User:Phinumu/PGA Tour players/2002

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* – Denotes a player who finished in the top 125 of the money list.

Bold text – Denotes a player who won in 2002.

1. Winners of PGA Championship or U.S. Open prior to 1970 or in the last 10 calendar years (Beginning in 1998, this is a five-year exemption.)

Kite mostly retired from the PGA Tour after turning 50 in 1999 and fell to past champion status in 2003.

Rich Beem was promoted to this category after his PGA Championship win and earned an exemption through 2007.

2. Winners of the THE PLAYERS Championship in the last 10 calendar years. (Beginning In 1998, this is a five-year exemption.)

Greg Norman declined membership.

Craig Perks was promoted to this category after his win and earned an exemption through 2007.

3. Winners of the Masters Tournament in the last 10 calendar years. (Beginning in 1998, this is a five-year exemption.)

Nick Faldo declined membership. Ben Crenshaw mostly retired from the PGA Tour after turning 50 in January 2002.

4. Winners of the British Open in the last 10 calendar years (1990-present). (Beginning In 1998, this is a five-year exemption.)

Paul Lawrie declined membership.

5. Winners of the NEC World Series of Golf in the last 10 calendar years. (Beginning in 1998, this is a three-year exemption.)

Stadler finished in the 126–150 range and opted to use a top 50 career money exemption for 2003.

6. THE TOUR Championship winners in the last three years, beginning with the 1998 winner
7. Winners of World Golf Championship events, beginning in 1999 (a three-year exemption)

Darren Clarke declined membership.

Kevin Sutherland and Craig Parry were promoted to this category after their wins and earned exemptions through 2005.

8. The leader in PGA TOUR official earnings in each of the last five calendar years
9. Winners of PGA TOUR cosponsored or approved events (except team events) within the last two calendar years, or during the current year; winners receive an additional year of exemption for each additional win, up to five years.
Wins by players with expiring exemptions
Date Player Tournament
Apr 28 Rocco Mediate Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic
Sep 29 Loren Roberts Valero Texas Open

Besides Rich Beem, who was in this category for two weeks between his wins as The International and the PGA Championship, eighteen players moved into this category during the season. K. J. Choi, Jerry Kelly, and Len Mattiace earned exemptions through 2004 with multiple wins.

Scherrer finished in the 126–150 range and, unsuccessful at Q School, settled for conditional status in 2003. Clark and Paulson finished outside the top 150 and, also unsuccessful at Q School, fell to past champion status (for good, in Clark's case).

10. Members of the last-named U.S. Ryder Cup team
11a. Career money exemptions – top 50
11a. Career money exemptions – top 25
19. Life members

Both focused on the senior tour.

20. Top 125 from money list
Wins
Date Player Tournament
Jan 14 Jerry Kelly Sony Open
Feb 3 Matt Gogel AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
Feb 17 Len Mattiace Nissan Open
Feb 24 Kevin Sutherland WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship
Mar 24 Craig Perks The Players Championship
May 5 K. J. Choi Compaq Classic
Jun 9 Chris Smith Buick Classic
Jun 30 Len Mattiace (2) FedEx St. Jude Classic
Jul 7 Jerry Kelly (2) Advil Western Open
Jul 28 J. P. Hayes John Deere Classic
Aug 4 Rich Beem The International
Aug 18 Rich Beem (2) PGA Championship
Aug 25 Chris Riley Reno–Tahoe Open
Aug 25 Craig Parry WGC-NEC Invitational
Sep 15 Dan Forsman SEI Pennsylvania Classic
Sep 22 K. J. Choi (2) Tampa Bay Classic

Frost, Blake, Yokoo, Sposa, Gow, Nobilo, May, Quigley, and Chamblee finished in the 126–150 range. Quigley was successful in Q School, while the rest fell to the conditional category for 2003.

Waite, Austin, Jiménez, Jerry Smith, Fryatt, Kraft, Watts, Dunlap, Simpson, Muehr, Mize, and Perry finished outside the top 150. Muehr, Mize, and Perry received major medical extensions and Watts a minor. Austin and Watts were successful in Q School. Waite, Kraft, and Simpson fell to past champion status. Jiménez, Jerry Smith, Fryatt, Dunlap became non-members; Jiménez and Fryatt would not reach the PGA Tour again (or rather, in the case of Jiménez, accept membership).

21. Non-member top 125
Wins
Date Player Tournament
Mar 10 Matt Kuchar Honda Classic
Oct 6 Charles Howell III Michelob Championship

Niclas Fasth, Pierre Fulke, Toru Taniguchi, and Toshimitsu Izawa declined membership.

22. Major Medical Extension

Langham met his terms in May but finished outside the top 150, fell short at Q School, and became a non-member for 2003. Wiebe fell to conditional status after his extension ended in July; he made no cuts and fell to past champion status in 2003 (for good). Brown played in two events and did not receive a carry-over; he fell to past champion status and never played in a PGA Tour event again. McCumber spent his starts playing on the senior tour and fell to past champion status for good. Sutherland received a carry-over and also made it through Q School.

Brent Schwarzrock met the terms of his reshuffle medical extension in March and was promoted to this category, but ultimately required another medical for 2003.

23. Buy.com Tour leading money-winner
25. Q School top 35, Buy.com Tour 2-15
Wins
Date Player Tournament
Feb 24 Ian Leggatt Touchstone Energy Tucson Open
Sep 8 John Rollins Bell Canadian Open
Oct 13 Phil Tataurangi Invensys Classic
Oct 20 Bob Burns Disney Golf Classic
Oct 27 Jonathan Byrd Buick Challenge
Nov 4 Luke Donald Southern Farm Bureau Classic

Tryon did not become a member until his 18th birthday in June.

Schwarzrock met the terms of his medical extension in March and was promoted to the major medical category, but ultimately required another medical for 2003.

Those who finished in the 126–150 range were Deane Pappas, Jones, Staton, Riegger, Armour, Elder, and Allan. Elder received a minor medical extension. None of the others were successful at Q School, so all had to settle for conditional status.

Bateman, Brehaut, Gove, Peterson, Freeman, Wetterich, Gangluff, Porter, Cochran, Long, Claxton, Daley, Hill, Van Pelt, Heintz, McCallister, Herrera, Allen, Jordan, Weekley, Brenden Pappas, Ellis, Lardon, Zokol, Nicklaus, and Tryon finished outside the top 150. Bateman, Brehaut, Brenden Pappas, and Lardon were successful in Q School. Ellis and Tryon received major medical extensions, and Zokol a minor. Freeman, Cochran, and McCallister settled for past champion status (for good, in Freeman's case). The other 16 became non-members; Peterson, Porter, Daley, Hill, Herrera, Jordan, Nicklaus would not reach the PGA Tour again.

Reshuffle medical

Clark met his terms in October and was promoted to the major medical category. Dawson's extension expired in February and he became a non-member, but finished in the top 15 of the Buy.com Tour money list. Bryant's expired in October and he dropped to the non-exempt medical category; he then made it through Q School. Gallagher and Wadsworth and received carry-overs.

26. Three-time Buy.com Tour winners in the current year

One player achieved this:

27. Minor Medical Extension

Both became non-members after their extensions expired in April and August, respectively; Barron finished in the top 15 of the Buy.com Tour money list, while Coughlan would never regain membership.

28. 126–150 from money list
Wins
Date Player Tournament
Jul 21 Spike McRoy B.C. Open

Two players finished inside the top 125 (including one winner). Goydos and Goggin finished in the 126–150 range, and both made it through Q School.

Mark Wiebe fell to this category in July after his medical extension ended. He made no cuts and fell to past champion status in 2003 (for good).

The remaining players all finished outside the top 150. Tryba received a medical extension. Hjertstedt fell to past champion status in 2003 (for good). Hughes, Ogilvie, Tolles, Isenhour, and Morland became non-members.

29. Non-exempt medical extension

Bart Bryant fell to this category in October; he then made it through Q School.

Wentworth played four events, did not receive a carry-over, and became a non-member, never to reach the PGA Tour again.

Notable past champions

The following past champions finished in the top 200 of the money list:

Wins
Date Player Tournament
Sep 1 Gene Sauers Air Canada Championship

Two players finished inside the top 125 (including one winner). Jacobsen finished in the 126–150 range, earning conditional status for 2003. Hammond, Heinen, and Ken Green made it through Q School. Of the rest, only Pate and Pride would earn better status in the future.

Notable non-members

The following non-members finished the equivalent of top 200 on the money list, including earnings in WGCs (^ denotes those eligible for full PGA Tour membership in 2003):

Cabrera, Campbell, Levet, and Norman accepted membership for 2003, while Harrington, Clarke, Faldo, and Lawrie declined (though Clarke accepted later after winning a tournament). Cabrera and Campbell accepted STM in March, Scott in April, Molder in June, and Bjørn and Levet in August.

Molder, Howser, and Price were unsuccessful in Q School; Kresge finished in the top 15 of the Buy.com Tour money list.

Other notes

Twenty-two players not listed made it from the Buy.com Tour to the PGA Tour for 2003 (including European Tour winners Aaron Baddeley and Alex Čejka, the latter of whom who played 5 Buy.com events; 12 via the money list, 10 via Q School). Fourteen players with no PGA Tour or Buy.com Tour status in 2002 made it through Q School (including European Tour winners Richard S. Johnson and Carl Pettersson and Japan Golf Tour winners Kenichi Kuboya, Scott Laycock, and Dean Wilson).

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