2003 Champions Tour

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Template:Short description Template:DMCA Template:Infobox golf season 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][2]

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

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

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[5][6]

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

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Template:Flagicon Tom Watson [6]
Rookie of the Year Template:Flagicon Craig Stadler [6]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) Template:Flagicon Tom Watson [7][6]
Comeback Player of the Year Template:Flagicon Don Pooley [6]

Notes

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  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

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2003 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on December 4, 2003. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2004 Champions Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2003 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on January 10, 2004. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."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.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2003 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d e Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."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.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2003 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 29, 2023.

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