2002 European Tour
The 2002 European Tour was the 31st season of golf tournaments since the European Tour officially began in 1972. The Order of Merit was won by Retief Goosen, defending the title he won in 2001. Changes for 2002. There were three new tournaments to the European Tour in 2002, the BMW Asian Open in Taiwan, the Omega Hong Kong Open and the ANZ Championship in Australia. The schedule also saw the return of the Open de Canarias, but this was ultimately combined with the Open de España, and the loss of the Greg Norman Holden International, the  Moroccan Open, the São Paulo Brazil Open and the Argentine Open. Schedule. The following table lists official events during the 2002 season. The season was made up of 44 tournaments counting towards the Order of Merit, which included the four major championships and three World Golf Championships, and several non-counting "Approved Special Events" including the Ryder Cup which had been postponed from 2001. Unofficial events. The following events were sanctioned by the European Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official. Order of Merit. In 2002, the European Tour's money list was known as the  Order of Merit. It was calculated in euro, although around half of the events had prize funds which were fixed in other currencies, mostly either British pounds or U.S. dollars. In these instances the amounts were converted into euro at the exchange rate for the week that the tournament was played. The top 10 golfers in 2002 were: