2002 European Tour


The 2002 European Tour was the 31st season of golf tournaments since the European Tour officially began in 1972.
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.
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 countryWinnerOWGR
points		Notes
22–25 NovBMW Asian OpenTaiwan Jarmo Sandelin 20New tournament; co-sanctioned with the Davidoff Tour
29 Nov – 2 DecOmega Hong Kong OpenHong Kong José María Olazábal 16New tournament; co-sanctioned with the Davidoff Tour
10–13 JanBell's South African OpenSouth Africa Tim Clark 32Co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour
17–20 JanDunhill ChampionshipSouth Africa Justin Rose 22Co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour
24–27 JanJohnnie Walker ClassicAustralia Retief Goosen 42Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia and the Davidoff Tour
31 Jan – 3 FebHeineken ClassicAustralia Ernie Els 36Co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia
7–10 FebANZ ChampionshipAustralia Richard S. Johnson 20New tournament; co-sanctioned with the PGA Tour of Australasia
20–24 FebWGC-Accenture Match Play ChampionshipUnited States Kevin Sutherland 76World Golf Championships
21–24 FebCaltex Singapore MastersSingapore Arjun Atwal 16Alternate to the WGC Match Play; co-sanctioned with the Davidoff Tour
28 Feb – 3 MarCarlsberg Malaysian OpenMalaysia Alastair Forsyth 16Co-sanctioned with the Davidoff Tour
7–10 MarDubai Desert ClassicUnited Arab Emirates Ernie Els 40
14–17 MarQatar MastersQatar Adam Scott 24
21–24 MarMadeira Island OpenPortugal Diego Borrego 24Also a Challenge Tour event
4–7 AprAlgarve Open de PortugalPortugal Carl Pettersson 24
11–14 AprMasters TournamentUnited States Tiger Woods 100Major championship
17–21 AprSeve TrophyIreland Great Britain & Irelandn/aApproved special event; team event
25–28 AprCanarias Open de EspañaSpain Sergio García 24
2–5 MayNovotel Perrier Open de FranceFrance Malcolm MacKenzie 24
9–12 MayBenson and Hedges International OpenEngland Ángel Cabrera 46
16–19 MayDeutsche Bank - SAP Open TPC of EuropeGermany Tiger Woods 50
23–26 MayVolvo PGA ChampionshipEngland Anders Hansen 64Flagship event
30 May – 2 JunVictor Chandler British MastersEngland Justin Rose 26
6–9 JunCompass Group English OpenEngland Darren Clarke 24
13–16 JunU.S. OpenUnited States Tiger Woods 100Major championship
20–23 JunGreat North OpenEngland Miles Tunnicliff 24
27–30 JunMurphy's Irish OpenIreland Søren Hansen 32
4–7 JulSmurfit European OpenIreland Michael Campbell 48
11–14 JulBarclays Scottish OpenScotland Eduardo Romero 54
18–21 JulThe Open ChampionshipScotland Ernie Els 100Major championship
25–28 JulTNT Dutch OpenNetherlands Tobias Dier 32
1–4 AugVolvo Scandinavian MastersSweden Graeme McDowell 26
8–11 AugCeltic Manor Resort Wales OpenWales Paul Lawrie 24
15–18 AugPGA ChampionshipUnited States Rich Beem 100Major championship
15–18 AugNorth West of Ireland OpenIreland Adam Mednick 16Alternate to the PGA Championship; also a Challenge Tour event
22–25 AugWGC-NEC InvitationalUnited States Craig Parry 76World Golf Championships
22–25 AugDiageo Scottish PGA ChampionshipScotland Adam Scott 24Alternate to the WGC Invitational
29 Aug – 1 SepBMW International OpenGermany Thomas Bjørn 24
5–8 SepOmega European MastersSwitzerland Robert Karlsson 34
12–15 SepLinde German MastersGermany Stephen Leaney 50
19–22 SepWGC-American Express ChampionshipIreland Tiger Woods 76World Golf Championships
27–29 SepRyder CupEngland Europen/aApproved special event; team event
3–6 OctDunhill Links ChampionshipScotland Pádraig Harrington 52
10–13 OctTrophée LancômeFrance Alex Čejka 34
17–20 OctCisco World Match Play ChampionshipEngland Ernie Els n/aApproved special event
24–27 OctTelefonica Open de MadridSpain Steen Tinning 24
31 Oct – 3 NovItalian Open Telecom ItaliaItaly Ian Poulter 26
7–10 NovVolvo Masters AndaluciaSpain Bernhard Langer
38
15–18 NovWGC-World CupMexico Japann/aWorld Golf Championships; approved special event; team event

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 Goosen2,360,128
2Pádraig Harrington2,334,655
3Ernie Els2,251,708
4Colin Montgomerie1,980,720
5Eduardo Romero1,811,330
6Sergio García1,488,728
7Adam Scott1,361,776
8Michael Campbell1,325,404
9Justin Rose1,323,529
10Paul Lawrie1,151,434

Awards