2003 Tour de las Américas

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| regular_season = {{start date|2003|1|8|df=y}} – {{end date|2003|12|14|df=y}}

| no_of_events = 12

| most_wins = {{flagicon|ARG}} Andrés Romero (2)

| honor1 = Order of Merit

| honoree1 = {{flagicon|ARG}} Eduardo Argiró

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| prevseason = 2001–02

| nextseason = 2004

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The 2003 Tour de las Américas, titled as the 2003 American Express Tour de las Américas for sponsorship reasons, was the 12th season of the Tour de las Américas (formerly the South American Tour), the main professional golf tour in Latin America since it was formed in 1991.

American Express title sponsorship

In May, it was announced that the tour had signed a title sponsorship agreement with American Express, being renamed as the American Express Tour de las Américas.{{cite web |url=http://www.tourdelasamericas.com/show_news.asp?CompanyID=1&NewsID=284 |title=American Express is the new title sponsor |publisher=Tour de las Américas |date=15 May 2003 |access-date=20 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030905070712/http://www.tourdelasamericas.com/show_news.asp?CompanyID=1&NewsID=284 |archive-date=5 September 2003}}

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2003 season.{{cite web |url=http://www.tourdelasamericas.com/schedule_2003.php |title=2003 Tournament schedule |publisher=Tour de las Américas |access-date=26 March 2024 |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060104232140/http://www.tourdelasamericas.com/schedule_2003.php |archive-date=4 January 2006}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%" !Date !Tournament !Host country !Purse (US$) !Winner{{efn\|The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Tour de las Américas events they had won up to and including that tournament.}} !OWGR points !Other tours{{efn\|CHA − Challenge Tour.}}
11 Jan	Caribbean Open	Bahamas	align=right\|50,000	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Rafael Gómez (1)	align=center\|n/a
18 Jan	Samsung Panama Open	Panama	align=right\|200,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Charles Warren (1)	align=center\|n/a
26 Jan	Cable and Wireless Panama Masters	Panama	align=right\|40,000	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Andrés Romero (1)	align=center\|n/a
2 Feb	Credomatic MasterCard Costa Rica Open	Costa Rica	align=right\|100,000	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Sebastián Fernández (2)	align=center\|6	CHA
9 Feb	Telefónica Centro America Abierto de Guatemala	Guatemala	align=right\|100,000	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Daniel Vancsik (1)	align=center\|6	CHA
16 Feb	American Express Los Encinos Open	Mexico	align=right\|100,000	{{flagicon\|ENG}} James Hepworth (n/a)	align=center\|6	CHA
25 May	Acapulco Fest Invitational	Mexico	align=right\|50,000	{{flagicon\|MEX}} José Octavio González (1)	align=center\|n/a
16 Nov	Bancolombia American Express Serrezuela Masters	Colombia	align=right\|50,000	{{flagicon\|COL}} Ángel Romero (2)	align=center\|n/a
23 Nov	Abierto de Medellín	Colombia	align=right\|50,000	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Andrés Romero (2)	align=center\|n/a
30 Nov	American Express Trump Brazil Open	Brazil	align=right\|100,000	{{flagicon\|PAR\|1990}} Carlos Franco (5)	align=center\|n/a
14 Dec	Mexican Open	Mexico	align=right\|300,000	{{flagicon\|COL}} Eduardo Herrera (1)	align=center\|n/a

=Unofficial events=

The following events were sanctioned by the Tour de las Américas, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

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11 Oct

|Copa de Naciones

|Mexico

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|{{flagicon|CHL}} Felipe Aguilar and
{{flagicon|CHL}} Roy Mackenzie

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.{{cite web |url=http://www.tdla-tic.com/tic/tmoom.cgi |title=2003 Order of Merit |publisher=Tour de las Américas |access-date=26 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031217133105/http://www.tdla-tic.com/tic/tmoom.cgi |archive-date=17 December 2003}}

class=wikitable ! Position !! Player !! Prize money ($)
align=center\|1	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Eduardo Argiró	align=center\|48,174
align=center\|2	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Juan Abbate	align=center\|36,221
align=center\|3	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Sebastián Fernández	align=center\|27,456
align=center\|4	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Daniel Vancsik	align=center\|26,146
align=center\|5	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Rafael Gómez	align=center\|24,800

Notes

References

External links

{{official site|https://web.archive.org/web/20120607042032/http://www.tourdelasamericas.com/}} {{in lang|es}}

Category:Tour de las Américas

Tour de las Américas

class=wikitable ! Position !! Player !! Prize money ($)
align=center\|1	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Eduardo Argiró	align=center\|48,174
align=center\|2	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Juan Abbate	align=center\|36,221
align=center\|3	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Sebastián Fernández	align=center\|27,456
align=center\|4	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Daniel Vancsik	align=center\|26,146
align=center\|5	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Rafael Gómez	align=center\|24,800