2002 PGA Tour explained

Year:	2002
Tour:	PGA Tour
Regular Season:	–
No Of Events:	49
Most Wins:	Tiger Woods (5)
Honor1:	Money list
Honoree1:	Tiger Woods
Honor2:	PGA Tour Player of the Year
Honoree2:	Tiger Woods
Honor3:	PGA Player of the Year
Honoree3:	Tiger Woods
Honor4:	Rookie of the Year
Honoree4:	Jonathan Byrd
Prevseason:	2001
Nextseason:	2003

The 2002 PGA Tour was the 87th season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 34th season since separating from the PGA of America.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2002 season.^[1]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (US$)	Winner	OWGR points	Notes
Jan 6		Hawaii	4,000,000	Sergio García (3)	56	Winners-only event
Jan 14		Hawaii	4,000,000	Jerry Kelly (1)	50
Jan 20		California	4,000,000	Phil Mickelson (20)	54	Pro-Am
Jan 27		Arizona	4,000,000	Chris DiMarco (3)	58
Feb 3		California	4,000,000	Matt Gogel (1)	54	Pro-Am
Feb 10		California	3,600,000	José María Olazábal (6)	48
Feb 17		California	3,700,000	Len Mattiace (1)	62
Feb 24		California	5,500,000	Kevin Sutherland (1)	78	World Golf Championship
Feb 24		Arizona	3,000,000	Ian Leggatt (1)	24	Alternate event
Mar 3		Florida	4,700,000	Ernie Els (9)	60
Mar 10		Florida	3,500,000	Matt Kuchar (1)	50
Mar 17		Florida	4,000,000	Tiger Woods (30)	70	Invitational
Mar 24		Florida	6,000,000	Craig Perks (1)	80	Flagship event
Mar 31		Texas	4,000,000	Vijay Singh (10)	54
Apr 7		Georgia	3,800,000	Retief Goosen (2)	56
Apr 14	Masters Tournament	Georgia	5,600,000	Tiger Woods (31)	100	Major championship
Apr 21		South Carolina	4,000,000	Justin Leonard (7)	58	Invitational
Apr 28		North Carolina	3,800,000	Rocco Mediate (5)	30
May 5		Louisiana	4,500,000	K. J. Choi (1)	52
May 12		Texas	4,800,000	Shigeki Maruyama (2)	68
May 19		Texas	4,300,000	Nick Price (18)	66	Invitational
May 26		Ohio	4,500,000	Jim Furyk (7)	64	Invitational
Jun 2		Maryland	3,600,000	Bob Estes (4)	30
Jun 9		New York	3,500,000	Chris Smith (1)	64
Jun 16	U.S. Open	New York	5,500,000	Tiger Woods (32)	100	Major championship
Jun 23		Connecticut	4,000,000	Phil Mickelson (21)	56
Jun 30		Tennessee	3,800,000	Len Mattiace (2)	32
Jul 7		Illinois	4,000,000	Jerry Kelly (2)	52
Jul 14		Wisconsin	3,100,000	Jeff Sluman (6)	24
Jul 21	The Open Championship	Scotland	£3,800,000	Ernie Els (10)	100	Major championship
Jul 21		New York	2,100,000	Spike McRoy (1)	24	Alternate event
Jul 28		Illinois	3,000,000	J. P. Hayes (2)	24
Aug 4		Colorado	4,500,000	Rich Beem (2)	56
Aug 11		Michigan	3,300,000	Tiger Woods (33)	56
Aug 18	PGA Championship	Minnesota	5,500,000	Rich Beem (3)	100	Major championship
Aug 25		Washington	5,500,000	Craig Parry (1)	76	World Golf Championship
Aug 25		Nevada	3,000,000	Chris Riley (1)	24	Alternate event
Sep 1		Canada	3,500,000	Gene Sauers (3)	38
Sep 8		Canada	4,000,000	John Rollins (1)	34
Sep 15		Pennsylvania	3,300,000	Dan Forsman (5)	32
Sep 22		Ireland	5,500,000	Tiger Woods (34)	76	World Golf Championship
Sep 22		Florida	2,600,000	K. J. Choi (2)	24	Alternate event
Sep 29		Texas	3,500,000	Loren Roberts (8)	24
Oct 6		Virginia	3,700,000	Charles Howell III (1)	42
Oct 13		Nevada	5,000,000	Phil Tataurangi (1)	50
Oct 20		Florida	3,700,000	Bob Burns (1)	58
Oct 27		Georgia	3,700,000	Jonathan Byrd (1)	56
Nov 3		Georgia	5,000,000	Vijay Singh (11)	64	Tour Championship
Nov 4		Mississippi	2,600,000	Luke Donald (1)	24	Alternate event

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse ($)	Winner(s)	Notes
Jun 25	CVS Charity Classic	Rhode Island	1,200,000	Chris DiMarco and Dudley Hart	Team event
Sep 29	Ryder Cup	England	n/a	Team Europe	Team event
Nov 17	Hyundai Team Matches	California	400,000	Rich Beem and Peter Lonard	Team event
Nov 24	Franklin Templeton Shootout	Florida	2,250,000	Lee Janzen and Rocco Mediate	Team event
Nov 27	PGA Grand Slam of Golf	Hawaii	1,000,000	Tiger Woods	Limited-field event
Dec 1	Skins Game	California	1,000,000	Mark O'Meara	Limited-field event
Dec 8	Target World Challenge	California	3,860,000	Pádraig Harrington	Limited-field event
Dec 15	WGC-World Cup	Mexico	3,000,000	Toshimitsu Izawa and Shigeki Maruyama	World Golf Championship Team event

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.^{[2] [3]}

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1		6,912,625
2		4,311,971
3		3,756,563
4		3,459,739
5		3,291,895
6		2,946,889
7		2,938,365
8		2,738,235
9		2,702,747
10		2,617,004

Awards

Award	Winner
		^[4] ^[5]
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See also

• 2002 Buy.com Tour
• 2002 Senior PGA Tour

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2002 Tournament schedule . PGA Tour . 30 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180908180139/https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/schedule.history.2002.html . 8 September 2018.
2. Web site: 2002 Official money . PGA Tour . https://web.archive.org/web/20150215190333/https://www.pgatour.com/stats/stat.109.2002.html . 15 February 2015 . 30 October 2023.
3. News: Knee problem for Woods . The Desert Sun . Palm Springs, California . 4 November 2002 . 30 October 2023 . 20 (C6 in paper) . Newspapers.com . subscription.
4. News: Woods, Sorenstam win golf awards . The Gazette . Montreal, Quebec, Canada . 19 December 2002 . 30 October 2023 . 53 (C5 in paper) . Newspapers.com . subscription.
5. News: Woods claims top prize for fourth year . The Independent . Wilson . Sugrue . 8 January 2003 . 30 October 2023.
6. News: Woods takes Grand Slam lead . The Montana Standard . Butte, Montana . 27 November 2002 . 30 October 2023 . 13 (B3 in paper) . Newspapers.com . subscription.
7. News: Byrd joins impressive list as PGA Rookie of the Year . The State . Columbia, South Carolina . 6 January 2003 . 30 October 2023 . 15 (C7 in paper) . Newspapers.com . subscription.
8. News: McGahee Bough Insurance Policy Golf . The Los Angeles Times . Los Angeles, California . 7 January 2003 . 30 October 2023 . 40 (D7 in paper) . Newspapers.com . subscription.