2003 PGA Tour of Australasia

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The 2003 PGA Tour of Australasia was a series of men's professional golf events played mainly in Australia and New Zealand. The main tournaments on the PGA Tour of Australasia are played in the southern summer so they are split between the first and last months of the year. It was the first year of tour's new developmental series; known as the Von Nida Tour and was played in the middle of the year.

Schedule[]

The table below shows the 2003 schedule. It only lists official money events on the main tour.

Date Tournament Location Winner OWGR
points[1] 		Other
tours[a] 		Notes
19 Jan Holden New Zealand Open New Zealand New Zealand Mahal Pearce (1) 16
2 Feb Heineken Classic Victoria South Africa Ernie Els (n/a) 30 EUR
9 Feb ANZ Championship New South Wales England Paul Casey (n/a) 30 EUR
16 Feb Johnnie Walker Classic Western Australia South Africa Ernie Els (n/a) 44 ASA, EUR
2 Mar Jacob's Creek Open South Australia United States Joe Ogilvie (n/a) 12 NWT
9 Mar Clearwater Classic New Zealand United States Ryan Palmer (n/a) 12 NWT
7 Dec MasterCard Masters Victoria Australia Robert Allenby (8) 18
14 Dec Australian PGA Championship Queensland Australia Peter Senior (18) 16
21 Dec Hillross Australian Open Victoria Australia Peter Lonard (6) 32 Flagship event
  1. ^ ASA − Asian Tour; EUR − European Tour; NWT − Nationwide Tour.

Source:[2][3]

Leading money winners[]

Position Player Prize money (A$)
1 Australia Peter Lonard 604,000
2 Australia Andre Stolz 395,269
3 Australia Peter Senior 354,196
4 Australia 284,056
5 Australia Nick O'Hern 279,470
6 Australia Jarrod Moseley 251,434
7 Australia Peter Senior 210,860
8 Australia Craig Parry 229,855
9 New Zealand Mahal Pearce 203,578
10 Australia Peter O'Malley 168,363
n/a[a] United States Joe Ogilvie 219,383
United States Ryan Palmer 205,204
  1. ^ Ogilvie and Palmer were non-members and earned their winnings via co-sanctioned Nationwide Tour events.

Source:[4]

Von Nida Tour[]

The Von Nida Tour consisted of 10 tournaments.[5]

Date Tournament Location Winner Ref.
16 Mar Bega Cheese NSW PGA Championship New South Wales Australia [6]
23 Mar New South Wales Australia Scott Hend [7]
30 Mar New South Wales Australia Marcus Fraser [8]
9 May Schweppes SA PGA Championship South Australia Australia [9]
25 May WA PGA Championship Western Australia Australia Kim Felton [10]
20 Jul Queensland Australia Peter Senior [11]
12 Oct Links Group Victorian PGA Championship Victoria Australia [12]
2 Nov QLD Group Queensland Open Queensland Australia Scott Hend [13]
9 Nov Queensland PGA Championship Queensland Australia [14]
23 Nov GolfSkins New South Wales Open New South Wales Australia [15]

Order of Merit leaders[]

Scott Hend won the Order of Merit, with second. The leading five are given below.[16]

Position Player Prize money (A$)
1 Australia Scott Hend 52,006
2 Australia 36,661
3 Australia 34,015
4 Australia 27,817
5 Australia Matthew Millar 25,958

References[]

  1. ^ "Events – PGA Tour of Australasia – 2003". Official World Golf Ranking.
  2. ^ 2003 PGA Tour of Australasia Schedule
  3. ^ "Tour Information Centre – 2003". PGA Tour of Australasia.
  4. ^ "2003 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit". Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  5. ^ "2003 Von Nida Schedule". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 1 March 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  6. ^ Willis, Rob (16 March 2003). "Downes by Eight Shots in Bega Cheese NSW PGA". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 7 January 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  7. ^ Willis, Rob (23 March 2003). "Hend wins playoff to take Toyota Southern Classic". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 7 January 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  8. ^ Hilyard, Brad (30 March 2003). "Marcus Fraser wins the Von Nida Tour's Volvo Trucks Klassik". PGA of Australia. Archived from the original on 29 May 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Wire to wire win for Bouvier". PGA of Australia. 9 May 2003. Archived from the original on 7 January 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Felton wins at a canter". PGA of Australia. 25 May 2003. Archived from the original on 7 January 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Senior wins QLD Masters in a playoff". PGA of Australia. 21 July 2003. Archived from the original on 9 January 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  12. ^ "VIC VNT Victory for Doyle". PGA of Australia. 12 October 2003. Archived from the original on 29 May 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  13. ^ "Scott Hend takes out QLD Open". PGA of Australia. 2 November 2003. Archived from the original on 19 January 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  14. ^ "Diaz wins QLD PGA in a play-off". PGA of Australia. 9 November 2003. Archived from the original on 19 January 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  15. ^ "Carmichael wins NSW Open". PGA of Australia. 24 November 2003. Archived from the original on 20 May 2004. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  16. ^ "Von Nida Tour Order of Merit following the NSW Open". PGA of Australia. 23 November 2003. Archived from the original on 4 December 2003. Retrieved 25 December 2021.

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