2002 Buy.com Tour

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2002 Buy.com Tour season
DurationMarch 7, 2002 (2002-03-07) – October 27, 2002 (2002-10-27)
Number of official events28
Most wins Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Moore (3)
Money list Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Moore
Player of the Year Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Moore
← 2001
2003 →

The 2002 Buy.com Tour was the 13th season of the Buy.com Tour, the official development tour to the PGA Tour.

Contents

Schedule

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

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)		Winner [lower-alpha 1] OWGR
points		Other
tours [lower-alpha 2] 		Notes
Mar 10 Jacob's Creek Open Championship Australia500,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gavin Coles (1)12 ANZ New to Buy.com Tour
Mar 17 Holden Clearwater Classic New Zealand500,000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter O'Malley (n/a)12 ANZ New to Buy.com Tour
Apr 14 Louisiana Open Louisiana450,000 Flag of New Zealand.svg Steven Alker (1)6
Apr 21 Arkansas Classic Arkansas450,000 Flag of the United States.svg Jace Bugg (1)6
Apr 28 BMW Charity Pro-Am South Carolina525,000 Flag of the United States.svg Charles Warren (1)6Pro-Am
May 5 Virginia Beach Open Virginia425,000 Flag of the United States.svg Cliff Kresge (1)6
May 12 Greater Richmond Open Virginia425,000 Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Moore (1)6
May 19 SAS Carolina Classic North Carolina450,000 Flag of the United States.svg Zoran Zorkic (1)6
Jun 2 Northeast Pennsylvania Classic Pennsylvania450,000 Flag of the United States.svg Gary Hallberg (1)6
Jun 9 Samsung Canadian PGA Championship Canada450,000 Flag of the United States.svg Arron Oberholser (1)6
Jun 23 Lake Erie Charity Classic New York425,000 Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Moore (2)6New tournament
Jun 30 Knoxville Open Tennessee425,000 Flag of the United States.svg Darron Stiles (3)6
Jul 7 Hershey Open Pennsylvania425,000 Flag of the United States.svg Cliff Kresge (2)6
Jul 14 Dayton Open Ohio425,000 Flag of the United States.svg Jason Buha (1)6
Jul 21 Fort Smith Classic Arkansas425,000 Flag of the United States.svg Todd Fischer (1)6
Jul 28 Price Cutter Charity Championship Missouri475,000 Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Sheehan (1)6
Aug 4 Omaha Classic Nebraska500,000 Flag of the United States.svg Jay Delsing (2)6
Aug 11 LaSalle Bank Open Illinois450,000 Flag of the United States.svg Marco Dawson (1)6New tournament
Aug 18 Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open Kansas425,000 Flag of the United States.svg Tyler Williamson (1)6
Aug 25 Permian Basin Open Texas425,000 Flag of the United States.svg Tag Ridings (1)6
Sep 8 Utah Classic Utah425,000 Flag of the United States.svg Arron Oberholser (2)6
Sep 15 Oregon Classic Oregon425,000 Flag of the United States.svg Jason Gore (2)6
Sep 22 Albertsons Boise Open Idaho575,000 Flag of the United States.svg Jason Gore (3)6
Sep 29 State Farm Open California450,000 Flag of the United States.svg Andy Miller (1)6
Oct 6 Bank of America Monterey Peninsula Classic California450,000 Flag of the United States.svg Roland Thatcher (1)6
Oct 13 Gila River Classic Arizona425,000 Flag of the United States.svg David Branshaw (1)6
Oct 20 Hibernia Southern Open Louisiana425,000 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg David Morland IV (1)6
Oct 27 Buy.com Tour Championship Alabama600,000 Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Moore (3)6Tour Championship

Money list

For full rankings, see 2002 Buy.com Tour graduates.

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars. [2] [3] The top 15 players on the money list earned status to play on the 2003 PGA Tour. [4]

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1 Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Moore 381,965
2 Flag of the United States.svg Arron Oberholser 319,883
3 Flag of the United States.svg Doug Barron 248,175
4 Flag of New Zealand.svg Steven Alker 247,008
5 Flag of the United States.svg Cliff Kresge 245,265

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Moore [5]

Notes

  1. ↑ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Buy.com Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Buy.com Tour members. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Buy.com Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the PGA Tour.
  2. ↑ ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia.

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References

  1. ↑ "2002 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on October 11, 2004. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  2. ↑ "2002 money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on March 2, 2008. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Patrick Moore declared Buy.com tourney winner". Tuscaloosa News. Tuscaloosa, Alabama. October 28, 2002. p. 10 (3C in paper). Retrieved September 2, 2023– via Google News Archive. Moore earned $108,000 for the victory and moved into the top spot on the Buy.com money list with $381,965.
  4. ↑ "Se Ri Pak brings honor home". Herald-Journal. Spartanburg, South Carolina. October 27, 2002. p. 139 (B6 in paper). Retrieved September 2, 2023– via Google News Archive. The top 15 players on the money list earned exemptions to the 2003 PGA Tour.
  5. ↑ "Woods again PGA Player of the Year". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Lewiston, Idaho. January 7, 2003. p. 11 (10B in paper). Retrieved July 8, 2023– via Google News Archive. Patrick Moore was the Buy.com Tour Player of the Year after winning three times...
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