2002 U.S. Open (golf)
The 2002 United States Open Championship was the 102nd U.S. Open, held June 13–16 at the Black Course of Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, New York, east of New York City on Long Island. Tiger Woods was the champion at 277, three shots ahead of runner-up Phil Mickelson. It was Woods' second U.S. Open victory and eighth major championship win of his career.
For the first time in thirty years, the winner of the Masters also won the U.S. Open, for the first half of the grand slam. It was last accomplished by Jack Nicklaus in 1972, and also by Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan, and Craig Wood.
Nick Faldo and Hale Irwin were given special exemptions from the USGA to play in the event.
Course layout
- Black Course| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
| Yardage | 430 | 389 | 205 | 517 | 451 | 408 | 489 | 210 | 418 | 3,517 | 492 | 435 | 499 | 554 | 161 | 459 | 479 | 207 | 411 | 3,697 | 7,214 |
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 70 |
Field
;1. Last 10 U.S. Open ChampionsErnie Els, Retief Goosen, Lee Janzen, Steve Jones, Tom Kite, Corey Pavin, Tiger Woods
;2. Top two finishers in the 2001 U.S. Amateur
- Bubba Dickerson and Robert Hamilton forfeiting their exemptions by turning professional.
José María Olazábal, Mark O'Meara, Vijay Singh
;4. Last five British Open Champions
David Duval, Paul Lawrie, Justin Leonard
;5. Last five PGA Champions
Davis Love III, David Toms
;6. The Players Champion
Craig Perks
;7. The U.S. Senior Open Champion
- Bruce Fleisher did not play.
Michael Allen, Paul Azinger, Mark Brooks, Ángel Cabrera, Stewart Cink, Sergio García, Matt Gogel, Rocco Mediate, Phil Mickelson, Kirk Triplett
;9. Top 30 leaders on the 2001 PGA Tour official money list
Robert Allenby, Mark Calcavecchia, Chris DiMarco, Joe Durant, Bob Estes, Brad Faxon, Jim Furyk, Scott Hoch, Bernhard Langer, Tom Lehman, Frank Lickliter, Steve Lowery, Scott McCarron, Billy Mayfair, Kenny Perry, Jeff Sluman, Steve Stricker, Hal Sutton, Scott Verplank, Mike Weir
;10. Top 15 on the 2001 European Tour Order of Merit
Thomas Bjørn, Michael Campbell, Darren Clarke, Niclas Fasth, Pádraig Harrington, David Howell, Robert Karlsson, Paul McGinley, Colin Montgomerie, Adam Scott
;11. Top 10 on the PGA Tour official money list, as of May 26
Shigeki Maruyama, Nick Price
;12. Winners of multiple PGA Tour events from April 25, 2001 through the 2002 Kemper Insurance Open
;13. Special exemptions selected by the USGA
Nick Faldo, Hale Irwin
;14. Top 2 from the 2002 European Tour Order of Merit, as of May 27
;15. Top 2 on the 2001 Japan Golf Tour, provided they are within the top 75 point leaders of the Official World Golf Rankings at that time
Toshimitsu Izawa, Shingo Katayama
;16. Top 2 on the 2001 PGA Tour of Australasia, provided they are within the top 75 point leaders of the Official World Golf Rankings at that time
Peter O'Malley, Craig Parry
;17. Top 50 on the Official World Golf Rankings list, as of May 27
Billy Andrade, José Cóceres, John Cook, John Daly, Dudley Hart, Jerry Kelly, Matt Kuchar, Len Mattiace, Jesper Parnevik, Kevin Sutherland
;Sectional qualifiers
- Daly City, California: Ricky Barnes, Paul Goydos, Andy Miller
- Denver, Colorado: Ben Portie, Derek Tolan
- Tampa, Florida: John Huston, Greg Norman, Tony Soerries, Kevin Warrick
- Roswell, Georgia: Ken Duke, Thomas Levet, Scott Parel
- North Barrington, Illinois: Tom Gillis, Adam Speirs
- Rockville, Maryland: Stephen Ames, Stuart Appleby, Woody Austin, Jay Don Blake, Craig Bowden, Olin Browne, Greg Chalmers, Michael Clark II, Ben Crane, Luke Donald, Jim Gallagher, Jr., Brian Gay, Brent Geiberger, Lucas Glover, Paul Gow, Jerry Haas, Steve Haskins, Donnie Hammond, Tim Herron, Charles Howell III, Kent Jones, Pete Jordan, Franklin Langham, Brad Lardon, Peter Lonard, Blaine McCallister, George McNeill, Spike McRoy, Michael Muehr, Steve Pate, Joey Sindelar, Heath Slocum, Hidemichi Tanaka, Phil Tataurangi
- St. Louis, Missouri: Trevor Dodds, Tom Pernice, Jr., Mario Tiziani
- Purchase, New York: Tom Byrum, Jason Caron, Jim Carter, K. J. Choi, Scott Dunlap, Harrison Frazar, David Frost, Kelly Gibson, Wayne Grady, Jay Haas, Per-Ulrik Johansson, Darrell Kestner, Taichiro Kiyota, Jeff Maggert, John Maginnes, Jim McGovern, Pat Perez, Jeev Milkha Singh, Craig Stadler, Paul Stankowski, Bob Tway, Jean van de Velde, Kaname Yokoo
- Cincinnati, Ohio: Steve Flesch, Ian Leggatt, Todd Rose
- Aloha, Oregon: Ryan Moore
- Export, Pennsylvania: Charles Raulerson
- Houston, Texas: Andrew Sanders, Jimmy Walker
- Felix Casas replaced Bruce Fleisher
denotes player advanced through local qualifying
Past champions in the field
Made the cut
Missed the cut
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, June 13, 2002Second round
Friday, June 14, 2002| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 67-68=135 | −5 | |
| 2 | Pádraig Harrington | 70-68=138 | −2 | |
| T3 | K. J. Choi | 69-73=142 | +2 | |
| T3 | Sergio García | 68-74=142 | +2 | |
| T3 | Davis Love III | 71-71=142 | +2 | |
| T3 | Jeff Maggert | 69-73=142 | +2 | |
| T7 | Shigeki Maruyama | 76-67=143 | +3 | |
| T7 | Billy Mayfair | 69-74=143 | +3 | |
| T7 | Phil Mickelson | 70-73=143 | +3 | |
| T10 | Robert Allenby | 74-70=144 | +4 | |
| T10 | Tom Byrum | 72-72=144 | +4 | |
| T10 | Niclas Fasth | 72-72=144 | +4 | |
| T10 | Steve Flesch | 72-72=144 | +4 | |
| T10 | Justin Leonard | 73-71=144 | +4 | |
| T10 | Scott McCarron | 72-72=144 | +4 | |
| T10 | Rocco Mediate | 72-72=144 | +4 |
Amateurs: Warrick , Kiyota, Barnes, Moore, Tolan.
Third round
Saturday, June 15, 2002| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 67-68-70=205 | −5 | |
| 2 | Sergio García | 68-74-67=209 | −1 | |
| T3 | Jeff Maggert | 69-73-68=210 | E | |
| T3 | Phil Mickelson | 70-73-67=210 | E | |
| T5 | Robert Allenby | 74-70-67=211 | +1 | |
| T5 | Pádraig Harrington | 70-68-73=211 | +1 | |
| T5 | Billy Mayfair | 69-74-68=211 | +1 | |
| T8 | Nick Faldo | 70-76-66=212 | +2 | |
| T8 | Justin Leonard | 73-71-68=212 | +2 | |
| T10 | Tom Byrum | 72-72-70=214 | +4 | |
| T10 | Davis Love III | 71-71-72=214 | +4 | |
| T10 | Scott McCarron | 72-72-70=214 | +4 |
Final round
Sunday, June 16, 2002| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money |
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 67-68-70-72=277 | −3 | 1,000,000 | |
| 2 | Phil Mickelson | 70-73-67-70=280 | E | 585,000 | |
| 3 | Jeff Maggert | 69-73-68-72=282 | +2 | 362,356 | |
| 4 | Sergio García | 68-74-67-74=283 | +3 | 252,546 | |
| T5 | Nick Faldo | 70-76-66-73=285 | +5 | 182,882 | |
| T5 | Scott Hoch | 71-75-70-69=285 | +5 | 182,882 | |
| T5 | Billy Mayfair | 69-74-68-74=285 | +5 | 182,882 | |
| T8 | Tom Byrum | 72-72-70-72=286 | +6 | 138,665 | |
| T8 | Pádraig Harrington | 70-68-73-75=286 | +6 | 138,665 | |
| T8 | Nick Price | 72-75-69-70=286 | +6 | 138,665 |
Amateurs: Warrick
Scorecard
Final round| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
 Woods | −4 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −4 | −4 | −3 |
| Mickelson | −1 | −1 | −1 | −1 | E | +1 | +1 | E | E | E | −1 | −1 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −1 | E | E |
| Maggert | E | E | +2 | +1 | E | E | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 |
 García | −1 | −1 | E | E | E | E | +1 | +1 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +3 | +3 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +3 |
 Faldo | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +2 | +2 | +3 | +3 | +3 | +3 | +4 | +5 | +5 | +5 | +4 | +5 | +5 | +5 |
| Hoch | +5 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +3 | +3 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +5 | +6 | +7 | +7 | +6 | +7 | +7 | +5 | +5 |
| Mayfair | +1 | +2 | +1 | +2 | +2 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +4 | +6 | +6 | +6 | +6 | +6 | +6 | +6 | +5 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
| Eagle | Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |
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