Oct China 200,000 Australia Marcus Both (1) 6
9 Nov Hero Honda Masters India 300,000 India Arjun Atwal (6) 6
16 Nov Volvo China Open China 500,000 China Zhang Lianwei (5) 6
23 Nov Acer Taiwan Open Taiwan 300,000 Australia (1) 6
7 Dec Omega Hong Kong Open Hong Kong 700,000 Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington (n/a) 26 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
14 Dec Volvo Masters of Asia Malaysia 500,000 Thailand Thongchai Jaidee (4) 20

Order of Merit[]

Rank Player[2] Country Earnings (US$)
1 Arjun Atwal  India 284,019
2 Zhang Lianwei  China 254,870
3 Thongchai Jaidee  Thailand 228,787
4 Thaworn Wiratchant  Thailand 156,074
5 Brad Kennedy  Australia 128,809
6 Simon Yates  Scotland 121,763
7 Thammanoon Sriroj  Thailand 121,678
8  South Korea 106,569
9 Lin Keng-chi  Taiwan 97,280
10  Australia 94,985

References[]

  1. ^ "2003 Schedule". Asian PGA Tour. Archived from the original on 2003-12-20.
  2. ^ "2003 Order of Merit". Asian PGA Tour. Archived from the original on 2004-02-04.
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