2002 PGA EuroPro Tour

2002 PGA EuroPro Tour season

Duration	30 April 2002 (2002-04-30) – 19 October 2002 (2002-10-19)
Number of official events	17
Most wins	Eamonn Brady (2) Richard McEvoy (2) Paul McKechnie (2)
Order of Merit	Paul McKechnie
2003 →

The 2002 PGA EuroPro Tour, titled as the 2002 Matchroom Sport PGA EuroPro Tour for sponsorship reasons, was the inaugural season of the PGA EuroPro Tour, a third-tier tour recognised by the European Tour.

The tour was created as the merger of the EuroPro Tour and the PGA MasterCard Tour. ^[1]

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2002 season. ^[2]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (£)	Winner [lower-alpha 1]
2 May	Hasseroder Classic	Hertfordshire	40,000	Paul McKechnie (1)
10 May	Pokermillion.com Classic	Kent	40,000	Nick Ludwell (1)
24 May	Quinta da Marinha Oitavos Golfe Open	Portugal	40,000	Richard McEvoy (1)
30 May	Sky Sports Trophy	Berkshire	40,000	Graeme McInnes (1)
14 Jun	ISM International	Isle of Man	40,000	Eamonn Brady (1)
21 Jun	Grampian International Freight Northern Open	Aberdeenshire	40,000	Fraser Mann (1)
28 Jun	Daily Star Trophy	Oxfordshire	40,000	Simon Lilly (1)
5 Jul	Owston Hall Challenge	South Yorkshire	40,000	Richard McEvoy (2)
19 Jul	Sweetwoods Park Trophy	Kent	40,000	Chris Gill (1)
2 Aug	Morley Hayes Open	Derbyshire	40,000	Peter Whiteford (1)
9 Aug	Admiral Golf Challenge	Monmouthshire	40,000	Matthew Griffiths (1)
16 Aug	Glenmuir Classic	East Lothian	40,000	Eamonn Brady (2)
23 Aug	Marriott Hollins Hall Trophy	West Yorkshire	40,000	Phillip Archer (1)
30 Aug	Highland Spring Golf Challenge	East Sussex	40,000	Kyron Sullivan (1)
4 Oct	Peugeot International	Bristol	40,000	David Orr (1)
11 Oct	Dudsbury Challenge	Dorset	40,000	Lee Thompson (1)
19 Oct	Matchroom PGA EuroPro Tour Championship	Portugal	75,000	Paul McKechnie (2)

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Pound sterling. ^[3] The top four players on the Order of Merit (not otherwise exempt) earned status to play on the 2003 Challenge Tour.

Position	Player	Prize money (£)	Status earned
1	Paul McKechnie	32,236	Promoted to Challenge Tour
2	John E. Morgan	30,854	Promoted to European Tour (Top 15 of Challenge Tour Rankings)
3	Eamonn Brady	29,905	Promoted to Challenge Tour
4	David Orr	29,088
5	Martin LeMesurier	26,683
6	Peter Whiteford	22,826
7	Richard McEvoy	22,686
8	Nick Ludwell	17,660
9	Phillip Archer	17,253	Qualified for European Tour (Top 25 in Q School)
10	Kyron Sullivan	16,423

Notes

1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA EuroPro Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the PGA EuroPro Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the Challenge Tour.

References

1. "About the PGA EuroPro Tour". Professional Golfers' Association. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2008.
2. "2002 Tournament schedule". PGA EuroPro Tour. Archived from the original on 1 December 2002. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
3. "2002 Order of Merit". PGA EuroPro Tour. Archived from the original on 9 February 2003. Retrieved 2 October 2022.

External links

• Official website