2002 Senior PGA Tour

The 2002 Senior PGA Tour was the 23rd season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980. This was the last season for the tour under its original name; it would be renamed as the Champions Tour for its next season in 2003, and since 2016 has been known as PGA Tour Champions. The season consisted of 35 official money events with purses totalling $58,205,000, including four majors. Bob Gilder and Hale Irwin won the most tournaments, four. 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. Senior majors are shown in bold.

DateTournamentLocationPurse ($)WinnerScore1st prize ($)
Jan 20MasterCard ChampionshipHawaii1,500,000 Tom Kite (4)199 (−17)258,000
Feb 3Royal Caribbean ClassicFlorida1,450,000 John Jacobs (4)133 (−11)217,500
Feb 10ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,500,000 Hale Irwin (33)200 (−16)225,000
Feb 17Verizon ClassicFlorida1,500,000 Doug Tewell (5)203 (−10)225,000
Feb 24Audi Senior ClassicMexico1,700,000 Bruce Lietzke (3)208 (−8)255,000
Mar 3SBC Senior ClassicCalifornia1,450,000 Tom Kite (5)212 (−4)217,500
Mar 10Toshiba Senior ClassicCalifornia1,500,000 Hale Irwin (34)197 (−16)225,000
Mar 17Siebel Classic in Silicon ValleyCalifornia1,400,000 Dana Quigley (6)212 (−4)210,000
Mar 31Emerald Coast ClassicFlorida1,450,000 Dave Eichelberger (6)135 (−10)217,500
Apr 7Liberty Mutual Legends of GolfFlorida2,505,000 Doug Tewell (6)205 (−11)306,000
Apr 28The Countrywide TraditionArizona2,000,000 Jim Thorpe (5)277 (−11)300,000
May 5Bruno's Memorial ClassicAlabama1,400,000 Sammy Rachels (3)201 (−15)210,000
May 12TD Waterhouse ChampionshipMissouri1,600,000 Bruce Lietzke (4)133 (−11)240,000
May 19The Instinet ClassicNew Jersey1,500,000 Isao Aoki (9)201 (−15)225,000
May 26Farmers Charity ClassicMichigan1,500,000 Jay Sigel (7)203 (−13)225,000
Jun 2NFL Golf ClassicNew Jersey1,300,000 James Mason (1)207 (−9)195,000
Jun 9Senior PGA ChampionshipOhio2,000,000 Fuzzy Zoeller (1)278 (−2)360,000
Jun 16BellSouth Senior Classic at OprylandTennessee1,600,000 Gil Morgan (21)202 (−14)240,000
Jun 23Greater Baltimore ClassicMaryland1,450,000 J. C. Snead (4)203 (−13)217,500
Jun 30U.S. Senior OpenMaryland2,500,000 Don Pooley (1)274 (−10)450,000
Jul 7AT&T Canada Senior Open ChampionshipCanada1,600,000 Tom Jenkins (3)195 (−18)240,000
Jul 14Ford Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan2,500,000 Stewart Ginn (1)274 (−14)375,000
Jul 21SBC Senior OpenIllinois1,450,000 Bob Gilder (3)204 (−12)217,500
Jul 28FleetBoston ClassicMassachusetts1,500,000 Bob Gilder (4)203 (−13)225,000
Aug 4Lightpath Long Island ClassicNew York1,700,000 Hubert Green (4)199 (−14)255,000
Aug 113M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000 Hale Irwin (35)204 (−12)262,500
Aug 25Uniting Fore Care ClassicUtah1,500,000 Morris Hatalsky (1)24 (Stableford)225,000
Sep 1Allianz ChampionshipIowa1,850,000 Bob Gilder (5)200 (−16)277,500
Sep 8Kroger Senior ClassicOhio1,500,000 Bob Gilder (6)200 (−16)225,000
Sep 15RJR ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,600,000 Bruce Fleisher (15)191 (−19)240,000
Sep 22SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,700,000 Bruce Lietzke (5)202 (−14)255,000
Oct 6Turtle Bay ChampionshipHawaii1,500,000 Hale Irwin (36)208 (−8)225,000
Oct 13Napa Valley ChampionshipCalifornia1,300,000 Tom Kite (6)204 (−12)195,000
Oct 20SBC ChampionshipTexas1,450,000 Dana Quigley (7)201 (−12)217,500
Oct 27Senior Tour Championship at Gaillardia Oklahoma2,500,000 Tom Watson (4)274 (−14)440,000

Source:[1]

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Hale Irwin United States68.93
2Tom Watson United States69.57
3Tom Kite United States69.64
4Bruce Fleisher United States69.73
5Morris Hatalsky United States69.85

Source:[2]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Hale Irwin United States3,028,304274
2Bob Gilder United States2,367,637344
3Bruce Fleisher United States1,860,534311
4Tom Kite United States1,631,930233
5Doug Tewell United States1,579,988272

Source:[3]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Hale Irwin United States16,950,17836
2Gil Morgan United States11,092,59321
3Jim Colbert United States10,840,37420
4Dave Stockton United States9,735,81414
5Lee Trevino United States9,616,40429

Source:[4]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Hale Irwin United States
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Hale Irwin United States
Charles Schwab CupHale Irwin United States
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)Hale Irwin United States
Rookie of the YearMorris Hatalsky United States
Comeback Player of the YearHubert Green United States

See also

References
  1. "2014 Champions Tour Media Guide: Section 5: All-Time Records" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 34. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  2. "Scoring Average – 2002 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  3. "Money Leaders – 2002 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  4. "Career Money Leaders – 2002 Senior PGA Tour". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
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