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

Field

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) José María Olazábal (11,17), Mark O'Meara (4), Vijay Singh (5,8,9,11,17) David Duval (9,17), Paul Lawrie (10), Justin Leonard (9,17) Davis Love III (8,9,17), David Toms (9,11,12,17) Craig Perks 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 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) 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) Shigeki Maruyama (17), Nick Price (17) Nick Faldo, Hale Irwin Toshimitsu Izawa (17), Shingo Katayama (17) Peter O'Malley, Craig Parry Billy Andrade, José Cóceres, John Cook, John Daly, Dudley Hart, Jerry Kelly, Matt Kuchar, Len Mattiace, Jesper Parnevik, Kevin Sutherland (a) denotes amateur (L) denotes player advanced through local qualifying

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 13, 2002

Second round

Friday, June 14, 2002 Amateurs: Warrick (+9), Kiyota (+12), Barnes (+13), Moore (+15), Tolan (+26).

Third round

Saturday, June 15, 2002

Final round

Sunday, June 16, 2002 Amateurs: Warrick (+27)

Scorecard

Final round Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source: