2002 LPGA Tour

The 2002 LPGA Tour was the 53rd season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 28 to November 24, consisting of 32 official money events. Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, 11. She also led the money list with earnings of $2,863,904. She broke the LPGA Tour single-season earnings and scoring average (68.70) records she had set the previous season.^[1]

2002 LPGA Tour season

Duration	February 28, 2002 (2002-02-28) – November 24, 2002 (2002-11-24)
Number of official events	32
Most wins	11 Annika Sörenstam
Money leader	Annika Sörenstam
Rolex Player of the Year	Annika Sörenstam
Rookie of the Year	Beth Bauer
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The season saw the first tournament with a $3,000,000 purse, the U.S. Women's Open. There were three first-time winners in 2002: Laura Diaz, Cristie Kerr, and Patricia Meunier-Lebouc.

The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 2002 season.^[2] "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.

Date	Tournament	Location	Winner	Score	Purse ($)	1st prize ($)
Mar 2	LPGA Takefuji Classic	Hawaii	Annika Sörenstam (32)	196 (−14)	900,000	135,000
Mar 17	PING Banner Health	Arizona	Rachel Teske (5)	281 (−7)	1,000,000	150,000
Mar 24	Welch's/Circle K Championship	Arizona	Laura Diaz (1)	270 (−18)	800,000	120,000
Mar 31	Kraft Nabisco Championship	California	Annika Sörenstam (33)	280 (−8)	1,500,000	225,000
Apr 7	The Office Depot Championship	California	Se Ri Pak (14)	209 (−7)	1,000,000	150,000
Apr 21	Longs Drugs Challenge	California	Cristie Kerr (1)	280 (−8)	900,000	135,000
May 5	Chick-fil-A Charity Championship	Georgia	Juli Inkster (27)	132 (−12)^	1,250,000	187,500
May 12	Aerus Electrolux USA Championship	Tennessee	Annika Sörenstam (34)	271 (−17)	800,000	120,000
May 19	Asahi Ryokuken International Championship	South Carolina	Janice Moodie (2)	273 (−15)	1,250,000	187,500
May 26	LPGA Corning Classic	New York	Laura Diaz (2)	274 (−14)	1,000,000	150,000
Jun 2	Kellogg-Keebler Classic	Illinois	Annika Sörenstam (35)	195 (−21)	1,200,000	180,000
Jun 9	McDonald's LPGA Championship	Delaware	Se Ri Pak (15)	279 (−5)	1,500,000	225,000
Jun 15	Evian Masters	France	Annika Sörenstam (36)	269 (−19)	2,100,000	315,000
Jun 23	Wegmans Rochester LPGA	New York	Karrie Webb (27)	276 (−12)	1,200,000	180,000
Jun 30	ShopRite LPGA Classic	New Jersey	Annika Sörenstam (37)	201 (−12)	1,200,000	180,000
Jul 7	U.S. Women's Open	Kansas	Juli Inkster (28)	276 (−4)	3,000,000	535,000
Jul 14	Jamie Farr Kroger Classic	Ohio	Rachel Teske (6)	270 (−14)	1,000,000	150,000
Jul 21	Giant Eagle LPGA Classic	Ohio	Mi Hyun Kim (4)	202 (−14)	1,000,000	150,000
Jul 28	Sybase Big Apple Classic	New York	Gloria Park (2)	270 (−14)	950,000	142,500
Aug 4	Wendy's Championship for Children	Ohio	Mi Hyun Kim (5)	208 (−8)	1,000,000	150,000
Aug 11	Weetabix Women's British Open	Scotland	Karrie Webb (28)	273 (−15)	1,500,000	236,383
Aug 18	Bank of Montreal Canadian Women's Open	Canada	Meg Mallon (14)	284 (-4)	1,200,000	180,000
Aug 25	First Union Betsy King Classic	Pennsylvania	Se Ri Pak (16)	267 (−21)	1,200,000	180,000
Sep 1	State Farm Classic	Illinois	Patricia Meunier-Lebouc (1)	270 (−18)	1,100,000	165,000
Sep 8	Williams Championship	Oklahoma	Annika Sörenstam (38)	199 (−11)	1,000,000	150,000
Sep 15	Safeway Classic	Oregon	Annika Sörenstam (39)	199 (−17)	1,000,000	150,000
Oct 6	Samsung World Championship	California	Annika Sörenstam (40)	266 (−22)	775,000	162,000
Oct 13	Mobile LPGA Tournament of Champions	Alabama	Se Ri Pak (17)	268 (−20)	750,000	122,000
Oct 27	Sports Today CJ Nine Bridges Classic	South Korea	Se Ri Pak (18)	213 (−3)	1,500,000	225,000
Nov 3	Cisco World Ladies Match Play Championship	Japan	Grace Park (3)	22 holes	1,020,000	153,000
Nov 10	Mizuno Classic	Japan	Annika Sörenstam (41)	201 (−15)	1,130,000	169,500
Nov 24	ADT Championship	Florida	Annika Sörenstam (42)	275 (−13)	1,000,000	215,000

^ – weather-shortened tournament

Leaders

Money List leaders

Rank	Player	Country	Earnings ($)	Events
1	Annika Sörenstam	Sweden	2,863,904	23
2	Se Ri Pak	South Korea	1,722,281	24
3	Juli Inkster	United States	1,154,349	20
4	Mi Hyun Kim	South Korea	1,049,993	28
5	Karrie Webb	Australia	1,009,760	21
6	Grace Park	South Korea	861,943	28
7	Laura Diaz	United States	843,790	25
8	Carin Koch	Sweden	785,817	25
9	Rachel Teske	Australia	779,329	27
10	Rosie Jones	United States	722,412	24

Source:^[3]

Awards

Award	Winner	Country
Money winner	Annika Sörenstam (5)	Sweden
Scoring leader (Vare Trophy)	Annika Sörenstam (5)	Sweden
Player of the Year	Annika Sörenstam (5)	Sweden
Rookie of the Year	Beth Bauer	United States