2003 Asian PGA Tour

2003 Asian PGA Tour season

Duration	19 December 2002 (2002-12-19) – 14 December 2003 (2003-12-14)
Number of official events	18
Most wins	Arjun Atwal (2) Zhang Lianwei (2)
Order of Merit	Arjun Atwal
Players' Player of the Year	Arjun Atwal
Rookie of the Year	Marcus Both
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The 2003 Asian PGA Tour, titled as the 2003 Davidoff Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the ninth season of the Asian PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in Asia (outside of Japan) since it was established in 1995.

It was the fifth season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Davidoff, that was announced in May 1999. ^[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]	Notes
22 Dec	Asia Japan Okinawa Open	Japan	¥100,000,000	Hiroyuki Fujita (n/a)	12	JPN	New to Asian PGA Tour
26 Jan	Caltex Masters	Singapore	900,000	Zhang Lianwei (5)	20	EUR
16 Feb	Johnnie Walker Classic	Australia	£1,000,000	Ernie Els (n/a)	44	ANZ, EUR
23 Feb	Carlsberg Malaysian Open	Malaysia	1,100,000	Arjun Atwal (5)	20	EUR
2 Mar	Myanmar Open	Myanmar	200,000	Lin Keng-chi (5)	6
30 Mar	Royal Challenge Indian Open	India	300,000	Mike Cunning (1)	6
6 Apr	Thailand Open	Thailand	150,000	Edward Loar (1)	6
4 May	Maekyung Open	South Korea	₩500,000,000	Chung Joon (1)	6	KOR
29 Jun	SK Telecom Open	South Korea	₩500,000,000	K. J. Choi (2)	6	KOR
14 Sep	Mercuries Taiwan Masters	Taiwan	300,000	Lin Wen-ko (1)	6
12 Oct	Kolon Korea Open	South Korea	₩500,000,000	John Daly (n/a)	6	KOR
19 Oct	Macau Open	Macau	250,000	Colin Montgomerie (n/a)	6
26 Oct	Sanya Open	China	200,000	Marcus Both (1)	6		New tournament
9 Nov	Hero Honda Masters	India	300,000	Arjun Atwal (6)	6
16 Nov	Volvo China Open	China	500,000	Zhang Lianwei (6)	6
23 Nov	Acer Taiwan Open	Taiwan	300,000	Jason Dawes (1)	6
7 Dec	Omega Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	700,000	Pádraig Harrington (n/a)	26	EUR
14 Dec	Volvo Masters of Asia	Malaysia	500,000	Thongchai Jaidee (4)	20

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars. ^{[3] [4]}

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Arjun Atwal	284,019
2	Zhang Lianwei	254,870
3	Thongchai Jaidee	228,787
4	Thaworn Wiratchant	156,074
5	Brad Kennedy	128,809

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Players' Player of the Year	Arjun Atwal	[5]
Rookie of the Year	Marcus Both	[5]

Notes

1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Asian PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Asian PGA Tour members.
2. ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; EUR − European Tour; JPN − Japan Golf Tour; KOR − Korean Tour.

References

1. "Asian PGA gets cash injection". New Straits Times. Malaysia. 26 May 1999. p. 104 (38 in paper). Retrieved 25 June 2023– via Google News Archive.
2. "Tournament schedule 2003 season". Asian Tour. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
3. "2003 Asian PGA Tour Order of Merit". Asian Tour. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
4. "Order of Merit for Atwal". The Times of India. 15 December 2003. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
5. "Atwal Voted Asian PGA Players' Player Of The Year". Asian PGA. 15 December 2003. Archived from the original on 2 January 2004. Retrieved 8 January 2023. Indian star Arjun Atwal capped a stellar season at the Annual Asian PGA Tour Gala Dinner on Sunday, earning the prestigious Players' Player of the Year award.. Australian Marcus Both, winner of the inaugural Sanya Open in China, was named Rookie of the Year.

External links

• Official website