2003 EPD Tour

2003 EPD Tour season
Duration26 February 2003 (2003-02-26) – 14 September 2003 (2003-09-14)
Number of official events17
Most winsEngland Darren Leng (4)
Order of MeritEngland Darren Leng
← 2002
2004 →

The 2003 EPD Tour was the seventh season of the EPD Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2003 season.

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(€)		Winner
28 FebOliva Nova Golf & Beach ResortSpain35,000England Darren Leng (2)
16 AprKempferhof ClassicFrance20,000England Darren Leng (3)
25 AprJakobsberg ClassicGermany20,000Netherlands Joost Steenkamer (2)
6 MayHaus Bey ClassicGermany15,000Scotland Craig Miller (1)
13 MayGleidingen ClassicGermany16,500England Darren Leng (4)
28 MayBaloise La LargueFrance17,500Scotland Euan McIntosh (2)
3 JunBodensee ClassicGermany15,000Tunisia Nabil Gharbi (1)
25 JunLicher ClassicGermany17,500Germany Matthias Ziegler (1)
1 JulReichswald ClassicGermany15,000Denmark Søren Juul (1)
8 JulHohenpahl ClassicGermany15,000England Mark Stevenson (1)
22 JulSybrook ClassicNetherlands15,000England Darren Leng (5)
29 JulWinnerod ClassicGermany15,000Germany Christoph Günther (4)
5 AugSchärding ClassicAustria17,500Germany Christian Reimbold (1)
19 AugHabsberg ClassicGermany17,500Scotland Craig Miller (2)
31 AugWallonia Pro-AmBelgium25,000Belgium Laurent Richard (1)
14 SepCentral European Development OpenGermany50,000Scotland Simon Dunn (1)

Order of Merit

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

Position Player Prize money (€) Status earned
1England Darren Leng18,208Qualified for Challenge Tour (made cut in Q School)
2Germany Jochen Lupprian15,462Promoted to Challenge Tour
3Germany Christoph Günther11,902
4Scotland Simon Dunn9,357
5Scotland Craig Miller9,215
6Denmark Søren Juul9,188
7Scotland Euan McIntosh9,185
8Netherlands Joost Steenkamer8,825
9United States Peter Bronson7,656
10England James Johnson6,652

Notes

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

References

  1. ↑ "2003 Results". EPD Tour. Archived from the original on 10 February 2005. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "Schedule 2003". EPD Tour. Archived from the original on 9 February 2003. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "2003 Order of Merit". EPD Tour. Archived from the original on 18 February 2004. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "Geschafft: Jochen Lupprian, Christoph Günther und Craig Miller in Stage II" [Done: Jochen Lupprian, Christoph Günther and Craig Miller in Stage II] (in German). PGA of Germany. 16 September 2003. Archived from the original on 23 December 2003. Retrieved 23 May 2023.