2002 - Seniors (All)
The winners in the category "2002 - Seniors (All)" are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on venues, scores and prize money.
Majors
Ford
Played as the Ford Senior Players Championship (July 11-14). Second-placed Jim Thorpe (USA), Hubert Green (USA) and Mike McCullough (USA) finished 1 shot behind Ginn (Aus). [TPC Michigan, Dearborn, Detroit, Mich.].
Majors
Countrywide
Played as the Countrywide Tradition (April 25-28). Thorpe (USA) beat John Jacobs (USA) with a birdie at the first playoff hole to win his first and only major championship title. [Prospector course, Superstition Mtn G&CC, nr Phoenix, AZ].
Majors
USGA
The US Senior Open (June 27-30). Pooley (USA) beat Tom Watson (USA) at the fifth sudden-death playoff hole. [Caves Valley GC, Owings Mill, Maryland].
Majors
PGA of America
Played as the Senior PGA Championship (June 6-9). Second-placed Hale Irwin (USA) and Bobby Wadkins (USA) finished 2 shots behind Zoeller (USA), who won his first and only senior major title. [South course, Firestone CC, Akron, Ohio].
America
3M
Played as the 3M Championship (Aug 9-11). Second-placed Hubert Green (USA) finished 3 shots behind Irwin (USA). [TPC Twin Cities, Blaine, nr Minneapolis, Minn.].
America
SBC
Played as the (last) SBC Senior Open (July 19-21). Gilder (USA) beat Hale Irwin (USA) with a par at the first playoff hole. [Port course, Harborside Intl, Chicago, IL].
America
SBC
Played as the SBC Senior Classic (March 1-3). Kite (USA) beat Tom Watson (USA) with a par at the second playoff hole. [Valencia CC, nr Santa Clarita, California].
America
FleetBoston
Played as the FleetBoston Classic (July 26-28). Gilder (USA) beat John Mahaffey (USA) with a birdie at the third playoff hole. [Nashawtuc CC, Concord, Massachusetts].
America
BellSouth
Played as the BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland (June 14-16). Second-placed Bruce Fleisher (USA), Mike McCullough (USA) and Dana Quigley (USA) finished 3 shots behind Morgan (USA). [Gaylord Springs Links, Nashville, Tennessee; at the time known as Springhouse GC].
America
AT&T
Played as the (last) AT&T Canada Senior Open (July 4-7). Second-placed Morris Hatalsky (USA), Bruce Lietzke (USA) and Walter Morgan (USA) finished 3 shots behind Jenkins (USA). [Essex G&CC, LaSalle, Windsor, Ontario].
America
x
Played as the Senior Tour Championship at Gaillardia (Oct 24-27; Senior PGA Tour season-ending event). Second-placed Gil Morgan (USA) finished 2 shots behind Tom Watson (USA), who won this event for the second time in three years. [Gaillardia G&CC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma].
America
ACE Group
Played as the ACE Group Classic (Feb 8-10). Second-placed Tom Watson (USA) finished 1 shot behind Hale Irwin (USA). [Talon course, TwinEagles Club, Naples, FL].
America
Lightpath
Played as the Lightpath Long Island Classic (Aug 2-4). Green (USA) beat Hale Irwin (USA) with a birdie at the seventh sudden-death playoff hole. [Meadow Brook Club, Jericho, Long Island, NY].
America
x
Played as the Greater Baltimore Classic (June 21-23; formerly State Farm Senior Classic). Second-placed Bobby Wadkins (USA), John Mahaffey (USA) and Doug Tewell (USA) finished 1 shot behind Jesse Carlyle "JC" Snead (USA). [Hayfields CC, Cockeysville, nr Baltimore, MD].
America
x
Played as the Emerald Coast Classic (March 29-31). Second-placed Doug Tewell (USA) finished 2 shots behind Eichelberger (USA), who recorded the last of his six Snr PGA Tour wins. Reduced to 36 holes due to rain. [The Moors GC, Milton, Florida].
America
Farmers
Played as the Farmers Charity Classic (May 24-26). Second-placed Morris Hatalsky (USA) finished 2 shots behind Sigel (USA). [Egypt Valley CC, Ada, nr Grand Rapids, Michigan].
America
Georgia-Pacific
Played as the Georgia-Pacific Super Seniors Championship (Oct 25-27; unofficial Snr PGA Tour event for 60+ age group; played as part of the season-ending Senior Tour Championship at Gaillardia). Second-placed Mike Hill (USA) and Dave Stockton (USA) finished 1 shot behind Gilbert (USA). [Gaillardia G&CC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma].
America
TD Waterhouse
Played as the TD Waterhouse Championship (May 10-12). Second-placed Larry Nelson (USA) finished 1 shot behind Lietzke (USA). [TPC Piper Glen, Charlotte, North Carolina].
America
Toshiba
Played as the Toshiba Senior Classic (March 8-10). Second-placed Allen Doyle (USA) finished 5 shots behind Hale Irwin (USA). [Newport Beach CC, Newport Beach, California].
America
Hyundai
Played as the Hyundai Team Matches (Nov 16/17; unofficial post-season event involving four two-player teams from each of the LPGA, PGA and Snr PGA Tours; teams compete against other teams from their own tour). Defending champions Allen Doyle (USA) & Dana Quigley (USA) beat Bruce Fleisher (USA) & David Graham (Aus) 4 and 3 in the final of the Snr PGA Tour matches. [Monarch Beach Links, Dana Point, CA].
America
Hyundai
Played as the Hyundai Team Matches (Nov 16/17; unofficial post-season event involving four two-player teams from each of the LPGA, PGA and Snr PGA Tours; teams compete against other teams from their own tour). Defending champions Allen Doyle (USA) & Dana Quigley (USA) beat Bruce Fleisher (USA) & David Graham (Aus) 4 and 3 in the final of the Snr PGA Tour matches. [Monarch Beach Links, Dana Point, CA].
America
Instinet
Played as the Instinet Classic (May 17-19). Second-placed John Jacobs (USA) finished 4 shots behind Aoki (Jpn). [TPC Jasna Polana, Princeton, New Jersey].
America
Kroger
Played as the Kroger Senior Classic (Sept 6-8). Gilder (USA) beat Tom Jenkins (USA) with a birdie at the second playoff hole. [TPC River's Bend, Maineville, nr Cincinnati, Ohio].
America
Liberty Mutual
Played as the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (April 5-7; reverted to an individual rather than a team event). Second-placed Bobby Wadkins (USA) finished 1 shot behind Tewell (USA). [King & Bear course, World Golf Village, St Augustine, FL].
America
Audi
Played as the Audi Senior Classic (Feb 22-24). Second-placed Hale Irwin (USA) and Gary McCord (USA) finished 1 shot behind Lietzke (USA). [GC Chapultepec, Naucalpan, Mexico City].
America
MasterCard
Played as the MasterCard Championship (Jan 17-20; Senior PGA Tour season-opener). Second-placed John Jacobs (USA) finished 6 shots behind Tom Kite (USA). [Hualālai course, Hualālai Resort, Big Island, Hawaii].
America
NFL
Played as the (last) NFL Classic (May 31-Jun 2). Second-placed Dave Eichelberger (USA), Bruce Fleisher (USA) and Morris Hatalsky (USA) finished 1 shot behind Mason (USA), who recorded his only Snr PGA Tour win. [Upper Montclair CC, Clifton, NJ].
America
Office Depot
Played as the Office Depot Father/Son Challenge (Dec 14/15; post-season 36-hole scramble event). Craig & Kevin Stadler (USA) beat Hale & Steve Irwin (USA) with a 30-foot birdie putt at the first playoff hole. [Ocean Club, Paradise Island, New Providence, Bahamas].
America
Allianz
Played as the Allianz Championship (Aug 30-Sep 1). Second-placed John Bland (RSA) finished 1 shot behind Bob Gilder (USA), who recorded his fifth Champions Tour win. [Glen Oaks CC, West Des Moines, Iowa].
America
Bruno's
Played as Bruno's Memorial Classic (May 3-5). Rachels (USA) beat Dana Quigley (USA) with a birdie at the second playoff hole. [Greystone G&CC, Birmingham, Alabama].
America
Royal Caribbn
Played as the Royal Caribbean Classic (Feb 1-3). Second-placed Isao Aoki (Jpn), Bruce Fleisher (USA) and Tom Watson (USA) finished 1 shot behind Jacobs (USA). [Crandon Golf at Key Biscayne, nr Miami, FL; at the time known as Crandon Pk GC].
America
SBC
Played as the SBC Championship (Oct 18-20). Second-placed Bob Gilder (USA) finished 1 shot behind Quigley (USA). [Oak Hills CC, San Antonio, TX].
America
SAS Institute
Played as the SAS Championship (Sept 20-22). Second-placed Gil Morgan (USA), Sammy Rachels (USA) and Tom Watson (USA) finished 4 shots behind defending champion Bruce Lietzke (USA), who recorded his fifth Champions Tour win. [Highlands & Meadows hybrid course, Prestonwood CC, Cary, NC].
America
x
Played as the (last) Senior Slam (Nov 9/10; unofficial Snr PGA Tr event, for the year's four senior major winners). Second-placed Don Pooley (USA; US Snr Open) finished 1 shot behind Zoeller (USA; Snr PGA). Stewart Ginn (Aus; Snr Plyrs) was third and Jim Thorpe (USA; The Tradition) fourth. [Lost Gold course, Superstition Mtn G&CC, nr Phoenix, AZ].
America
Siebel
Played as the Siebel Classic in Silicon Valley (March 15-17). Second-placed Bob Gilder (USA) and Fuzzy Zoeller (USA) finished 1 shot behind Quigley (USA). [Coyote Creek GC, Morgan Hill, nr San Jose, California].
America
x
Played as the Senior Skins Game (Jan 26/27; four-man Snr PGA Tour unofficial money event). Defending champion Irwin (USA) won with a total of 11 skins worth $450,000. Second was Jack Nicklaus (USA) 7 skins worth $150,000. Arnold Palmer (USA) and Fuzzy Zoeller (USA) were shutout with no skins. [Gold course, Wailea GC, Maui, Hawaii].
America
Verizon
Played as the Verizon Classic (Feb 15-17). Second-placed Hale Irwin (USA) finished 1 shot behind Tewell (USA). [TPC Tampa Bay, Lutz, nr Tampa, FL].
America
Beringer
Played as the Napa Valley Championship presented by Beringer Vineyards (Oct 11-13; a one-off event, previously The Transamerica). Second-placed Bruce Fleisher (USA) and Fred Gibson (USA) finished 1 shot behind Kite (USA). [South course, Silverado Resort, Napa, California].
America
x
Played as the Turtle Bay Championship (Oct 4-6). Irwin (USA) beat Gary McCord (USA) with a birdie at the first playoff hole to claim this title for the third straight year. [Palmer course, Turtle Bay Resort, Kahuku, Oahu, Hawaii].
America
Novell
Played as the Uniting Fore Care Classic presented by Novell (Aug 23-25; played on a modified stableford basis). Second-placed Jay Sigel (USA) finished 12 points behind first-time Snr PGA Tour winner Hatalsky (USA). [Park Meadows CC, Park City, nr Salt Lake City, Utah].
America
RJR
Played as the RJR Championship (Sept 13-15; not played in 2001). Second-placed Hale Irwin (USA) finished 5 shots behind Fleisher (USA). [Championship course, Tanglewood Golf, Clemmons, nr Winston-Salem, NC].
Europe
Royal Westmoreland
Played as the Royal Westmoreland Barbados Open (March 14-16; Eurpn Snr Tr season opener). Second-placed Guillermo Encina (Chile) finished 1 shot behind Townsend (Eng), who recorded his only European Snr Tour win. [Royal Westmoreland, St James, Barbados].
Europe
De Vere
Played as the De Vere Hotels Seniors Classic (Aug 30-Sept 1). Second-placed Tommy Horton (Eng) finished 7 shots behind Jones (Aus), who recorded his only win on the European Snr Tour. [Priestman course, Slaley Hall Resort, Hexham, Northumberland].
Europe
Daily Telegraph, Sodexho
Played as the Daily Telegraph Sodexho Seniors Match Play Championship (Oct 9-12). Cambridge (Jam) beat Eddie Polland (N.Ire) by 1 hole in the 18-hole final. [Flamingos GC, Villa Padierna, nr Estepona, Costa del Sol].
Europe
AIB
Played as the AIB Irish Seniors Open (May 17-19). Second-placed Denis Durnian (Eng) finished 2 shots behind defending champion Seiji Ebihara (Jpn). [Adare Manor Resort, Adare, Co. Limerick].
Europe
Microlease
Played as the Microlease Jersey Seniors Masters (June 14-16). Second-placed Tommy Horton (Eng) and Ian Mosey (Eng) finished 2 shots behind Delroy Cambridge (Jam), who recorded his second European Tour. [La Moye GC, St Brelade, Jersey, Channel Islands].
Europe
Lawrence Batley
Played as the Lawrence Batley Seniors Open (June 27-29). Coles (Eng) beat David Creamer (Eng) at the eighth playoff hole. Steve Stull (USA) was eliminated at the fourth playoff hole. Recording the last of his nine wins on the European Snr Tour, Coles (aged 67 years 276 days) became the oldest winner on the Tour. [Huddersfield GC, West Yorkshire, England].
Europe
Flanders Nippon
Played as Flanders Nippon presents Legends in Golf (June 6-8). Second-placed Nick Job (Eng) finished 1 shot behind Wintz (USA), who recorded his only European Snr Tour win. [Flanders-Nippon GC, Hasselt, Belgium].
Europe
x
Played as the inaugural Mobile Cup. Second-placed Delroy Cambridge (Jam) finished 4 shots behind Gallacher (Scot), who recorded his only European Snr Tour win, and first professional win for 18 years. [Stoke Park CC, Stoke Poges, Bucks].
Europe
GIN
Played as the GIN Monte Carlo Invitational (Sept 5-7; last played in 2000). Second-placed Keith MacDonald (Eng) finished 1 shot behind Gale (Aus), who ended his six year winless drought with a birdie at the final hole. [Monte-Carlo GC, Mont Agel, La Turbie, French Riviera].
Europe
De Vere
Played as the De Vere PGA Seniors Championship (Aug 1-4). Second-placed George Burns (USA) and Steve Stull (USA) finished 10 shots behind Seiji Ebihara (Jpn), whose winning margin was the largest to date in this event. [Nicklaus course, Carden Park, Cheshire].
Europe
Charles Church
Played as the Charles Church Scottish Seniors Open (Sept 20-22). Second-placed Neil Coles (Eng), Martin Gray (Scot), Tommy Horton (Eng) and Alan Tapie (USA) finished 6 shots behind Denis Durnian (Eng). [The Roxburghe GC, Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland].
Europe
MasterCard
Played as the Senior British Open presented by MasterCard (16th) (July 25-28). Second-placed John Irwin (Can) finished 2 shots behind Sugai (Jpn), who recorded his only win on the European Snr Tour. [Royal County Down GC, Newcastle, Co. Down, N. Ireland].
Europe
Bad Ragaz
Played as the Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open (Aug 9-11). Yasushi "Dragon" Taki (Jpn) beat Denis O'Sullivan (Ire) at the third playoff hole, to record his only win on the European Senior Tour. Taki became the third Japanese golfer, after Seiji Ebihara and Noboru Sugai, to win on the European Senior Tour. Reduced to 36-holes after cancellation of final round due to torrential rain. [GC Bad Ragaz, Switzerland].
Europe
x
Played as the Tobago Plantations Seniors Classic (March 20-22). Second-placed John Chillas (Scot) and Vivian Barry (NZ) finished 3 shots behind Stull (USA), who recorded his only European Snr Tour win. [Tobago Plantations GC, Lowlands, Tobago].
Europe
Estoril
Played as the Estoril Seniors Tour Championship (Oct 25-27; European Senior Tour season-ending event). Denis Durnian (Eng) beat Eamonn Darcy (Ire) at the first playoff hole, to claim the last of his three wins on the Tour. In the playoff, Darcy incurred a two-shot penalty for breaking a tree-branch during the practice swing on his second shot. [Quinta da Marinha GC, nr Cascais, Portugal].
Europe
Bovis
Played as the Bovis LendLease European Senior Masters (Sept 13-15). Second-placed Eamonn Darcy (Ire) and Seiji Ebihara (Jpn) finished 2 shots behind Delroy Cambridge (Jam). [Duke's course, Woburn GC, nr Milton Keynes, Bucks].
Europe
x
Played as the Tunisian Seniors Open (Oct 17-19). Second-placed John Morgan (Eng) finished 2 shots behind O'Sullivan (Ire), who recorded his fifth Eurpn Snr Tr win. [El Kantaoui Golf Intl, nr Sousse, Tunisia].
Europe
x
Played as the Wales Seniors Open (July 5-7). Second-placed Denis Durnian (Eng) and Christy O'Connor Jr (Ire) finished 3 shots behind Ebihara (Jpn). [Royal St David's GC, Harlech, Gwynedd].
Europe
Travis Perkins
Played as the Travis Perkins Senior Masters (Aug 16-18; formerly Energis Snr Masters). Second-placed Seiji Ebihara (Jpn) finished 1 shot behind first-time European Snr Tour winner Carrasco (USA). [Edinburgh course, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey].
Awards
Charles Schwab
Irwin (USA) won the Champions Tour season-long points chase, to capture the Charles Schwab Cup and $1 million annuity cheque. Bob Gilder (USA) was second with 2087 pts; Bruce Fleisher (USA) was third with 1582 pts. The Cup is awarded based on points earned for top 10 finishes during the Champions Tour season.
Awards
Snr PGA Tr
Irwin (USA) won his fourth Byron Nelson Award, recording the season's lowest scoring average on the Senior PGA Tour. Tom Watson (USA) was second with 69.57; Tom Kite (USA) was third with 69.64.
Awards
Snr PGA Tr
Irwin (USA) won his third Arnold Palmer Award as the Senior PGA Tour 2002 leading money winner, with earnings of $3,028,304 on the Tour. Bob Gilder (USA) was second with $2,367,637; Bruce Fleisher (USA) was third with $1,860,534.
Awards
Eurpn Snr Tr
Ebihara (Jpn) won the Eurpn Snr Tr 2002 Order of Merit and associated John Jacobs Trophy, with earnings of €330,210 on the Tour. Denis Durnian (Eng) was second with €259,982; Delroy Cambridge (Jam) was third with €184,167.
Irwin (USA) won his third Jack Nicklaus Award as the Senior PGA Tour Player of the Year, based on the votes of his peers.
Awards
Eurpn Snr Tr
Stull (USA) won the Eurpn Snr Tr 2002 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. He finished sixth on the Tour's Order of Merit, with earnings of €137,468.
Awards
Snr PGA Tr
Hatalsky (USA) won the Senior PGA Tour 2002 Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player, based on the votes of his peers. He finished 10th on the Tour's money list, with earnings of $1,391,044.
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