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2002 Players Championship
The 2002 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 21–24 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 29th Players Championship.

Unheralded Craig Perks gained his only career win on the PGA Tour, two strokes ahead of runner-up Stephen Ames. In the last three holes, Perks chipped in twice; for eagle at 16 and for par at 18. In between, he made a 25-foot (7.6 m) birdie putt on the Island Green; he had only two pars in the last fourteen holes.

Starting the year at 256 in the world rankings, Perks moved from 203 to 64 with the win.

Defending champion Tiger Woods finished seven strokes back, in a tie for fourteenth place.

Venue

Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

This was the 21st Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at 7,093 yards (6,486 m).

Field

Fulton Allem, Robert Allenby, Stephen Ames, Billy Andrade, Stuart Appleby, Woody Austin, Paul Azinger, Briny Baird, Craig Barlow, Cameron Beckman, Rich Beem, Notah Begay III, David Berganio Jr., Thomas Bjørn, Jay Don Blake, Mark Brooks, Olin Browne, Ángel Cabrera, Mark Calcavecchia, Michael Campbell, Jim Carter, Greg Chalmers, Brandel Chamblee, K. J. Choi, Stewart Cink, Michael Clark II, Darren Clarke, John Cook, Fred Couples, John Daly, Robert Damron, Glen Day, Chris DiMarco, Scott Dunlap, Joe Durant, David Duval, Joel Edwards, Steve Elkington, Ernie Els, Bob Estes, Nick Faldo, Niclas Fasth, Brad Faxon, Steve Flesch, Dan Forsman, Carlos Franco, Harrison Frazar, David Frost, Ed Fryatt, Fred Funk, Jim Furyk, Sergio García, Brian Gay, Brent Geiberger, Matt Gogel, Retief Goosen, David Gossett, Paul Gow, Jay Haas, Pádraig Harrington, Dudley Hart, J. P. Hayes, J. J. Henry, Tim Herron, Glen Hnatiuk, Scott Hoch, Charles Howell III, John Huston, Lee Janzen, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Brandt Jobe, Per-Ulrik Johansson, Steve Jones, Shingo Katayama, Jonathan Kaye, Jerry Kelly, Skip Kendall, Tom Kite, Greg Kraft, Matt Kuchar, Neal Lancaster, Bernhard Langer, Paul Lawrie, Ian Leggatt, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard, J. L. Lewis, Frank Lickliter, Davis Love III, Steve Lowery, Jeff Maggert, Shigeki Maruyama, Len Mattiace, Bob May, Billy Mayfair, Scott McCarron, Paul McGinley, Rocco Mediate, Phil Mickelson, Larry Mize, Colin Montgomerie, Michael Muehr, Frank Nobilo, Greg Norman, Mark O'Meara, Geoff Ogilvy, José María Olazábal, Jesper Parnevik, Craig Parry, Carl Paulson, Dennis Paulson, Corey Pavin, David Peoples, Craig Perks, Tom Pernice Jr., Kenny Perry, Nick Price, Brett Quigley, Chris Riley, Loren Roberts, Rory Sabbatini, Tom Scherrer, Adam Scott, Scott Simpson, Joey Sindelar, Vijay Singh, Jeff Sluman, Chris Smith, Jerry Smith, Mike Sposa, Craig Stadler, Paul Stankowski, Steve Stricker, Kevin Sutherland, Hal Sutton, Esteban Toledo, David Toms, Kirk Triplett, Bob Tway, Scott Verplank, Grant Waite, Duffy Waldorf, Brian Watts, Mike Weir, Lee Westwood, Jay Williamson, Garrett Willis, Tiger Woods, Kaname Yokoo

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 21, 2002

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Phil Mickelson 64 −8
2 United States Chris DiMarco 66 −6
3 United States Scott Hoch 67 −5
T4 United States David Duval 68 −4
England Nick Faldo
T6 Australia Robert Allenby 69 −3
Australia Stuart Appleby
United States Mark Calcavecchia
United States Brian Gay
United States David Gossett
United States Jerry Kelly
United States Steve Lowery
United States Carl Paulson
United States Jeff Sluman
United States Steve Stricker
United States David Toms

Second round

Friday, March 22, 2002
Saturday, March 23, 2002

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Carl Paulson 69-69=138 −6
United States Jeff Sluman 69-69=138
T3 United States Mark Calcavecchia 69-70=139 −5
United States Phil Mickelson 64-75=139
New Zealand Craig Perks 71-68=139
6 New Zealand Michael Campbell 72-68=140 −4
T7 United States Chris DiMarco 66-75=141 −3
England Nick Faldo 68-73=141
United States Rocco Mediate 71-70=141
United States David Toms 69-72=141

Third round

Saturday, March 23, 2002

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Carl Paulson 69-69-69=207 −9
2 New Zealand Craig Perks 71-68-69=208 −8
T3 United States Rocco Mediate 71-70-69=210 −6
United States Jeff Sluman 69-69-72=210
T5 United States David Toms 69-72-70=211 −5
Canada Mike Weir 70-73-68=211
T7 United States Billy Andrade 73-69-70=212 −4
United States Mark Calcavecchia 69-70-73=212
United States Scott Hoch 67-77-68=212
T10 England Nick Faldo 68-73-72=213 −3
Spain Sergio García 70-72-71=213
United States Steve Lowery 69-73-71=213
Japan Shigeki Maruyama 72-72-69=213
United States Tiger Woods 71-72-70=213

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Final round

Sunday, March 24, 2002

Craig Perks chipped in on the 16th and 18th holes to win the championship, his only PGA Tour victory. His lone putt in the last three holes was a 28-foot birdie putt on the 17th.

Champion
(c) = past champion
Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 New Zealand Craig Perks 71-68-69-72=280 −8 1,080,000
2 Trinidad and Tobago Stephen Ames 74-69-72-67=282 −6 648,000
3 United States Rocco Mediate 71-70-69-73=283 −5 408,000
T4 United States Billy Andrade 73-69-70-72=284 −4 226,200
Spain Sergio García 70-72-71-71=284
United States Scott Hoch 67-77-68-72=284
United States Carl Paulson 69-69-69-77=284
United States Jeff Sluman 69-69-72-74=284
T9 United States John Huston 73-69-73-70=285 −3 168,000
Zimbabwe Nick Price (c) 74-71-71-69=285

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Scorecard

Final round

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 5 4 5 4 3 4 4 5 3 4
New Zealand Perks −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −7 −8 −7 −6 −6 −7 −6 −7 −6 −5 −7 −8 −8
Trinidad and Tobago Ames −1 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −5 −6 −7 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −6
United States Mediate −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −3 −2 −3 −4 −3 −3 −3 −5 −5 −5
United States Andrade −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4
Spain García −3 −3 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −4
United States Hoch −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4
United States Paulson −10 −10 −9 −8 −7 −6 −6 −5 −6 −6 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −4
United States Sluman −6 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −4 −4 −5 −5 −4
United States Toms −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −3 −4 −3 −4 −3 −2 −2 −2 E E E E
Canada Weir −4 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −4 −3 −3 −2 E E

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double Bogey

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References

  1. ^ Van Sickle, Gary (April 1, 2002). "Pitched battle". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
  2. ^ "Drama marks Perks' first title rum". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 25, 2002. p. 2E.
  3. ^ "A million Perks for TPC champ". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. (Florida). Associated Press. March 25, 2002. p. 1C.
  4. ^ "2002: Week 12" (PDF). Official World Golf Ranking. March 24, 2002. Retrieved April 30, 2002.
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  6. ^ "2002 Champion Craig Perks". Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  7. ^ "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
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