2002 PGA Tour

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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.

[edit] 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.

Date Tournament Location Winner Score 1st Prize ($)
Jan 6 Mercedes Championships Hawaii Flag of Spain Sergio García (3) 274 (-18) 720,000
Jan 14 Sony Open in Hawaii Hawaii Flag of the United States Jerry Kelly (1) 266 (-14) 720,000
Jan 20 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic California Flag of the United States Phil Mickelson (20) 330 (-30) 720,000
Jan 27 Phoenix Open Arizona Flag of the United States Chris DiMarco (3) 267 (-17) 720,000
Feb 3 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am California Flag of the United States Matt Gogel (1) 274 (-14) 720,000
Feb 10 Buick Invitational California Flag of Spain José María Olazábal (6) 275 (-13) 648,000
Feb 17 Nissan Open California Flag of the United States Len Mattiace (1) 269 (-15) 666,000
Feb 24 Touchstone Energy Tucson Open Arizona Flag of Canada Ian Leggatt (1) 268 (-20) 540,000
Feb 24 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship California Flag of the United States Kevin Sutherland (1) 1 up 1,000,000
Mar 3 Genuity Championship Florida Flag of South Africa Ernie Els (9) 271 (-17) 846,000
Mar 10 Honda Classic Florida Flag of the United States Matt Kuchar (1) 269 (-19) 630,000
Mar 17 Bay Hill Invitational Florida Flag of the United States Tiger Woods (30) 275 (-13) 720,000
Mar 24 The Players Championship Florida Flag of New Zealand Craig Perks (1) 280 (-8) 1,080,000
Mar 31 Shell Houston Open Texas Flag of Fiji Vijay Singh (10) 266 (-22) 720,000
Apr 7 BellSouth Classic Georgia Flag of South Africa Retief Goosen (2) 272 (-16) 684,000
Apr 14 Masters Georgia Flag of the United States Tiger Woods (31) 276 (-12) 1,008,000
Apr 21 WorldCom Classic - The Heritage of Golf South Carolina Flag of the United States Justin Leonard (7) 270 (-14) 720,000
Apr 28 Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic North Carolina Flag of the United States Rocco Mediate (5) 272 (-16) 684,000
May 5 Compaq Classic of New Orleans Louisiana Flag of South Korea K.J. Choi (1) 271 (-17) 810,000
May 12 Verizon Byron Nelson Classic Texas Flag of Japan Shigeki Maruyama (2) 266 (-14) 864,000
May 19 MasterCard Colonial Texas Flag of Zimbabwe Nick Price (18) 267 (-13) 774,000
May 26 Memorial Tournament Ohio Flag of the United States Jim Furyk (7) 274 (-14) 810,000
Jun 2 Kemper Insurance Open Maryland Flag of the United States Bob Estes (4) 273 (-11) 648,000
Jun 9 Buick Classic New York Flag of the United States Chris Smith (1) 272 (-12) 630,000
Jun 16 U.S. Open New York Flag of the United States Tiger Woods (32) 277 (-3) 1,000,000
Jun 23 Canon Greater Hartford Open Connecticut Flag of the United States Phil Mickelson (21) 266 (-14) 720,000
Jun 30 FedEx St. Jude Classic Tennessee Flag of the United States Len Mattiace (2) 266 (-18) 684,000
Jul 7 Advil Western Open Illinois Flag of the United States Jerry Kelly (2) 269 (-19) 720,000
Jul 14 Greater Milwaukee Open Wisconsin Flag of the United States Jeff Sluman (6) 261 (-23) 558,000
Jul 21 British Open Scotland Flag of South Africa Ernie Els (10) 278 (-6) 1,106,140
Jul 21 B.C. Open New York Flag of the United States Spike McRoy (1) 269 (-19) 378,000
Jul 28 John Deere Classic Illinois Flag of the United States J. P. Hayes (2) 262 (-22) 540,000
Aug 4 The International Colorado Flag of the United States Rich Beem (2) 44 (Stableford) 810,000
Aug 11 Buick Open Michigan Flag of the United States Tiger Woods (33) 271 (-17) 594,000
Aug 18 PGA Championship Minnesota Flag of the United States Rich Beem (3) 278 (-10) 990,000
Aug 25 Reno-Tahoe Open Nevada Flag of the United States Chris Riley (1) 271 (-17) 540,000
Aug 25 WGC-NEC Invitational Washington Flag of Australia Craig Parry (1) 268 (-16) 1,000,000
Sep 1 Air Canada Championship Canada Flag of the United States Gene Sauers (3) 269 (-15) 630,000
Sep 8 Bell Canadian Open Canada Flag of the United States John Rollins (1) 272 (-16) 720,000
Sep 15 SEI Pennsylvania Classic Pennsylvania Flag of the United States Dan Forsman (5) 270 (-14) 594,000
Sep 22 Tampa Bay Classic Florida Flag of South Korea K.J. Choi (2) 267 (-17) 468,000
Sep 22 WGC-American Express Championship Ireland Flag of the United States Tiger Woods (34) 263 (-25) 1,000,000
Sep 29 Valero Texas Open Texas Flag of the United States Loren Roberts (8) 261 (-19) 630,000
Oct 6 Michelob Championship at Kingsmill Virginia Flag of the United States Charles Howell III (1) 270 (-14) 666,000
Oct 13 Invensys Classic at Las Vegas Nevada Flag of New Zealand Phil Tataurangi (1) 330 (-29) 900,000
Oct 20 Disney Golf Classic Florida Flag of the United States Bob Burns (1) 263 (-25) 666,000
Oct 27 Buick Challenge Georgia Flag of the United States Jonathan Byrd (1) 261 (-27) 666,000
Nov 3 The Tour Championship Georgia Flag of Fiji Vijay Singh (11) 268 (-12) 900,000
Nov 4 Southern Farm Bureau Classic Mississippi Flag of England Luke Donald (1) 201 (-15) 468,000

[edit] Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

Rank Player Country Average
1 Tiger Woods Flag of the United States United States 68.56
2 Vijay Singh Flag of Fiji Fiji 69.47
3 Ernie Els Flag of South Africa South Africa 69.50
4 Phil Mickelson Flag of the United States United States 69.58
5 Nick Price Flag of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 69.59

Full 2002 Scoring Average List

Money List leaders

Rank Player Country Earnings ($) Events Wins
1 Tiger Woods Flag of the United States United States 6,912,625 18 5
2 Phil Mickelson Flag of the United States United States 4,311,971 26 2
3 Vijay Singh Flag of Fiji Fiji 3,756,563 28 2
4 David Toms Flag of the United States United States 3,459,739 27 0
5 Ernie Els Flag of South Africa South Africa 3,291,895 18 2

Full 2002 Official Money List

Career Money List leaders

Rank Player Country Earnings ($) Wins
1 Tiger Woods Flag of the United States United States 33,103,852 34
2 Phil Mickelson Flag of the United States United States 22,149,969 21
3 Davis Love III Flag of the United States United States 20,050,850 14
4 Vijay Singh Flag of Fiji Fiji 18,281,015 11
5 Nick Price Flag of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 16,648,337 18

Full 2002 Career Official Money List

[edit] Awards

Award Winner Country
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award) Tiger Woods Flag of the United States United States
PGA Player of the Year Tiger Woods Flag of the United States United States
PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Tiger Woods Flag of the United States United States
Scoring leader (PGA - Vardon Trophy) Tiger Woods Flag of the United States United States
Scoring leader (PGA Tour - Byron Nelson Award) Tiger Woods Flag of the United States United States
Rookie of the Year Jonathan Byrd Flag of the United States United States
Comeback Player of the Year Gene Sauers Flag of the United States United States

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