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. Woods was the only golfer in the field to finish under par.
This U.S. Open was billed as "The People's Open", as it was the first to be held on a true public golf course.
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

Bethpage State Park - Black Course
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Yardage4303892055174514084892104183,5174924354995541614594792074113,6977,214
Par443544434354445344343570

Field

;1. Last 10 U.S. Open Champions
Ernie Els, Retief Goosen, Lee Janzen, Steve Jones, Tom Kite, Corey Pavin, Tiger Woods
;2. The U.S. Amateur champion
;3. Last five Masters Champions
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
;8. Top 15 finishers and ties in the 2001 U.S. Open
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 2001–02 PGA Tour of Australasia as of March 17, 2002, 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
;Alternates who gained entry
denotes amateur

denotes player advanced through local qualifying

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 13, 2002
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Second round

Friday, June 14, 2002
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Third round

Saturday, June 15, 2002
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Final round

Sunday, June 16, 2002
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Scorecard

Final round
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