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.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 2002 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScore1st prize ($)
Jan 6Mercedes ChampionshipsHawaii Sergio García (3)274 (−18)720,000
Jan 14Sony Open in HawaiiHawaii Jerry Kelly (1)266 (−14)720,000
Jan 20Bob Hope Chrysler ClassicCalifornia Phil Mickelson (20)330 (−30)720,000
Jan 27Phoenix OpenArizona Chris DiMarco (3)267 (−17)720,000
Feb 3AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-AmCalifornia Matt Gogel (1)274 (−14)720,000
Feb 10Buick InvitationalCalifornia José María Olazábal (6)275 (−13)648,000
Feb 17Nissan OpenCalifornia Len Mattiace (1)269 (−15)666,000
Feb 24Touchstone Energy Tucson OpenArizona Ian Leggatt (1)268 (−20)540,000
Feb 24WGC-Accenture Match Play ChampionshipCalifornia Kevin Sutherland (1)1 up1,000,000
Mar 3Genuity ChampionshipFlorida Ernie Els (9)271 (−17)846,000
Mar 10Honda ClassicFlorida Matt Kuchar (1)269 (−19)630,000
Mar 17Bay Hill InvitationalFlorida Tiger Woods (30)275 (−13)720,000
Mar 24The Players ChampionshipFlorida Craig Perks (1)280 (−8)1,080,000
Mar 31Shell Houston OpenTexas Vijay Singh (10)266 (−22)720,000
Apr 7BellSouth ClassicGeorgia Retief Goosen (2)272 (−16)684,000
Apr 14Masters TournamentGeorgia Tiger Woods (31)276 (−12)1,008,000
Apr 21WorldCom Classic - The Heritage of GolfSouth Carolina Justin Leonard (7)270 (−14)720,000
Apr 28Greater Greensboro Chrysler ClassicNorth Carolina Rocco Mediate (5)272 (−16)684,000
May 5Compaq Classic of New OrleansLouisiana K. J. Choi (1)271 (−17)810,000
May 12Verizon Byron Nelson ClassicTexas Shigeki Maruyama (2)266 (−14)864,000
May 19MasterCard ColonialTexas Nick Price (18)267 (−13)774,000
May 26The Memorial TournamentOhio Jim Furyk (7)274 (−14)810,000
Jun 2Kemper Insurance OpenMaryland Bob Estes (4)273 (−11)648,000
Jun 9Buick ClassicNew York Chris Smith (1)272 (−12)630,000
Jun 16U.S. OpenNew York Tiger Woods (32)277 (−3)1,000,000
Jun 23Canon Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut Phil Mickelson (21)266 (−14)720,000
Jun 30FedEx St. Jude ClassicTennessee Len Mattiace (2)266 (−18)684,000
Jul 7Advil Western OpenIllinois Jerry Kelly (2)269 (−19)720,000
Jul 14Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Jeff Sluman (6)261 (−23)558,000
Jul 21The Open Championship (British Open)Scotland Ernie Els (10)278 (−6)1,106,140
Jul 21B.C. OpenNew York Spike McRoy (1)269 (−19)378,000
Jul 28John Deere ClassicIllinois J. P. Hayes (2)262 (−22)540,000
Aug 4The InternationalColorado Rich Beem (2)44 (Stableford)810,000
Aug 11Buick OpenMichigan Tiger Woods (33)271 (−17)594,000
Aug 18PGA ChampionshipMinnesota Rich Beem (3)278 (−10)990,000
Aug 25Reno-Tahoe OpenNevada Chris Riley (1)271 (−17)540,000
Aug 25WGC-NEC InvitationalWashington Craig Parry (1)268 (−16)1,000,000
Sep 1Air Canada ChampionshipCanada Gene Sauers (3)269 (−15)630,000
Sep 8Bell Canadian OpenCanada John Rollins (1)272 (−16)720,000
Sep 15SEI Pennsylvania ClassicPennsylvania Dan Forsman (5)270 (−14)594,000
Sep 22Tampa Bay ClassicFlorida K. J. Choi (2)267 (−17)468,000
Sep 22WGC-American Express ChampionshipIreland Tiger Woods (34)263 (−25)1,000,000
Sep 29Valero Texas OpenTexas Loren Roberts (8)261 (−19)630,000
Oct 6Michelob Championship at KingsmillVirginia Charles Howell III (1)270 (−14)666,000
Oct 13Invensys Classic at Las VegasNevada Phil Tataurangi (1)330 (−29)900,000
Oct 20Disney Golf ClassicFlorida Bob Burns (1)263 (−25)666,000
Oct 27Buick ChallengeGeorgia Jonathan Byrd (1)261 (−27)666,000
Nov 3The Tour ChampionshipGeorgia Vijay Singh (11)268 (−12)900,000
Nov 4Southern Farm Bureau ClassicMississippi Luke Donald (1)201 (−15)468,000
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Location of tournaments

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Tiger Woods United States68.56
2Vijay Singh Fiji69.47
3Ernie Els South Africa69.50
4Phil Mickelson United States69.58
5Nick Price Zimbabwe69.59

Source:[2]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Tiger Woods United States6,912,625185
2Phil Mickelson United States4,311,971262
3Vijay Singh Fiji3,756,563282
4David Toms United States3,459,739270
5Ernie Els South Africa3,291,895182

Source:[3]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Tiger Woods United States33,103,85234
2Phil Mickelson United States22,149,96921
3Davis Love III United States20,050,85014
4Vijay Singh Fiji18,281,01511
5Nick Price Zimbabwe16,648,33718

Source:[4]

Awards

AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Tiger Woods United States
PGA Player of the YearTiger Woods United States
PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Tiger Woods United States
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy)Tiger Woods United States
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award)Tiger Woods United States
Rookie of the YearJonathan Byrd United States
Comeback Player of the YearGene Sauers United States

References

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