2002 Senior PGA Tour

2002 Senior PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 18, 2002 (2002-01-18) – October 27, 2002 (2002-10-27)
Number of official events36
Most wins Bob Gilder (4)
Hale Irwin (4)
Charles Schwab Cup Hale Irwin
Money list Hale Irwin
Player of the Year Hale Irwin
Rookie of the Year Morris Hatalsky
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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.[1][2]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$) 		Winner[a] Notes
Jan 20 MasterCard Championship Hawaii 1,500,000 Tom Kite (4)
Feb 3 Royal Caribbean Classic Florida 1,450,000 John Jacobs (4)
Feb 10 ACE Group Classic Florida 1,500,000 Hale Irwin (33)
Feb 17 Verizon Classic Florida 1,500,000 Doug Tewell (5)
Feb 24 Audi Senior Classic Mexico 1,700,000 Bruce Lietzke (3)
Mar 3 SBC Senior Classic California 1,450,000 Tom Kite (5)
Mar 10 Toshiba Senior Classic California 1,500,000 Hale Irwin (34)
Mar 17 Siebel Classic in Silicon Valley California 1,400,000 Dana Quigley (6)
Mar 31 Emerald Coast Classic Florida 1,450,000 Dave Eichelberger (6)
Apr 7 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf Florida 2,505,000 Doug Tewell (6) New to Senior PGA Tour
Apr 28 The Countrywide Tradition Arizona 2,000,000 Jim Thorpe (5) Senior PGA Tour major championship
May 5 Bruno's Memorial Classic Alabama 1,400,000 Sammy Rachels (3)
May 12 TD Waterhouse Championship Missouri 1,600,000 Bruce Lietzke (4)
May 19 Instinet Classic New Jersey 1,500,000 Isao Aoki (9)
May 26 Farmers Charity Classic Michigan 1,500,000 Jay Sigel (7)
Jun 2 NFL Golf Classic New Jersey 1,300,000 James Mason (1)
Jun 9 Senior PGA Championship Ohio 2,000,000 Fuzzy Zoeller (1) Senior major championship
Jun 16 BellSouth Senior Classic Tennessee 1,600,000 Gil Morgan (21)
Jun 23 Greater Baltimore Classic Maryland 1,450,000 J. C. Snead (4)
Jun 30 U.S. Senior Open Maryland 2,500,000 Don Pooley (1) Senior major championship
Jul 7 AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship Canada 1,600,000 Tom Jenkins (3)
Jul 14 Ford Senior Players Championship Michigan 2,500,000 Stewart Ginn (1) Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jul 21 SBC Senior Open Illinois 1,450,000 Bob Gilder (3)
Jul 28 Senior British Open Northern Ireland £500,000 Noboru Sugai (n/a) Senior major championship[b]
Jul 28 FleetBoston Classic Massachusetts 1,500,000 Bob Gilder (4)
Aug 4 Lightpath Long Island Classic New York 1,700,000 Hubert Green (4)
Aug 11 3M Championship Minnesota 1,750,000 Hale Irwin (35)
Aug 25 Uniting Fore Care Classic Utah 1,500,000 Morris Hatalsky (1)
Sep 1 Allianz Championship Iowa 1,850,000 Bob Gilder (5)
Sep 8 Kroger Senior Classic Ohio 1,500,000 Bob Gilder (6)
Sep 15 RJR Championship North Carolina 1,600,000 Bruce Fleisher (15)
Sep 22 SAS Championship North Carolina 1,700,000 Bruce Lietzke (5)
Oct 6 Turtle Bay Championship Hawaii 1,500,000 Hale Irwin (36)
Oct 13 Napa Valley Championship California 1,300,000 Tom Kite (6)
Oct 20 SBC Championship Texas 1,450,000 Dana Quigley (7)
Oct 27 Senior Tour Championship Oklahoma 2,500,000 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.

Date Tournament Location Purse
($)		 Winners Notes
Nov 17 UBS Cup Georgia 3,000,000 Team USA Team event
Dec 15 Office Depot Father/Son Challenge Florida 1,000,000 Craig Stadler and
son Kevin Stadler		 Team event

Charles Schwab Cup

The Charles Schwab Cup was based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system.[3][4]

Position Player Points
1 Hale Irwin 2,886
2 Bob Gilder 2,087
3 Bruce Fleisher 1,582
4 Tom Watson 1,448
5 Tom Kite 1,419

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[5]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1 Hale Irwin 3,028,304
2 Bob Gilder 2,367,637
3 Bruce Fleisher 1,860,534
4 Tom Kite 1,631,930
5 Doug Tewell 1,579,988

Awards

Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Hale Irwin [6]
Rookie of the Year Morris Hatalsky [7]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award) Hale Irwin [8]
Comeback Player of the Year Hubert Green [6]

Notes

  1. ^ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Senior PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Senior PGA Tour members.
  2. ^ Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.

References

  1. ^ "2002 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on August 28, 2002. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  2. ^ "2003 Champions Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
  3. ^ "2002 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on March 9, 2004. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  4. ^ "Annuity winners". The Daily Oklahoman. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. October 28, 2002. p. 93 (7-B in paper). Retrieved December 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "2002 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Woods, Irwin, Moore take Player of the Year awards". PGA Tour. January 6, 2003. Archived from the original on January 8, 2003. Retrieved December 1, 2023. 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.
  7. ^ Jarrett, Keith (January 8, 2003). "Fairview's Hatalsky named Champions Tour Rookie of the Year". Asheville Citizen-Times. Asheville, North Carolina. p. 30 (D6 in paper). Retrieved December 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "2002 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
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