2002 Ladies European Tour

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2002 Ladies European Tour season
DurationFebruary 2002 (2002-02) – October 2002 (2002-10)
Number of official events15
Order of Merit Flag of Spain.svg Paula Martí
Player of the Year Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam
Rookie of the Year Flag of England.svg Kirsty S. Taylor
Lowest stroke average Flag of Sweden.svg Sophie Gustafson
2001
2003

The 2002 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from January through December 2002. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).

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Tournaments

The table below shows the 2002 schedule. [1] The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the Ladies European Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for members of the tour.

DateNameVenueLocationWinnerPrize fundPrize fund (€)Notes
24 Feb ANZ Ladies Masters RACV Royal Pines Resort Australia Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam (7)$750,000€433,969Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
3 Mar AAMI Women's Australian Open Yarra Yarra Golf Club Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karrie Webb (5)$500,000€289,318Co-sanctioned by the ALPG Tour
5 May Tenerife Ladies Open Golf Del Sur, San Miguel de Abona Spain Flag of Spain.svg Raquel Carriedo (4)€200,000€200,000
12 May Ladies Irish Open Killarney Golf & Fishing Club Ireland Flag of Denmark.svg Iben Tinning (1)€165,000€165,000
19 May La Perla Ladies Italian Open UNA Poggio Dei Medici Golf Resort Italy Flag of Denmark.svg Iben Tinning (2)£117,000€190,000
26 May Ladies Open de Costa Azul Aroeira Golf Club Portugal Flag of Japan.svg Kanna Takanashi (n/a)€70,000€70,000
2 Jun Caja Duero Open de Espana Femenino Campo de Golf de Salamanca Spain Flag of France.svg Karine Icher (3)€250,000€250,000
15 Jun Evian Masters Evian Masters Golf Club France Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam (8)$2,100,000€2,371,407Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
23 Jun Arras Open de France Dames Golf d'Arras France Flag of New Zealand.svg Lynnette Brooky (2)€275,000€275,000
4 Aug P4 Norwegian Masters Oslo Golf Club Norway Flag of England.svg Laura Davies (34)£220,000€363,880
11 Aug Weetabix Women's British Open Turnberry GC Scotland Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karrie Webb (6)£1,000,000€1,654,000Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
18 Aug Compaq Open Vasatorps Golfklubb Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam (9)£300,000€537,550
25 Aug Wales WPGA Championship of Europe Royal Porthcawl Golf Club Wales Flag of Sweden.svg Åsa Gottmo (1)£400,000€661,600
22 Sep Solheim Cup Interlachen Country Club United States Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Team event; no prize moneyCo-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour
5 Oct Biarritz Ladies Classic Biarritz le Phare GC France Flag of Sweden.svg Sophie Gustafson (8)€165,000€165,000

Major championships in bold.

Order of Merit rankings

RankPlayerCountryPoints
1 Paula Martí Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 6,589.50
2 Maria Hjorth Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 6,483.65
3 Sophie Gustafson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 5,613.25
4 Iben Tinning Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 5,472.46
5 Åsa Gottmo Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 4,851.51
6 Karine Icher Flag of France.svg  France 4,642.04
7 Marine Monnet Flag of France.svg  France 4,500.13
8 Suzann Pettersen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 4,403.40
9 Laura Davies Flag of England.svg  England 4,359.92
10 Raquel Carriedo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 4,291.38

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