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.
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.
Main tournament results
The table below shows the 2002 schedule. It only lists official money events on the main tour.
Date | Tournament | Location | Winner | OWGR points[1] |
Notes |
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18 Nov | Australian PGA Championship | Queensland | ![]() |
16 | |
25 Nov | Holden Australian Open | Queensland | ![]() |
32 | Flagship event |
13 Jan | TelstraSaturn Hyundai New Zealand Open | New Zealand | ![]() |
24 | |
27 Jan | Johnnie Walker Classic | Western Australia | ![]() |
42 | Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and European Tour |
3 Feb | Heineken Classic | Victoria | ![]() |
36 | Co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
10 Feb | ANZ Championship | New South Wales | ![]() |
20 | Co-sanctioned by the European Tour |
3 Mar | New South Wales Masters | New South Wales | ![]() |
16 | |
10 Mar | Jacob's Creek Open Championship | South Australia | ![]() |
12 | Co-sanctioned by the Nationwide Tour |
17 Mar | Holden Clearwater Classic | New Zealand | ![]() |
12 | Co-sanctioned by the Nationwide Tour |
24 Mar | Scenic Circle Hotels Dunedin Classic | New Zealand | ![]() |
16 | |
7 Apr | Volvo Trucks Golf Klassik | New South Wales | ![]() |
16 | |
28 Apr | South Australia PGA Championship | South Australia | ![]() |
16 | |
26 May | Western Australia PGA Championship | Western Australia | ![]() |
16 | |
16 Jun | Queensland PGA Championship | Queensland | ![]() |
16 | |
13 Oct | Victorian PGA Championship | Victoria | ![]() |
16 | |
27 Oct | ANZ Victorian Open | Victoria | ![]() |
16 | |
3 Nov | Queensland Open | Queensland | ![]() |
16 | |
10 Nov | New South Wales Open | New South Wales | ![]() |
16 | |
24 Nov | Holden Australian Open | Victoria | ![]() |
32 | Flagship event |
1 Dec | Australian PGA Championship | Western Australia | ![]() ![]() |
13 | Title shared.[lower-alpha 1] |
8 Dec | MasterCard Masters | Victoria | ![]() |
20 |
- Lonard and Moseley remained tied after one hole of a sudden-death playoff before darkness fell.
Leading money winners
Position | Player | Country | 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 |
6 | Stuart Appleby | ![]() | 368,530 |
7 | Robert Allenby | ![]() | 308,020 |
8 | Peter Fowler | ![]() | 296,278 |
9 | Adam Scott | ![]() | 242,406 |
10 | Geoff Ogilvy | ![]() | 236,406 |
n/a | Richard S. Johnson | ![]() | 328,700 |
Source:[4]
Johnson was a non-member and earned his winnings via co-sanctioned events with the European Tour.
References
- "Events – PGA Tour of Australasia – 2002". Official World Golf Ranking.
- 2002 PGA Tour of Australasia Schedule
- "Tour Information Centre – 2002". PGA Tour of Australasia.
- 2002 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit