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 (−3), 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 (1960), Ben Hogan (1951, 1953), and Craig Wood (1941).

Nick Faldo and Hale Irwin were given special exemptions from the USGA to play in the event.

Course layout Bethpage State Park - Black Course Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYardage4303892055174514084892104183,5174924354995541614594792074113,6977,214Par443544434354445344343570

Field 1. Last 10 U.S. Open Champions Ernie Els (9,10,11,14,17), Retief Goosen (8,10,11,14,17), Lee Janzen, Steve Jones, Tom Kite (8), Corey Pavin, Tiger Woods (3,4,5,8,9,11,12,17)

2. The U.S. Amateur champion Bubba Dickerson forfeited his exemption by turning professional.

3. Last five Masters Champions José María Olazábal (11,17), Mark O'Meara (4), Vijay Singh (5,8,9,11,17)

4. Last five British Open Champions David Duval (9,17), Paul Lawrie (10), Justin Leonard (9,17)

5. Last five PGA Champions Davis Love III (8,9,17), David Toms (9,11,12,17)

6. The Players Champion Craig Perks

7. The U.S. Senior Open Champion Bruce Fleisher did not play.

8. Top 15 finishers and ties in the 2001 U.S. Open Michael Allen, Paul Azinger (17), Mark Brooks, Ángel Cabrera (10,17), Stewart Cink (9,17), Sergio García (9,12,17), Matt Gogel, Rocco Mediate (17), Phil Mickelson (9,11,17), Kirk Triplett

9. Top 30 leaders on the 2001 PGA Tour official money list Robert Allenby (17), Mark Calcavecchia (17), Chris DiMarco (11,17), Joe Durant (17), Bob Estes (12,17), Brad Faxon (17), Jim Furyk (17), Scott Hoch (12,17), Bernhard Langer (10,17), Tom Lehman (17), Frank Lickliter, Steve Lowery, Scott McCarron (17), Billy Mayfair, Kenny Perry (17), Jeff Sluman, Steve Stricker, Hal Sutton (17), Scott Verplank (17), Mike Weir (17)

10. Top 15 on the 2001 European Tour Order of Merit Thomas Bjørn (17), Michael Campbell (17), Darren Clarke (17), Niclas Fasth (17), Pádraig Harrington (17), David Howell, Robert Karlsson, Paul McGinley (17), Colin Montgomerie (17), Adam Scott (17)

11. Top 10 on the PGA Tour official money list, as of May 26 Shigeki Maruyama (17), Nick Price (17)

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 (17), Shingo Katayama (17)

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 Daly City, California: Ricky Barnes (a,L), Paul Goydos, Andy Miller (L) Denver, Colorado: Ben Portie, Derek Tolan (a,L) Tampa, Florida: John Huston, Greg Norman, Tony Soerries (L), Kevin Warrick (a,L) Roswell, Georgia: Ken Duke (L), Thomas Levet, Scott Parel (L) North Barrington, Illinois: Tom Gillis, Adam Speirs (L) Rockville, Maryland: Stephen Ames, Stuart Appleby, Woody Austin, Jay Don Blake, Craig Bowden (L), Olin Browne, Greg Chalmers, Michael Clark II, Ben Crane, Luke Donald, Jim Gallagher Jr., Brian Gay, Brent Geiberger, Lucas Glover (L), Paul Gow, Jerry Haas (L), Steve Haskins, Donnie Hammond, Tim Herron, Charles Howell III, Kent Jones, Pete Jordan, Franklin Langham, Brad Lardon (L), Peter Lonard, Blaine McCallister, George McNeill (L), Spike McRoy (L), Michael Muehr, Steve Pate, Joey Sindelar, Heath Slocum, Hidemichi Tanaka, Phil Tataurangi St. Louis, Missouri: Trevor Dodds, Tom Pernice Jr., Mario Tiziani (L) Purchase, New York: Tom Byrum, Jason Caron (L), Jim Carter, K. J. Choi, Scott Dunlap, Harrison Frazar, David Frost, Kelly Gibson, Wayne Grady, Jay Haas, Per-Ulrik Johansson, Darrell Kestner (L), Taichiro Kiyota (a), 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 (L) Aloha, Oregon: Ryan Moore (a,L) Export, Pennsylvania: Charles Raulerson (L) Houston, Texas: Andrew Sanders (L), Jimmy Walker

Alternates who gained entry Felix Casas (Daly City) replaced Bruce Fleisher

(a) denotes amateur (L) denotes player advanced through local qualifying

Round summaries First round Thursday, June 13, 2002 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Tiger Woods67−32 Sergio García68−2T3 K. J. Choi69−1 Dudley Hart Jeff Maggert Billy MayfairT7 Stewart Cink70E Nick Faldo Pádraig Harrington Franklin Langham Steve Lowery Phil Mickelson

Second round Friday, June 14, 2002 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Tiger Woods67-68=135−52 Pádraig Harrington70-68=138−2T3 K. J. Choi69-73=142+2 Sergio García68-74=142 Davis Love III71-71=142 Jeff Maggert69-73=142T7 Shigeki Maruyama76-67=143+3 Billy Mayfair69-74=143 Phil Mickelson70-73=143T10 Robert Allenby74-70=144+4 Tom Byrum72-72=144 Niclas Fasth72-72=144 Steve Flesch72-72=144 Justin Leonard73-71=144 Scott McCarron72-72=144 Rocco Mediate72-72=144

Amateurs: Warrick (+9), Kiyota (+12), Barnes (+13), Moore (+15), Tolan (+26).

Third round Saturday, June 15, 2002 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Tiger Woods67-68-70=205−52 Sergio García68-74-67=209−1T3 Jeff Maggert69-73-68=210E Phil Mickelson70-73-67=210T5 Robert Allenby74-70-67=211+1 Pádraig Harrington70-68-73=211 Billy Mayfair69-74-68=211T8 Nick Faldo70-76-66=212+2 Justin Leonard73-71-68=212T10 Tom Byrum72-72-70=214+4 Davis Love III71-71-72=214 Scott McCarron72-72-70=214

Final round Sunday, June 16, 2002 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Tiger Woods 67-68-70-72=277 −31,000,0002 Phil Mickelson70-73-67-70=280E585,0003 Jeff Maggert69-73-68-72=282+2362,3564 Sergio García68-74-67-74=283+3252,546T5 Nick Faldo70-76-66-73=285+5182,882 Scott Hoch71-75-70-69=285 Billy Mayfair69-74-68-74=285T8 Tom Byrum72-72-70-72=286+6138,665 Pádraig Harrington70-68-73-75=286 Nick Price72-75-69-70=286

Amateurs: Warrick (+27)

Scorecard Final round Hole123456789101112131415161718Par443544434 444534434 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 EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogey Source:

References

External links Full results Coverage on the European Tour's official site