The 2002 Masters Tournament was the 66th Masters Tournament, held April 11–14 at Augusta National Golf Club. Tiger Woods won his third Masters, and second consecutive, with a score of 276 (−12), three strokes ahead of runner-up Retief Goosen. The course was lengthened by over the previous year. It was only the third successful defense of a Masters title, previously accomplished in 1966 by Jack Nicklaus and 1990 by Nick Faldo. Rory McIlroy became the fourth person to do this in 2026.

Course

HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1Tea Olive4354 10Camellia49542Pink Dogwood575511White Dogwood49043Flowering Peach350412Golden Bell15534Flowering Crab Apple205313Azalea51055Magnolia435414Chinese Fir44046Juniper180315Firethorn50057Pampas410416Redbud17038Yellow Jasmine570517Nandina42549Carolina Cherry460418Holly4654Out3,62036In3,65036Source:Total7,27072

Field 1. Masters champions Tommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros, Charles Coody, Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Bernhard Langer (10,13,14,16,17), Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize, José María Olazábal (10,16,17), Mark O'Meara (3), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Vijay Singh (4,11,14,16,17), Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Tiger Woods (2,3,4,5,14,16,17), Ian Woosnam (13), Fuzzy Zoeller George Archer, Gay Brewer, Jack Burke Jr., Billy Casper, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Herman Keiser, Byron Nelson, Jack Nicklaus, and Sam Snead did not play.

2. U.S. Open champions (last five years) Ernie Els (10,13,14,16,17), Retief Goosen (16,17), Lee Janzen

3. The Open champions (last five years) David Duval (10,14,16,17), Paul Lawrie, Justin Leonard (14,16,17)

4. PGA champions (last five years) Davis Love III (11,14,16,17), David Toms (14,16,17)

5. The Players Championship winners (last three years) Craig Perks Hal Sutton (14,16,17) withdrew with a pulled muscle on the first morning of the tournament.

6. U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up Bubba Dickerson (a), Robert Hamilton (a)

7. The Amateur champion Michael Hoey (a)

8. U.S. Amateur Public Links champion Chez Reavie (a)

9. U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Tim Jackson (a)

10. Top 16 players and ties from the 2001 Masters Paul Azinger (11,14,16,17), Ángel Cabrera (11,16,17), Mark Calcavecchia (12,14,16,17), Chris DiMarco (14,15,16,17), Brad Faxon (14,15,16,17), Jim Furyk (14,16,17), Toshimitsu Izawa (16,17), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (13), Rocco Mediate (11,14,16,17), Phil Mickelson (11,12,14,16,17), Steve Stricker (14,16), Kirk Triplett (11,14,16,17)

11. Top eight players and ties from the 2001 U.S. Open Mark Brooks, Stewart Cink (14,16,17), Tom Kite

12. Top four players and ties from 2001 PGA Championship Shingo Katayama (16,17), Steve Lowery (14,16)

13. Top four players and ties from the 2001 Open Championship Darren Clarke (16,17), Niclas Fasth (16,17), Billy Mayfair (14)

14. Top 40 players from the 2001 PGA Tour money list Robert Allenby (16,17), Billy Andrade, José Cóceres (16,17), Joe Durant (16,17), Bob Estes (16,17), Sergio García (16,17), Scott Hoch (16,17), Jerry Kelly (17), Tom Lehman (16,17), Frank Lickliter (16), Shigeki Maruyama, Scott McCarron (17), Jesper Parnevik (16,17), Tom Pernice Jr., Kenny Perry (16,17), Jeff Sluman, Kevin Sutherland (15,17), Scott Verplank (16,17), Mike Weir (16,17)

15. Top 3 players from the 2002 PGA Tour money list on March 10

16. Top 50 players from the final 2001 world ranking Stuart Appleby, Thomas Bjørn (17), Michael Campbell (17), Pádraig Harrington (17), Charles Howell III (17), Paul McGinley (17), Colin Montgomerie (17), Nick Price (17), Adam Scott, Toru Taniguchi, Lee Westwood (17)

17. Top 50 players from world ranking published March 10 John Daly, Matt Kuchar, Rory Sabbatini

18. Special foreign invitation Greg Norman

All the amateurs except Tim Jackson were playing in their first Masters, as were Niclas Fasth, Charles Howell III, Jerry Kelly, Paul McGinley, Craig Perks, Adam Scott, Kevin Sutherland, and Toru Taniguchi.

Round summaries First round Thursday, April 11, 2002

Davis Love III, the 1997 PGA Championship winner, rolled out to the first round lead with a five-under 67. Sergio García who had little success prior to this year at the Masters, shot a four-under 68 to place him in a tie for second with Ángel Cabrera. 2001 U.S. Open champion, Retief Goosen, shot a three-under 69 to place him in a tie with Phil Mickelson and Pádraig Harrington for fourth. There was a massive eleven-way tie at -2 for seventh after the first round. Most notably in this group was two-time and defending Masters champion, Tiger Woods. This group saw two other Masters champions in Vijay Singh and José María Olazábal. Four others were in red figures at -1 with Greg Norman headlining that group.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Davis Love III67−5T2 Ángel Cabrera68−4 Sergio García T4 Retief Goosen69−3 Pádraig Harrington Phil MickelsonT7 Darren Clarke70−2 Chris DiMarco Ernie Els Miguel Ángel Jiménez Justin Leonard José María Olazábal Jesper Parnevik Nick Price Vijay Singh Scott Verplank Tiger Woods

Second round Friday, April 12, 2002 Saturday, April 13, 2002

Vijay Singh, the 2000 champion, headlined the second round with a dominant, seven-under 65 to bolt up to the top of the leaderboard at −9. The Fijian was not the only impressive player on the day, as four players shot five-under 67s, including Retief Goosen who moved into second at −8 and Ernie Els who moved into third at −7. Three-time Masters champion, Nick Faldo, also was among those who posted a 67. Tiger Woods headlined the five players tied for fourth at −5. Woods shot a three-under 69 to place him four strokes off the lead heading to the weekend. Also in this group was two-time champion José María Olazábal. Phil Mickelson was among the four players tied for ninth at −3. Because of the good deal of low scoring, the cut was set at +3, and Jim Furyk and David Duval headlined the list of notables to fail to make the weekend. Second round play was suspended due to weather and 38 golfers had to complete it Saturday morning.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Vijay Singh70-65=135−92 Retief Goosen69-67=136−83 Ernie Els70-67=137−7T4 Ángel Cabrera68-71=139−5 Sergio García68-71=139 Pádraig Harrington69-70=139 José María Olazábal70-69=139 Tiger Woods70-69=139T9 Thomas Bjørn74-67=141−3 Chris DiMarco70=71=141 Miguel Ángel Jiménez70-71=141 Phil Mickelson69-72=141

Amateurs: Hoey (+4), Dickerson (+6), Hamilton (+10), Jackson (+10), Reavie (+16).

Third round Saturday, April 13, 2002

The defending champion, Tiger Woods, charged to a tie for the lead with a six-under 66 to move to -11. Woods, looking for his seventh major championship, was 6-0 going into the final round of a major championship with at least a share of the lead. South African Retief Goosen shot a three-under 69 to move from second place at the beginning of the day to a tie with Woods for the 54-hole lead. Vijay Singh shot a disappointing par 72 after his 65 in the second round to remain at -9 and in third place all by himself. Phil Mickelson charged up the leaderboard with a four-under 68 into a tie for fourth with Ernie Els and Sergio García. José María Olazábal shot a one-under 71 to move to -6 and sole ownership of seventh place. Two Europeans (Pádraig Harrington, Thomas Bjørn) sat six shots behind the lead in a tie for eighth at -5. Because the second round had to be completed Saturday morning, third round play began with golfers teeing off from the 1st and 10th holes to ensure the round would be completed by night fall.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Retief Goosen69-67-69=205−11 Tiger Woods70-69-66=2053 Vijay Singh70-65-72=207−9T4 Ernie Els70-67-72=209−7 Sergio García68-71-70=209 Phil Mickelson69-72-68=2097 José María Olazábal70-69-71=210−6T8 Thomas Bjørn74-67-70=211−5 Pádraig Harrington69-70-72=21110 Ángel Cabrera68-71-73=212−4

Final round Sunday, April 14, 2002

Summary

For the first time since Nick Faldo in 1990, a defending Masters champion successfully defended his title. Tiger Woods captured his third green jacket and seventh overall major championship with a one-under 71 to complete his tournament at -12. This was only the third time in Masters history that a player won back-to-back titles (Jack Nicklaus 1965–66, Faldo 1989–90). Woods set yet another Masters record for the best score by a golfer defending his championship.

Woods was not threatened during the final round as his 54-hole co-leader, Retief Goosen, shot a two-over 74 to fall to -9 and a second-place finish. Phil Mickelson, José María Olazábal, and Pádraig Harrington all shot one-under 71s to finish third, fourth, and tied for fifth respectively. Ernie Els and Vijay Singh spoiled great first and second rounds with scores over par in the final round. Els shot a one-over 73 to tie for fifth, and Singh shot a four-over 76 to finish in seventh. Sergio García had his best Masters finish in eighth place at -4. Overall, the scoring was much more difficult during the final round than it was in the other three rounds. The only score below 70 was by Shigeki Maruyama, who shot a five-under 67 to finish -1 for the tournament and a tie for 14th place.

Final leaderboard Champion(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 Tiger Woods (c) 70-69-66-71=276 −12 1,008,0002 Retief Goosen 69-67-69-74=279 −9 604,8003 Phil Mickelson 69-72-68-71=280 −8 380,8004 José María Olazábal (c) 70-69-71-71=281 −7 268,800T5 Ernie Els 70-67-72-73=282 −6 212,800 Pádraig Harrington 69-70-72-71=2827 Vijay Singh (c) 70-65-72-76=283 −5 187,6008 Sergio García 68-71-70-75=284 −4 173,600T9 Ángel Cabrera 68-71-73-73=285 −3 151,200 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 70-71-74-70=285 Adam Scott 71-72-72-70=285 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T12 Chris DiMarco 70-71-72-73=286 −2 123,200 Brad Faxon 71-75-69-71=286T14 Nick Faldo (c) 75-67-73-72=287 −1 98,000 Davis Love III 67-75-74-71=287 Shigeki Maruyama 75-72-73-67=287 Colin Montgomerie 75-71-70-71=287T18 Thomas Bjørn 74-67-70-77=288 E 81,200 Paul McGinley 72-74-71-71=288T20 Darren Clarke 70-74-73-72=289 +1 65,240 Jerry Kelly 72-74-71-72=289 Justin Leonard 70-75-74-70=289 Nick Price 70-76-70-73=289T24 Mark Brooks 74-72-71-73=290 +2 46,480 Stewart Cink 74-70-72-74=290 Tom Pernice Jr. 74-72-71-73=290 Jeff Sluman 73-72-71-74=290 Mike Weir 72-71-71-76=290T29 Robert Allenby 73-70-76-72=291 +3 38,080 Charles Howell III 74-73-71-73=291 Jesper Parnevik 70-72-77-72=291T32 John Daly 74-73-70-75=292 +4 32,410 Bernhard Langer (c) 73-72-73-74=292 Billy Mayfair 74-71-72-75=292 Craig Stadler (c) 73-72-76-71=292T36 Fred Couples (c) 73-73-76-72=294 +6 26,950 Rocco Mediate 75-68-77-74=294 Greg Norman 71-76-72-75=294 David Toms 73-74-76-71=294T40 Steve Lowery 75-71-76-73=295 +7 22,960 Kirk Triplett 74-70-74-77=295 Tom Watson (c) 71-76-76-72=29543 Scott Verplank 70-75-76-75=296 +8 20,72044 Lee Westwood 75-72-74-76=297 +9 19,60045 Bob Estes 73-72-75-78=298 +10 18,480CUT Paul Azinger 75-73=148 +4 Michael Campbell 74-74=148 Joe Durant 74-74=148 David Duval 74-74=148 Michael Hoey (a) 75-73=148 Tom Lehman 76-72=148 Scott McCarron 75-73=148 Larry Mize (c) 74-74=148 Rory Sabbatini 73-75=148 Kevin Sutherland 78-70=148 Mark Calcavecchia 79-70=149 +5 Toshimitsu Izawa 73-76=149 Lee Janzen 74-75=149 Paul Lawrie 75-74=149 Mark O'Meara (c) 78-71=149 Billy Andrade 75-75=150 +6 Bubba Dickerson (a) 79-71=150 Jim Furyk 73-77=150 Shingo Katayama 78-72=150 Tom Kite 77-73=150 Matt Kuchar 73-77=150 Kenny Perry 76-74=150 Toru Taniguchi 80-70=150 Niclas Fasth 76-75=151 +7 Scott Hoch 76-75=151 Steve Stricker 75-76=151 Craig Perks 81-71=152 +8 Fuzzy Zoeller (c) 75-77=152 José Cóceres 74-79=153 +9 Raymond Floyd (c) 79-74=153 Robert Hamilton (a) 77-77=154 +10 Tim Jackson (a) 76-78=154 Sandy Lyle (c) 73-81=154 Ian Woosnam (c) 77-78=155 +11 Seve Ballesteros (c) 75-81=156 +12 Tommy Aaron (c) 79-78=157 +13 Ben Crenshaw (c) 81-77=158 +14 Gary Player (c) 80-78=158 Stuart Appleby 80-79=159 +15 Chez Reavie (a) 74-86=160 +16 Charles Coody (c) 82-84=166 +22 Arnold Palmer (c) 89-85=174 +30WD Frank Lickliter 73 +1