2002 PGA Tour of Australasia

The 2002 PGA Tour of Australasia was the 30th season on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the main professional golf tour in Australia and New Zealand since it was formed in 1973.

2002 PGA Tour of Australasia season

Duration	15 November 2001 (2001-11-15) – 8 December 2002 (2002-12-08)
Number of official events	21
Most wins	Peter Lonard (2) Terry Price (2) Andre Stolz (2)
Order of Merit	Craig Parry
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Schedule

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

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (A$)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Other tours[b]	Notes
18 Nov	Australian PGA Championship	Queensland	1,000,000	Robert Allenby (7)	16
25 Nov	Holden Australian Open	Queensland	1,500,000	Stuart Appleby (2)	32		Flagship event
13 Jan	TelstraSaturn Hyundai New Zealand Open	New Zealand	NZ$1,000,000	Craig Parry (10)	24
27 Jan	Johnnie Walker Classic	Western Australia	£1,000,000	Retief Goosen (n/a)	42	ASA, EUR
3 Feb	Heineken Classic	Victoria	2,000,000	Ernie Els (n/a)	36	EUR
10 Feb	ANZ Championship	New South Wales	1,750,000	Richard S. Johnson (n/a)	20	EUR
3 Mar	NSW Masters	New South Wales	100,000	Steve Collins (1)	16		New tournament
10 Mar	Jacob's Creek Open Championship	South Australia	US$500,000	Gavin Coles (1)	12	BUY
17 Mar	Holden Clearwater Classic	New Zealand	US$500,000	Peter O'Malley (3)	12	BUY
24 Mar	Scenic Circle Hotels Dunedin Classic	New Zealand	100,000	Gareth Paddison (1)	16
7 Apr	Volvo Trucks Golf Klassik	New South Wales	100,000	Terry Price (3)	16		New tournament
28 Apr	Schweppes SA PGA Championship	South Australia	100,000	Richard Ball (1)	16
26 May	Western Australia PGA Championship	Western Australia	100,000	Kim Felton (1)	16
16 Jun	Queensland PGA Championship	Queensland	100,000	Andre Stolz (2)	16
13 Oct	Victorian PGA Championship	Victoria	100,000	Craig Carmichael (1)	16
27 Oct	ANZ Victorian Open Championship	Victoria	100,000	Andre Stolz (2)	16
3 Nov	Queensland Open	Queensland	100,000	Andrew Buckle (1)	16
10 Nov	New South Wales Open	New South Wales	200,000	Terry Price (4)	16
24 Nov	Holden Australian Open	Victoria	1,500,000	Stephen Allan (1)	32		Flagship event
1 Dec	Australian PGA Championship	Western Australia	1,000,000	Peter Lonard (4) Jarrod Moseley (2)	13		Title shared[c]
8 Dec	MasterCard Masters	Victoria	1,250,000	Peter Lonard (5)	20

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Australian dollars.^[3][4]

Position	Player	Prize money (A$)
1	Craig Parry	641,789
2	Peter Lonard	497,256
3	Peter O'Malley	423,305
4	Scott Laycock	401,219
5	Gavin Coles	395,069

Notes

1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour of Australasia events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour of Australasia members.
2. ASA − Asian PGA Tour; BUY − Buy.com Tour; EUR − European Tour.
3. Lonard and Moseley remained tied after one hole of a sudden-death playoff before darkness fell.^[2]