2003 PGA EuroPro Tour

2003 PGA EuroPro Tour season

Duration	1 May 2003 (2003-05-01) – 26 October 2003 (2003-10-26)
Number of official events	18
Most wins	David Orr (2) Mark Pullan (2) Tom Whitehouse (2)
Order of Merit	Tom Whitehouse
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The 2003 PGA EuroPro Tour was the second season of the PGA EuroPro Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2003 season. ^{[1] [2]}

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (£)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]
3 May	Sky Sports Trophy	Monmouthshire	40,000	Bradley Dredge (1)
16 May	Pokermillion.com Trophy	Derbyshire	40,000	Mark Smith (1)
23 May	Peugeot International	West Yorkshire	40,000	Tom Whitehouse (1)
29 May	Quinta da Ria	Portugal	€80,000	John Mellor (1)
5 Jun	Vilamoura	Portugal	€80,000	Graham Rankin (1)
12 Jun	Palmares	Portugal	€80,000	Antonio Sobrinho (1)
20 Jun	Quinta da Marinha Oitavos	Portugal	€92,000	Peter Whiteford (2)
28 Jun	Matchroom Golf Management International	Kent	40,000	Sam Pigott (1)
3 Jul	Stoke by Nayland Championship	Essex	40,000	Thomas Aiken (1)
18 Jul	Owston Hall Trophy	South Yorkshire	40,000	Mark Pullan (1)
1 Aug	ISM Classic	Derbyshire	40,000	Oliver Whiteley (1)
8 Aug	Commercial Vehicle Direct Insurance Trophy	Greater Manchester	40,000	Paul Streeter (1)
22 Aug	Bristol & London Open	Bristol	40,000	Matthew King (1)
30 Aug	Countryside Properties Classic	Cheshire	40,000	David Orr (2)
5 Sep	Glenmuir Classic	East Lothian	40,000	Mark Pullan (2)
3 Oct	Wales National Classic	South East Wales	40,000	Tom Whitehouse (2)
10 Oct	Ufford Park Classic	Suffolk	40,000	Chris Sands (1)
26 Oct	Oceânico Developments Tour Championship	Portugal	75,000	David Orr (3)

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Pound sterling. ^[3] The top four players on the Order of Merit (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2004 Challenge Tour. ^[4]

Position	Player	Prize money (£)	Status earned
1	Tom Whitehouse	34,182	Qualified for European Tour (Top 25 in Q School)
2	David Orr	33,999	Promoted to Challenge Tour
3	Graham Rankin	27,169
4	Peter Whiteford	25,201
5	Matthew King	24,291
6	Mark Pullan	21,680
7	Michiel Bothma	20,222
8	Sam Pigott	19,826
9	Chris Sands	18,500
10	Ryan Fenwick	17,443

Notes

1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA EuroPro Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the PGA EuroPro Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the Challenge Tour.

References

1. "2003 Tournament schedule". PGA EuroPro Tour. Archived from the original on 5 December 2003. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
2. "2003 Tournaments". PGA EuroPro Tour. Archived from the original on 7 December 2003. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
3. "2003 Order of Merit". PGA EuroPro Tour. Archived from the original on 7 December 2003. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
4. "The Tour Championship". PGA EuroPro Tour. Archived from the original on 3 December 2003. Retrieved 2 October 2022.

External links

• Official website