Golf tour season
The2002 European Tour was the 31st season of theEuropean Tour , the mainprofessional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.
There were three new tournaments to the European Tour in 2002, theBMW Asian Open in Taiwan, theOmega Hong Kong Open and theANZ Championship in Australia. The schedule also saw the return of theOpen de Canarias , but this was ultimately combined with theOpen de España , and the loss of theGreg Norman Holden International , theMoroccan Open , theSão Paulo Brazil Open and theArgentine Open .
The following table lists official events during the 2002 season.[ 1] [ 2]
Date Tournament Host country Purse Winner[ b] OWGR Other[ c] Notes 25 Nov BMW Asian Open Taiwan US$1,500,000 Jarmo Sandelin (5)20 ASA New tournament 2 Dec Omega Hong Kong Open Hong Kong US$700,000 José María Olazábal (22)16 ASA New to European Tour 13 Jan Bell's South African Open South Africa £500,000 Tim Clark (1)32 AFR [ d] 20 Jan Dunhill Championship South Africa £500,000 Justin Rose (1)22 AFR 27 Jan Johnnie Walker Classic Australia £1,000,000 Retief Goosen (8)42 ANZ ,ASA 3 Feb Heineken Classic Australia A$2,000,000 Ernie Els (9)36 ANZ 10 Feb ANZ Championship Australia A$1,750,000 Richard S. Johnson (1)20 ANZ New to European Tour 24 Feb Caltex Singapore Masters Singapore US$900,000 Arjun Atwal (1)16 ASA 24 Feb WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship United States US$5,500,000 Kevin Sutherland (n/a)76 World Golf Championship 3 Mar Carlsberg Malaysian Open Malaysia US$1,000,000 Alastair Forsyth (1)16 ASA 10 Mar Dubai Desert Classic UAE US$1,500,000 Ernie Els (10)40 17 Mar Qatar Masters Qatar US$1,500,000 Adam Scott (2)24 24 Mar Madeira Island Open Portugal €550,000 Diego Borrego (2)24 CHA 7 Apr Algarve Open de Portugal Portugal €750,000 Carl Pettersson (1)24 14 Apr Masters Tournament United States US$5,600,000 Tiger Woods 100 Major championship 28 Apr Canarias Open de España Spain €1,750,000 Sergio García (4)24 5 May Novotel Perrier Open de France France €2,000,000 Malcolm MacKenzie (1)24 12 May Benson & Hedges International Open England £1,100,000 Ángel Cabrera (2)46 19 May Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe Germany €2,700,000 Tiger Woods (n/a)50 26 May Volvo PGA Championship England €3,200,000 Anders Hansen (1)64 Flagship event 2 Jun Victor Chandler British Masters England £1,300,000 Justin Rose (2)26 9 Jun Compass Group English Open England £800,000 Darren Clarke (9)24 16 Jun U.S. Open United States US$6,250,000 Tiger Woods 100 Major championship 23 Jun Great North Open England £600,000 Miles Tunnicliff (1)24 30 Jun Murphy's Irish Open Ireland €1,600,000 Søren Hansen (1)32 7 Jul Smurfit European Open Ireland £2,000,000 Michael Campbell (5)48 14 Jul Barclays Scottish Open Scotland £2,200,000 Eduardo Romero (8)54 21 Jul The Open Championship Scotland £3,900,000 Ernie Els 100 Major championship 28 Jul TNT Dutch Open Netherlands €1,800,000 Tobias Dier (2)32 4 Aug Volvo Scandinavian Masters Sweden €1,900,000 Graeme McDowell (1)26 11 Aug Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open Wales £1,100,000 Paul Lawrie (5)24 18 Aug PGA Championship United States US$5,500,000 Rich Beem 100 Major championship 18 Aug North West of Ireland Open Ireland €350,000 Adam Mednick (1)16 CHA 25 Aug Diageo Scottish PGA Championship Scotland £1,000,000 Adam Scott (3)24 25 Aug WGC-NEC Invitational United States US$5,500,000 Craig Parry (5)76 World Golf Championship 1 Sep BMW International Open Germany €1,800,000 Thomas Bjørn (7)24 8 Sep Omega European Masters Switzerland €1,500,000 Robert Karlsson (5)34 15 Sep Linde German Masters Germany €3,000,000 Stephen Leaney (4)50 22 Sep WGC-American Express Championship Ireland US$5,000,000 Tiger Woods (n/a)76 World Golf Championship 6 Oct Dunhill Links Championship Scotland US$5,000,000 Pádraig Harrington (5)52 Pro-Am 13 Oct Trophée Lancôme France €1,400,000 Alex Čejka (4)34 27 Oct Telefónica Open de Madrid Spain €1,400,000 Steen Tinning (2)24 3 Nov Italian Open Telecom Italia Italy €1,100,000 Ian Poulter (3)26 10 Nov Volvo Masters Andalucía Spain US$3,000,000 Bernhard Langer (42)Colin Montgomerie (27)38 Tour Championship[ e]
The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
TheOrder of Merit was titled as theVolvo Order of Merit and was based on prize money won during the season, calculated inEuros .[ 4] [ 5]
Position Player Prize money (€ ) 1 Retief Goosen 2,360,128 2 Pádraig Harrington 2,334,655 3 Ernie Els 2,251,708 4 Colin Montgomerie 1,980,720 5 Eduardo Romero 1,811,330 6 Sergio García 1,488,728 7 Adam Scott 1,361,776 8 Michael Campbell 1,325,404 9 Justin Rose 1,323,529 10 Paul Lawrie 1,151,434
^ Tiger Woods won four events, but was not a European Tour member.^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of European Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for European Tour members and are inclusive of the three United States-basedmajor championships which were included on the schedule for the first time in 1998, with earlier editions having retrospectively been 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.[ 3]
Ernie Els (3)[a]
Nick Dougherty
Team GB&I
Team Europe
Toshimitsu Izawa and
Colin Montgomerie
Eduardo Romero
Sergio García
Adam Scott
Michael Campbell
