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The 2002 Volvo PGA Championship was the 48th edition of the
Volvo PGA Championship The BMW PGA Championship is an annual men's professional golf tournament on the European Tour. It was founded in 1955 by the Professional Golfers' Association, and originally called the British PGA Championship. History The BMW PGA Championship ...
, an annual professional
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tournament on the
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. It was held 23–26 May at the West Course of
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in
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,
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, a suburb southwest of
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Anders Hansen Anders Rosenberg Hansen (born 16 September 1970) is a semi-retired Danish professional golfer. Career Hansen was born in Sønderborg, Denmark. He turned professional in 1995. It took him a few years to establish himself on the European Tour, w ...
won by five strokes over
Colin Montgomerie Colin Stuart Montgomerie, Order of the British Empire, OBE (born 23 June 1963) is a Scotland, Scottish professional golfer. He has won a record eight European Tour PGA European Tour#Order of Merit winners, Order of Merit titles, including a stre ...
and
Eduardo Romero Eduardo Alejandro Romero (17 July 1954 – 13 February 2022) was an Argentine professional golfer. Nicknamed "El Gato" ("The Cat"), he won over 80 professional tournaments around the world, including eight on the European Tour and five on the Cha ...
to claim his first Volvo PGA Championship.


Course layout


Past champions in the field

Nine former champions entered the tournament.


Made the cut


Missed the cut


Nationalities in the field


Round summaries


First round

''Thursday, 23 May 2002''


Second round

''Friday, 24 May 2002''


Third round

''Saturday, 25 May 2002''


Final round

''Sunday, 26 May 2002''


Scorecard

''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par'' Source:


References

{{Authority control BMW PGA Championship Golf tournaments in England
Volvo PGA Championship The BMW PGA Championship is an annual men's professional golf tournament on the European Tour. It was founded in 1955 by the Professional Golfers' Association, and originally called the British PGA Championship. History The BMW PGA Championship ...
Volvo PGA Championship The BMW PGA Championship is an annual men's professional golf tournament on the European Tour. It was founded in 1955 by the Professional Golfers' Association, and originally called the British PGA Championship. History The BMW PGA Championship ...
Volvo PGA Championship The BMW PGA Championship is an annual men's professional golf tournament on the European Tour. It was founded in 1955 by the Professional Golfers' Association, and originally called the British PGA Championship. History The BMW PGA Championship ...