The 2002 Buy.com Tour was the 13th season of the Buy.com Tour, the official development tour to the PGA Tour.

2002 Buy.com Tour season
DurationMarch 7, 2002 (2002-03-07) – October 27, 2002 (2002-10-27)
Number of official events28
Most winsUnited States Patrick Moore (3)
Money listUnited States Patrick Moore
Player of the YearUnited States Patrick Moore
2001
2003

Schedule

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

Date Tournament Location Purse
(US$)
Winner[a] OWGR
points
Other
tours[b]
Notes
Mar 10 Jacob's Creek Open Championship Australia 500,000   Gavin Coles (1) 12 ANZ New to Buy.com Tour
Mar 17 Holden Clearwater Classic New Zealand 500,000   Peter O'Malley (n/a) 12 ANZ New to Buy.com Tour
Apr 14 Louisiana Open Louisiana 450,000   Steven Alker (1) 6
Apr 21 Arkansas Classic Arkansas 450,000   Jace Bugg (1) 6
Apr 28 BMW Charity Pro-Am South Carolina 525,000   Charles Warren (1) 6 Pro-Am
May 5 Virginia Beach Open Virginia 425,000   Cliff Kresge (1) 6
May 12 Greater Richmond Open Virginia 425,000   Patrick Moore (1) 6
May 19 SAS Carolina Classic North Carolina 450,000   Zoran Zorkic (1) 6
Jun 2 Northeast Pennsylvania Classic Pennsylvania 450,000   Gary Hallberg (1) 6
Jun 9 Samsung Canadian PGA Championship Canada 450,000   Arron Oberholser (1) 6
Jun 23 Lake Erie Charity Classic New York 425,000   Patrick Moore (2) 6 New tournament
Jun 30 Knoxville Open Tennessee 425,000   Darron Stiles (3) 6
Jul 7 Hershey Open Pennsylvania 425,000   Cliff Kresge (2) 6
Jul 14 Dayton Open Ohio 425,000   Jason Buha (1) 6
Jul 21 Fort Smith Classic Arkansas 425,000   Todd Fischer (1) 6
Jul 28 Price Cutter Charity Championship Missouri 475,000   Patrick Sheehan (1) 6
Aug 4 Omaha Classic Nebraska 500,000   Jay Delsing (2) 6
Aug 11 LaSalle Bank Open Illinois 450,000   Marco Dawson (1) 6 New tournament
Aug 18 Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open Kansas 425,000   Tyler Williamson (1) 6
Aug 25 Permian Basin Open Texas 425,000   Tag Ridings (1) 6
Sep 8 Utah Classic Utah 425,000   Arron Oberholser (2) 6
Sep 15 Oregon Classic Oregon 425,000   Jason Gore (2) 6
Sep 22 Albertsons Boise Open Idaho 575,000   Jason Gore (3) 6
Sep 29 State Farm Open California 450,000   Andy Miller (1) 6
Oct 6 Bank of America Monterey Peninsula Classic California 450,000   Roland Thatcher (1) 6
Oct 13 Gila River Classic Arizona 425,000   David Branshaw (1) 6
Oct 20 Hibernia Southern Open Louisiana 425,000   David Morland IV (1) 6
Oct 27 Buy.com Tour Championship Alabama 600,000   Patrick Moore (3) 6 Tour Championship

Money list

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The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.[2][3] The top 15 players on the money list earned status to play on the 2003 PGA Tour.[4]

Position Player Prize money ($)
1   Patrick Moore 381,965
2   Arron Oberholser 319,883
3   Doug Barron 248,175
4   Steven Alker 247,008
5   Cliff Kresge 245,265

Awards

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Award Winner Ref.
Player of the Year   Patrick Moore [5]

Notes

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  1. ^ The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Buy.com Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Buy.com Tour members. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Buy.com Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the PGA Tour.
  2. ^ ANZ − PGA Tour of Australasia.

References

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  1. ^ "2002 Tournament schedule". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on October 11, 2004. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  2. ^ "2002 money list". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on March 2, 2008. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  3. ^ "Patrick Moore declared Buy.com tourney winner". Tuscaloosa News. Tuscaloosa, Alabama. October 28, 2002. p. 10 (3C in paper). Retrieved September 2, 2023 – via Google News Archive. Moore earned $108,000 for the victory and moved into the top spot on the Buy.com money list with $381,965.
  4. ^ "Se Ri Pak brings honor home". Herald-Journal. Spartanburg, South Carolina. October 27, 2002. p. 139 (B6 in paper). Retrieved September 2, 2023 – via Google News Archive. The top 15 players on the money list earned exemptions to the 2003 PGA Tour.
  5. ^ "Woods again PGA Player of the Year". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Lewiston, Idaho. January 7, 2003. p. 11 (10B in paper). Retrieved July 8, 2023 – via Google News Archive. Patrick Moore was the Buy.com Tour Player of the Year after winning three times...
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