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. The season consisted of 32 official money events. Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, 11. She also led the money list with earnings of $2,863,904.
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. "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.
DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse 1st prize
Mar 2LPGA Takefuji ClassicHawaii Annika Sörenstam 196 900,000135,000
Mar 17PING Banner HealthArizona Rachel Teske 281 1,000,000150,000
Mar 24Welch's/Circle K ChampionshipArizona Laura Diaz 270 800,000120,000
Mar 31Kraft Nabisco ChampionshipCalifornia Annika Sörenstam 280 1,500,000225,000
Apr 7The Office Depot ChampionshipCalifornia Se Ri Pak 209 1,000,000150,000
Apr 21Longs Drugs ChallengeCalifornia Cristie Kerr 280 900,000135,000
May 5Chick-fil-A Charity ChampionshipGeorgia Juli Inkster 132 ^1,250,000187,500
May 12Aerus Electrolux USA ChampionshipTennessee Annika Sörenstam 271 800,000120,000
May 19Asahi Ryokuken International ChampionshipSouth Carolina Janice Moodie 273 1,250,000187,500
May 26LPGA Corning ClassicNew York Laura Diaz 274 1,000,000150,000
Jun 2Kellogg-Keebler ClassicIllinois Annika Sörenstam 195 1,200,000180,000
Jun 9McDonald's LPGA ChampionshipDelaware Se Ri Pak 279 1,500,000225,000
Jun 15Evian MastersFrance Annika Sörenstam 269 2,100,000315,000
Jun 23Wegmans Rochester LPGANew York Karrie Webb 276 1,200,000180,000
Jun 30ShopRite LPGA ClassicNew Jersey Annika Sörenstam 201 1,200,000180,000
Jul 7U.S. Women's OpenKansas Juli Inkster 276 3,000,000535,000
Jul 14Jamie Farr Kroger ClassicOhio Rachel Teske 270 1,000,000150,000
Jul 21Giant Eagle LPGA ClassicOhio Mi Hyun Kim 202 1,000,000150,000
Jul 28Sybase Big Apple ClassicNew York Gloria Park 270 950,000142,500
Aug 4Wendy's Championship for ChildrenOhio Mi Hyun Kim 208 1,000,000150,000
Aug 11Weetabix Women's British OpenScotland Karrie Webb 273 1,500,000236,383
Aug 18Bank of Montreal Canadian Women's OpenCanada Meg Mallon 284 1,200,000180,000
Aug 25First Union Betsy King ClassicPennsylvania Se Ri Pak 267 1,200,000180,000
Sep 1State Farm ClassicIllinois Patricia Meunier-Lebouc 270 1,100,000165,000
Sep 8Williams ChampionshipOklahoma Annika Sörenstam 199 1,000,000150,000
Sep 15Safeway ClassicOregon Annika Sörenstam 199 1,000,000150,000
Oct 6Samsung World ChampionshipCalifornia Annika Sörenstam 266 775,000162,000
Oct 13Mobile LPGA Tournament of ChampionsAlabama Se Ri Pak 268 750,000122,000
Oct 27Sports Today CJ Nine Bridges ClassicSouth Korea Se Ri Pak 213 1,500,000225,000
Nov 3Cisco World Ladies Match Play ChampionshipJapan Grace Park 22 holes1,020,000153,000
Nov 10Mizuno ClassicJapan Annika Sörenstam 201 1,130,000169,500
Nov 24ADT ChampionshipFlorida Annika Sörenstam 275 1,000,000215,000

^ – weather-shortened tournament

Leaders

Money List leaders
RankPlayerCountryEarnings Events
1Annika Sörenstam2,863,90423
2Se Ri Pak1,722,28124
3Juli Inkster1,154,34920
4Mi Hyun Kim1,049,99328
5Karrie Webb1,009,76021
6Grace Park861,94328
7Laura Diaz843,79025
8Carin Koch785,81725
9Rachel Teske779,32927
10Rosie Jones722,41224

Awards