The 2003 Asian PGA Tour, titled as the 2003 Davidoff Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the ninth season of the Asian PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in Asia (outside of Japan) since it was established in 1995.

It was the fifth season of the tour under a title sponsorship agreement with Davidoff, that was announced in May 1999.

Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2003 season.

Date Tournament Host country Purse(US$) Winner OWGRpoints Othertours Notes22 Dec Asia Japan Okinawa Open Japan ¥100,000,000 Hiroyuki Fujita (n/a) 12 JPN New to Asian PGA Tour26 Jan Caltex Masters Singapore 900,000 Zhang Lianwei (5) 20 EUR 16 Feb Johnnie Walker Classic Australia £1,000,000 Ernie Els (n/a) 44 ANZ, EUR 23 Feb Carlsberg Malaysian Open Malaysia 1,100,000 Arjun Atwal (5) 20 EUR 2 Mar Myanmar Open Myanmar 200,000 Lin Keng-chi (5) 6 30 Mar Royal Challenge Indian Open India 300,000 Mike Cunning (1) 6 6 Apr Thailand Open Thailand 150,000 Edward Loar (1) 6 4 May Maekyung Open South Korea ₩500,000,000 Chung Joon (1) 6 KOR 29 Jun SK Telecom Open South Korea ₩500,000,000 K. J. Choi (2) 6 KOR 14 Sep Mercuries Taiwan Masters Taiwan 300,000 Lin Wen-ko (1) 6 12 Oct Kolon Korea Open South Korea ₩500,000,000 John Daly (n/a) 6 KOR 19 Oct Macau Open Macau 250,000 Colin Montgomerie (n/a) 6 26 Oct Sanya Open China 200,000 Marcus Both (1) 6 New tournament9 Nov Hero Honda Masters India 300,000 Arjun Atwal (6) 6 16 Nov Volvo China Open China 500,000 Zhang Lianwei (6) 6 23 Nov Acer Taiwan Open Taiwan 300,000 Jason Dawes (1)6 7 Dec Omega Hong Kong Open Hong Kong 700,000 Pádraig Harrington (n/a)26 EUR 14 Dec Volvo Masters of Asia Malaysia 500,000 Thongchai Jaidee (4)20

Order of Merit The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.

Position Player Prize money ($)1 Arjun Atwal 284,0192 Zhang Lianwei 254,8703 Thongchai Jaidee 228,7874 Thaworn Wiratchant 156,0745 Brad Kennedy 128,809

Awards AwardWinner Players' Player of the Year Arjun Atwal Rookie of the Year Marcus Both

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