2001 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
Following is the list of 2001 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates, the 36 professional golfers who earned their 2002 PGA Tour card through Q School in 2001.
| # | Player | PGA Tour starts |
Cuts made |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Pat Perez |
0 | 0 | 1 Buy.com Tour win |
| T2 | Ken Staton |
2 | 0 | 1 Canadian Tour win |
| T2 | Bob Burns |
145 | 69 | 2 Buy.com Tour wins |
| T2 | Pete Jordan |
241 | 116 | |
| T5 |  John Senden |
0 | 0 | 2 Challenge Tour wins |
| T5 | Ben Crane |
0 | 0 | 2 Buy.com Tour wins |
| T5 |  Ian Leggatt |
40 | 16 | 1 Buy.com Tour win |
| T8 | Brad Elder |
78 | 43 | 2 Buy.com Tour wins, played in 1997 Walker Cup |
| T8 | Tommy Armour III |
409 | 201 | 1 PGA Tour win, 2 Buy.com Tour wins |
| T10 | Russ Cochran |
541 | 331 | 1 PGA Tour win, won 1988 qualifying school |
| T10 | Peter Lonard |
15 | 7 | 3 PGA Tour of Australasia wins |
| T10 | Danny Ellis |
28 | 10 | Runner-up in 1993 U.S. Amateur |
| T13 | Jess Daley |
2 | 0 | |
| T13 | Robin Freeman |
316 | 153 | 2 Buy.com Tour wins |
| T13 | Brett Wetterich |
11 | 1 | |
| T13 | Gary Nicklaus |
90 | 25 | Son of Jack Nicklaus |
| T13 | Shaun Micheel |
111 | 44 | 1 Asian Tour win, 2 Buy.com Tour wins |
| 18 | Brent Schwarzrock |
40 | 17 | |
| T19 |  Eduardo Herrera |
8 | 4 | 5 Japan Golf Tour wins |
| T19 | Stephen Allan |
35 | 14 | 1 European Tour win, won 2000 Qualifying school |
| T19 | Bob Heintz |
35 | 9 | 2 Buy.com Tour wins |
| T19 | Michael Allen |
131 | 68 | 1 European Tour win, 1 Buy.com Tour win |
| T23 | Paul Claxton |
24 | 10 | 1 Buy.com Tour win |
| T23 | Ty Tryon |
3 | 2 | Youngest ever qualifying school graduate at 17 |
| T23 | John Riegger |
111 | 50 | |
| T23 |  Luke Donald |
12 | 4 | Played in 1999 and 2001 Walker Cups |
| T23 | Boo Weekley |
0 | 0 | 1 Buy.com Tour win |
| T23 | Brad Lardon |
46 | 17 | |
| T23 |  Phil Tataurangi |
126 | 47 | 1 Buy.com Tour win, 1 PGA Tour of Australasia win; member of winning 1992 Eisenhower Trophy team |
| T23 | Lee Porter |
153 | 60 | |
| T23 |  Hidemichi Tanaka |
22 | 10 | 10 Japan Golf Tour wins |
| T32 | Brian Bateman |
3 | 0 | 1 Buy.com Tour win |
| T32 | Stephen Gangluff |
3 | 3 | |
| T32 | Blaine McCallister |
523 | 305 | 5 PGA Tour wins, won 1999 qualifying school |
| T32 | Kent Jones |
85 | 32 | 2 Buy.com Tour wins |
| T32 | Jeff Brehaut |
28 | 14 | 2 Buy.com Tour wins |
- Players in yellow were 2002 PGA Tour rookies.
2002 Results
| Player | Starts | Cuts made |
Best finish |
Money list rank |
Earnings ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Perez* |
30 | 14 | 2/T2 (twice) | 40 | 1,451,726 |
| Ken Staton* |
36 | 14 | T4 | 133 | 453,816 |
| Bob Burns |
30 | 19 | Win | 51 | 1,199,802 |
| Pete Jordan |
30 | 9 | T28 | 198 | 101,330 |
| John Senden* |
30 | 18 | T9 | 114 | 578,613 |
| Ben Crane* |
30 | 16 | 2 | 70 | 921,076 |
| Ian Leggatt |
29 | 20 | Win | 47 | 1,245,048 |
| Brad Elder |
26 | 11 | 3 | 147 | 362,892 |
| Tommy Armour III |
30 | 13 | T7 | 145 | 379,191 |
| Russ Cochran |
24 | 12 | T6 | 179 | 176,111 |
| Peter Lonard* |
24 | 23 | 3 | 41 | 1,413,113 |
| Danny Ellis |
17 | 5 | T21 | 208 | 73,340 |
| Jess Daley* |
27 | 10 | T17 | 185 | 154,675 |
| Robin Freeman |
27 | 13 | T5 | 169 | 227,179 |
| Brett Wetterich |
32 | 12 | T8 | 174 | 203,034 |
| Gary Nicklaus |
26 | 6 | T52 | 218 | 41,969 |
| Shaun Micheel |
30 | 21 | T3 | 105 | 641,450 |
| Brent Schwarzrock |
9 | 6 | T11 | 182 | 160,673 |
| Eduardo Herrera* |
23 | 7 | 8 | 196 | 109,953 |
| Stephen Allan |
30 | 16 | T14 | 149 | 359,655 |
| Bob Heintz |
28 | 6 | T14 | 192 | 127,346 |
| Michael Allen |
29 | 9 | T25 | 197 | 108,777 |
| Paul Claxton |
29 | 13 | T23 | 184 | 156,696 |
| Ty Tryon* |
6 | 1 | T41 | 242 | 8,620 |
| John Riegger |
29 | 16 | T8 | 143 | 390,675 |
| Luke Donald* |
30 | 23 | Win | 58 | 1,088,205 |
| Boo Weekley* |
24 | 5 | T19 | 200 | 95,206 |
| Brad Lardon |
23 | 8 | T38 | 209 | 71,511 |
| Phil Tataurangi |
25 | 19 | Win | 33 | 1,643,686 |
| Lee Porter |
32 | 14 | T14 | 178 | 179,396 |
| Hidemichi Tanaka* |
31 | 21 | T4 | 92 | 766,423 |
| Brian Bateman* |
31 | 16 | T15 | 159 | 281,421 |
| Stephen Gangluff* |
27 | 10 | T19 | 176 | 187,804 |
| Blaine McCallister |
27 | 9 | T23 (twice) | 194 | 123,349 |
| Kent Jones |
33 | 19 | T8 | 131 | 489,879 |
| Jeff Brehaut |
29 | 14 | T7 | 161 | 274,335 |
*PGA Tour rookie in 2002
T = Tied
Green background indicates the player retained his PGA Tour card for 2003 (finished inside the top 125).
Yellow background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2003, but retained conditional status (finished between 126-150).
Red background indicates the player did not retain his PGA Tour card for 2003 (finished outside the top 150).
Winners on the PGA Tour in 2002
| No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feb 24 | Ian Leggatt
|
Touchstone Energy Tucson Open | –20 (68-71-65-64=268) | 2 strokes | David Peoples, Loren Roberts
|
| 2 | Oct 13 | Phil Tataurangi
|
Invensys Classic at Las Vegas | –29 (67-66-67-68-62=330) | 1 stroke | Stuart Appleby, Jeff Sluman
|
| 3 | Oct 20 | Bob Burns
|
Disney Golf Classic | –25 (63-68-67-65=263) | 1 stroke | Chris DiMarco
|
| 4 | Nov 4 | Luke Donald
|
Southern Farm Bureau Classic | –15 (66-68-67=201) | 1 stroke |  Deane Pappas
|
Runners-up on the PGA Tour in 2002
| No. | Date | Player | Tournament | Winner | Winning score | Runner-up score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feb 3 | Pat Perez
|
AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am | Matt Gogel
|
–14 (66-72-67-69=274) | –11 (66-65-70-76=277) |
| 2 | May 12 | Ben Crane
|
Verizon Byron Nelson Classic | Shigeki Maruyama
|
–14 (67-63-68-68=266) | –12 (68-67-68-65=268) |
| 3 | Jun 9 | Pat Perez
|
Buick Classic | Chris Smith
|
–12 (66-69-67-70=272) | –10 (67-70-67-70=274) |