2002 European Tour

2002 European Tour season

Duration	22 November 2001 (2001-11-22) – 10 November 2002 (2002-11-10)
Number of official events	44
Most wins	Ernie Els (3) [lower-alpha 1]
Order of Merit	Retief Goosen
Golfer of the Year	Ernie Els
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year	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

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

The following table lists official events during the 2002 season. ^{[1] [2]}

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse	Winner [lower-alpha 2]	OWGR points	Other tours [lower-alpha 3]	Notes
25 Nov	BMW Asian Open	Taiwan	US$1,500,000	Jarmo Sandelin (5)	20	ASA	New tournament
2 Dec	Omega Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong	US$700,000	José María Olazábal (22)	16	ASA	New to European Tour
13 Jan	Bell's South African Open	South Africa	£500,000	Tim Clark (1)	32	AFR [lower-alpha 4]
20 Jan	Dunhill Championship	South Africa	£500,000	Justin Rose (1)	22	AFR
27 Jan	Johnnie Walker Classic	Australia	£1,000,000	Retief Goosen (8)	42	ANZ, ASA
3 Feb	Heineken Classic	Australia	A$2,000,000	Ernie Els (9)	36	ANZ
10 Feb	ANZ Championship	Australia	A$1,750,000	Richard S. Johnson (1)	20	ANZ	New to European Tour
24 Feb	Caltex Singapore Masters	Singapore	US$900,000	Arjun Atwal (1)	16	ASA
24 Feb	WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship	United States	US$5,500,000	Kevin Sutherland (n/a)	76		World Golf Championship
3 Mar	Carlsberg Malaysian Open	Malaysia	US$1,000,000	Alastair Forsyth (1)	16	ASA
10 Mar	Dubai Desert Classic	UAE	US$1,500,000	Ernie Els (10)	40
17 Mar	Qatar Masters	Qatar	US$1,500,000	Adam Scott (2)	24
24 Mar	Madeira Island Open	Portugal	€550,000	Diego Borrego (2)	24	CHA
7 Apr	Algarve Open de Portugal	Portugal	€750,000	Carl Pettersson (1)	24
14 Apr	Masters Tournament	United States	US$5,600,000	Tiger Woods (n/a)	100		Major championship
28 Apr	Canarias Open de España	Spain	€1,750,000	Sergio García (4)	24
5 May	Novotel Perrier Open de France	France	€2,000,000	Malcolm MacKenzie (1)	24
12 May	Benson & Hedges International Open	England	£1,100,000	Ángel Cabrera (2)	46
19 May	Deutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of Europe	Germany	€2,700,000	Tiger Woods (n/a)	50
26 May	Volvo PGA Championship	England	€3,200,000	Anders Hansen (1)	64		Flagship event
2 Jun	Victor Chandler British Masters	England	£1,300,000	Justin Rose (2)	26
9 Jun	Compass Group English Open	England	£800,000	Darren Clarke (9)	24
16 Jun	U.S. Open	United States	US$6,250,000	Tiger Woods (n/a)	100		Major championship
23 Jun	Great North Open	England	£600,000	Miles Tunnicliff (1)	24
30 Jun	Murphy's Irish Open	Ireland	€1,600,000	Søren Hansen (1)	32
7 Jul	Smurfit European Open	Ireland	£2,000,000	Michael Campbell (5)	48
14 Jul	Barclays Scottish Open	Scotland	£2,200,000	Eduardo Romero (8)	54
21 Jul	The Open Championship	Scotland	£3,900,000	Ernie Els (11)	100		Major championship
28 Jul	TNT Dutch Open	Netherlands	€1,800,000	Tobias Dier (2)	32
4 Aug	Volvo Scandinavian Masters	Sweden	€1,900,000	Graeme McDowell (1)	26
11 Aug	Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open	Wales	£1,100,000	Paul Lawrie (5)	24
18 Aug	PGA Championship	United States	US$5,500,000	Rich Beem (1)	100		Major championship
18 Aug	North West of Ireland Open	Ireland	€350,000	Adam Mednick (1)	16	CHA
25 Aug	Diageo Scottish PGA Championship	Scotland	£1,000,000	Adam Scott (3)	24
25 Aug	WGC-NEC Invitational	United States	US$5,500,000	Craig Parry (5)	76		World Golf Championship
1 Sep	BMW International Open	Germany	€1,800,000	Thomas Bjørn (7)	24
8 Sep	Omega European Masters	Switzerland	€1,500,000	Robert Karlsson (5)	34
15 Sep	Linde German Masters	Germany	€3,000,000	Stephen Leaney (4)	50
22 Sep	WGC-American Express Championship	Ireland	US$5,000,000	Tiger Woods (n/a)	76		World Golf Championship
6 Oct	Dunhill Links Championship	Scotland	US$5,000,000	Pádraig Harrington (5)	52		Pro-Am
13 Oct	Trophée Lancôme	France	€1,400,000	Alex Čejka (4)	34
27 Oct	Telefónica Open de Madrid	Spain	€1,400,000	Steen Tinning (2)	24
3 Nov	Italian Open Telecom Italia	Italy	€1,100,000	Ian Poulter (3)	26
10 Nov	Volvo Masters Andalucía	Spain	US$3,000,000	Bernhard Langer (42) Colin Montgomerie (27)	38		Tour Championship Title shared [lower-alpha 5]

Unofficial events

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	Team GB&I	n/a	Team event
29 Sep	Ryder Cup	England	n/a	Team Europe	n/a	Team event
20 Oct	Cisco World Match Play Championship	England	£1,000,000	Ernie Els	n/a	Limited-field event
18 Nov	WGC-World Cup	Mexico	US$3,000,000	Toshimitsu Izawa and Shigeki Maruyama	n/a	World Golf Championship Team event

Order of Merit

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	Retief Goosen	2,360,128
2	Pádraig Harrington	2,334,655
3	Ernie Els	2,251,708
4	Colin Montgomerie	1,980,720
5	Eduardo Romero	1,811,330
6	Sergio García	1,488,728
7	Adam Scott	1,361,776
8	Michael Campbell	1,325,404
9	Justin Rose	1,323,529
10	Paul Lawrie	1,151,434

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
Golfer of the Year	Ernie Els	[6]
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year	Nick Dougherty	[7]

See also

• 2002 European Seniors Tour

Notes

1. Tiger Woods won 4 events, but was not a European Tour member.
2. 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.
3. AFR − Sunshine Tour; ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia; ASA − Asian PGA Tour; CHA − Challenge Tour.
4. Sunshine Tour flagship event
5. 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]

References

1. "2002 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
2. "Doubts over Dunhill Links future". BBC Sport. 26 October 2001. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
3. "Montgomerie and Langer share Volvo Masters". RTÉ. 10 November 2002. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
4. "2002 Order of Merit". European Tour. Archived from the original on 21 September 2004. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
5. "Goosen reigns again". BBC Sport. 10 November 2002. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
6. "Els Named European Golfer of Year". Golf Channel. Associated Press. 5 December 2002. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
7. "Dougherty is best rookie". The Independent. London, United Kingdom. 13 November 2002. Retrieved 17 October 2023.

External links

• Official website