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2002 PGA Tour of Australasia

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2002 PGA Tour of Australasia season
Duration15 November 2001 (2001-11-15) – 8 December 2002 (2002-12-08)
Number of official events21
Most winsAustralia Peter Lonard (2)
Australia Terry Price (2)
Australia Andre Stolz (2)
Order of MeritAustralia Craig Parry
2003

The 2002 PGA Tour of Australasia was the 30th season on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the main professional golf tour in Australia and New Zealand since it was formed in 1973.

Schedule

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The following table lists official events during the 2002 season.[1]

Date Tournament Location Purse
(A$)
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
18 Nov Australian PGA Championship Queensland 1,000,000 Australia Robert Allenby (7) 16
25 Nov Holden Australian Open Queensland 1,500,000 Australia Stuart Appleby (2) 32 Flagship event
13 Jan TelstraSaturn Hyundai New Zealand Open New Zealand NZ$1,000,000 Australia Craig Parry (10) 24
27 Jan Johnnie Walker Classic Western Australia £1,000,000 South Africa Retief Goosen (n/a) 42 ASA, EUR
3 Feb Heineken Classic Victoria 2,000,000 South Africa Ernie Els (n/a) 36 EUR
10 Feb ANZ Championship New South Wales 1,750,000 Sweden Richard S. Johnson (n/a) 20 EUR
3 Mar NSW Masters New South Wales 100,000 Australia Steve Collins (1) 16 New tournament
10 Mar Jacob's Creek Open Championship South Australia US$500,000 Australia Gavin Coles (1) 12 BUY
17 Mar Holden Clearwater Classic New Zealand US$500,000 Australia Peter O'Malley (3) 12 BUY
24 Mar Scenic Circle Hotels Dunedin Classic New Zealand 100,000 New Zealand Gareth Paddison (1) 16
7 Apr Volvo Trucks Golf Klassik New South Wales 100,000 Australia Terry Price (3) 16 New tournament
28 Apr Schweppes SA PGA Championship South Australia 100,000 Australia Richard Ball (1) 16
26 May Western Australia PGA Championship Western Australia 100,000 Australia Kim Felton (1) 16
16 Jun Queensland PGA Championship Queensland 100,000 Australia Andre Stolz (2) 16
13 Oct Victorian PGA Championship Victoria 100,000 Australia Craig Carmichael (1) 16
27 Oct ANZ Victorian Open Championship Victoria 100,000 Australia Andre Stolz (2) 16
3 Nov Queensland Open Queensland 100,000 Australia Andrew Buckle (1) 16
10 Nov New South Wales Open New South Wales 200,000 Australia Terry Price (4) 16
24 Nov Holden Australian Open Victoria 1,500,000 Australia Stephen Allan (1) 32 Flagship event
1 Dec Australian PGA Championship Western Australia 1,000,000 Australia Peter Lonard (4)
Australia Jarrod Moseley (2)
13 Title shared[c]
8 Dec MasterCard Masters Victoria 1,250,000 Australia Peter Lonard (5) 20

Order of Merit

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The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.[3][4]

Position Player Prize money (A$)
1 Australia Craig Parry 641,789
2 Australia Peter Lonard 497,256
3 Australia Peter O'Malley 423,305
4 Australia Scott Laycock 401,219
5 Australia Gavin Coles 395,069

Notes

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ ASA − Asian PGA Tour; BUY − Buy.com Tour; EUR − European Tour.
  3. ^ Lonard and Moseley remained tied after one hole of a sudden-death playoff before darkness fell.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "2002 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Lonard Moseley Share Australian PGA Title". Golf Channel. 1 December 2002. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  3. ^ "2002 Order of Merit". PGA Tour of Australasia. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Parry takes order of merit". The Age. Melbourne, Australia. 9 December 2002. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
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