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 wins Seiji Ebihara (3)
Order of Merit Seiji Ebihara
Rookie of the Year Steve Stull
← 2001
2003 →

Schedule

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

Date Tournament Host country Purse
(€)		 Winner[lower-alpha 1] Notes
16 MarRoyal Westmoreland Barbados OpenBarbadosUS$175,000 Peter Townsend (1)
22 MarTobago Plantations Seniors ClassicTrinidad and TobagoUS$175,000 Steve Stull (1)New tournament
19 MayAIB Irish Seniors OpenIreland310,000 Seiji Ebihara (3)
8 JunLegends in GolfBegium170,000 Gary Wintz (1)
16 JunMicrolease Jersey Seniors MastersJersey£100,000 Delroy Cambridge (2)
29 JunLawrence Batley SeniorsEngland£125,000 Neil Coles (9)
7 JulWales Seniors OpenWales£500,000 Seiji Ebihara (4)
14 JulMobile CupEngland£125,000 Bernard Gallacher (1)New tournament
28 JulSenior British OpenNorthern Ireland£500,000 Noboru Sugai (1)Senior major championship
4 AugDe Vere PGA Seniors ChampionshipEngland£200,000 Seiji Ebihara (5)
11 AugBad Ragaz PGA Seniors OpenSwitzerland230,000 Dragon Taki (1)
18 AugTravis Perkins Senior MastersEngland£225,000 Ray Carrasco (1)
1 SepDe Vere Hotels Seniors ClassicEngland£150,000 Brian Jones (1)
7 SepGIN Monte Carlo InvitationalFrance220,000 Terry Gale (2)
15 SepBovis Lend Lease European Senior MastersEngland£225,000 Delroy Cambridge (3)
22 SepCharles Church Scottish Seniors OpenScotland£150,000 Denis Durnian (2)
12 OctThe Daily Telegraph Sodexho Seniors Match Play ChampionshipSpain£100,000 Delroy Cambridge (4)
19 OctTunisian Seniors OpenTunisia£100,000 Denis O'Sullivan (5)
27 OctEstoril Seniors Tour ChampionshipPortugal240,000 Denis Durnian (3)Tour Championship

Unofficial events

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

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

PositionPlayerPrize money (€)
1 Seiji Ebihara330,211
2 Denis Durnian259,983
3 Delroy Cambridge184,167
4 John Morgan157,216
5 Christy O'Connor Jnr152,319

Awards
AwardWinnerRef.
Rookie of the Year Steve Stull[3]

Notes
  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
  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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