2002 Players Championship


The 2002 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 29th Players Championship.
Unheralded Craig Perks gained his only career win on the PGA Tour, two strokes ahead of runner-up Stephen Ames. In the last three holes, Perks chipped in twice; for eagle at 16 and for par at 18. In between, he made a birdie putt on the Island Green; he had only two pars in the last fourteen holes.
Starting the year at 256 in the world rankings, Perks moved from 203 to 64 with the win.
Defending champion Tiger Woods finished seven strokes back, in a tie for fourteenth place.

Venue

This was the 21st Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at.

Field

, Robert Allenby, Stephen Ames, Billy Andrade, Stuart Appleby, Woody Austin, Paul Azinger, Briny Baird, Craig Barlow, Cameron Beckman, Rich Beem, Notah Begay III, David Berganio Jr., Thomas Bjørn, Jay Don Blake, Mark Brooks, Olin Browne, Ángel Cabrera, Mark Calcavecchia, Michael Campbell, Jim Carter, Greg Chalmers, Brandel Chamblee, K. J. Choi, Stewart Cink, Michael Clark II, Darren Clarke, John Cook, Fred Couples, John Daly, Robert Damron, Glen Day, Chris DiMarco, Scott Dunlap, Joe Durant, David Duval, Joel Edwards, Steve Elkington, Ernie Els, Bob Estes, Nick Faldo, Niclas Fasth, Brad Faxon, Steve Flesch, Dan Forsman, Carlos Franco, Harrison Frazar, David Frost, Ed Fryatt, Fred Funk, Jim Furyk, Sergio García, Brian Gay, Brent Geiberger, Matt Gogel, Retief Goosen, David Gossett, Paul Gow, Jay Haas, Pádraig Harrington, Dudley Hart, J. P. Hayes, J. J. Henry, Tim Herron, Glen Hnatiuk, Scott Hoch, Charles Howell III, John Huston, Lee Janzen, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Brandt Jobe, Per-Ulrik Johansson, Steve Jones, Shingo Katayama, Jonathan Kaye, Jerry Kelly, Skip Kendall, Tom Kite, Greg Kraft, Matt Kuchar, Neal Lancaster, Bernhard Langer, Paul Lawrie, Ian Leggatt, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard, J. L. Lewis, Frank Lickliter, Davis Love III, Steve Lowery, Jeff Maggert, Shigeki Maruyama, Len Mattiace, Bob May, Billy Mayfair, Scott McCarron, Paul McGinley, Rocco Mediate, Phil Mickelson, Larry Mize, Colin Montgomerie, Michael Muehr, Frank Nobilo, Greg Norman, Mark O'Meara, Geoff Ogilvy, José María Olazábal, Jesper Parnevik, Craig Parry, Carl Paulson, Dennis Paulson, Corey Pavin, David Peoples, Craig Perks, Tom Pernice Jr., Kenny Perry, Nick Price, Brett Quigley, Chris Riley, Loren Roberts, Rory Sabbatini, Tom Scherrer, Adam Scott, Scott Simpson, Joey Sindelar, Vijay Singh, Jeff Sluman, Chris Smith, Jerry Smith, Mike Sposa, Craig Stadler, Paul Stankowski, Steve Stricker, Kevin Sutherland, Hal Sutton, Esteban Toledo, David Toms, Kirk Triplett, Bob Tway, Scott Verplank, Grant Waite, Duffy Waldorf, Brian Watts, Mike Weir, Lee Westwood, Jay Williamson, Garrett Willis, Tiger Woods, Kaname Yokoo

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 21, 2002
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Phil Mickelson64−8
2Chris DiMarco66−6
3Scott Hoch67−5
T4David Duval68−4
T4Nick Faldo68−4
T6Robert Allenby69−3
T6Stuart Appleby69−3
T6Mark Calcavecchia69−3
T6Brian Gay69−3
T6David Gossett69−3
T6Jerry Kelly69−3
T6Steve Lowery69−3
T6Carl Paulson69−3
T6Jeff Sluman69−3
T6Steve Stricker69−3
T6David Toms69−3

Second round

Friday, March 22, 2002
Saturday, March 23, 2002
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Carl Paulson69-69=138−6
T1Jeff Sluman69-69=138−6
T3Mark Calcavecchia69-70=139−5
T3Phil Mickelson64-75=139−5
T3Craig Perks71-68=139−5
6Michael Campbell72-68=140−4
T7Chris DiMarco66-75=141−3
T7Nick Faldo68-73=141−3
T7Rocco Mediate71-70=141−3
T7David Toms69-72=141−3

Third round

Saturday, March 23, 2002
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Carl Paulson69-69-69=207−9
2Craig Perks71-68-69=208−8
T3Rocco Mediate71-70-69=210−6
T3Jeff Sluman69-69-72=210−6
T5David Toms69-72-70=211−5
T5Mike Weir70-73-68=211−5
T7Billy Andrade73-69-70=212−4
T7Mark Calcavecchia69-70-73=212−4
T7Scott Hoch67-77-68=212−4
T10Nick Faldo68-73-72=213−3
T10Sergio García70-72-71=213−3
T10Steve Lowery69-73-71=213−3
T10Shigeki Maruyama72-72-69=213−3
T10Tiger Woods71-72-70=213−3

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Final round

Sunday, March 24, 2002
Craig Perks chipped in on the 16th and 18th holes to win the championship, his only PGA Tour victory. His lone putt in the last three holes was a 28-foot birdie putt on the 17th.

Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par453444435454344534
Perks−7−7−7−7−8−7−8−7−6−6−7−6−7−6−5−7−8−8
Ames−1−2−2−2−3−3−3−3−4−5−6−7−6−6−7−7−7−6
Mediate−6−6−5−5−5−4−4−4−3−2−3−4−3−3−3−5−5−5
Andrade−4−4−4−5−5−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−5−5−5−4−4
García−3−3−2−2−3−3−3−3−3−3−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−4
Hoch−4−4−4−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−6−6−5−5−5−5−4
Paulson−10−10−9−8−7−6−6−5−6−6−5−5−4−4−4−5−5−4
Sluman−6−7−6−6−6−6−6−5−5−5−5−5−6−4−4−5−5−4
Toms−5−5−5−5−4−4−3−4−3−4−3−2−2−2EEEE
Weir−4−5−5−6−6−6−6−6−6−5−5−5−4−3−3−2EE

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
EagleBirdieBogeyDouble Bogey

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