Golf tour season
The 2002 European Tour was the 31st season of the European Tour , the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.
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.[ 1] [ 2]
Date
Tournament
Host country
Purse
Winner[ b]
OWGR points
Other tours[ 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 (n/a)
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 (n/a)
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 (11)
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 (1)
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 Title shared[ e]
Unofficial events
The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
Order of Merit
The Order of Merit was titled as the Volvo Order of Merit and was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros .[ 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
Awards
See also
Notes
^ 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-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.
^ 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]
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