2003 Champions Tour

The 2003 Champions Tour was the 24th season for the golf tour now known as PGA Tour Champions. The tour, officially founded in 1980 as the Senior PGA Tour, adopted the "Champions Tour" name starting with this season, and used that name through its 2015 season.

The 2003 season consisted of 31 official money events with purses totaling $53,600,000. For the first time, the Senior British Open was recognized as a Champions Tour major, bringing the list of senior majors to its current total of five. Craig Stadler won the most tournaments, three. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 2003 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Senior majors are shown in bold.

DateTournamentLocationPurse ($)WinnerScore1st prize ($)
Feb 2MasterCard ChampionshipHawaii1,500,000 Dana Quigley (8)198 (−18)250,000
Feb 9Royal Caribbean Golf ClassicFlorida1,450,000 Dave Barr (1)207 (−9)217,500
Feb 16ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,600,000 Vicente Fernández (4)202 (−14)240,000
Feb 23Verizon ClassicFlorida1,600,000 Bruce Fleisher (16)205 (−8)240,000
Mar 9MasterCard ClassicMexico2,000,000 David Eger (1)204 (−12)300,000
Mar 16SBC ClassicCalifornia1,500,000 Tom Purtzer (1)135 (−9)225,000
Mar 23Toshiba Senior ClassicCalifornia1,550,000 Rodger Davis (1)197 (−16)232,500
Apr 20Emerald Coast ClassicFlorida1,450,000 Bob Gilder (7)193 (−17)217,500
Apr 27Liberty Mutual Legends of GolfGeorgia3,000,000 Bruce Lietzke (6)206 (−10)354,000
May 4Bruno's Memorial ClassicAlabama1,400,000 Tom Jenkins (4)200 (−16)210,000
May 11Kinko's Classic of AustinTexas1,600,000 Hale Irwin (37)208 (−8)240,000
May 18Bayer Advantage Celebrity Pro-AmMissouri1,600,000 Jay Sigel (8)205 (−11)240,000
May 25Columbus Southern OpenGeorgia1,500,000 Morris Hatalsky (2)198 (−12)225,000
Jun 1Music City Championship at Gaylord OprylandTennessee1,400,000 Jim Ahern (2)196 (−20)210,000
Jun 8Senior PGA ChampionshipPennsylvania2,000,000 John Jacobs (5)276 (−4)360,000
Jun 22Farmers Charity ClassicMichigan1,500,000 Doug Tewell (7)201 (−15)225,000
Jun 29U.S. Senior OpenOhio2,600,000 Bruce Lietzke (7)207 (−7)470,000
Jul 13Ford Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan2,500,000 Craig Stadler (1)271 (−17)375,000
Jul 27Senior British OpenScotland1,600,000 Tom Watson (5)263 (−17)255,730
Aug 3FleetBoston ClassicMassachusetts1,500,000 Allen Doyle (8)198 (−15)225,000
Aug 103M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000 Wayne Levi (1)205 (−11)262,500
Aug 17Long Island ClassicNew York1,500,000 Jim Thorpe (6)195 (−15)225,000
Aug 24Allianz ChampionshipIowa1,500,000 Don Pooley (2)200 (−10)225,000
Aug 31JELD-WEN TraditionOregon2,200,000 Tom Watson (6)273 (−15)330,000
Sep 7Kroger ClassicOhio1,500,000 Gil Morgan (22)200 (−16)225,000
Sep 14Constellation Energy ClassicMaryland1,500,000 Larry Nelson (17)207 (−10)225,000
Sep 21SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,800,000 D. A. Weibring (1)203 (−13)270,000
Sep 28Greater Hickory Classic at Rock BarnNorth Carolina1,500,000 Craig Stadler (2)201 (−15)225,000
Oct 12Turtle Bay ChampionshipHawaii1,500,000 Hale Irwin (38)208 (−8)225,000
Oct 19SBC ChampionshipTexas1,500,000 Craig Stadler (3)198 (−15)225,000
Oct 26Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipCalifornia2,500,000 Jim Thorpe (7)268 (−20)440,000

Source:[1]

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Tom Watson United States68.81
2Craig Stadler United States69.38
3Hale Irwin United States69.59
4D. A. Weibring United States69.70
5Gil Morgan United States69.71

Source:[2]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Tom Watson United States1,853,108142
2Jim Thorpe United States1,830,306302
3Gil Morgan United States1,620,206251
4Bruce Lietzke United States1,610,826222
5Hale Irwin United States1,607,391222

Source:[3]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Hale Irwin United States18,557,56838
2Gil Morgan United States12,712,79922
3Jim Colbert United States11,184,38420
4Larry Nelson United States10,595,59517
5Bruce Fleisher United States10,467,77216

Source:[4]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Tom Watson United States
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Tom Watson United States
Charles Schwab CupTom Watson United States
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)Tom Watson United States
Rookie of the YearCraig Stadler United States
Comeback Player of the YearDon Pooley United States

See also

References
  1. "2014 Champions Tour Media Guide: Section 5: All-Time Records" (PDF). PGA Tour. pp. 34–35. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  2. "Scoring Average – 2003 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  3. "Money Leaders – 2003 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  4. "Career Money Leaders – 2003 Champions Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
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