2002 Players Championship

2002 Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates March 21–24, 2002
Location Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Course(s) TPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Statistics
Par 72
Length 7,093 yards (6,486 m)
Field 150 players, 75 after cut
Cut 146 (+2)
Prize fund $6.0 million
Winner's share $1.08 million
Champion
New Zealand Craig Perks
280 (−8)
TPC Sawgrass
Location in the United States
TPC Sawgrass
Location in Florida

The 2002 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 21–24 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 29th Players Championship.

Unheralded Craig Perks gained his only career win on the PGA Tour, two strokes ahead of runner-up Stephen Ames.[1][2] In the last three holes, Perks chipped in twice; for eagle at 16 and for par at 18. In between, he made a 25-foot (7.6 m) birdie putt on the Island Green; he had only two pars in the last fourteen holes.[1][3]

Starting the year at 256 in the world rankings, Perks moved from 203 to 64 with the win.[3][4]

Defending champion Tiger Woods finished seven strokes back, in a tie for fourteenth place.

Venue

This was the 21st Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,093 yards (6,486 m).

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Nick Price Zimbabwe199374717169285−3T9
Tiger Woods United States200171727074287−1T14
David Duval United States199968757275290+2T28
Tom Kite United States198972717969291+3T36
Justin Leonard United States199872747274292+4T44
Steve Elkington Australia1991, 199774687777296+8T63

Source:[5]

Missed the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
Davis Love III United States19927374147+3
Hal Sutton United States1983, 20007374147+3
Lee Janzen United States19957772149+5
Fred Couples United States1984, 19967874152+8
Greg Norman Australia19947478152+8

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 21, 2002

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Phil Mickelson United States64−8
2Chris DiMarco United States66−6
3Scott Hoch United States67−5
T4David Duval United States68−4
Nick Faldo England
T6Robert Allenby Australia69−3
Stuart Appleby Australia
Mark Calcavecchia United States
Brian Gay United States
David Gossett United States
Jerry Kelly United States
Steve Lowery United States
Carl Paulson United States
Jeff Sluman United States
Steve Stricker United States
David Toms United States

Second round

Friday, March 22, 2002
Saturday, March 23, 2002

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Carl Paulson United States69-69=138−6
Jeff Sluman United States69-69=138
T3Mark Calcavecchia United States69-70=139−5
Phil Mickelson United States64-75=139
Craig Perks New Zealand71-68=139
6Michael Campbell New Zealand72-68=140−4
T7Chris DiMarco United States66-75=141−3
Nick Faldo England68-73=141
Rocco Mediate United States71-70=141
David Toms United States69-72=141

Third round

Saturday, March 23, 2002

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Carl Paulson United States69-69-69=207−9
2Craig Perks New Zealand71-68-69=208−8
T3Rocco Mediate United States71-70-69=210−6
Jeff Sluman United States69-69-72=210
T5David Toms United States69-72-70=211−5
Mike Weir Canada70-73-68=211
T7Billy Andrade United States73-69-70=212−4
Mark Calcavecchia United States69-70-73=212
Scott Hoch United States67-77-68=212
T10Nick Faldo England68-73-72=213−3
Sergio García Spain70-72-71=213
Steve Lowery United States69-73-71=213
Shigeki Maruyama Japan72-72-69=213
Tiger Woods United States71-72-70=213

Source:[6]

Final round

Sunday, March 24, 2002

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Craig Perks New Zealand71-68-69-72=280−81,080,000
2Stephen Ames Trinidad and Tobago74-69-72-67=282−6648,000
3Rocco Mediate United States71-70-69-73=283−5408,000
T4Billy Andrade United States73-69-70-72=284−4226,200
Sergio García Spain70-72-71-71=284
Scott Hoch United States67-77-68-72=284
Carl Paulson United States69-69-69-77=284
Jeff Sluman United States69-69-72-74=284
T9John Huston United States73-69-73-70=285−3168,000
Nick Price Zimbabwe74-71-71-69=285

Source:[5]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par453444435454344534
New Zealand Perks−7−7−7−7−8−7−8−7−6−6−7−6−7−6−5−7−8−8
Trinidad and Tobago Ames−1−2−2−2−3−3−3−3−4−5−6−7−6−6−7−7−7−6
United States Mediate−6−6−5−5−5−4−4−4−3−2−3−4−3−3−3−5−5−5
United States Andrade−4−4−4−5−5−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−5−5−5−4−4
Spain García−3−3−2−2−3−3−3−3−3−3−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−4
United States Hoch−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−6−6−5−5−5−5−4
United States Paulson−10−10−9−8−7−6−6−5−6−6−5−5−4−4−4−5−5−4
United States Sluman−6−7−6−6−6−6−6−5−5−5−5−5−6−4−4−5−5−4
United States Toms−5−5−5−5−4−4−3−4−3−4−3−2−2−2EEEE
Canada Weir−4−5−5−6−6−6−6−6−6−5−5−5−4−3−3−2EE

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double Bogey

Source:[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Van Sickle, Gary (April 1, 2002). "Pitched battle". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Drama marks Perks' first title rum". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 25, 2002. p. 2E.
  3. 1 2 "A million Perks for TPC champ". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. (Florida). Associated Press. March 25, 2002. p. 1C.
  4. ↑ "2002: Week 12" (PDF). Official World Golf Rankings. March 24, 2002. Retrieved April 30, 2002.
  5. 1 2 "Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). March 25, 2002. p. 2C.
  6. ↑ "Players Championship". Sunday Morning Star. (Wilmington, North Carolina). March 24, 2002. p. 2C.
  7. ↑ "THE PLAYERS Championship". ESPN. Retrieved 4 October 2018.

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