2002 Senior PGA Tour season
DurationJanuary 18, 2002 (2002-01-18) – October 27, 2002 (2002-10-27)
Number of official events36
Most winsUnited States Bob Gilder (4)
United States Hale Irwin (4)
Charles Schwab CupUnited States Hale Irwin
Money listUnited States Hale Irwin
Player of the YearUnited States Hale Irwin
Rookie of the YearUnited States Morris Hatalsky
← 2001
2003 →

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]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)		 Winner[lower-alpha 1] Notes
Jan 20MasterCard ChampionshipHawaii1,500,000United States Tom Kite (4)
Feb 3Royal Caribbean ClassicFlorida1,450,000United States John Jacobs (4)
Feb 10ACE Group ClassicFlorida1,500,000United States Hale Irwin (33)
Feb 17Verizon ClassicFlorida1,500,000United States Doug Tewell (5)
Feb 24Audi Senior ClassicMexico1,700,000United States Bruce Lietzke (3)
Mar 3SBC Senior ClassicCalifornia1,450,000United States Tom Kite (5)
Mar 10Toshiba Senior ClassicCalifornia1,500,000United States Hale Irwin (34)
Mar 17Siebel Classic in Silicon ValleyCalifornia1,400,000United States Dana Quigley (6)
Mar 31Emerald Coast ClassicFlorida1,450,000United States Dave Eichelberger (6)
Apr 7Liberty Mutual Legends of GolfFlorida2,505,000United States Doug Tewell (6)New to Senior PGA Tour
Apr 28The Countrywide TraditionArizona2,000,000United States Jim Thorpe (5)Senior PGA Tour major championship
May 5Bruno's Memorial ClassicAlabama1,400,000United States Sammy Rachels (3)
May 12TD Waterhouse ChampionshipMissouri1,600,000United States Bruce Lietzke (4)
May 19Instinet ClassicNew Jersey1,500,000Japan Isao Aoki (9)
May 26Farmers Charity ClassicMichigan1,500,000United States Jay Sigel (7)
Jun 2NFL Golf ClassicNew Jersey1,300,000United States James Mason (1)
Jun 9Senior PGA ChampionshipOhio2,000,000United States Fuzzy Zoeller (1)Senior major championship
Jun 16BellSouth Senior ClassicTennessee1,600,000United States Gil Morgan (21)
Jun 23Greater Baltimore ClassicMaryland1,450,000United States J. C. Snead (4)
Jun 30U.S. Senior OpenMaryland2,500,000United States Don Pooley (1)Senior major championship
Jul 7AT&T Canada Senior Open ChampionshipCanada1,600,000United States Tom Jenkins (3)
Jul 14Ford Senior Players ChampionshipMichigan2,500,000Australia Stewart Ginn (1)Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jul 21SBC Senior OpenIllinois1,450,000United States Bob Gilder (3)
Jul 28Senior British OpenNorthern Ireland£500,000Japan Noboru Sugai (n/a)Senior major championship[lower-alpha 2]
Jul 28FleetBoston ClassicMassachusetts1,500,000United States Bob Gilder (4)
Aug 4Lightpath Long Island ClassicNew York1,700,000United States Hubert Green (4)
Aug 113M ChampionshipMinnesota1,750,000United States Hale Irwin (35)
Aug 25Uniting Fore Care ClassicUtah1,500,000United States Morris Hatalsky (1)
Sep 1Allianz ChampionshipIowa1,850,000United States Bob Gilder (5)
Sep 8Kroger Senior ClassicOhio1,500,000United States Bob Gilder (6)
Sep 15RJR ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,600,000United States Bruce Fleisher (15)
Sep 22SAS ChampionshipNorth Carolina1,700,000United States Bruce Lietzke (5)
Oct 6Turtle Bay ChampionshipHawaii1,500,000United States Hale Irwin (36)
Oct 13Napa Valley ChampionshipCalifornia1,300,000United States Tom Kite (6)
Oct 20SBC ChampionshipTexas1,450,000United States Dana Quigley (7)
Oct 27Senior Tour ChampionshipOklahoma2,500,000United States 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 CupGeorgia3,000,000 Team USATeam event
Dec 15Office Depot Father/Son ChallengeFlorida1,000,000United States 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.[2][3]

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

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[4]

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

Awards

AwardWinnerRef.
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)United States Hale Irwin[5]
Rookie of the YearUnited States Morris Hatalsky[6]
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)United States Hale Irwin[7]
Comeback Player of the YearUnited States Hubert Green[5]

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. ↑ "2002 Charles Schwab Cup". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on March 9, 2004. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Annuity winners". The Daily Oklahoman. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. October 28, 2002. p. 93 (7-B in paper). Retrieved December 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "2002 Money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  5. 1 2 "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.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "2002 Scoring average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
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