2003 Champions Tour

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.

2003 Champions Tour season
DurationJanuary 31, 2003 (2003-01-31) – October 26, 2003 (2003-10-26)
Number of official events31
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
2002
2004

Schedule

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

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)
Winner[lower-alpha 1] Notes
Feb 2MasterCard ChampionshipHawaii1,500,000 Dana Quigley (8)
Feb 9Royal Caribbean Golf ClassicFlorida1,450,000 Dave Barr (1)
Feb 16ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,600,000 Vicente Fernández (4)
Feb 23Verizon ClassicFlorida1,600,000 Bruce Fleisher (16)
Mar 9MasterCard ClassicMexico2,000,000 David Eger (1)
Mar 16SBC ClassicCalifornia1,500,000 Tom Purtzer (1)
Mar 23Toshiba Senior ClassicCalifornia1,550,000 Rodger Davis (1)
Apr 20Emerald Coast ClassicFlorida1,450,000 Bob Gilder (7)
Apr 27Liberty Mutual Legends of GolfGeorgia3,000,000 Bruce Lietzke (6)
May 4Bruno's Memorial ClassicAlabama1,400,000 Tom Jenkins (4)
May 11Kinko's Classic of AustinTexas1,600,000 Hale Irwin (37)New tournament
May 18Bayer Advantage Celebrity Pro-AmMissouri1,600,000 Jay Sigel (8)Pro-Am
May 25Columbus Southern OpenGeorgia1,500,000 Morris Hatalsky (2)New tournament
Jun 1Music City ChampionshipTennessee1,400,000 Jim Ahern (2)
Jun 8Senior PGA ChampionshipPennsylvania2,000,000 John Jacobs (5)Senior major championship
Jun 22Farmers Charity ClassicMichigan1,500,000 Doug Tewell (7)
Jun 29U.S. Senior OpenOhio2,600,000 Bruce Lietzke (7)Senior major championship
Jul 13Ford Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan2,500,000 Craig Stadler (1)Champions Tour major championship
Jul 27Senior British OpenScotland1,600,000 Tom Watson (5)Senior major championship
Aug 3FleetBoston ClassicMassachusetts1,500,000 Allen Doyle (8)
Aug 103M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000 Wayne Levi (1)
Aug 17Long Island ClassicNew York1,500,000 Jim Thorpe (6)
Aug 24Allianz ChampionshipIowa1,500,000 Don Pooley (2)
Aug 31JELD-WEN TraditionOregon2,200,000 Tom Watson (6)Champions Tour major championship
Sep 7Kroger ClassicOhio1,500,000 Gil Morgan (22)
Sep 14Constellation Energy ClassicMaryland1,500,000 Larry Nelson (17)
Sep 21SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,800,000 D. A. Weibring (1)
Sep 28Greater Hickory Classic at Rock BarnNorth Carolina1,500,000 Craig Stadler (2)New tournament
Oct 12Turtle Bay ChampionshipHawaii1,500,000 Hale Irwin (38)
Oct 19SBC ChampionshipTexas1,500,000 Craig Stadler (3)
Oct 26Charles Schwab Cup ChampionshipCalifornia2,500,000 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.

DateTournamentLocationPurse
($)
WinnersNotes
Nov 23UBS CupGeorgia3,000,000Tie ( Team USA retain)Team event
Dec 7Office Depot Father/Son ChallengeFlorida1,000,000 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]

PositionPlayerPoints
1 Tom Watson4,751
2 Jim Thorpe3,381
3 Bruce Lietzke2,867
4 Tom Kite2,809
5 Gil Morgan2,663

Money list

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

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1 Tom Watson1,853,108
2 Jim Thorpe1,830,306
3 Gil Morgan1,620,206
4 Bruce Lietzke1,610,826
5 Hale Irwin1,607,391

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
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.
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