The 2002 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held 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 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

This was the 21st Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course and it remained at .

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 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Phil Mickelson64−82 Chris DiMarco66−63 Scott Hoch67−5T4 David Duval68−4 Nick FaldoT6 Robert Allenby69−3 Stuart Appleby Mark Calcavecchia Brian Gay David Gossett Jerry Kelly Steve Lowery Carl Paulson Jeff Sluman Steve Stricker David Toms

Second round Friday, March 22, 2002 Saturday, March 23, 2002 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Carl Paulson69-69=138−6 Jeff Sluman69-69=138T3 Mark Calcavecchia69-70=139−5 Phil Mickelson64-75=139 Craig Perks71-68=1396 Michael Campbell72-68=140−4T7 Chris DiMarco66-75=141−3 Nick Faldo68-73=141 Rocco Mediate71-70=141 David Toms69-72=141

Third round Saturday, March 23, 2002

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Carl Paulson 69-69-69=207 −92 Craig Perks 71-68-69=208 −8T3 Rocco Mediate 71-70-69=210 −6 Jeff Sluman 69-69-72=210T5 David Toms 69-72-70=211 −5 Mike Weir 70-73-68=211T7 Billy Andrade 73-69-70=212 −4 Mark Calcavecchia 69-70-73=212 Scott Hoch 67-77-68=212T10 Nick Faldo 68-73-72=213 −3 Sergio García 70-72-71=213 Steve Lowery 69-73-71=213 Shigeki Maruyama 72-72-69=213 Tiger Woods 71-72-70=213 Source:

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 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Craig Perks 71-68-69-72=280 −8 1,080,0002 Stephen Ames 74-69-72-67=282 −6 648,0003 Rocco Mediate 71-70-69-73=283 −5 408,000T4 Billy Andrade 73-69-70-72=284 −4 226,200 Sergio García 70-72-71-71=284 Scott Hoch 67-77-68-72=284 Carl Paulson 69-69-69-77=284 Jeff Sluman 69-69-72-74=284T9 John Huston 73-69-73-70=285 −3 168,000 Nick Price (c) 74-71-71-69=285 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T11 Robert Allenby 69-73-72-72=286 −2 138,000 Michael Campbell 72-68-74-72=286 Jerry Kelly 69-76-74-67=286T14 Jim Furyk 71-72-71-73=287 −1 102,000 Retief Goosen 71-71-72-73=287 Jeff Maggert 72-72-71-72=287 Shigeki Maruyama 72-72-69-74=287 Tiger Woods (c) 71-72-70-74=287T19 Steve Stricker 69-74-71-74=288 E 78,000 David Toms 69-72-70-77=288 Mike Weir 70-73-68-77=288T22 Thomas Bjørn 74-72-75-68=289 +1 55,700 Carlos Franco 75-69-72-73=289 Pádraig Harrington 70-72-77-70=289 Bernhard Langer 75-71-72-71=289 Steve Lowery 69-73-71-76=289 Chris Riley 71-74-74-70=289T28 Stuart Appleby 69-74-75-72=290 +2 38,212 K. J. Choi 71-75-73-71=290 David Duval (c) 68-75-72-75=290 Tim Herron 71-73-74-72=290 Tom Lehman 73-71-74-72=290 Phil Mickelson 64-75-75-76=290 Bob Tway 74-68-77-71=290 Scott Verplank 71-75-73-71=290T36 Ángel Cabrera 71-72-73-75=291 +3 26,437 Glen Day 71-75-73-72=291 Chris DiMarco 66-75-74-76=291 Brad Faxon 71-73-74-73=291 Tom Kite (c) 72-71-79-69=291 Bob May 73-70-73-75=291 José María Olazábal 73-73-71-74=291 Craig Stadler 71-72-72-76=291T44 Rich Beem 72-74-80-66=292 +4 18,648 Ernie Els 76-69-79-68=292 Bob Estes 70-74-78-70=292 Harrison Frazar 73-71-71-77=292 Justin Leonard (c) 72-74-72-74=292T49 Briny Baird 71-74-74-74=293 +5 14,430 Jim Carter 74-72-73-74=293 Brandel Chamblee 74-69-78-72=293 Nick Faldo 68-73-72-80=293 Jay Haas 71-71-74-77=293 Dudley Hart 71-72-72-78=293 Frank Lickliter 76-70-73-74=293 Loren Roberts 72-71-73-77=293T57 Mark Brooks 72-70-74-78=294 +6 13,440 Jonathan Kaye 72-72-77-73=294 Craig Parry 72-73-72-77=294T60 Joel Edwards 70-72-75-78=295 +7 13,080 Charles Howell III 71-74-78-72=295 Kenny Perry 73-71-76-75=295T63 Steve Elkington (c) 74-68-77-77=296 +8 12,600 Brian Gay 69-76-80-71=296 J. L. Lewis 74-70-71-81=296 Colin Montgomerie 70-76-72-78=296 Scott Simpson 72-72-76-76=29668 Neal Lancaster 73-71-75-78=297 +9 12,240T69 Mark Calcavecchia 69-70-73-86=298 +10 11,940 David Gossett 69-72-78-79=298 Len Mattiace 71-75-71-81=298 Tom Pernice Jr. 70-75-78-75=29873 Esteban Toledo 73-72-78-76=299 +11 11,64074 Robert Damron 74-71-80-75=300 +12 11,52075 David Frost 71-75-75-82=303 +15 11,400CUT Fulton Allem 73-74=147 +3 Woody Austin 73-74=147 Stewart Cink 73-74=147 John Cook 76-71=147 John Daly 76-71=147 Joe Durant 73-74=147 Dan Forsman 73-74=147 Shingo Katayama 72-75=147 Ian Leggatt 74-73=147 Davis Love III (c) 73-74=147 Paul McGinley 75-72=147 Larry Mize 70-77=147 Mark O'Meara 74-73=147 Vijay Singh 76-71=147 Paul Stankowski 76-71=147 Hal Sutton (c) 73-74=147 Brian Watts 74-73=147 Olin Browne 73-75=148 +4 Glen Hnatiuk 76-72=148 Jesper Parnevik 74-74=148 David Peoples 70-78=148 Jerry Smith 70-78=148 Kevin Sutherland 79-69=148 Kirk Triplett 76-72=148 Grant Waite 71-77=148 Jay Don Blake 74-75=149 +5 Darren Clarke 76-73=149 Fred Funk 76-73=149 Lee Janzen (c) 77-72=149 Per-Ulrik Johansson 72-77=149 Steve Jones 75-74=149 Greg Kraft 73-76=149 Geoff Ogilvy 76-73=149 Duffy Waldorf 77-72=149 Jay Williamson 71-78=149 Paul Azinger 72-78=150 +6 Scott Dunlap 78-72=150 Brent Geiberger 72-78=150 J. J. Henry 75-75=150 Billy Mayfair 76-74=150 Scott McCarron 75-75=150 Joey Sindelar 80-70=150 Lee Westwood 75-75=150 Brett Quigley 73-78=151 +7 Tom Scherrer 74-77=151 Adam Scott 77-74=151 Notah Begay III 80-72=152 +8 Fred Couples (c) 78-74=152 Niclas Fasth 76-76=152 Matt Gogel 74-78=152 J. P. Hayes 73-79=152 Paul Lawrie 73-79=152 Greg Norman (c) 74-78=152 Craig Barlow 76-77=153 +9 Paul Gow 79-74=153 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 72-81=153 Corey Pavin 78-75=153 Rory Sabbatini 77-76=153 Mike Sposa 74-79=153 Garrett Willis 76-77=153 Cameron Beckman 80-74=154 +10 Michael Clark II 73-81=154 Steve Flesch 78-76=154 Skip Kendall 81-73=154 Dennis Paulson 77-77=154 Chris Smith 76-78=154 Kaname Yokoo 79-75=154 Ed Fryatt 79-76=155 +11 Frank Nobilo 78-77=155 Brandt Jobe 80-77=157 +13 Greg Chalmers 76-82=158 +14WD Matt Kuchar 73 +1 David Berganio Jr. DQ Michael Muehr 81 +9

Scorecard Final round Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par453444435 454344534 Perks −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −7 −8 −7 −6 −6 −7 −6 −7 −6 −5 −7 −8 −8 Ames −1 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −5 −6 −7 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −6 Mediate −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −3 −2 −3 −4 −3 −3 −3 −5 −5 −5 Andrade −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 García −3 −3 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −4 Hoch −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 Paulson −10 −10 −9 −8 −7 −6 −6 −5 −6 −6 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −4 Sluman −6 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −4 −4 −5 −5 −4 Toms −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −3 −4 −3 −4 −3 −2 −2 −2 E E E E 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 EagleBirdieBogeyDouble Bogey Source:

References

External links The Players Championship website Full Leaderboard