2002 European Seniors Tour

2002 European Seniors Tour season

Duration	14 March 2002 (2002-03-14) – 27 October 2002 (2002-10-27)
Number of official events	19
Most wins	Seiji Ebihara (3)
Order of Merit	Seiji Ebihara
Rookie of the Year	Steve Stull
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The 2002 European Seniors Tour was the 11th season of the European Seniors Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe for men aged 50 and over.

Schedule

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

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]	Notes
16 Mar	Royal Westmoreland Barbados Open	Barbados	US$175,000	Peter Townsend (1)
22 Mar	Tobago Plantations Seniors Classic	Trinidad and Tobago	US$175,000	Steve Stull (1)	New tournament
19 May	AIB Irish Seniors Open	Ireland	310,000	Seiji Ebihara (3)
8 Jun	Legends in Golf	Belgium	170,000	Gary Wintz (1)
16 Jun	Microlease Jersey Seniors Masters	Jersey	£100,000	Delroy Cambridge (2)
29 Jun	Lawrence Batley Seniors	England	£125,000	Neil Coles (9)
7 Jul	Wales Seniors Open	Wales	£500,000	Seiji Ebihara (4)
14 Jul	Mobile Cup	England	£125,000	Bernard Gallacher (1)	New tournament
28 Jul	Senior British Open	Northern Ireland	£500,000	Noboru Sugai (1)	Senior major championship
4 Aug	De Vere PGA Seniors Championship	England	£200,000	Seiji Ebihara (5)
11 Aug	Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open	Switzerland	230,000	Dragon Taki (1)
18 Aug	Travis Perkins Senior Masters	England	£225,000	Ray Carrasco (1)
1 Sep	De Vere Hotels Seniors Classic	England	£150,000	Brian Jones (1)
7 Sep	GIN Monte Carlo Invitational	France	220,000	Terry Gale (2)
15 Sep	Bovis Lend Lease European Senior Masters	England	£225,000	Delroy Cambridge (3)
22 Sep	Charles Church Scottish Seniors Open	Scotland	£150,000	Denis Durnian (2)
12 Oct	The Daily Telegraph Sodexho Seniors Match Play Championship	Spain	£100,000	Delroy Cambridge (4)
19 Oct	Tunisian Seniors Open	Tunisia	£100,000	Denis O'Sullivan (5)
27 Oct	Estoril Seniors Tour Championship	Portugal	240,000	Denis Durnian (3)	Tour Championship

Unofficial events

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

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winners	Notes
17 Nov	UBS Cup	United States	US$3,000,000	Team USA	Team event

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros. ^[2]

Position	Player	Prize money (€)
1	Seiji Ebihara	330,211
2	Denis Durnian	259,983
3	Delroy Cambridge	184,167
4	John Morgan	157,216
5	Christy O'Connor Jnr	152,319

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Rookie of the Year	Steve Stull	[3]

Notes

1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of European Seniors Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for European Seniors Tour members.

References

1. "2002 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
2. "2002 Order of Merit". European Tour. Archived from the original on 10 February 2003. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
3. "Steve Stull". European Tour. Retrieved 20 November 2023. ...and ended the season as a worthy winner of the Rookie of the Year Award.

External links

• Official website