2002 PGA Tour of Australasia
The 2002 PGA Tour of Australasia was a series of men's professional golf events played in Australia and New Zealand.
| Duration | 15 November 2001 – 8 December 2002 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 21 |
| Most wins | 2:.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Peter Lonard Terry Price Andre Stolz |
| Order of Merit | Craig Parry |
← 2000–01 2003 → | |
In 2002, the PGA Tour of Australasia reverted to a calendar based schedule from a seasonal one. As such, tournaments ran from November 2001 through to December 2002, with two editions of both the Australian PGA Championship and the Australian Open. In addition, many of the tournaments from the Development Tour were re-incorporated into the main tour schedule in 2002. Three events were co-sanctioned by the European Tour, with the Johnnie Walker Classic also being sanctioned by the Asian Tour, and two were co-sanctioned by the Nationwide Tour.
Craig Parry was the tour's leading money winner for the second time, finishing almost A$150,000 ahead of Peter Lonard. He had previously topped the money list in 1995.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2002 season.[1][2][3]
| Date | Tournament | Location | Purse (A$) |
Winner[lower-alpha 1] | OWGR points |
Other tours[lower-alpha 2] |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Nov | Australian PGA Championship | Queensland | 1,000,000 | Robert Allenby (7) |
16 | ||
| 25 Nov | Holden Australian Open | Queensland | 1,500,000 | Stuart Appleby (2) |
32 | Flagship event | |
| 13 Jan | TelstraSaturn Hyundai New Zealand Open | New Zealand | NZ$1,000,000 | Craig Parry (10) |
24 | ||
| 27 Jan | Johnnie Walker Classic | Western Australia | £1,000,000 |  Retief Goosen (n/a) |
42 | ASA, EUR | |
| 3 Feb | Heineken Classic | Victoria | 2,000,000 | Ernie Els (n/a) |
36 | EUR | |
| 10 Feb | ANZ Championship | New South Wales | 1,750,000 |  Richard S. Johnson (n/a) |
20 | EUR | |
| 3 Mar | NSW Masters | New South Wales | 100,000 | Steve Collins (1) |
16 | New tournament | |
| 10 Mar | Jacob's Creek Open Championship | South Australia | US$500,000 | Gavin Coles (1) |
12 | BUY | |
| 17 Mar | Holden Clearwater Classic | New Zealand | US$500,000 | Peter O'Malley (3) |
12 | BUY | |
| 24 Mar | Scenic Circle Hotels Dunedin Classic | New Zealand | 100,000 |  Gareth Paddison (1) |
16 | ||
| 7 Apr | Volvo Trucks Golf Klassik | New South Wales | 100,000 | Terry Price (3) |
16 | New tournament | |
| 28 Apr | Schweppes SA PGA Championship | South Australia | 100,000 | Richard Ball (1) |
16 | ||
| 26 May | Western Australia PGA Championship | Western Australia | 100,000 | Kim Felton (1) |
16 | ||
| 16 Jun | Queensland PGA Championship | Queensland | 100,000 | Andre Stolz (2) |
16 | ||
| 13 Oct | Victorian PGA Championship | Victoria | 100,000 | Craig Carmichael (1) |
16 | ||
| 27 Oct | ANZ Victorian Open Championship | Victoria | 100,000 | Andre Stolz (2) |
16 | ||
| 3 Nov | Queensland Open | Queensland | 100,000 | Andrew Buckle (1) |
16 | ||
| 10 Nov | New South Wales Open | New South Wales | 200,000 | Terry Price (4) |
16 | ||
| 24 Nov | Holden Australian Open | Victoria | 1,500,000 | Stephen Allan (1) |
32 | Flagship event | |
| 1 Dec | Australian PGA Championship | Western Australia | 1,000,000 | Peter Lonard (4) Jarrod Moseley (2) |
13 | Title shared[lower-alpha 3] | |
| 8 Dec | MasterCard Masters | Victoria | 1,250,000 | Peter Lonard (5) |
20 |
Order of Merit
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.[4]
| Position | Player | Prize money (A$) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Craig Parry | 641,789 |
| 2 | Peter Lonard | 497,256 |
| 3 | Peter O'Malley | 423,305 |
| 4 | Scott Laycock | 401,219 |
| 5 | Gavin Coles | 395,069 |
Notes
- The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour of Australasia events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour of Australasia members.
- ASA − Asian PGA Tour; BUY − Buy.com Tour; EUR − European Tour.
- Lonard and Moseley remained tied after one hole of a sudden-death playoff before darkness fell.
References
- 2002 PGA Tour of Australasia Schedule
- "Tour Information Centre – 2002". PGA Tour of Australasia.
- "Events – PGA Tour of Australasia – 2002". Official World Golf Ranking.
- "2002 Order of Merit". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 10 February 2023.