2002 European Tour

The 2002 European Tour was the 31st season of golf tournaments since the European Tour officially began in 1972.

2002 European Tour season
Duration22 November 2001 (2001-11-22) – 18 November 2002 (2002-11-18)
Number of official events44
Most wins4 – Ernie Els*
* Tiger Woods also won 4 events, but was not a European Tour member
Order of MeritRetief Goosen
Golfer of the YearErnie Els
Sir Henry Cotton rookie of the yearNick Dougherty
← 2001
2003 →

The Order of Merit was won by Retief Goosen, defending the title he won in 2001.

Schedule

The table below shows the 2002 European Tour schedule which was made up of 44 tournaments counting towards the Order of Merit, which included the four major championships and three World Golf Championships, and several non-counting "Approved Special Events" including the Ryder Cup which had been postponed from 2001.[1]

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.

DatesTournamentHost countryWinner[lower-alpha 1]OWGR
points[2]		Notes
22–25 NovBMW Asian OpenTaiwan Jarmo Sandelin (5)20New tournament; co-sanctioned with the Davidoff Tour
29 Nov – 2 DecOmega Hong Kong OpenHong Kong José María Olazábal (22)16New tournament; co-sanctioned with the Davidoff Tour
10–13 JanBell's South African OpenSouth Africa Tim Clark (1)32Co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour
17–20 JanDunhill ChampionshipSouth Africa Justin Rose (1)22Co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour
24–27 JanJohnnie Walker ClassicAustralia Retief Goosen (8)42Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia and the Davidoff Tour
31 Jan – 3 FebHeineken ClassicAustralia Ernie Els (9)36Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia
7–10 FebANZ ChampionshipAustralia Richard S. Johnson (1)20New tournament; co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia
20–24 FebWGC-Accenture Match Play ChampionshipUnited States Kevin Sutherland (n/a)76World Golf Championships
21–24 FebCaltex Singapore MastersSingapore Arjun Atwal (1)16Alternate to the WGC Match Play; co-sanctioned with the Davidoff Tour
28 Feb – 3 MarCarlsberg Malaysian OpenMalaysia Alastair Forsyth (1)16Co-sanctioned with the Davidoff Tour
7–10 MarDubai Desert ClassicUnited Arab Emirates Ernie Els (10)40
14–17 MarQatar MastersQatar Adam Scott (2)24
21–24 MarMadeira Island OpenPortugal Diego Borrego (2)24Also a Challenge Tour event
4–7 AprAlgarve Open de PortugalPortugal Carl Pettersson (1)24
11–14 AprMasters TournamentUnited States Tiger Woods (n/a)100Major championship
17–21 AprSeve TrophyIreland Great Britain & Irelandn/aApproved special event; team event
25–28 AprCanarias Open de EspañaSpain Sergio García (4)24
2–5 MayNovotel Perrier Open de FranceFrance Malcolm MacKenzie (1)24
9–12 MayBenson and Hedges International OpenEngland Ángel Cabrera (2)46
16–19 MayDeutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of EuropeGermany Tiger Woods (n/a)50
23–26 MayVolvo PGA ChampionshipEngland Anders Hansen (1)64Flagship event
30 May – 2 JunVictor Chandler British MastersEngland Justin Rose (2)26
6–9 JunCompass Group English OpenEngland Darren Clarke (9)24
13–16 JunU.S. OpenUnited States Tiger Woods (n/a)100Major championship
20–23 JunGreat North OpenEngland Miles Tunnicliff (1)24
27–30 JunMurphy's Irish OpenIreland Søren Hansen (1)32
4–7 JulSmurfit European OpenIreland Michael Campbell (5)48
11–14 JulBarclays Scottish OpenScotland Eduardo Romero (8)54
18–21 JulThe Open ChampionshipScotland Ernie Els (11)100Major championship
25–28 JulTNT Dutch OpenNetherlands Tobias Dier (2)32
1–4 AugVolvo Scandinavian MastersSweden Graeme McDowell (1)26
8–11 AugCeltic Manor Resort Wales OpenWales Paul Lawrie (5)24
15–18 AugPGA ChampionshipUnited States Rich Beem (n/a)100Major championship
15–18 AugNorth West of Ireland OpenIreland Adam Mednick (1)16Alternate to the PGA Championship; also a Challenge Tour event
22–25 AugWGC-NEC InvitationalUnited States Craig Parry (5)76World Golf Championships
22–25 AugDiageo Scottish PGA ChampionshipScotland Adam Scott (3)24Alternate to the WGC Invitational
29 Aug – 1 SepBMW International OpenGermany Thomas Bjørn (7)24
5–8 SepOmega European MastersSwitzerland Robert Karlsson (5)34
12–15 SepLinde German MastersGermany Stephen Leaney (4)50
19–22 SepWGC-American Express ChampionshipIreland Tiger Woods (n/a)76World Golf Championships
27–29 SepRyder CupEngland Europen/aApproved special event; team event
3–6 OctDunhill Links ChampionshipScotland Pádraig Harrington (5)52
10–13 OctTrophée LancômeFrance Alex Čejka (4)34
17–20 OctCisco World Match Play ChampionshipEngland Ernie Els (n/a)n/a[lower-alpha 2]Approved special event
24–27 OctTelefonica Open de MadridSpain Steen Tinning (2)24
31 Oct – 3 NovItalian Open Telecom ItaliaItaly Ian Poulter (3)26
7–10 NovVolvo Masters AndaluciaSpain Bernhard Langer (42)
Colin Montgomerie (27)[lower-alpha 3]		38
15–18 NovWGC-World CupMexico Japann/aWorld Golf Championships; approved special event; team event
  1. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names show the number of official career wins they had on the European Tour up to and including that event. Totals are only shown for members of the European Tour and are inclusive of the three United States-based major championships which were included on the schedule for the first time in 1998 and have been retrospectively recognised as official tour wins. Victories in "Approved Special Events" are not recognised as official tour wins.
  2. Limited field events were not eligible for ranking points between 2000 and 2003.[3]
  3. 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.

Order of Merit

In 2002, the European Tour's money list was known as the "Order of Merit". It was calculated in euro, although around half of the events had prize funds which were fixed in other currencies, mostly either British pounds or U.S. dollars. In these instances the amounts were converted into euro at the exchange rate for the week that the tournament was played. The top 10 golfers in 2002 were:

PositionPlayerCountryPrize money (€)
1Retief Goosen South Africa2,360,128
2Pádraig Harrington Ireland2,334,655
3Ernie Els South Africa2,251,708
4Colin Montgomerie Scotland1,980,720
5Eduardo Romero Argentina1,811,330
6Sergio García Spain1,488,728
7Adam Scott Australia1,361,776
8Michael Campbell New Zealand1,325,404
9Justin Rose England1,323,529
10Paul Lawrie Scotland1,151,434

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
European Tour Golfer of the YearErnie Els South Africa
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the YearNick Dougherty England

References
  1. "Doubts over Dunhill Links future". BBC Sport. 26 October 2001. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  2. "Events | European Tour | 2002". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  3. "How the ranking evolved". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 5 May 2020.

See also
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