2003 Champions Tour

2003 Champions Tour season

Duration	January 31, 2003 (2003-01-31) – October 26, 2003 (2003-10-26)
Number of official events	31
Most wins	Craig Stadler (3)
Charles Schwab Cup	Tom Watson
Money list	Tom Watson
Player of the Year	Tom Watson
Rookie of the Year	Craig Stadler
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The 2003 Champions Tour was the 24th season of the Champions Tour (formerly the Senior PGA Tour), the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2003 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (US$)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	Notes
Feb 2	MasterCard Championship	Hawaii	1,500,000	Dana Quigley (8)
Feb 9	Royal Caribbean Golf Classic	Florida	1,450,000	Dave Barr (1)
Feb 16	ACE Group Classic	Florida	1,600,000	Vicente Fernández (4)
Feb 23	Verizon Classic	Florida	1,600,000	Bruce Fleisher (16)
Mar 9	MasterCard Classic	Mexico	2,000,000	David Eger (1)
Mar 16	SBC Classic	California	1,500,000	Tom Purtzer (1)
Mar 23	Toshiba Senior Classic	California	1,550,000	Rodger Davis (1)
Apr 20	Emerald Coast Classic	Florida	1,450,000	Bob Gilder (7)
Apr 27	Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf	Georgia	3,000,000	Bruce Lietzke (6)
May 4	Bruno's Memorial Classic	Alabama	1,400,000	Tom Jenkins (4)
May 11	Kinko's Classic of Austin	Texas	1,600,000	Hale Irwin (37)	New tournament
May 18	Bayer Advantage Celebrity Pro-Am	Missouri	1,600,000	Jay Sigel (8)	Pro-Am
May 25	Columbus Southern Open	Georgia	1,500,000	Morris Hatalsky (2)	New tournament
Jun 1	Music City Championship	Tennessee	1,400,000	Jim Ahern (2)
Jun 8	Senior PGA Championship	Pennsylvania	2,000,000	John Jacobs (5)	Senior major championship
Jun 22	Farmers Charity Classic	Michigan	1,500,000	Doug Tewell (7)
Jun 29	U.S. Senior Open	Ohio	2,600,000	Bruce Lietzke (7)	Senior major championship
Jul 13	Ford Senior Players Championship	Michigan	2,500,000	Craig Stadler (1)	Champions Tour major championship
Jul 27	Senior British Open	Scotland	1,600,000	Tom Watson (5)	Senior major championship
Aug 3	FleetBoston Classic	Massachusetts	1,500,000	Allen Doyle (8)
Aug 10	3M Championship	Minnesota	1,750,000	Wayne Levi (1)
Aug 17	Long Island Classic	New York	1,500,000	Jim Thorpe (6)
Aug 24	Allianz Championship	Iowa	1,500,000	Don Pooley (2)
Aug 31	JELD-WEN Tradition	Oregon	2,200,000	Tom Watson (6)	Champions Tour major championship
Sep 7	Kroger Classic	Ohio	1,500,000	Gil Morgan (22)
Sep 14	Constellation Energy Classic	Maryland	1,500,000	Larry Nelson (17)
Sep 21	SAS Championship	North Carolina	1,800,000	D. A. Weibring (1)
Sep 28	Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn	North Carolina	1,500,000	Craig Stadler (2)	New tournament
Oct 12	Turtle Bay Championship	Hawaii	1,500,000	Hale Irwin (38)
Oct 19	SBC Championship	Texas	1,500,000	Craig Stadler (3)
Oct 26	Charles Schwab Cup Championship	California	2,500,000	Jim Thorpe (7)	Tour Championship

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the Champions Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse ($)	Winners	Notes
Nov 23	UBS Cup	Georgia	3,000,000	Tie ( Team USA retain)	Team event
Dec 7	Office Depot Father/Son Challenge	Florida	1,000,000	Hale Irwin and son Steve Irwin	Team event

Charles Schwab Cup

The Charles Schwab Cup was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. ^{[2] [3]}

Position	Player	Points
1	Tom Watson	4,751
2	Jim Thorpe	3,381
3	Bruce Lietzke	2,867
4	Tom Kite	2,809
5	Gil Morgan	2,663

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars. ^{[4] [5]}

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Tom Watson	1,853,108
2	Jim Thorpe	1,830,306
3	Gil Morgan	1,620,206
4	Bruce Lietzke	1,610,826
5	Hale Irwin	1,607,391

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)	Tom Watson	[5]
Rookie of the Year	Craig Stadler	[5]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)	Tom Watson	[6] [5]
Comeback Player of the Year	Don Pooley	[5]

Notes

1. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Champions Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Champions Tour members.

References

1. "2003 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 4, 2003. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
2. "2003 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on January 10, 2004. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
3. "Thorpe holds off Watson for Schwab Cup Championship" . The Times-News. Twin Falls, Idaho. October 27, 2003. p. 7 (A-3 in paper). Retrieved November 29, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
4. "2003 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
5. "Watson named Champions Tour player of the year". The San Diego Union-Tribune. December 8, 2003. Retrieved November 29, 2023. Watson led the money list with $1.8 million, and his scoringaverage of 68.31 also was tops on the Champions Tour... Craig Stadler, who turned 50 in June, was voted rookie of theyear for his three victories, including a major... Don Pooley was voted comeback player on the Champions Tour.
6. "2003 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 29, 2023.

External links

• Official website