2002 PGA Tour

The 2002 PGA Tour season was played from January 3 to November 4. The season consisted of 49 official money events. Tiger Woods won the most tournaments, five, and there were 18 first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

2002 PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 3, 2002 (2002-01-03) – November 4, 2002 (2002-11-04)
Number of official events49
Most wins5:
Tiger Woods
Money winner Vijay Singh
Player of the Year Tiger Woods
Rookie of the Year Jonathan Byrd
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Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2002 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 1] OWGR
points		 Notes
Jan 6Mercedes ChampionshipsHawaii4,000,000 Sergio García (3)56Winners-only event
Jan 14Sony Open in HawaiiHawaii4,000,000 Jerry Kelly (1)50
Jan 20Bob Hope Chrysler ClassicCalifornia4,000,000 Phil Mickelson (20)54Pro-Am
Jan 27Phoenix OpenArizona4,000,000 Chris DiMarco (3)58
Feb 3AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-AmCalifornia4,000,000 Matt Gogel (1)54Pro-Am
Feb 10Buick InvitationalCalifornia3,600,000 José María Olazábal (6)48
Feb 17Nissan OpenCalifornia3,700,000 Len Mattiace (1)62
Feb 24WGC-Accenture Match Play ChampionshipCalifornia5,500,000 Kevin Sutherland (1)78World Golf Championship
Feb 24Touchstone Energy Tucson OpenArizona3,000,000 Ian Leggatt (1)24Alternate event
Mar 3Genuity ChampionshipFlorida4,700,000 Ernie Els (9)60
Mar 10The Honda ClassicFlorida3,500,000 Matt Kuchar (1)50
Mar 17Bay Hill InvitationalFlorida4,000,000 Tiger Woods (30)70Invitational
Mar 24The Players ChampionshipFlorida6,000,000 Craig Perks (1)80Flagship event
Mar 31Shell Houston OpenTexas4,000,000 Vijay Singh (10)54
Apr 7BellSouth ClassicGeorgia3,800,000 Retief Goosen (2)56
Apr 14Masters TournamentGeorgia5,600,000 Tiger Woods (31)100Major championship
Apr 21WorldCom Classic - The Heritage of GolfSouth Carolina4,000,000 Justin Leonard (7)58Invitational
Apr 28Greater Greensboro Chrysler ClassicNorth Carolina3,800,000 Rocco Mediate (5)30
May 5Compaq Classic of New OrleansLouisiana4,500,000 K. J. Choi (1)52
May 12Verizon Byron Nelson ClassicTexas4,800,000 Shigeki Maruyama (2)68
May 19MasterCard ColonialTexas4,300,000 Nick Price (18)66Invitational
May 26Memorial TournamentOhio4,500,000 Jim Furyk (7)64Invitational
Jun 2Kemper Insurance OpenMaryland3,600,000 Bob Estes (4)30
Jun 9Buick ClassicNew York3,500,000 Chris Smith (1)64
Jun 16U.S. OpenNew York5,500,000 Tiger Woods (32)100Major championship
Jun 23Canon Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut4,000,000 Phil Mickelson (21)56
Jun 30FedEx St. Jude ClassicTennessee3,800,000 Len Mattiace (2)32
Jul 7Advil Western OpenIllinois4,000,000 Jerry Kelly (2)52
Jul 14Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin3,100,000 Jeff Sluman (6)24
Jul 21The Open ChampionshipScotland£3,800,000 Ernie Els (10)100Major championship
Jul 21B.C. OpenNew York2,100,000 Spike McRoy (1)24Alternate event
Jul 28John Deere ClassicIllinois3,000,000 J. P. Hayes (2)24
Aug 4The InternationalColorado4,500,000 Rich Beem (2)56
Aug 11Buick OpenMichigan3,300,000 Tiger Woods (33)56
Aug 18PGA ChampionshipMinnesota5,500,000 Rich Beem (3)100Major championship
Aug 25WGC-NEC InvitationalWashington5,500,000 Craig Parry (1)76World Golf Championship
Aug 25Reno–Tahoe OpenNevada3,000,000 Chris Riley (1)24Alternate event
Sep 1Air Canada ChampionshipCanada3,500,000 Gene Sauers (3)38
Sep 8Bell Canadian OpenCanada4,000,000 John Rollins (1)34
Sep 15SEI Pennsylvania ClassicPennsylvania3,300,000 Dan Forsman (5)32
Sep 22WGC-American Express ChampionshipIreland5,500,000 Tiger Woods (34)76World Golf Championship
Sep 22Tampa Bay ClassicFlorida2,600,000 K. J. Choi (2)24Alternate event
Sep 29Valero Texas OpenTexas3,500,000 Loren Roberts (8)24
Oct 6Michelob Championship at KingsmillVirginia3,700,000 Charles Howell III (1)42
Oct 13Invensys Classic at Las VegasNevada5,000,000 Phil Tataurangi (1)50
Oct 20Disney Golf ClassicFlorida3,700,000 Bob Burns (1)58
Oct 27Buick ChallengeGeorgia3,700,000 Jonathan Byrd (1)56
Nov 3The Tour ChampionshipGeorgia5,000,000 Vijay Singh (11)64Tour Championship
Nov 4Southern Farm Bureau ClassicMississippi2,600,000 Luke Donald (1)24Alternate event

Unofficial events

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

Date Tournament Location Purse
($)		 Winner(s) Notes
Jun 25 CVS Charity Classic Rhode Island 1,200,000 Chris DiMarco and
Dudley Hart		 Team event
Sep 29 Ryder Cup England n/a Team Europe Team event
Nov 17 Hyundai Team Matches California 400,000 Rich Beem and
Peter Lonard		 Team event
Nov 24 Franklin Templeton Shootout Florida 2,250,000 Lee Janzen and
Rocco Mediate		 Team event
Nov 27 PGA Grand Slam of Golf Hawaii 1,000,000 Tiger Woods Limited-field event
Dec 1 Skins Game California 1,000,000 Mark O'Meara Limited-field event
Dec 8 Target World Challenge California 3,860,000 Pádraig Harrington Limited-field event
Dec 15 WGC-World Cup Mexico 3,000,000 Toshimitsu Izawa and
Shigeki Maruyama		 World Golf Championship
Team event

Location of tournaments

Money leaders

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[2]

PositionPlayerEventsPrize money ($)
1 Tiger Woods186,912,625
2 Phil Mickelson264,311,971
3 Vijay Singh283,756,563
4 David Toms273,459,739
5 Ernie Els183,291,895

Awards
AwardWinner
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award) Tiger Woods
PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Tiger Woods
PGA Player of the Year Tiger Woods
Rookie of the Year Jonathan Byrd
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy) Tiger Woods
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award) Tiger Woods
Comeback Player of the Year Gene Sauers

Notes
  1. The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour members.

References
  1. "2002 Schedule". PGA Tour.
  2. "Money Leaders – 2002". PGA Tour.
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