2002 Buy.com Tour

The 2002 Buy.com Tour season ran from March 7 to November 2. The season consisted of 28 official money golf tournaments; three of which were played outside of the United States. The top 15 players on the year-end money list earned their PGA Tour card for 2003. It was the final year in which the tour was sponsored by Buy.com, before it was replaced by current sponsor Nationwide.

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Schedule

The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number of wins on the tour including that event. No one accumulates many wins on the tour because success at this level soon leads to promotion to the PGA Tour.

Week Tournament State/Country Winner
Mar 7-10 Jacob's Creek Open Championship Australia Gavin Coles (1)
Mar 14-17 Holden Clearwater Classic New Zealand Peter O'Malley (1)
Apr 11-14 Louisiana Open Louisiana Steven Alker (1)
Apr 18-21 Arkansas Classic Arkansas Jace Bugg (1)
Apr 25-28 BMW Charity Pro-Am at The Cliffs South Carolina Charles Warren (1)
May 2-5 Virginia Beach Open Virginia Cliff Kresge (1)
May 9-12 Greater Richmond Open Virginia Patrick Moore (1)
May 16-19 SAS Carolina Classic North Carolina Zoran Zorkic (1)
May 30 - Jun 2 Northeast Pennsylvania Classic Pennsylvania Gary Hallberg (1)
Jun 6-9 Samsung Canadian PGA Championship Canada Arron Oberholser (1)
Jun 20-23 Lake Erie Charity Classic at Peek 'n Peak Resort New York Patrick Moore (2)
Jun 27-30 Knoxville Open Tennessee Darron Stiles (3)
Jul 4-7 Hershey Open Pennsylvania Cliff Kresge (2)
Jul 11-14 Dayton Open Ohio Jason Buha (1)
Jul 18-21 Fort Smith Classic Arkansas Todd Fischer (1)
Jul 25-28 Price Cutter Charity Championship Missouri Patrick Sheehan (1)
Aug 1-4 Omaha Classic Nebraska Jay Delsing (2)
Aug 8-11 LaSalle Bank Open Illinois Marco Dawson (1)
Aug 15-18 Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open Kansas Tyler Williamson (1)
Aug 22-25 Permian Basin Open Texas Tag Ridings (1)
Sep 5-8 Utah Classic Utah Arron Oberholser (2)
Sep 12-15 Oregon Classic Oregon Jason Gore (2)
Sep 19-22 Albertsons Boise Open Idaho Jason Gore (3)
Sep 26-29 State Farm Open California Andy Miller (1)
Oct 3-6 Bank of America Monterey Peninsula Classic California Roland Thatcher (1)
Oct 10-13 Gila River Classic at Wild Horse Pass Resort Arizona David Branshaw (1)
Oct 23-26 Hibernia Southern Open Louisiana David Morland IV (1)
Oct 30 - Nov 2 Buy.com Tour Championship Alabama Patrick Moore (3)

Leading money winners

Rank Player Country Prize money (US$)
1 Patrick Moore  United States 381,965
2 Arron Oberholser  United States 319,883
3 Doug Barron  United States 248,175
4 Steven Alker  New Zealand 247,008
5 Cliff Kresge  United States 245,265
6 Jason Gore  United States 241,940
7 Todd Fischer  United States 234,777
8 Marco Dawson  United States 227,590
9 Darron Stiles  United States 222,845
10 Aaron Baddeley  Australia 216,536

Full money list

See also

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