2002 U.S. Open Golf Championship Winner and Scores
The 2002 U.S. Open was the 102nd one played, and Tiger Woods won this championship for the second time. And he won wire-to-wire.
Winner: Tiger Woods, 277
Where it was played: Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York
Tournament dates: June 13-16, 2002
Leader after first round: Tiger Woods, 67
Leader after second round: Tiger Woods, 135
Leader after third round: Tiger Woods, 205
What Happened in the 2002 U.S. Open
Tiger Woods won his second U.S. Open tournament in wire-to-wire fashion. He led by one after the first round, by three after the second, by four after the third, and won by three strokes. For Woods, it was his eighth career win in a major and the 32nd win of his PGA Tour career. His 31st win was a couple months prior at the 2002 Masters, making Woods the first golfer since Jack Nicklaus in 1972 to win The Masters and U.S. Open in the same year. (Related: Golfers who won the first two majors of the year)Woods opened with a 67. After 68 and 70 for his middle two rounds, he was 5-under and four strokes ahead of second-place Sergio Garcia. Phil Mickelson was another stroke back, tied for third place.
Mickelson revved up the crowd in the final round when he birdied No. 13, getting within two strokes of Woods' lead. But Woods then followed with a birdie there himself, and his lead was no less than three strokes the rest of the way. Woods closed with a final-round 72 for a 3-under total of 277.
Mickelson was the solo runner-up, his second second-place finish in a U.S. Open. He never won this major, eventually tallying a tournament-record six second-place U.S. Open finishes. Garcia shot 74 in the final round and finished in fourth place.
Six-time major champion Nick Faldo, who lost in a playoff at the 1988 U.S. Open, tied for fifth place. It was his last Top 10 finish in the U.S. Open, a major that he never won. Two-time major winner Greg Norman, who lost in a playoff at the 1984 U.S. Open, played the U.S. Open for the last time here and tied for 59th place.
2002 U.S. Open Final Scores
| Tiger Woods | 67-68-70-72—277 |
| Phil Mickelson | 70-73-67-70—280 |
| Jeff Maggert | 69-73-68-72—282 |
| Sergio Garcia | 68-74-67-74—283 |
| Nick Faldo | 70-76-66-73—285 |
| Scott Hoch | 71-75-70-69—285 |
| Billy Mayfair | 69-74-68-74—285 |
| Tom Byrum | 72-72-70-72—286 |
| Padraig Harrington | 70-68-73-75—286 |
| Nick Price | 72-75-69-70—286 |
| Peter Lonard | 73-74-73-67—287 |
| Robert Allenby | 74-70-67-77—288 |
| Justin Leonard | 73-71-68-76—288 |
| Jay Haas | 73-73-70-72—288 |
| Dudley Hart | 69-76-70-73—288 |
| Shigeki Maruyama | 76-67-73-73—289 |
| Steve Stricker | 72-77-69-71—289 |
| Luke Donald | 76-72-70-72—290 |
| Steve Flesch | 72-72-75-71—290 |
| Charles Howell III | 71-74-70-75—290 |
| Thomas Levet | 71-77-70-72—290 |
| Mark O'Meara | 76-70-69-75—290 |
| Craig Stadler | 74-72-70-74—290 |
| Jim Carter | 77-73-70-71—291 |
| Darren Clarke | 74-74-72-71—291 |
| Chris DiMarco | 74-74-72-71—291 |
| Ernie Els | 73-74-70-74—291 |
| Davis Love III | 71-71-72-77—291 |
| Jeff Sluman | 73-73-72-73—291 |
| Jason Caron | 75-72-72-73—292 |
| K.J. Choi | 69-73-73-77—292 |
| Paul Lawrie | 73-73-73-73—292 |
| Scott McCarron | 72-72-70-78—292 |
| Vijay Singh | 75-75-67-75—292 |
| Shingo Katayama | 74-72-74-73—293 |
| Bernhard Langer | 72-76-70-75—293 |
| Stuart Appleby | 77-73-75-69—294 |
| Thomas Bjorn | 71-79-73-71—294 |
| Niclas Fasth | 72-72-74-76—294 |
| Donnie Hammond | 73-77-71-73—294 |
| Franklin Langham | 70-76-74-74—294 |
| Rocco Mediate | 72-72-74-76—294 |
| Kevin Sutherland | 74-75-70-75—294 |
| Hidemichi Tanaka | 73-73-72-76—294 |
| Tom Lehman | 71-76-72-76—295 |
| David Toms | 74-74-70-77—295 |
| Frank Lickliter II | 74-76-68-77—295 |
| Kenny Perry | 74-76-71-74—295 |
| Jean Van de Velde | 71-75-74-75—295 |
| Craig Bowden | 71-77-74-74—296 |
| Tim Herron | 75-74-73-74—296 |
| Robert Karlsson | 71-77-72-76—296 |
| Jose Maria Olazabal | 71-77-75-73—296 |
| Harrison Frazar | 74-73-75-75—297 |
| Ian Leggatt | 72-77-72-76—297 |
| Jesper Parnevik | 72-76-69-80—297 |
| Corey Pavin | 74-75-70-78—297 |
| Brad Lardon | 73-73-74-78—298 |
| John Maginnes | 79-69-73-78—299 |
| Greg Norman | 75-73-74-77—299 |
| Bob Tway | 72-78-73-76—299 |
| Andy Miller | 76-74-75-75—300 |
| Jeev Milkha Singh | 75-75-75-75—300 |
| Paul Stankowski | 72-77-77-74—300 |
| Spike McRoy | 75-75-74-77—301 |
| Angel Cabrera | 73-73-79-77—302 |
| Brad Faxon | 75-74-73-80—302 |
| Kent Jones | 76-74-74-79—303 |
| Len Mattiace | 72-73-78-80—303 |
| John Daly | 74-76-81-73—304 |
| Tom Gillis | 71-76-78-79—304 |
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