2002 European Tour
Duration | 22 November 2001 | – 10 November 2002
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Number of official events | 44 |
Most wins | 3:[a]![]() |
Order of Merit | ![]() |
Golfer of the Year | ![]() |
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year | ![]() |
← 2001 2003 → |
The 2002 European Tour was the 31st season of golf tournaments since the European Tour officially began in 1972.
The season was made up of 44 tournaments counting towards the Order of Merit, which included the four major championships and three World Golf Championships, and several non-counting "Approved Special Events" including the Ryder Cup which had been postponed from 2001.[1]
The Order of Merit was won by Retief Goosen, defending the title he won in 2001.
Changes for 2002
There were three new tournaments to the European Tour in 2002, the BMW Asian Open in Taiwan, the Omega Hong Kong Open and the ANZ Championship in Australia. The schedule also saw the return of the Open de Canarias, but this was ultimately combined with the Open de España, and the loss of the Greg Norman Holden International, the Moroccan Open, the São Paulo Brazil Open and the Argentine Open.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2002 season.
Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse | Winner[b] | OWGR points |
Other tours[c] |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
25 Nov | BMW Asian Open | Taiwan | US$1,500,000 | ![]() |
20 | ASA | New tournament |
2 Dec | Omega Hong Kong Open | Hong Kong | US$700,000 | ![]() |
16 | ASA | New to European Tour |
13 Jan | Bell's South African Open | South Africa | £500,000 | ![]() |
32 | AFR[d] | |
20 Jan | Dunhill Championship | South Africa | R3,500,000 | ![]() |
22 | AFR | |
27 Jan | Johnnie Walker Classic | Australia | £1,000,000 | ![]() |
42 | ANZ, ASA | |
3 Feb | Heineken Classic | Australia | A$2,000,000 | ![]() |
36 | ANZ | |
10 Feb | ANZ Championship | Australia | A$1,750,000 | ![]() |
20 | ANZ | New to European Tour |
24 Feb | Caltex Singapore Masters | Singapore | US$900,000 | ![]() |
16 | ASA | |
24 Feb | WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship | United States | US$5,500,000 | ![]() |
76 | World Golf Championship | |
3 Mar | Carlsberg Malaysian Open | Malaysia | US$1,000,000 | ![]() |
16 | ASA | |
10 Mar | Dubai Desert Classic | UAE | US$1,500,000 | ![]() |
40 | ||
17 Mar | Qatar Masters | Qatar | US$1,500,000 | ![]() |
24 | ||
24 Mar | Madeira Island Open | Portugal | €550,000 | ![]() |
24 | CHA | |
7 Apr | Algarve Open de Portugal | Portugal | €750,000 | ![]() |
24 | ||
14 Apr | Masters Tournament | United States | US$5,600,000 | ![]() |
100 | Major championship | |
28 Apr | Canarias Open de España | Spain | €1,750,000 | ![]() |
24 | ||
5 May | Novotel Perrier Open de France | France | €2,000,000 | ![]() |
24 | ||
12 May | Benson & Hedges International Open | England | £1,100,000 | ![]() |
46 | ||
19 May | Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe | Germany | €2,700,000 | ![]() |
50 | ||
26 May | Volvo PGA Championship | England | €3,200,000 | ![]() |
64 | Flagship event | |
2 Jun | Victor Chandler British Masters | England | £1,300,000 | ![]() |
26 | ||
9 Jun | Compass Group English Open | England | £800,000 | ![]() |
24 | ||
16 Jun | U.S. Open | United States | US$6,250,000 | ![]() |
100 | Major championship | |
23 Jun | Great North Open | England | £600,000 | ![]() |
24 | ||
30 Jun | Murphy's Irish Open | Ireland | €1,600,000 | ![]() |
32 | ||
7 Jul | Smurfit European Open | Ireland | £2,000,000 | ![]() |
48 | ||
14 Jul | Barclays Scottish Open | Scotland | £2,200,000 | ![]() |
54 | ||
21 Jul | The Open Championship | Scotland | £3,900,000 | ![]() |
100 | Major championship | |
28 Jul | TNT Dutch Open | Netherlands | €1,800,000 | ![]() |
32 | ||
4 Aug | Volvo Scandinavian Masters | Sweden | €1,900,000 | ![]() |
26 | ||
11 Aug | Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open | Wales | £1,100,000 | ![]() |
24 | ||
18 Aug | PGA Championship | United States | US$5,500,000 | ![]() |
100 | Major championship | |
18 Aug | North West of Ireland Open | Ireland | €350,000 | ![]() |
16 | CHA | |
25 Aug | Diageo Scottish PGA Championship | Scotland | £1,000,000 | ![]() |
24 | ||
25 Aug | WGC-NEC Invitational | United States | US$5,500,000 | ![]() |
76 | World Golf Championship | |
1 Sep | BMW International Open | Germany | €1,800,000 | ![]() |
24 | ||
8 Sep | Omega European Masters | Switzerland | €1,500,000 | ![]() |
34 | ||
15 Sep | Linde German Masters | Germany | €3,000,000 | ![]() |
50 | ||
22 Sep | WGC-American Express Championship | Ireland | US$5,000,000 | ![]() |
76 | World Golf Championship | |
6 Oct | Dunhill Links Championship | Scotland | US$5,000,000 | ![]() |
52 | Pro-Am | |
13 Oct | Trophée Lancôme | France | €1,400,000 | ![]() |
34 | ||
27 Oct | Telefónica Open de Madrid | Spain | €1,400,000 | ![]() |
24 | ||
3 Nov | Italian Open Telecom Italia | Italy | €1,100,000 | ![]() |
26 | ||
10 Nov | Volvo Masters Andalucía | Spain | US$3,000,000 | ![]() ![]() |
38 | Tour Championship Title shared[e] |
Unofficial events
The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse | Winner(s) | OWGR points |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
21 Apr | Seve Trophy | Ireland | n/a | ![]() ![]() |
n/a | Team event |
29 Sep | Ryder Cup | England | n/a | ![]() |
n/a | Team event |
20 Oct | Cisco World Match Play Championship | England | £1,000,000 | ![]() |
n/a | Limited-field event |
18 Nov | WGC-World Cup | Mexico | US$3,000,000 | ![]() ![]() |
n/a | World Golf Championship Team event |
Order of Merit
The Order of Merit was based on prize money earned during the season, calculated in Euros.
Position | Player | Prize money (€) |
---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
2,360,128 |
2 | ![]() |
2,334,655 |
3 | ![]() |
2,251,708 |
4 | ![]() |
1,980,720 |
5 | ![]() |
1,811,330 |
6 | ![]() |
1,488,728 |
7 | ![]() |
1,361,776 |
8 | ![]() |
1,325,404 |
9 | ![]() |
1,323,529 |
10 | ![]() |
1,151,434 |
Awards
Award | Winner |
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European Tour Golfer of the Year | ![]() |
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year | ![]() |
See also
Notes
- ^ Tiger Woods won 4 events, but was not a European Tour member.
- ^ The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names show the number of official career wins they had on the European Tour up to and including that event. Totals are only shown for members of the European Tour and are inclusive of the three United States-based major championships which were included on the schedule for the first time in 1998, with earlier editions having retrospectively been recognised as official tour wins. Victories in "Approved Special Events" are not recognised as official tour wins.
- ^ AFR − Sunshine Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ASA − Asian PGA Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour.
- ^ Sunshine Tour flagship event
- ^ Langer and Montgomerie remained level after two holes of a sudden-death playoff before darkness forced an end to play; they agreed to share the title instead of returning the following day.
References
- ^ "Doubts over Dunhill Links future". BBC Sport. 26 October 2001. Retrieved 4 May 2020.