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2002 Senior PGA Tour

Golf tour season

Golf tour season

FieldValue
year2002
tourSenior PGA Tour
regular_season–
no_of_events36
most_winsUSA Bob Gilder (4)
USA Hale Irwin (4)
honor1Charles Schwab Cup
honoree1USA Hale Irwin
honor2Money list
honoree2USA Hale Irwin
honor3Player of the Year
honoree3USA Hale Irwin
honor4Rookie of the Year
honoree4USA Morris Hatalsky
prevseason2001
nextseason2003

USA Hale Irwin (4) The 2002 Senior PGA Tour was the 23rd season of the Senior PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2002 season.

DateTournamentLocationPurse
(US$)WinnerNotes
Jan 20MasterCard ChampionshipHawaii1,500,000USA Tom Kite (4)
Feb 3Royal Caribbean ClassicFlorida1,450,000USA John Jacobs (4)
Feb 10ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,500,000USA Hale Irwin (33)
Feb 17Verizon ClassicFlorida1,500,000USA Doug Tewell (5)
Feb 24Audi Senior ClassicMexico1,700,000USA Bruce Lietzke (3)
Mar 3SBC Senior ClassicCalifornia1,450,000USA Tom Kite (5)
Mar 10Toshiba Senior ClassicCalifornia1,500,000USA Hale Irwin (34)
Mar 17Siebel Classic in Silicon ValleyCalifornia1,400,000USA Dana Quigley (6)
Mar 31Emerald Coast ClassicFlorida1,450,000USA Dave Eichelberger (6)
Apr 7Liberty Mutual Legends of GolfFlorida2,505,000USA Doug Tewell (6)New to Senior PGA Tour
Apr 28The Countrywide TraditionArizona2,000,000USA Jim Thorpe (5)Senior PGA Tour major championship
May 5Bruno's Memorial ClassicAlabama1,400,000USA Sammy Rachels (3)
May 12TD Waterhouse ChampionshipMissouri1,600,000USA Bruce Lietzke (4)
May 19Instinet ClassicNew Jersey1,500,000JPN Isao Aoki (9)
May 26Farmers Charity ClassicMichigan1,500,000USA Jay Sigel (7)
Jun 2NFL Golf ClassicNew Jersey1,300,000USA James Mason (1)
Jun 9Senior PGA ChampionshipOhio2,000,000USA Fuzzy Zoeller (1)Senior major championship
Jun 16BellSouth Senior ClassicTennessee1,600,000USA Gil Morgan (21)
Jun 23Greater Baltimore ClassicMaryland1,450,000USA J. C. Snead (4)
Jun 30U.S. Senior OpenMaryland2,500,000USA Don Pooley (1)Senior major championship
Jul 7AT&T Canada Senior Open ChampionshipCanada1,600,000USA Tom Jenkins (3)
Jul 14Ford Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan2,500,000AUS Stewart Ginn (1)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jul 21SBC Senior OpenIllinois1,450,000USA Bob Gilder (3)
Jul 28Senior British OpenNorthern Ireland£500,000JPN Noboru Sugai (n/a)Senior major championship
Jul 28FleetBoston ClassicMassachusetts1,500,000USA Bob Gilder (4)
Aug 4Lightpath Long Island ClassicNew York1,700,000USA Hubert Green (4)
Aug 113M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000USA Hale Irwin (35)
Aug 25Uniting Fore Care ClassicUtah1,500,000USA Morris Hatalsky (1)
Sep 1Allianz ChampionshipIowa1,850,000USA Bob Gilder (5)
Sep 8Kroger Senior ClassicOhio1,500,000USA Bob Gilder (6)
Sep 15RJR ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,600,000USA Bruce Fleisher (15)
Sep 22SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,700,000USA Bruce Lietzke (5)
Oct 6Turtle Bay ChampionshipHawaii1,500,000USA Hale Irwin (36)
Oct 13Napa Valley ChampionshipCalifornia1,300,000USA Tom Kite (6)
Oct 20SBC ChampionshipTexas1,450,000USA Dana Quigley (7)
Oct 27Senior Tour ChampionshipOklahoma2,500,000USA Tom Watson (4)Tour Championship

Unofficial events

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

DateTournamentLocationPurse
($)WinnersNotes
Nov 17UBS CupGeorgia3,000,000USA Team USATeam event
Dec 15Office Depot Father/Son ChallengeFlorida1,000,000USA Craig Stadler and
son Kevin StadlerTeam event

Charles Schwab Cup

The Charles Schwab Cup was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.

PositionPlayerPoints
1USA Hale Irwin2,886
2USA Bob Gilder2,087
3USA Bruce Fleisher1,582
4USA Tom Watson1,448
5USA Tom Kite1,419

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.

PositionPlayerPrize money ($)
1USA Hale Irwin3,028,304
2USA Bob Gilder2,367,637
3USA Bruce Fleisher1,860,534
4USA Tom Kite1,631,930
5USA Doug Tewell1,579,988

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)USA Hale Irwinurl=http://www.pgatour.com/u/ce/multi/0%2C1977%2C6106717%2C00.htmltitle=Woods, Irwin, Moore take Player of the Year awardspublisher=PGA Tourdate=6 January 2003access-date=1 December 2023archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20030108191545/http://www.pgatour.com/u/ce/multi/0,1977,6106717,00.htmlarchive-date=8 January 2003quote=Hubert Green, who dropped to 51st on the Champions Tour money list in 2001, returned to form in 2002 and finished 16th on the money list. He collected his fourth career Champions Tour title during the year and was named the Champions Tour Comeback Player of the Year.}}
Rookie of the YearUSA Morris Hatalsky
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)USA Hale Irwin
Comeback Player of the YearUSA Hubert Green

Notes

References

References

  1. "2002 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour.
  2. "2003 Champions Tour Media Guide". PGA Tour.
  3. "2002 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour.
  4. (28 October 2002). "Annuity winners". The Daily Oklahoman.
  5. "2002 Money list". PGA Tour.
  6. (6 January 2003). "Woods, Irwin, Moore take Player of the Year awards". PGA Tour.
  7. Jarrett, Keith. (8 January 2003). "Fairview's Hatalsky named Champions Tour Rookie of the Year". Asheville Citizen-Times.
  8. "2002 Scoring average". PGA Tour.
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