2002 European Tour
| Duration | 22 November 2001 – 10 November 2002 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 44 |
| Most wins | South Africa Ernie Els (3)[a] |
| Order of Merit | South Africa Retief Goosen |
| Golfer of the Year | South Africa Ernie Els |
| Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year | England Nick Dougherty |
← 2001 2003 → | |
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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]The following table lists official events during the 2002 season.[1][2]
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Unofficial events
[edit | edit source]The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse | Winner(s) | OWGR points |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Apr | Seve Trophy | Ireland | n/a | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svgFile:Flag of Ireland.svg Team GB&I | n/a | Team event |
| 29 Sep | Ryder Cup | England | n/a | File:Flag of Europe.svg Team Europe | n/a | Team event |
| 20 Oct | Cisco World Match Play Championship | England | £1,000,000 | South Africa Ernie Els | n/a | Limited-field event |
| 18 Nov | WGC-World Cup | Mexico | US$3,000,000 | Japan Toshimitsu Izawa and Japan Shigeki Maruyama |
n/a | World Golf Championship Team event |
Order of Merit
[edit | edit source]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 | South Africa Retief Goosen | 2,360,128 |
| 2 | Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington | 2,334,655 |
| 3 | South Africa Ernie Els | 2,251,708 |
| 4 | Scotland Colin Montgomerie | 1,980,720 |
| 5 | Argentina Eduardo Romero | 1,811,330 |
| 6 | Spain Sergio García | 1,488,728 |
| 7 | Australia Adam Scott | 1,361,776 |
| 8 | New Zealand Michael Campbell | 1,325,404 |
| 9 | England Justin Rose | 1,323,529 |
| 10 | Scotland Paul Lawrie | 1,151,434 |
Awards
[edit | edit source]| Award | Winner | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Golfer of the Year | South Africa Ernie Els | [6] |
| Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year | England Nick Dougherty | [7] |
See also
[edit | edit source]Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ 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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