2003 European Tour

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2003 European Tour season
Duration21 November 2002 (2002-11-21) – 18 November 2003 (2003-11-18)
Number of official events45
Most wins4 – Ernie Els
Order of MeritErnie Els
Golfer of the YearErnie Els
Sir Henry Cotton rookie of the yearPeter Lawrie
← 2002
2004 →

The 2003 European Tour was the 32nd season of golf tournaments since the European Tour officially began in 1972.

The Order of Merit was won for the first time by South African Ernie Els.

Schedule[]

The table below shows the 2003 European Tour schedule which was made up of 45 tournaments counting towards the Order of Merit, which included the four major championships and three World Golf Championships, and three non-counting "Approved Special Events".

There were four new tournaments to the European Tour in 2003, the Nordic Open[1] and three dual-ranking events, the Aa St Omer Open, BMW Russian Open and Mallorca Classic. Lost from the tour schedule were the English Open, Great North Open and the dual-ranking North West of Ireland Open.[2]

Dates Tournament Host country Winner[a] OWGR
points[3]		 Notes
21–24 Nov BMW Asian Open Taiwan Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington (6) 16 Co-sanctioned with the Davidoff Tour
28 Nov – 1 Dec Omega Hong Kong Open Hong Kong Sweden Freddie Jacobson (1) 16 Co-sanctioned with the Davidoff Tour
9–12 Jan South African Airways Open South Africa South Africa Trevor Immelman (1) 32 Co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour
16–19 Jan Dunhill Championship South Africa England Mark Foster (1) 18 Co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour
23–26 Jan Caltex Masters Singapore China Zhang Lianwei (1) 20 Co-sanctioned with the Davidoff Tour
30 Jan – 2 Feb Heineken Classic Australia South Africa Ernie Els (12) 30 Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia
6–9 Feb ANZ Championship Australia England Paul Casey (2) 30 Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia
13–16 Feb Johnnie Walker Classic Australia South Africa Ernie Els (13) 44 Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia and the Davidoff Tour
20–23 Feb Carlsberg Malaysian Open Malaysia India Arjun Atwal (2) 20 Co-sanctioned with the Davidoff Tour
26 Feb – 2 Mar WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship United States United States Tiger Woods (n/a) 76 World Golf Championships
6–9 Mar Dubai Desert Classic United Arab Emirates Netherlands Robert-Jan Derksen (1) 30
13–16 Mar Qatar Masters Qatar South Africa Darren Fichardt (2) 24
20–23 Mar Madeira Island Open Portugal Wales Bradley Dredge (1) 24 Dual ranking event with the Challenge Tour
10–13 Apr Masters Tournament United States Canada Mike Weir (n/a) 100 Major championship
17–20 Apr Algarve Open de Portugal Portugal Sweden Freddie Jacobson (2) 24
24–27 Apr Canarias Open de España Spain England Kenneth Ferrie (1) 24
1–4 May Italian Open Telecom Italia Italy Sweden Mathias Grönberg (4) 24
8–11 May Benson and Hedges International Open England England Paul Casey (3) 42
15–18 May Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe Germany Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington (7) 48
22–25 May Volvo PGA Championship England Spain Ignacio Garrido (2) 64 Flagship event
29 May – 1 Jun Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open Wales England Ian Poulter (4) 24
5–8 Jun Daily Telegraph Damovo British Masters England England Greg Owen (1) 24
12–15 Jun U.S. Open United States United States Jim Furyk (n/a) 100 Major championship
12–15 Jun Aa St Omer Open France Australia Brett Rumford (1) 16 Alternate to the U.S. Open; dual ranking event with the Challenge Tour
19–22 Jun Diageo Championship at Gleneagles Scotland Denmark Søren Kjeldsen (1) 24
26–29 Jun Open de France France England Philip Golding (1) 24
3–6 Jul Smurfit European Open Ireland Wales Phillip Price (3) 44
10–13 Jul Barclays Scottish Open Scotland South Africa Ernie Els (14) 50
17–20 Jul The Open Championship England United States Ben Curtis (1) 100 Major championship
24–27 Jul Nissan Irish Open Ireland New Zealand Michael Campbell (6) 24
31 Jul – 3 Aug Scandic Carlsberg Scandinavian Masters Sweden Australia Adam Scott (4) 24
7–10 Aug Nordic Open Denmark England Ian Poulter (5) 24
14–17 Aug PGA Championship United States United States Shaun Micheel (n/a) 100 Major championship
14–17 Aug BMW Russian Open Russia Australia Marcus Fraser (1) 16 Alternate to the PGA Championship; dual ranking event with the Challenge Tour
21–24 Aug WGC-NEC Invitational United States Northern Ireland Darren Clarke (10) 78 World Golf Championships
28–31 Aug BMW International Open Germany England Lee Westwood (15) 30
4–7 Sep Omega European Masters Switzerland South Africa Ernie Els (15) 30
11–14 Sep Trophée Lancôme France South Africa Retief Goosen (9) 26
18–21 Sep Linde German Masters Germany South Korea K. J. Choi (1) 48
25–28 Sep Dunhill Links Championship Scotland England Lee Westwood (16) 52
2–5 Oct WGC-American Express Championship United States United States Tiger Woods (n/a) 76 World Golf Championships
9–12 Oct Dutch Open Netherlands Netherlands Maarten Lafeber (1) 24
16–19 Oct HSBC World Match Play Championship England South Africa Ernie Els (n/a) n/a[b] Approved special event
16–19 Oct Turespaña Mallorca Classic Spain Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez (7) 16 Alternate to the World Match Play; dual ranking event with the Challenge Tour
23–26 Oct Telefonica Open de Madrid Spain Argentina Ricardo González (2) 30
30 Oct – 2 Nov Volvo Masters Andalucia Spain Sweden Freddie Jacobson (3) 46
6–9 Nov Seve Trophy Spain United Kingdom Great Britain & Republic of Ireland Ireland n/a Approved special event; team event
15–18 Nov WGC-World Cup United States South Africa South Africa n/a World Golf Championships; approved special event; team event
  1. ^ The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names show the number of official career wins they had on the European Tour up to and including that event. Totals are only shown for members of the European Tour and are inclusive of the three United States-based major championships which were included on the schedule for the first time in 1998 and have been retrospectively recognised as official tour wins. Victories in "Approved Special Events" are not recognised as official tour wins.
  2. ^ Limited field events were not eligible for ranking points between 2000 and 2003.[4]

Order of Merit[]

In 2003, the European Tour's money list was known as the "Order of Merit". It was calculated in euro, although around half of the events had prize funds which were fixed in other currencies, mostly either British pounds or U.S. dollars. In these instances the amounts were converted into euro at the exchange rate for the week that the tournament was played. The top 10 golfers in 2003 were:

Position Player Country Prize money (€)
1 Ernie Els  South Africa 2,975,374
2 Darren Clarke  Northern Ireland 2,210,051
3 Pádraig Harrington  Ireland 1,555,623
4 Freddie Jacobson  Sweden 1,521,303
5 Ian Poulter  England 1,500,855
6 Paul Casey  England 1,360,456
7 Lee Westwood  England 1,330,713
8 Thomas Bjørn  Denmark 1,327,148
9 Brian Davis  England 1,245,513
10 Phillip Price  Wales 1,234,018

Awards[]

Award Winner Country
European Tour Golfer of the Year Ernie Els  South Africa
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Peter Lawrie  Ireland

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Nordic Open will make debut in 2003". ESPN. Reuters. 6 November 2002. Retrieved 5 May 2003.
  2. ^ "Golf". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, North Carolina. 27 November 2002. p. 2C. Retrieved 5 May 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Events | European Tour | 2003". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  4. ^ "How the ranking evolved". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 5 May 2020.

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