The 2002 PGA Tour of Australasia was a series of men's professional golf events played in Australia and New Zealand. In 2002, the

PGA Tour of Australasia The PGA Tour of Australasia, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia, is a professional golf tour for men, owned and operated by the PGA of Australia. Official events on the tour count for World Golf Ra ...

reverted to a calendar based schedule from a seasonal one. As such, tournaments ran from November 2001 through to December 2002, with two editions of both the

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and the Australian Open. In addition, many of the tournaments from the Development Tour were re-incorporated into the main tour schedule in 2002. Three events were co-sanctioned by the

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, with the

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also being sanctioned by the

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, and two were co-sanctioned by the Nationwide Tour.

Craig Parry Craig David Parry (born 12 January 1966) is an Australian professional golfer. He has been one of Australia's premier golfers since turning professional in 1985, and has 23 career victories, two of those wins being events on the PGA Tour; the ...

was the tour's leading money winner for the second time, finishing almost A$150,000 ahead of

Peter Lonard Peter Lawrence Lonard (born 17 July 1967) is an Australian professional golfer who has played mainly on the U.S.-based PGA Tour. Early life Lonard was born at Epping, Sydney. Professional career Lonard turned professional in 1989 and began ...

. He had previously topped the money list in 1995.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2002 season.

Order of Merit

The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in

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Notes

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