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2002 LPGA Tour

Golf tour season

Field	Value
year	2002
tour	LPGA Tour
regular_season	–
no_of_events	32
most_wins	11 SWE Annika Sörenstam
honor1	Money leader
honoree1	SWE Annika Sörenstam
honor2	Rolex Player of the Year
honoree2	SWE Annika Sörenstam
honor3	Rookie of the Year
honoree3	USA Beth Bauer
prevseason	[2001](2001-lpga-tour)
nextseason	[2003](2003-lpga-tour)

The 2002 LPGA Tour was the 53rd season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 28 to November 24, consisting of 32 official money events. Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, 11. She also led the money list with earnings of $2,863,904. She broke the LPGA Tour single-season earnings and scoring average (68.70) records she had set the previous season.

The season saw the first tournament with a $3,000,000 purse, the U.S. Women's Open. There were three first-time winners in 2002: Laura Diaz, Cristie Kerr, and Patricia Meunier-Lebouc.

The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 2002 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.

Date	Tournament	Location	Winner	Score	Purse ($)	1st prize ($)
Mar 2	LPGA Takefuji Classic	Hawaii	SWE Annika Sörenstam (32)	196 (−14)	900,000	135,000
Mar 17	PING Banner Health	Arizona	AUS Rachel Teske (5)	281 (−7)	1,000,000	150,000
Mar 24	Welch's/Circle K Championship	Arizona	USA Laura Diaz (1)	270 (−18)	800,000	120,000
Mar 31	[Kraft Nabisco Championship](2002-kraft-nabisco-championship)	California	SWE Annika Sörenstam (33)	280 (−8)	1,500,000	225,000
Apr 7	The Office Depot Championship	California	KOR Se Ri Pak (14)	209 (−7)	1,000,000	150,000
Apr 21	Longs Drugs Challenge	California	USA Cristie Kerr (1)	280 (−8)	900,000	135,000
May 5	Chick-fil-A Charity Championship	Georgia	USA Juli Inkster (27)	132 (−12)^	1,250,000	187,500
May 12	Aerus Electrolux USA Championship	Tennessee	SWE Annika Sörenstam (34)	271 (−17)	800,000	120,000
May 19	Asahi Ryokuken International Championship	South Carolina	SCO Janice Moodie (2)	273 (−15)	1,250,000	187,500
May 26	LPGA Corning Classic	New York	USA Laura Diaz (2)	274 (−14)	1,000,000	150,000
Jun 2	Kellogg-Keebler Classic	Illinois	SWE Annika Sörenstam (35)	195 (−21)	1,200,000	180,000
Jun 9	[McDonald's LPGA Championship](2002-lpga-championship)	Delaware	KOR Se Ri Pak (15)	279 (−5)	1,500,000	225,000
Jun 15	Evian Masters	France	SWE Annika Sörenstam (36)	269 (−19)	2,100,000	315,000
Jun 23	Wegmans Rochester LPGA	New York	AUS Karrie Webb (27)	276 (−12)	1,200,000	180,000
Jun 30	ShopRite LPGA Classic	New Jersey	SWE Annika Sörenstam (37)	201 (−12)	1,200,000	180,000
Jul 7	[U.S. Women's Open](2002-u-s-women-s-open)	Kansas	USA Juli Inkster (28)	276 (−4)	3,000,000	535,000
Jul 14	Jamie Farr Kroger Classic	Ohio	AUS Rachel Teske (6)	270 (−14)	1,000,000	150,000
Jul 21	Giant Eagle LPGA Classic	Ohio	KOR Mi Hyun Kim (4)	202 (−14)	1,000,000	150,000
Jul 28	Sybase Big Apple Classic	New York	KOR Gloria Park (2)	270 (−14)	950,000	142,500
Aug 4	Wendy's Championship for Children	Ohio	KOR Mi Hyun Kim (5)	208 (−8)	1,000,000	150,000
Aug 11	[Weetabix Women's British Open](2002-women-s-british-open)	Scotland	AUS Karrie Webb (28)	273 (−15)	1,500,000	236,383
Aug 18	Bank of Montreal Canadian Women's Open	Canada	USA Meg Mallon (14)	284 (-4)	1,200,000	180,000
Aug 25	First Union Betsy King Classic	Pennsylvania	KOR Se Ri Pak (16)	267 (−21)	1,200,000	180,000
Sep 1	State Farm Classic	Illinois	FRA Patricia Meunier-Lebouc (1)	270 (−18)	1,100,000	165,000
Sep 8	Williams Championship	Oklahoma	SWE Annika Sörenstam (38)	199 (−11)	1,000,000	150,000
Sep 15	Safeway Classic	Oregon	SWE Annika Sörenstam (39)	199 (−17)	1,000,000	150,000
Oct 6	Samsung World Championship	California	SWE Annika Sörenstam (40)	266 (−22)	775,000	162,000
Oct 13	Mobile LPGA Tournament of Champions	Alabama	KOR Se Ri Pak (17)	268 (−20)	750,000	122,000
Oct 27	Sports Today CJ Nine Bridges Classic	South Korea	KOR Se Ri Pak (18)	213 (−3)	1,500,000	225,000
Nov 3	Cisco World Ladies Match Play Championship	Japan	KOR Grace Park (3)	22 holes	1,020,000	153,000
Nov 10	Mizuno Classic	Japan	SWE Annika Sörenstam (41)	201 (−15)	1,130,000	169,500
Nov 24	ADT Championship	Florida	SWE Annika Sörenstam (42)	275 (−13)	1,000,000	215,000

^ – weather-shortened tournament

Leaders

Money List leaders

Rank	Player	Earnings ($)	Events
1	Annika Sörenstam	2,863,904	23
2	Se Ri Pak	1,722,281	24
3	Juli Inkster	1,154,349	20
4	Mi Hyun Kim	1,049,993	28
5	Karrie Webb	1,009,760	21
6	Grace Park	861,943	28
7	Laura Diaz	843,790	25
8	Carin Koch	785,817	25
9	Rachel Teske	779,329	27
10	Rosie Jones	722,412	24

Source:

Awards

Award	Winner	Country
Money winner	Annika Sörenstam (5)
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)	Annika Sörenstam (5)
Player of the Year	Annika Sörenstam (5)
Rookie of the Year	Beth Bauer

References

(November 25, 2002). "Sorenstam ends record season with 11th victory". Brattleboro Reformer.
"LPGA Tournament Chronology 2000-2008". LPGA.
"Money/Finishes: Official Money – 2002". LPGA.

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