2002 European Seniors Tour

The 2002 European Seniors Tour was the 11th season of the European Seniors Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe for men aged 50 and over.

2002 European Seniors Tour season
Duration14 March 2002 (2002-03-14) – 27 October 2002 (2002-10-27)
Number of official events19
Most winsJapan Seiji Ebihara (3)
Order of MeritJapan Seiji Ebihara
Rookie of the YearUnited States Steve Stull
2001
2003

Schedule edit

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

Date Tournament Host country Purse
()
Winner[a] Notes
16 Mar Royal Westmoreland Barbados Open Barbados US$175,000   Peter Townsend (1)
22 Mar Tobago Plantations Seniors Classic Trinidad and Tobago US$175,000   Steve Stull (1) New tournament
19 May AIB Irish Seniors Open Ireland 310,000   Seiji Ebihara (3)
8 Jun Legends in Golf Begium 170,000   Gary Wintz (1)
16 Jun Microlease Jersey Seniors Masters Jersey £100,000   Delroy Cambridge (2)
29 Jun Lawrence Batley Seniors England £125,000   Neil Coles (9)
7 Jul Wales Seniors Open Wales £500,000   Seiji Ebihara (4)
14 Jul Mobile Cup England £125,000   Bernard Gallacher (1) New tournament
28 Jul Senior British Open Northern Ireland £500,000   Noboru Sugai (1) Senior major championship
4 Aug De Vere PGA Seniors Championship England £200,000   Seiji Ebihara (5)
11 Aug Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open Switzerland 230,000   Dragon Taki (1)
18 Aug Travis Perkins Senior Masters England £225,000   Ray Carrasco (1)
1 Sep De Vere Hotels Seniors Classic England £150,000   Brian Jones (1)
7 Sep GIN Monte Carlo Invitational France 220,000   Terry Gale (2)
15 Sep Bovis Lend Lease European Senior Masters England £225,000   Delroy Cambridge (3)
22 Sep Charles Church Scottish Seniors Open Scotland £150,000   Denis Durnian (2)
12 Oct The Daily Telegraph Sodexho Seniors Match Play Championship Spain £100,000   Delroy Cambridge (4)
19 Oct Tunisian Seniors Open Tunisia £100,000   Denis O'Sullivan (5)
27 Oct Estoril Seniors Tour Championship Portugal 240,000   Denis Durnian (3) Tour Championship

Unofficial events edit

The following events were sanctioned by the European Seniors Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date Tournament Host country Purse
()
Winners Notes
17 Nov UBS Cup United States US$3,000,000   Team USA Team event

Order of Merit edit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.[2]

Position Player Prize money ()
1   Seiji Ebihara 330,211
2   Denis Durnian 259,983
3   Delroy Cambridge 184,167
4   John Morgan 157,216
5   Christy O'Connor Jnr 152,319

Awards edit

Award Winner Ref.
Rookie of the Year   Steve Stull [3]

Notes edit

  1. ^ The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of European Seniors Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for European Seniors Tour members.

References edit

  1. ^ "2002 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  2. ^ "2002 Order of Merit". European Tour. Archived from the original on 10 February 2003. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Steve Stull". European Tour. Retrieved 20 November 2023. ...and ended the season as a worthy winner of the Rookie of the Year Award.

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