2002 PGA Tour of Australasia

The 2002 PGA Tour of Australasia was a series of men's professional golf events played in Australia and New Zealand.

In 2002, the PGA Tour of Australasia reverted to a calendar based schedule from a seasonal one. As such, tournaments ran from November 2001 through to December 2002, with two editions of both the Australian PGA Championship and the Australian Open. In addition, many of the tournaments from the Development Tour were re-incorporated into the main tour schedule in 2002. Three events were co-sanctioned by the European Tour, with the Johnnie Walker Classic also being sanctioned by the Asian Tour, and two were co-sanctioned by the Nationwide Tour.

Craig Parry was the tour's leading money winner for the second time, finishing almost A$150,000 ahead of Peter Lonard. He had previously topped the money list in 1995.

Main tournament results

The table below shows the 2002 schedule. It only lists official money events on the main tour.

Date Tournament Location Winner OWGR
points[1]		 Notes
18 Nov Australian PGA Championship Queensland Robert Allenby (7) 16
25 Nov Holden Australian Open Queensland Stuart Appleby (2) 32 Flagship event
13 Jan TelstraSaturn Hyundai New Zealand Open New Zealand Craig Parry (11) 24
27 Jan Johnnie Walker Classic Western Australia Retief Goosen (n/a) 42 Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and European Tour
3 Feb Heineken Classic Victoria Ernie Els (n/a) 36 Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
10 Feb ANZ Championship New South Wales Richard S. Johnson (n/a) 20 Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
3 Mar New South Wales Masters New South Wales Steve Collins (1) 16
10 Mar Jacob's Creek Open Championship South Australia Gavin Coles (1) 12 Co-sanctioned by the Nationwide Tour
17 Mar Holden Clearwater Classic New Zealand Peter O'Malley (3) 12 Co-sanctioned by the Nationwide Tour
24 Mar Scenic Circle Hotels Dunedin Classic New Zealand Gareth Paddison (1) 16
7 Apr Volvo Trucks Golf Klassik New South Wales Terry Price (3) 16
28 Apr South Australia PGA Championship South Australia Richard Ball (1) 16
26 May Western Australia PGA Championship Western Australia Kim Felton (1) 16
16 Jun Queensland PGA Championship Queensland Andre Stolz (2) 16
13 Oct Victorian PGA Championship Victoria Craig Carmichael (1) 16
27 Oct ANZ Victorian Open Championship Victoria Andre Stolz (2) 16
3 Nov Queensland Open Queensland Andrew Buckle (1) 16
10 Nov New South Wales Open New South Wales Terry Price (4) 16
24 Nov Holden Australian Open Victoria Stephen Allan (1) 32 Flagship event
1 Dec Australian PGA Championship Western Australia Peter Lonard (4)
Jarrod Moseley (2)		 13 Title shared.[lower-alpha 1]
8 Dec MasterCard Masters Victoria Peter Lonard (5) 20
  1. Lonard and Moseley remained tied after one hole of a sudden-death playoff before darkness fell.

Source:[2][3]

Leading money winners
PositionPlayerCountryPrize money (A$)
1Craig Parry Australia641,789
2Peter Lonard Australia497,256
3Peter O'Malley Australia423,305
4Scott Laycock Australia401,219
5Gavin Coles Australia395,069
6Stuart Appleby Australia368,530
7Robert Allenby Australia308,020
8Peter Fowler Australia296,278
9Adam Scott Australia242,406
10Geoff Ogilvy Australia236,406
n/aRichard S. Johnson Sweden328,700

Source:[4]
Johnson was a non-member and earned his winnings via co-sanctioned events with the European Tour.

References
  1. "Events – PGA Tour of Australasia – 2002". Official World Golf Ranking.
  2. 2002 PGA Tour of Australasia Schedule
  3. "Tour Information Centre – 2002". PGA Tour of Australasia.
  4. 2002 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
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