2002 PGA Tour

Golf tour season October 2023 2002 PGA Tour 2002 1 3 – 2002 11 4 49 USA Tiger Woods (5) Money list USA Tiger Woods PGA Tour Player of the Year USA Tiger Woods PGA Player of the Year USA Tiger Woods Rookie of the Year USA Jonathan Byrd 2001 2003 The 2002 PGA Tour was the 87th season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 34th season since separating from the PGA of America. Schedule The following table lists official events during the 2002 season.https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/schedule.history.2002.html 2002 Tournament schedule PGA Tour 30 October 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20180908180139/https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/schedule.history.2002.html 8 September 2018 DateTournamentLocationPurse(US$)WinnerThe 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.OWGRpointsNotes Jan 6 Mercedes Championships Hawaii 4,000,000 ESP Sergio García (3) 56 Winners-only event Jan 14 Sony Open in Hawaii Hawaii 4,000,000 USA Jerry Kelly (1) 50 Jan 20 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic California 4,000,000 USA Phil Mickelson (20) 54 Pro-Am Jan 27 Phoenix Open Arizona 4,000,000 USA Chris DiMarco (3) 58 Feb 3 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am California 4,000,000 USA Matt Gogel (1) 54 Pro-Am Feb 10 Buick Invitational California 3,600,000 ESP José María Olazábal (6) 48 Feb 17 Nissan Open California 3,700,000 USA Len Mattiace (1) 62 Feb 24 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship California 5,500,000 USA Kevin Sutherland (1) 78 World Golf Championship Feb 24 Touchstone Energy Tucson Open Arizona 3,000,000 CAN Ian Leggatt (1) 24 Alternate event Mar 3 Genuity Championship Florida 4,700,000 ZAF Ernie Els (9) 60 Mar 10 The Honda Classic Florida 3,500,000 USA Matt Kuchar (1) 50 Mar 17 Bay Hill Invitational Florida 4,000,000 USA Tiger Woods (30) 70 Invitational Mar 24 The Players Championship Florida 6,000,000 NZL Craig Perks (1) 80 Flagship event Mar 31 Shell Houston Open Texas 4,000,000 FJI Vijay Singh (10) 54 Apr 7 BellSouth Classic Georgia 3,800,000 ZAF Retief Goosen (2) 56 Apr 14 Masters Tournament Georgia 5,600,000 USA Tiger Woods (31) 100 Major championship Apr 21 WorldCom Classic - The Heritage of Golf South Carolina 4,000,000 USA Justin Leonard (7) 58 Invitational Apr 28 Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic North Carolina 3,800,000 USA Rocco Mediate (5) 30 May 5 Compaq Classic of New Orleans Louisiana 4,500,000 KOR 1997 K. J. Choi (1) 52 May 12 Verizon Byron Nelson Classic Texas 4,800,000 JPN Shigeki Maruyama (2) 68 May 19 MasterCard Colonial Texas 4,300,000 ZWE Nick Price (18) 66 Invitational May 26 Memorial Tournament Ohio 4,500,000 USA Jim Furyk (7) 64 Invitational Jun 2 Kemper Insurance Open Maryland 3,600,000 USA Bob Estes (4) 30 Jun 9 Buick Classic New York 3,500,000 USA Chris Smith (1) 64 Jun 16 U.S. Open New York 5,500,000 USA Tiger Woods (32) 100 Major championship Jun 23 Canon Greater Hartford Open Connecticut 4,000,000 USA Phil Mickelson (21) 56 Jun 30 FedEx St. Jude Classic Tennessee 3,800,000 USA Len Mattiace (2) 32 Jul 7 Advil Western Open Illinois 4,000,000 USA Jerry Kelly (2) 52 Jul 14 Greater Milwaukee Open Wisconsin 3,100,000 USA Jeff Sluman (6) 24 Jul 21 The Open Championship Scotland £3,800,000 ZAF Ernie Els (10) 100 Major championship Jul 21 B.C. Open New York 2,100,000 USA Spike McRoy (1) 24 Alternate event Jul 28 John Deere Classic Illinois 3,000,000 USA J. P. Hayes (2) 24 Aug 4 The International Colorado 4,500,000 USA Rich Beem (2) 56 Aug 11 Buick Open Michigan 3,300,000 USA Tiger Woods (33) 56 Aug 18 PGA Championship Minnesota 5,500,000 USA Rich Beem (3) 100 Major championship Aug 25 WGC-NEC Invitational Washington 5,500,000 AUS Craig Parry (1) 76 World Golf Championship Aug 25 Reno–Tahoe Open Nevada 3,000,000 USA Chris Riley (1) 24 Alternate event Sep 1 Air Canada Championship Canada 3,500,000 USA Gene Sauers (3) 38 Sep 8 Bell Canadian Open Canada 4,000,000 USA John Rollins (1) 34 Sep 15 SEI Pennsylvania Classic Pennsylvania 3,300,000 USA Dan Forsman (5) 32 Sep 22 WGC-American Express Championship Ireland 5,500,000 USA Tiger Woods (34) 76 World Golf Championship Sep 22 Tampa Bay Classic Florida 2,600,000 KOR 1997 K. J. Choi (2) 24 Alternate event Sep 29 Valero Texas Open Texas 3,500,000 USA Loren Roberts (8) 24 Oct 6 Michelob Championship at Kingsmill Virginia 3,700,000 USA Charles Howell III (1) 42 Oct 13 Invensys Classic at Las Vegas Nevada 5,000,000 NZL Phil Tataurangi (1) 50 Oct 20 Disney Golf Classic Florida 3,700,000 USA Bob Burns (1) 58 Oct 27 Buick Challenge Georgia 3,700,000 USA Jonathan Byrd (1) 56 Nov 3 The Tour Championship Georgia 5,000,000 FJI Vijay Singh (11) 64 Tour Championship Nov 4 Southern Farm Bureau Classic Mississippi 2,600,000 ENG Luke Donald (1) 24 Alternate event Unofficial events The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official. DateTournamentLocationPurse($)Winner(s)NotesJun 25CVS Charity ClassicRhode Island1,200,000USA Chris DiMarco andUSA Dudley HartTeam eventSep 29Ryder CupEnglandn/aEUR Team EuropeTeam eventNov 17Hyundai Team MatchesCalifornia400,000USA Rich Beem andAUS Peter LonardTeam eventNov 24Franklin Templeton ShootoutFlorida2,250,000USA Lee Janzen andUSA Rocco MediateTeam eventNov 27PGA Grand Slam of GolfHawaii1,000,000USA Tiger WoodsLimited-field eventDec 1Skins GameCalifornia1,000,000USA Mark O'MearaLimited-field eventDec 8Target World ChallengeCalifornia3,860,000IRL Pádraig HarringtonLimited-field eventDec 15WGC-World CupMexico3,000,000JPN Toshimitsu Izawa andJPN Shigeki MaruyamaWorld Golf ChampionshipTeam event Location of tournaments United States center 500 Location of official tournaments of the 2002 PGA Tour in the continental United States and Canada.8px Players & Majors8px World Golf Championships8px Regular events8px Alternate events8px Tour Championship United States 33.643 -116.268 United States 33.64 -111.91 United States 36.568 -121.950 United States 32.903 -117.245 United States 34.05 -118.50 United States 33.092 -117.267 Green pog.svg United States 32.358 -111.023 Pink pog.svg United States 25.815 -80.34 United States 26.31 -80.284 United States 28.458 -81.511 United States 30.198 -81.394 Blue pog.svg United States 30.145 -95.463 United States 33.998 -84.109 United States 33.503 -82.020 Blue pog.svg United States 32.136 -80.810 United States 35.993 -79.706 United States 29.906 -89.955 United States 32.864 -96.958 United States 32.7170 -97.3728 United States 40.1404 -83.1414 United States 38.989 -77.202 United States 40.998 -73.7 United States 40.742 -73.455 Blue pog.svg United States 41.632 -72.639 United States 35.057 -89.779 United States 41.677 -87.952 United States 43.151 -87.95 United States 42.091 -76.081 Pink pog.svg United States 41.477 -90.392 United States 39.441 -104.899 United States 42.9 -83.595 United States 44.834 -93.591 Blue pog.svg United States 47.635 -122.057 Green pog.svg United States 39.3645 -119.828 Pink pog.svg United States 49.125 -122.765 United States 43.9 -79.324 United States 40.027 -75.465 United States 28.11 -82.76 United States 29.606 -98.622 United States 37.225 -76.668 United States 36.188 -115.298 United States 28.385 -81.564 United States 32.845 -84.851 United States 33.743 -84.303 Yellow pog.svg United States 32.515 -90.186 Pink pog.svg World center 500 Location of official tournaments of the 2002 PGA Tour outside the continental United States and Canada.8px Players & Majors8px World Golf Championships8px Regular events World 21.006 -156.64 World 21.27 -157.77 World 56.043 -2.823 Blue pog.svg World 52.526 -7.189 Green pog.svg Money list The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.https://www.pgatour.com/stats/stat.109.2002.html 2002 Official money PGA Tour https://web.archive.org/web/20150215190333/https://www.pgatour.com/stats/stat.109.2002.html 15 February 2015 30 October 2023https://www.newspapers.com/image/194262642/ Knee problem for Woods The Desert Sun Palm Springs, California 4 November 2002 30 October 2023 20 (C6 in paper) Newspapers.com subscription Position Player Prize money ($)1 USA Tiger Woods 6,912,6252 USA Phil Mickelson 4,311,9713 FIJ Vijay Singh 3,756,5634 USA David Toms 3,459,7395 ZAF Ernie Els 3,291,8956 USA Jerry Kelly 2,946,8897 USA Rich Beem 2,938,3658 USA Justin Leonard 2,738,2359 USA Charles Howell III 2,702,74710 ZAF Retief Goosen 2,617,004 Awards AwardWinnerRef. Reference(s) PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) USA Tiger Woods https://www.newspapers.com/image/427044813/ Woods, Sorenstam win golf awards The Gazette Montreal, Quebec, Canada 19 December 2002 30 October 2023 53 (C5 in paper) Newspapers.com subscriptionhttps://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/woods-claims-top-prize-for-fourth-year-138313.html Woods claims top prize for fourth year The Independent Wilson Sugrue 8 January 2003 30 October 2023 PGA Player of the Year USA Tiger Woods https://www.newspapers.com/image/352704815/ Woods takes Grand Slam lead The Montana Standard Butte, Montana 27 November 2002 30 October 2023 13 (B3 in paper) Newspapers.com subscription Rookie of the Year USA Jonathan Byrd https://www.newspapers.com/image/753859478/ Byrd joins impressive list as PGA Rookie of the Year The State Columbia, South Carolina 6 January 2003 30 October 2023 15 (C7 in paper) Newspapers.com subscription Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award) USA Tiger Woods Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy) USA Tiger Woods Comeback Player of the Year USA Gene Sauers https://www.newspapers.com/image/189819163/ McGahee Bough Insurance Policy Golf The Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, California 7 January 2003 30 October 2023 40 (D7 in paper) Newspapers.com subscription See also 2002 Buy.com Tour 2002 Senior PGA Tour Notes References External links https://www.pgatour.com/ Category:PGA Tour seasons PGA Tour PGA Tour