2002 Challenge Tour

The 2002 Challenge Tour was the 14th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

2002 Challenge Tour season
Duration28 February 2002 (2002-02-28) – 27 October 2002 (2002-10-27)
Number of official events25[lower-alpha 1]
Most winsEngland Lee S. James (3)
RankingsEngland Lee S. James
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Schedule

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

DateTournamentHost countryPurse
(€)		Winner[lower-alpha 2]OWGR
points		Other
tours[lower-alpha 3]		Notes
3 MarSameer Kenya OpenKenya£75,000England Lee S. James (2)6
10 MarStanbic Zambia OpenZambia95,000Zimbabwe Marc Cayeux (1)10AFR
24 MarMadeira Island OpenPortugal550,000Spain Diego Borrego (3)24EURNew to Challenge Tour
14 AprPanalpina Banque Commerciale du Maroc ClassicMorocco130,000France Jean-François Lucquin (1)6New tournament
28 AprTessali Open del SudItaly90,000England Simon Wakefield (1)6
5 MayCredit Suisse Private Banking OpenSwitzerland–Abandoned[lower-alpha 4]–
26 MayIzki Challenge de EspañaSpain135,000Sweden Fredrik Widmark (1)6
2 JunAustrian Golf OpenAustria110,000Austria Markus Brier (1)6
9 JunNykredit Danish OpenDenmark125,000Australia Ed Stedman (1)6
16 JunAa St Omer OpenFrance330,000Belgium Nicolas Vanhootegem (2)6
16 JunGaleria Kaufhof Pokal ChallengeGermany90,000Germany Alex Čejka (4)6
23 JunClearstream International Luxembourg OpenLuxembourg105,000England Lee S. James (3)6
30 JunOpen des VolcansFrance110,000United States Scott Kammann (1)6
7 JulPGA Triveneta Terme Euganee International OpenItaly115,000Germany Wolfgang Huget (2)6
14 JulVolvo Finnish OpenFinland100,000Denmark Thomas Nørret (1)6
21 JulGolf ChallengeGermany100,000England Iain Pyman (4)6
28 JulCharles Church European Challenge Tour ChampionshipEngland250,000England John E. Morgan (1)6
4 AugTalma Finnish ChallengeFinland150,000England Lee S. James (4)6
11 AugBMW Russian OpenRussia180,000England Iain Pyman (5)6
18 AugNorth West of Ireland OpenIreland350,000Sweden Adam Mednick (6)16EUR
25 AugRolex TrophySwitzerlandCHF 225,000England Simon Hurd (1)6
25 AugSkandia PGA OpenSweden95,000France Thomas Besancenez (1)6
8 SepFormby Hall ChallengeEngland£75,000England Matthew Blackey (1)6
15 SepTelia Grand PrixSwedenSKr 1,100,000England Matthew Blackey (2)6
20 OctFortis Bank Challenge OpenNetherlands135,000Belgium Didier de Vooght (1)6
27 OctChallenge Tour Grand FinalFrance200,000Republic of Ireland Peter Lawrie (1)6Tour Championship

Rankings

For full rankings, see 2002 Challenge Tour graduates.

The rankings were based on prize money won during the season, calculated in Euros.[3] The top 15 players on the tour earned status to play on the 2003 European Tour.[4]

RankPlayerPrize money (€)
1England Lee S. James121,531
2France Jean-François Lucquin101,544
3England Matthew Blackey94,121
4Republic of Ireland Peter Lawrie89,073
5England Iain Pyman75,674

Notes
  1. A further one tournament was scheduled but was abandoned.
  2. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Challenge Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Challenge Tour members. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Challenge Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the European Tour.
  3. AFR − Sunshine Tour; EUR − European Tour.
  4. Tournament abandoned due to persistent bad weather.[2]

References
  1. "2002 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  2. "Credit Suisse Private Banking Open abandoned". European Tour. 19 March 2010. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  3. "2002 Rankings". European Tour. Archived from the original on 23 December 2002. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  4. "European Tour places up for grabs in Challenge Tour Grand Final". European Tour. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2023. The Grand Final represents three contests in one. There is the tournament itself with a prize fund of €200,000, the race for the Number One spot on the Rankings, and the battle to secure the 15 European Tour cards for next season.
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