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.

DateTournamentLocationPurse(US$)WinnerOWGRpointsNotes Jan 6 Mercedes Championships Hawaii 4,000,000 Sergio García (3) 56 Winners-only event Jan 14 Sony Open in Hawaii Hawaii 4,000,000 Jerry Kelly (1) 50 Jan 20 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic California 4,000,000 Phil Mickelson (20) 54 Pro-Am Jan 27 Phoenix Open Arizona 4,000,000 Chris DiMarco (3) 58 Feb 3 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am California 4,000,000 Matt Gogel (1) 54 Pro-Am Feb 10 Buick Invitational California 3,600,000 José María Olazábal (6) 48 Feb 17 Nissan Open California 3,700,000 Len Mattiace (1) 62 Feb 24 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship California 5,500,000 Kevin Sutherland (1) 78 World Golf Championship Feb 24 Touchstone Energy Tucson Open Arizona 3,000,000 Ian Leggatt (1) 24 Alternate event Mar 3 Genuity Championship Florida 4,700,000 Ernie Els (9) 60 Mar 10 The Honda Classic Florida 3,500,000 Matt Kuchar (1) 50 Mar 17 Bay Hill Invitational Florida 4,000,000 Tiger Woods (30) 70 Invitational Mar 24 The Players Championship Florida 6,000,000 Craig Perks (1) 80 Flagship event Mar 31 Shell Houston Open Texas 4,000,000 Vijay Singh (10) 54 Apr 7 BellSouth Classic Georgia 3,800,000 Retief Goosen (2) 56 Apr 14 Masters Tournament Georgia 5,600,000 Tiger Woods (31) 100 Major championship Apr 21 WorldCom Classic - The Heritage of Golf South Carolina 4,000,000 Justin Leonard (7) 58 Invitational Apr 28 Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic North Carolina 3,800,000 Rocco Mediate (5) 30 May 5 Compaq Classic of New Orleans Louisiana 4,500,000 K. J. Choi (1) 52 May 12 Verizon Byron Nelson Classic Texas 4,800,000 Shigeki Maruyama (2) 68 May 19 MasterCard Colonial Texas 4,300,000 Nick Price (18) 66 Invitational May 26 Memorial Tournament Ohio 4,500,000 Jim Furyk (7) 64 Invitational Jun 2 Kemper Insurance Open Maryland 3,600,000 Bob Estes (4) 30 Jun 9 Buick Classic 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 Canon Greater Hartford Open Connecticut 4,000,000 Phil Mickelson (21) 56 Jun 30 FedEx St. Jude Classic Tennessee 3,800,000 Len Mattiace (2) 32 Jul 7 Advil Western Open Illinois 4,000,000 Jerry Kelly (2) 52 Jul 14 Greater Milwaukee Open 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 B.C. Open New York 2,100,000 Spike McRoy (1) 24 Alternate event Jul 28 John Deere Classic Illinois 3,000,000 J. P. Hayes (2) 24 Aug 4 The International Colorado 4,500,000 Rich Beem (2) 56 Aug 11 Buick Open Michigan 3,300,000 Tiger Woods (33) 56 Aug 18 PGA Championship Minnesota 5,500,000 Rich Beem (3) 100 Major championship Aug 25 WGC-NEC Invitational Washington 5,500,000 Craig Parry (1) 76 World Golf Championship Aug 25 Reno–Tahoe Open Nevada 3,000,000 Chris Riley (1) 24 Alternate event Sep 1 Air Canada Championship Canada 3,500,000 Gene Sauers (3) 38 Sep 8 Bell Canadian Open Canada 4,000,000 John Rollins (1) 34 Sep 15 SEI Pennsylvania Classic Pennsylvania 3,300,000 Dan Forsman (5) 32 Sep 22 WGC-American Express Championship Ireland 5,500,000 Tiger Woods (34) 76 World Golf Championship Sep 22 Tampa Bay Classic Florida 2,600,000 K. J. Choi (2) 24 Alternate event Sep 29 Valero Texas Open Texas 3,500,000 Loren Roberts (8) 24 Oct 6 Michelob Championship at Kingsmill Virginia 3,700,000 Charles Howell III (1) 42 Oct 13 Invensys Classic at Las Vegas Nevada 5,000,000 Phil Tataurangi (1) 50 Oct 20 Disney Golf Classic Florida 3,700,000 Bob Burns (1) 58 Oct 27 Buick Challenge Georgia 3,700,000 Jonathan Byrd (1) 56 Nov 3 The Tour Championship Georgia 5,000,000 Vijay Singh (11) 64 Tour Championship Nov 4 Southern Farm Bureau Classic 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.

DateTournamentLocationPurse($)Winner(s)NotesJun 25CVS Charity ClassicRhode Island1,200,000 Chris DiMarco and Dudley HartTeam eventSep 29Ryder CupEnglandn/a Team EuropeTeam eventNov 17Hyundai Team MatchesCalifornia400,000 Rich Beem and Peter LonardTeam eventNov 24Franklin Templeton ShootoutFlorida2,250,000 Lee Janzen and Rocco MediateTeam eventNov 27PGA Grand Slam of GolfHawaii1,000,000 Tiger WoodsLimited-field eventDec 1Skins GameCalifornia1,000,000 Mark O'MearaLimited-field eventDec 8Target World ChallengeCalifornia3,860,000 Pádraig HarringtonLimited-field eventDec 15WGC-World CupMexico3,000,000 Toshimitsu Izawa and Shigeki MaruyamaWorld Golf ChampionshipTeam event

Location of tournaments

Money list The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.

Position Player Prize money ($)1 Tiger Woods 6,912,6252 Phil Mickelson 4,311,9713 Vijay Singh 3,756,5634 David Toms 3,459,7395 Ernie Els 3,291,8956 Jerry Kelly 2,946,8897 Rich Beem 2,938,3658 Justin Leonard 2,738,2359 Charles Howell III 2,702,74710 Retief Goosen 2,617,004

Awards AwardWinner PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Tiger Woods PGA Player of the Year Tiger Woods Rookie of the Year Jonathan Byrd Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award) Tiger Woods Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy) Tiger Woods Comeback Player of the Year Gene Sauers

See also 2002 Buy.com Tour 2002 Senior PGA Tour

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