2002 European Tour
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| Duration | 22 November 2001 – 10 November 2002 |
|---|---|
| Number of official events | 44 |
| Most wins |  Ernie Els (3)[a] |
| Order of Merit | Retief Goosen |
| Golfer of the Year | Ernie Els |
| Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year |  Nick Dougherty |
← 2001 2003 → | |
The 2002 European Tour was the 31st season of the European Tour, the main professional golf tour in Europe since its inaugural season in 1972.
There were three new tournaments to the European Tour in 2002, the BMW Asian Open in Taiwan, the Omega Hong Kong Open and the ANZ Championship in Australia. The schedule also saw the return of the Open de Canarias, but this was ultimately combined with the Open de España, and the loss of the Greg Norman Holden International, the Moroccan Open, the São Paulo Brazil Open and the Argentine Open.
Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2002 season.[1][2]
Unofficial events
The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.
| Date | Tournament | Host country | Purse | Winner(s) | OWGR points |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Apr | Seve Trophy | Ireland | n/a |   Team GB&I | n/a | Team event |
| 29 Sep | Ryder Cup | England | n/a |  Team Europe | n/a | Team event |
| 20 Oct | Cisco World Match Play Championship | England | £1,000,000 | Ernie Els | n/a | Limited-field event |
| 18 Nov | WGC-World Cup | Mexico | US$3,000,000 |  Toshimitsu Izawa and Shigeki Maruyama | n/a | World Golf Championship Team event |
Order of Merit
The Order of Merit was titled as the Volvo Order of Merit and was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.[4][5]
| Position | Player | Prize money (€) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Retief Goosen | 2,360,128 |
| 2 | Pádraig Harrington | 2,334,655 |
| 3 | Ernie Els | 2,251,708 |
| 4 |  Colin Montgomerie | 1,980,720 |
| 5 |  Eduardo Romero | 1,811,330 |
| 6 |  Sergio García | 1,488,728 |
| 7 |  Adam Scott | 1,361,776 |
| 8 |  Michael Campbell | 1,325,404 |
| 9 | Justin Rose | 1,323,529 |
| 10 | Paul Lawrie | 1,151,434 |