2002 Players Championship Explained

2002 Players Championship
Dates:March 21–24, 2002
Location:Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Course:TPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
Tour:PGA Tour
Par:72
Field:149 players, 75 after cut
Cut:146 (+2)
Purse:$6.0 million
Winners Share:$1.08 million
Champion: Craig Perks
Score:280 (−8)
Map:USA#USA Florida
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:TPC Sawgrass
Coordinates:30.198°N -81.394°W
Previous:2001
Next:2003

The 2002 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 29th Players Championship.

Unheralded Craig Perks gained his only career win on the PGA Tour, two strokes ahead of runner-up Stephen Ames.[1] [2] In the last three holes, Perks chipped in twice; for eagle at 16 and for par at 18. In between, he made a 25feet birdie putt on the Island Green; he had only two pars in the last fourteen holes.[1] [3]

Starting the year at 256 in the world rankings, Perks moved from 203 to 64 with the win.[3] [4]

Defending champion Tiger Woods finished seven strokes back, in a tie for fourteenth place.

Venue

See main article: TPC at Sawgrass. This was the 21st Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at .

Field

Fulton Allem, Robert Allenby, Stephen Ames, Billy Andrade, Stuart Appleby, Woody Austin, Paul Azinger, Briny Baird, Craig Barlow, Cameron Beckman, Rich Beem, Notah Begay III, David Berganio Jr., Thomas Bjørn, Jay Don Blake, Mark Brooks, Olin Browne, Ángel Cabrera, Mark Calcavecchia, Michael Campbell, Jim Carter, Greg Chalmers, Brandel Chamblee, K. J. Choi, Stewart Cink, Michael Clark II, Darren Clarke, John Cook, Fred Couples, John Daly, Robert Damron, Glen Day, Chris DiMarco, Scott Dunlap, Joe Durant, David Duval, Joel Edwards, Steve Elkington, Ernie Els, Bob Estes, Nick Faldo, Niclas Fasth, Brad Faxon, Steve Flesch, Dan Forsman, Carlos Franco, Harrison Frazar, David Frost, Ed Fryatt, Fred Funk, Jim Furyk, Sergio García, Brian Gay, Brent Geiberger, Matt Gogel, Retief Goosen, David Gossett, Paul Gow, Jay Haas, Pádraig Harrington, Dudley Hart, J. P. Hayes, J. J. Henry, Tim Herron, Glen Hnatiuk, Scott Hoch, Charles Howell III, John Huston, Lee Janzen, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Brandt Jobe, Per-Ulrik Johansson, Steve Jones, Shingo Katayama, Jonathan Kaye, Jerry Kelly, Skip Kendall, Tom Kite, Greg Kraft, Matt Kuchar, Neal Lancaster, Bernhard Langer, Paul Lawrie, Ian Leggatt, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard, J. L. Lewis, Frank Lickliter, Davis Love III, Steve Lowery, Jeff Maggert, Shigeki Maruyama, Len Mattiace, Bob May, Billy Mayfair, Scott McCarron, Paul McGinley, Rocco Mediate, Phil Mickelson, Larry Mize, Colin Montgomerie, Michael Muehr, Frank Nobilo, Greg Norman, Mark O'Meara, Geoff Ogilvy, José María Olazábal, Jesper Parnevik, Craig Parry, Carl Paulson, Dennis Paulson, Corey Pavin, David Peoples, Craig Perks, Tom Pernice Jr., Kenny Perry, Nick Price, Brett Quigley, Chris Riley, Loren Roberts, Rory Sabbatini, Tom Scherrer, Adam Scott, Scott Simpson, Joey Sindelar, Vijay Singh, Jeff Sluman, Chris Smith, Jerry Smith, Mike Sposa, Craig Stadler, Paul Stankowski, Steve Stricker, Kevin Sutherland, Hal Sutton, Esteban Toledo, David Toms, Kirk Triplett, Bob Tway, Scott Verplank, Grant Waite, Duffy Waldorf, Brian Watts, Mike Weir, Lee Westwood, Jay Williamson, Garrett Willis, Tiger Woods, Kaname Yokoo

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 21, 2002

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Phil Mickelson64−8
2 Chris DiMarco66−6
3 Scott Hoch67−5
T4 David Duval68−4
Nick Faldo
T6 Robert Allenby69−3
Stuart Appleby
Mark Calcavecchia
Brian Gay
David Gossett
Jerry Kelly
Steve Lowery
Carl Paulson
Jeff Sluman
Steve Stricker
David Toms

Second round

Friday, March 22, 2002
Saturday, March 23, 2002

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Carl Paulson69-69=138−6
Jeff Sluman69-69=138
T3 Mark Calcavecchia69-70=139−5
Phil Mickelson64-75=139
Craig Perks71-68=139
6 Michael Campbell72-68=140−4
T7 Chris DiMarco66-75=141−3
Nick Faldo68-73=141
Rocco Mediate71-70=141
David Toms69-72=141

Third round

Saturday, March 23, 2002

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 69-69-69=207 −9
2 71-68-69=208 −8
T3 71-70-69=210 −6
69-69-72=210
T5 69-72-70=211 −5
70-73-68=211
T7 73-69-70=212 −4
69-70-73=212
67-77-68=212
T10 68-73-72=213 −3
70-72-71=213
69-73-71=213
72-72-69=213
71-72-70=213
Source:[5]

Final round

Sunday, March 24, 2002

Craig Perks chipped in on the 16th and 18th holes to win the championship, his only PGA Tour victory. His lone putt in the last three holes was a 28-foot birdie putt on the 17th.[6]

Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Craig Perks 71-68-69-72=280 −8 1,080,000
2 74-69-72-67=282 −6 648,000
3 71-70-69-73=283 −5 408,000
T4 73-69-70-72=284 −4 226,200
70-72-71-71=284
67-77-68-72=284
69-69-69-77=284
69-69-72-74=284
T9 73-69-73-70=285 −3 168,000
Nick Price (c) 74-71-71-69=285
[7]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718
Par453444435454344534
Perks −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −7 −8 −7 −6 −6 −7 −6 −7 −6 −5 −7 −8 −8
Ames −1 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −5 −6 −7 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −6
Mediate −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −3 −2 −3 −4 −3 −3 −3 −5 −5 −5
Andrade −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4
García −3 −3 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −4
Hoch −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4
Paulson −10 −10 −9 −8 −7 −6 −6 −5 −6 −6 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −4
Sluman −6 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −4 −4 −5 −5 −4
Toms −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −3 −4 −3 −4 −3 −2 −2 −2 E E E E
Weir −4 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −4 −3 −3−2 E E
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
EagleBirdieBogeyDouble Bogey
Source:[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Pitched battle . Sports Illustrated . Van Sickle . Gary . April 1, 2002 . April 28, 2017.
  2. News: Drama marks Perks' first title rum . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon) . Associated Press . March 25, 2002 . 2E.
  3. News: A million Perks for TPC champ . Sarasota Herald-Tribune . (Florida) . Associated Press . March 25, 2002 . 1C.
  4. Web site: 2002: Week 12 . Official World Golf Ranking . March 24, 2002 . April 30, 2002 .
  5. News: Players Championship . Sunday Morning Star . (Wilmington, North Carolina) . March 24, 2002 . 2C.
  6. News: 2002 Champion Craig Perks . 18 July 2020.
  7. Web site: Past Results 1974 – present . PGA Tour . March 1, 2020 . September 1, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200901175049/https://www.theplayers.com/past-results.html . dead .
  8. News: The Players Championship . ESPN . 4 October 2018.

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