2002 Open Championship

December 2020 August 2013 2002 Open Championship 18–21 July 2002 Gullane, Scotland Muirfield Golf Links European TourPGA TourJapan Golf Tour 71 7034 yd 156 players, 83 after cut 144 (+2) £3,800,000€5,947,076 $6,004,760 £700,000 €1,095,514 $1,106,140 ZAF Ernie Els 278 (−6), playoff 2001 2003 UK Scotland 1 Muirfield 56.043 -2.823 Location in Scotland 240 The 2002 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 131st Open Championship, held from 18 to 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.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1026288/index.htm https://archive.today/20130119180959/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1026288/index.htm dead 19 January 2013 Sports Illustrated Rushin Steve Brutish Open 29 July 2002https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q-RRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RnADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6090%2C2481015 Someone Els wins Open title Associated Press Ferguson Doug 22 July 2002 C-1 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Nr5YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1OsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5604%2C5038951 Eugene Register-Guard Associated Press British field gets blown away Dahlberg Tim 21 July 2002 1D 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Mb5YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1OsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2064%2C3637231 Eugene Register-Guard Associated Press Ferguson Doug British Open next test for Tiger 16 July 2002 E1 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y9NRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RXADAAAAIBAJ&pg=3743%2C4802100 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Orange County Register) Whicker Mark Incomparable, really 18 July 2002 D1 Course Muirfield Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal Yards4483513782135604681854435083,5544753893811914484151865464493,4807,034 Par444354345364443443543571 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZKkaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PUUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6592%2C5580526 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel British Open: hole-by-hole analysis 18 July 2002 3C Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950):http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 28, 203 1 July 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx 18 April 2012 1992: 6970 yd, par 71 1987: 6963 yd, par 71 1980: 6926 yd, par 71 1972: 6892 yd, par 71 1966: 6887 yd, par 71 1959: 6806 yd, 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 Seve Ballesteros withdrew. Ian Baker-Finch, Tony Jacklin, Johnny Miller, Jack Nicklaus, Bill Rogers, Lee Trevino, and Tom Weiskopf did not enter. 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), 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) Paul Azinger (18) and Kenny Perry did not play. 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, Freddie 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 Brandt Jobe did not play. 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 Bubba Dickerson forfeited his exemption by turning professional. 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 Round summaries First round Thursday, 18 July 2002 PlacePlayerScoreTo parPGA European Tour - Tournaments http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?syndicatorguid=&rmasiteinstanceguid=&pagegid=%7BAEFB93B0-EFF5-4C05-AB0F-FD08D947D944%7D&infosid=1&eventid=2002042&roundno=1 https://archive.today/20090904161651/http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?syndicatorguid=&rmasiteinstanceguid=&pagegid=%7BAEFB93B0-EFF5-4C05-AB0F-FD08D947D944%7D&infosid=1&eventid=2002042&roundno=1 4 September 2009 dead 23 August 2009T1 SWE Carl Pettersson67−4 USA David Toms USA Duffy WaldorfT4 TTO Stephen Ames68−3 DEN Thomas Bjørn DEN Søren Hansen USA Steve Jones SCO Sandy Lyle JPN Shigeki Maruyama USA Len Mattiace USA Phil Mickelson ZIM Nick Price FRA Jean-François Remésy ENG Justin Rose IRL Des Smyth Second round Friday, 19 July 2002 PlacePlayerScoreTo parPGA European Tour - Tournaments http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?syndicatorguid=&rmasiteinstanceguid=&pagegid=%7BAEFB93B0-EFF5-4C05-AB0F-FD08D947D944%7D&infosid=1&eventid=2002042&roundno=2 https://archive.today/20090904161657/http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?syndicatorguid=&rmasiteinstanceguid=&pagegid=%7BAEFB93B0-EFF5-4C05-AB0F-FD08D947D944%7D&infosid=1&eventid=2002042&roundno=2 4 September 2009 dead 23 August 2009T1 ZAF Ernie Els70-66=136−6 IRL Pádraig Harrington69-67=136 JPN Shigeki Maruyama68-68=136 USA Bob Tway70-66=136 USA Duffy Waldorf67-69=136T6 DEN Søren Hansen68-69=137−5 SWE Carl Pettersson67-70=137 IRL Des Smyth68-69=137T9 TTO Stephen Ames68-70=138−4 DEN Thomas Bjørn68-70=138 FRA Thomas Levet72-66=138 SCO Colin Montgomerie74-64=138 USA Mark O'Meara69-69=138 ENG Ian Poulter69-69=138 ZIM Nick Price68-70=138 USA Tiger Woods70-68=138 Amateurs: Young (+5), Kemp (+6), Larrazábal (+10). Third round Saturday, 20 July 2002 PlacePlayerScoreTo parPGA European Tour - Tournaments http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?syndicatorguid=&rmasiteinstanceguid=&pagegid=%7BAEFB93B0-EFF5-4C05-AB0F-FD08D947D944%7D&infosid=1&eventid=2002042&roundno=3 https://archive.today/20090904161702/http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?syndicatorguid=&rmasiteinstanceguid=&pagegid=%7BAEFB93B0-EFF5-4C05-AB0F-FD08D947D944%7D&infosid=1&eventid=2002042&roundno=3 4 September 2009 dead 23 August 20091 ZAF Ernie Els70-66-72=208−52 DEN Søren Hansen68-69-73=210−3T3 DEN Thomas Bjørn68-70-73=211−2 ESP Sergio García71-69-71=211 USA Justin Leonard71-72-68=211 JPN Shigeki Maruyama68-68-75=211 USA Scott McCarron71-68-72=211 ENG Justin Rose68-75-68=211 IRL Des Smyth68-69-74=211T10 AUS Steve Elkington71-73-68=212−1 IRL Pádraig Harrington69-67-76=212 FRA Thomas Levet72-66-74=212 AUS Peter Lonard72-72-68=212 Final round Sunday, 21 July 2002 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)T1 RSA Ernie Els 70-66-72-70=278 −6 Playoff FRA Thomas Levet 72-66-74-66=278 AUS Stuart Appleby 73-70-70-65=278 AUS Steve Elkington 71-73-68-66=278T5 ENG Gary Evans 72-68-74-65=279 −5 140,000 IRL Pádraig Harrington 69-67-76-67=279 JPN Shigeki Maruyama 68-68-75-68=279T8 DEN Thomas Bjørn 68-70-73-69=280 −4 77,500 ESP Sergio García 71-69-71-69=280 RSA Retief Goosen 71-68-74-67=280 DEN Søren Hansen 68-69-73-70=280 USA Scott Hoch 74-69-71-66=280 AUS Peter O'Malley 72-68-75-65=280 Source:http://www.databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=2002&tid=8 databasegolf.com 2002 Open Championship results 2 July 2012 Scorecard Final round Hole123456789101112131415161718Par444354345 444344354 RSA Els −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −7 −8 −8 −7 −7 −5 −6 −6 FRA Levet −1 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −6 −6 AUS Appleby E E E +1 E E E E −1 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −5 −6 AUS Elkington −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 ENG Evans +2 +1 E E −1 −2 −3 −4 −4 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 IRL Harrington −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −6 −5 JPN 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:https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard?tournamentId=94 ESPN British Open Championship 11 August 2015 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 ft 0 on 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=i2RPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5QMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5280%2C2022864 Toledo Blade Associated Press Big, but not easy 22 July 2002 C1 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. Through 2025, this is the only four-man playoff in Open Championship history, and no other current major championship has had a four-way playoff. PlacePlayerFour-holeSudden-deathMoney (£) Score To par Score To par 1 RSA Ernie Els 4-3-5-4=16 E 4 E 700,000T2 FRA Thomas Levet 4-2-5-5=16 5 +1 286,667AUS Stuart Appleby 4-4-4-5=17 +1  AUS Steve Elkington 5-3-4-5=17 Scorecard Hole  1   16  17  18 Par4354 RSA Els E E E E FRA Levet E −1 −1 E AUS Appleby E +1 E +1 AUS Elkington +1 +1 E +1Sudden-deathRSA Els EFRA Levet +1 Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par References External links Muirfield 2002 (Official site) 131st Open Championship - Muirfield (European Tour) 2002 56.043 -2.823 type:event title Category:The Open Championship Category:Gullane Category:Sport in East Lothian Category:Golf tournaments in Scotland Open Championship Open Championship Open Championship