2002 Open Championship

The 2002 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 131st Open Championship, held from 18–21 July at Muirfield Golf Links in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland. Ernie Els won his first Claret Jug and third major title in a playoff over Stuart Appleby, Steve Elkington, and ultimately in a sudden-death playoff over Thomas Levet.[2][3]

2002 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates18–21 July 2002
LocationGullane, Scotland
Course(s)Muirfield Golf Links
Tour(s)European Tour
PGA Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par71[1]
Length7,034 yards (6,432 m)[1]
Field156 players, 83 after cut[1]
Cut144 (+2)[1]
Prize fund£3,800,000
€5,947,076
$6,004,760
Winner's share£700,000
€1,095,514
$1,106,140
Champion
Ernie Els
278 (−6), playoff
Muirfield
Location in Scotland

Tiger Woods' bid for the Grand Slam came to a halt on Saturday with the worst round of his career up to that time, an 81 (+10) in cold, gusty rain.[4] It took him and others out of contention, but he rebounded on Sunday with a six-under 65 and finished at even par, six strokes back. Woods was the first in thirty years to win the first two legs (Masters, U.S. Open), last done by Jack Nicklaus in 1972.[5] Nicklaus' grand slam bid also ended at Muirfield, runner-up by one stroke to Lee Trevino in 1972. The only one to win the first three was Ben Hogan in 1953. Entering the championship, Woods had won seven of the previous eleven majors.[6]

Course
Main article: Muirfield
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4483513782135604681854435083,5544753893811914484151865464493,4807,034
Par444354345364443443543571

Source:[7]

Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950):[1]

  • 1992: 6,970 yards (6,370 m), par 71
  • 1987: 6,963 yards (6,367 m), par 71
  • 1980: 6,926 yards (6,333 m), par 71
  • 1972: 6,892 yards (6,302 m), par 71
  • 1966: 6,887 yards (6,297 m), par 71
  • 1959: 6,806 yards (6,223 m), par 72

Field
1. Top 15 and ties from the 2001 Open Championship

Billy Andrade (4), Alex Čejka, Darren Clarke (4,5,18), David Duval (2,3,4,13,14,18), Ernie Els (4,5,10,14), Niclas Fasth (4,5,18), Sergio García (4,14,18), Retief Goosen (4,5,10), Mikko Ilonen, Raphaël Jacquelin, Miguel Ángel Jiménez (5), Bernhard Langer (4,5,18), Billy Mayfair, Colin Montgomerie (4,5,6,18), Jesper Parnevik (4,18), Loren Roberts, Vijay Singh (4,11,12,14), Des Smyth, Kevin Sutherland (4), Ian Woosnam (5)

2. Open Champions, 1992–2001

John Daly (3,4), Nick Faldo (3), Paul Lawrie (3,5), Tom Lehman (3,4,14), Justin Leonard (3,4), Greg Norman (3), Mark O'Meara (3,11), Nick Price (3,4), Tiger Woods (3,4,10,11,12,13,14,18)

3. Past Open Champions aged 65 or under on 21 July 2002

Mark Calcavecchia (4,14,18), Sandy Lyle, Tom Watson

4. The first 50 players on the OWGR on 30 May 2002

Robert Allenby (14), Thomas Bjørn (5,18), Ángel Cabrera (5), Michael Campbell (5,22), Stewart Cink (18), José Cóceres, John Cook, Chris DiMarco (14), Bob Estes (14), Brad Faxon (14), Jim Furyk (14,18), Pádraig Harrington (5,18), Dudley Hart, Scott Hoch (14,18), Toshimitsu Izawa (23), Shingo Katayama (23), Jerry Kelly, Matt Kuchar, Davis Love III (12,14,18), Shigeki Maruyama, Len Mattiace, Scott McCarron, Paul McGinley (5,18), Rocco Mediate, Phil Mickelson (14,18), José María Olazábal (11), Adam Scott (5), David Toms (12,14,18), Scott Verplank (14,18,19), Mike Weir (14)

5. Top 20 in the final 2001 European Tour Order of Merit

Mathias Grönberg, David Howell, Robert Karlsson, Thomas Levet, Peter O'Malley (22)

6. The Volvo PGA Championship winners for 1999–2002

Anders Hansen, Andrew Oldcorn

7. First 5 players, not exempt, in the top 20 of the 2002 European Tour Order of Merit as of 30 May

Barry Lane, Malcolm MacKenzie, Greg Owen, Carl Pettersson, Eduardo Romero

8. First 7 European Tour members, not exempt, in the top 25 of a cumulative money list taken from all official European Tour events from the 2002 Volvo PGA Championship up to and including the 2002 Scottish Open

Roger Chapman, Bradley Dredge, Gary Evans, Darren Fichardt, Søren Hansen, Fredrik Jacobson, Ian Poulter

9. The leading 8 players, not exempt having applied (8) above, in the 2002 Scottish Open

Warren Bennett, John Bickerton, Paul Casey, Marc Farry, Ricardo González, Stephen Leaney, Jean-François Remésy, Jamie Spence

10. The U.S. Open Champions for 1993–2002

Lee Janzen, Steve Jones, Corey Pavin

11. The Masters Champions for 1998–2002
12. The PGA Champions for 1997–2001
13. The Players Champions for 1999–2002

Craig Perks, Hal Sutton (18)

14. Top 20 in the final 2001 PGA Tour Official Money List

Joe Durant, Frank Lickliter

15. First 5 players, not exempt, in the top 20 of the 2002 PGA Tour Official Money List as of 30 May

K. J. Choi

16. First 7 PGA Tour members, not exempt, in the top 25 of a cumulative money list taken from the 2002 Players Championship and the five PGA Tour events leading up to and including the 2002 Western Open

Stephen Ames, Jim Carter, Jonathan Kaye, Peter Lonard, Jeff Maggert, Tim Petrovic, Chris Smith

17. The leading 8 players, not exempt having applied (16) above, in the 2002 Western Open

Stuart Appleby, Neal Lancaster, John Riegger, Chris Riley, Steve Stricker, Bob Tway, Duffy Waldorf

18. Players selected to the 2001 Ryder Cup teams

Pierre Fulke, Phillip Price, Lee Westwood

19. The 2001 Canadian Open Champion
20. The 2001 Japan Open Champion

Taichi Teshima

21. Winner of the 2001 Asian PGA Tour Order of Merit

Thongchai Jaidee

22. Top 3 from the 2001–02 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit as of 30 May

Scott Laycock, Craig Parry

23. Top 3 from the 2001 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit

Dean Wilson

24. Top 2 from the 2001–02 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit

Tim Clark, Justin Rose

25. The leading player, not exempt, in the 2002 Mizuno Open

Kiyoshi Miyazato

26. First 4, not exempt having applied (25) above, in the top 20 of a cumulative money list taken from all official Japan Golf Tour events from the 2002 Japan PGA Championship up to and including the 2002 Mizuno Open

Kenichi Kuboya, Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Toru Suzuki, Toru Taniguchi

27. The 2001 Senior British Open Champion

Ian Stanley

28. The 2002 Amateur Champion

Alejandro Larrazábal (a)

29. The 2001 U.S. Amateur Champion
30. The 2001 European Amateur Champion
  • Stephen Browne forfeited his exemption by turning professional.
Final Qualifying (Sunday 14 July and Monday 15 July)
Dunbar – Luke Donald, Mattias Eliasson, Steve Elkington, Ian Garbutt, Patrik Sjöland, Esteban Toledo, Simon Young (a)
Gullane No. 1 – Fredrik Andersson, Gary Emerson, Richard Green, James Kingston, Adam Mednick, Raymond Russell, John Senden
Luffness New – Peter Baker, Benn Barham, Andrew Coltart, Paul Eales, John Kemp (a), Jarrod Moseley, Magnus Persson Atlevi
North Berwick – Matthew Cort, Scott Henderson, Trevor Immelman, Paul Mayoh, David Park, Roger Wessels, Tom Whitehouse

Past champions in the field

Made the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Justin Leonard United States199771726870281−3T14
Nick Price Zimbabwe199468707568281−3T14
Greg Norman Australia1986, 199371727168282−2T18
David Duval United States200172717070283−1T22
Mark O'Meara United States199869697768283−1T22
Tiger Woods United States200070688165284ET28
Paul Lawrie Scotland199970707871289+5T59
Nick Faldo England1987, 1990, 199273697671289+5T59
Sandy Lyle Scotland198568767375292+8T76
Mark Calcavecchia United States198974668174295+11T80

Missed the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
Tom Lehman United States19967076146+4
John Daly United States19957477151+9
Tom Watson United States1975, 1977,
1980, 1982, 1983		7778155+13

Source:[8]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 18 July 2002

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par[9]
T1Carl Pettersson Sweden67−4
David Toms United States
Duffy Waldorf United States
T4Stephen Ames Trinidad and Tobago68−3
Thomas Bjørn Denmark
Søren Hansen Denmark
Steve Jones United States
Sandy Lyle Scotland
Shigeki Maruyama Japan
Len Mattiace United States
Phil Mickelson United States
Nick Price Zimbabwe
Jean-François Remésy France
Justin Rose England
Des Smyth Ireland

Second round

Friday, 19 July 2002

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par[10]
T1Ernie Els South Africa70-66=136−6
Pádraig Harrington Ireland69-67=136
Shigeki Maruyama Japan68-68=136
Bob Tway United States70-66=136
Duffy Waldorf United States67-69=136
T6Søren Hansen Denmark68-69=137−5
Carl Pettersson Sweden67-70=137
Des Smyth Ireland68-69=137
T9Stephen Ames Trinidad and Tobago68-70=138−4
Thomas Bjørn Denmark68-70=138
Thomas Levet France72-66=138
Colin Montgomerie Scotland74-64=138
Mark O'Meara United States69-69=138
Ian Poulter England69-69=138
Nick Price Zimbabwe68-70=138
Tiger Woods United States70-68=138

Amateurs: Young (+5), Kemp (+6), Larrazábal (+10).

Third round

Saturday, 20 July 2002

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par[11]
1Ernie Els South Africa70-66-72=208−5
2Søren Hansen Denmark68-69-73=210−3
T3Thomas Bjørn Denmark68-70-73=211−2
Sergio García Spain71-69-71=211
Justin Leonard United States71-72-68=211
Shigeki Maruyama Japan68-68-75=211
Scott McCarron United States71-68-72=211
Justin Rose England68-75-68=211
Des Smyth Ireland68-69-74=211
T10Steve Elkington Australia71-73-68=212−1
Pádraig Harrington Ireland69-67-76=212
Thomas Levet France72-66-74=212
Peter Lonard Australia72-72-68=212

Final round

Sunday, 21 July 2002

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney (£)
T1Ernie Els South Africa70-66-72-70=278−6Playoff
Thomas Levet France72-66-74-66=278
Stuart Appleby Australia73-70-70-65=278
Steve Elkington Australia71-73-68-66=278
T5Gary Evans England72-68-74-65=279−5140,000
Pádraig Harrington Ireland69-67-76-67=279
Shigeki Maruyama Japan68-68-75-68=279
T8Thomas Bjørn Denmark68-70-73-69=280−477,500
Sergio García Spain71-69-71-69=280
Retief Goosen South Africa71-68-74-67=280
Søren Hansen Denmark68-69-73-70=280
Scott Hoch United States74-69-71-66=280
Peter O'Malley Australia72-68-75-65=280

Source:[8]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par444354345444344354
Els−4−4−5−5−5−5−5−5−6−7−7−8−8−7−7−5−6−6
Levet−1−2−3−3−3−3−3−3−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−6−6
ApplebyEEE+1EEEE−1−2−2−3−3−3−4−4−5−6
Elkington−1−1−1−2−2−2−2−3−4−4−5−5−5−5−5−5−6−6
Evans+2+1EE−1−2−3−4−4−5−6−6−6−6−6−6−6−5
Harrington−1−1−1−1−2−2−3−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−5−5−6−5
Maruyama−1−2−3−3−4−5−5−5−6−5−5−4−3−3−3−4−5−5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[12]

Playoff

The four-hole aggregate playoff was contested over holes 1, 16, 17, & 18; Levet and Elkington went off in the first pair and Els and Appleby in the last. After a 50-foot (15 m) birdie putt on the second hole (#16, par 3), Levet led by a stroke, but bogeyed the last to tie Els at even-par. Appleby and Elkington also bogeyed the last hole and were eliminated by a stroke.[13] At the first hole (#18) of sudden death, Levet put his tee shot in a fairway bunker and bogeyed. Els saved par from a greenside bunker with a five-foot (1.6 m) putt to win the title.[3] Through 2019, this is the only four-man playoff in Open Championship history, and no other current major championship has had a four-way playoff.

PlacePlayerCountryFour-holeSudden-deathMoney (£)
ScoreTo parScoreTo par
1Ernie Els South Africa4-3-5-4=16E4E700,000
T2Thomas Levet France4-2-5-5=165+1286,667
Stuart Appleby Australia4-4-4-5=17+1 
Steve Elkington Australia5-3-4-5=17

Scorecard
Hole  1   16  17  18 
Par4354
ElsEEEE
LevetE−1−1E
ApplebyE+1E+1
Elkington+1+1E+1
Sudden-death
ElsE
Levet+1

Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par

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Preceded by
2002 U.S. Open		 Major Championships Succeeded by
2002 PGA Championship

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