2002 Masters Tournament

2002 Masters Tournament

Tournament information
Dates	April 11–14, 2002
Location	Augusta, Georgia
Course(s)	Augusta National Golf Club
Organized by	Augusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,270 yards (6,648 m)[1][2]
Field	89 players, 45 after cut
Cut	147 (+3)
Prize fund	$5,600,000 €6,202,538
Winner's share	$1,008,000 €1,144,807
Champion
Tiger Woods
276 (−12)
«2001 2003»

The 2002 Masters Tournament was the 66th Masters Tournament, held April 11–14 at Augusta National Golf Club. Tiger Woods won his third Masters, and second consecutive, with a score of 276 (−12), three strokes ahead of runner-up Retief Goosen.^[3] The course was lengthened by 285 yards (261 m) over the previous year.^[4] It was only the third successful defense of a Masters title, previously accomplished in 1966 by Jack Nicklaus and 1990 by Nick Faldo.^[5]

Course

Field

1. Masters champions

Tommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros, Charles Coody, Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Bernhard Langer (10,13,14,16,17), Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize, José María Olazábal (10,16,17), Mark O'Meara (3), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Vijay Singh (4,11,14,16,17), Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Tiger Woods (2,3,4,5,14,16,17), Ian Woosnam (13), Fuzzy Zoeller

• George Archer, Gay Brewer, Jack Burke, Jr., Billy Casper, Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Herman Keiser, Byron Nelson, Jack Nicklaus, and Sam Snead did not play.

2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)

Ernie Els (10,13,14,16,17), Retief Goosen (16,17), Lee Janzen

3. The Open champions (last five years)

David Duval (10,14,16,17), Paul Lawrie, Justin Leonard (14,16,17)

4. PGA champions (last five years)

Davis Love III (11,14,16,17), David Toms (14,16,17)

5. The Players Championship winners (last three years)

Craig Perks, Hal Sutton (14,16,17)

6. U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up

Bubba Dickerson (a), Robert Hamilton (a)

7. The Amateur champion

Michael Hoey (a)

8. U.S. Amateur Public Links champion

Chez Reavie (a)

9. U.S. Mid-Amateur champion

Tim Jackson (a)

10. Top 16 players and ties from the 2001 Masters

Paul Azinger (11,14,16,17), Ángel Cabrera (11,16,17), Mark Calcavecchia (12,14,16,17), Chris DiMarco (14,15,16,17), Brad Faxon (14,15,16,17), Jim Furyk (14,16,17), Toshimitsu Izawa (16,17), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (13), Rocco Mediate (11,14,16,17), Phil Mickelson (11,12,14,16,17), Steve Stricker (14,16), Kirk Triplett (11,14,16,17)

11. Top eight players and ties from the 2001 U.S. Open

Mark Brooks, Stewart Cink (14,16,17), Tom Kite

12. Top four players and ties from 2001 PGA Championship

Shingo Katayama (16,17), Steve Lowery (14,16)

13. Top four players and ties from the 2001 Open Championship

Darren Clarke (16,17), Niclas Fasth (16,17), Billy Mayfair (14)

14. Top 40 players from the 2001 PGA Tour money list

Robert Allenby (16,17), Billy Andrade, José Cóceres (16,17), Joe Durant (16,17), Bob Estes (16,17), Sergio García (16,17), Scott Hoch (16,17), Jerry Kelly (17), Tom Lehman (16,17), Frank Lickliter (16), Shigeki Maruyama, Scott McCarron (17), Jesper Parnevik (16,17), Tom Pernice, Jr., Kenny Perry (16,17), Jeff Sluman, Kevin Sutherland (15,17), Scott Verplank (16,17), Mike Weir (16,17)

15. Top 3 players from the 2002 PGA Tour money list on March 10

16. Top 50 players from the final 2001 world ranking

Stuart Appleby, Thomas Bjørn (17), Michael Campbell (17), Pádraig Harrington (17), Charles Howell III (17), Paul McGinley (17), Colin Montgomerie (17), Nick Price (17), Adam Scott, Toru Taniguchi, Lee Westwood (17)

17. Top 50 players from world ranking published March 10

John Daly, Matt Kuchar, Rory Sabbatini

18. Special foreign invitation

Greg Norman

All the amateurs except Tim Jackson were playing in their first Masters, as were Niclas Fasth, Charles Howell III, Jerry Kelly, Paul McGinley, Craig Perks, Adam Scott, Kevin Sutherland, and Toru Taniguchi.

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Tiger Woods	United States	1997, 2001	70	69	66	71	276	−12	1
José María Olazábal	Spain	1994, 1999	70	69	71	71	281	−7	4
Vijay Singh	Fiji	2000	70	65	72	76	283	−5	7
Nick Faldo	England	1989, 1990, 1996	75	67	73	72	287	−1	T14
Bernhard Langer	Germany	1985, 1993	73	72	73	74	292	+4	T32
Craig Stadler	United States	1982	73	72	76	71	292	+4	T32
Fred Couples	United States	1992	73	73	76	72	294	+6	T36
Tom Watson	United States	1977, 1981	71	76	76	72	295	+7	T40

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Larry Mize	United States	1987	74	74	148	+4
Mark O'Meara	United States	1998	78	71	149	+5
Fuzzy Zoeller	United States	1979	75	77	152	+8
Raymond Floyd	United States	1976	79	74	153	+9
Sandy Lyle	Scotland	1988	73	81	154	+10
Ian Woosnam	Wales	1991	77	78	155	+11
Seve Ballesteros	Spain	1980, 1983	75	81	156	+12
Tommy Aaron	United States	1973	79	78	157	+13
Ben Crenshaw	United States	1984, 1995	81	77	158	+14
Gary Player	South Africa	1961, 1974, 1978	80	78	158	+14
Charles Coody	United States	1971	82	84	166	+22
Arnold Palmer	United States	1958, 1960, 1962, 1964	89	85	174	+30

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 11, 2002

Davis Love III, the 1997 PGA Championship winner, rolled out to the first round lead with a five-under 67. Sergio García who had little success prior to this year at the Masters, shot a four-under 68 to place him in a tie for second with Ángel Cabrera. 2001 U.S. Open champion, Retief Goosen, shot a three-under 69 to place him in a tie with Phil Mickelson and Pádraig Harrington for fourth. There was a massive eleven-way tie at -2 for seventh after the first round. Most notably in this group was two-time and defending Masters champion, Tiger Woods. This group saw two other Masters champions in Vijay Singh and José María Olazábal. Four others were in red figures at -1 with Greg Norman headlining that group.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Davis Love III	United States	67	−5
T2	Ángel Cabrera	Argentina	68	−4
	Sergio García	Spain
T4	Retief Goosen	South Africa	69	−3
	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland
	Phil Mickelson	United States
T7	Darren Clarke	Northern Ireland	70	−2
	Chris DiMarco	United States
	Ernie Els	South Africa
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Spain
	Justin Leonard	United States
	José María Olazábal	Spain
	Jesper Parnevik	Sweden
	Nick Price	Zimbabwe
	Vijay Singh	Fiji
	Scott Verplank	United States
	Tiger Woods	United States

Second round

Friday, April 12, 2002
Saturday, April 13, 2002

Vijay Singh, the 2000 champion, headlined the second round with a dominant, seven-under 65 to bolt up to the top of the leaderboard at −9. The Fijian was not the only impressive player on the day, as four players shot five-under 67s, including Retief Goosen who moved into second at −8 and Ernie Els who moved into third at −7. Three-time Masters champion, Nick Faldo, also was among those who posted a 67. Tiger Woods headlined the five players tied for fourth at −5. Woods shot a three-under 69 to place him four strokes off the lead heading to the weekend. Also in this group was two-time champion José María Olazábal. Phil Mickelson was among the four players tied for ninth at −3. Because of the good deal of low scoring, the cut was set at +3, and Jim Furyk and David Duval headlined the list of notables to fail to make the weekend. Second round play was suspended due to weather and 38 golfers had to complete it Saturday morning.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Vijay Singh	Fiji	70-65=135	−9
2	Retief Goosen	South Africa	69-67=136	−8
3	Ernie Els	South Africa	70-67=137	−7
T4	Ángel Cabrera	Argentina	68-71=139	−5
	Sergio García	Spain	68-71=139
	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	69-70=139
	José María Olazábal	Spain	70-69=139
	Tiger Woods	United States	70-69=139
T9	Thomas Bjørn	Denmark	74-67=141	−3
	Chris DiMarco	United States	70=71=141
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Spain	70-71=141
	Phil Mickelson	United States	69-72=141

Amateurs: Hoey (+4), Dickerson (+6), Hamilton (+10), Jackson (+10), Reavie (+16).

Third round

Saturday, April 13, 2002

The defending champion, Tiger Woods, charged to a tie for the lead with a six-under 66 to move to -11. Woods, looking for his seventh major championship, was 6-0 going into the final round of a major championship with at least a share of the lead. South African Retief Goosen shot a three-under 69 to move from second place at the beginning of the day to a tie with Woods for the 54-hole lead. Vijay Singh shot a disappointing par 72 after his 65 in the second round to remain at -9 and in third place all by himself. Phil Mickelson charged up the leaderboard with a four-under 68 into a tie for fourth with Ernie Els and Sergio García. José María Olazábal shot a one-under 71 to move to -6 and sole ownership of seventh place. Two Europeans (Pádraig Harrington, Thomas Bjørn) sat six shots behind the lead in a tie for eighth at -5. Because the second round had to be completed Saturday morning, third round play began with golfers teeing off from the 1st and 10th holes to ensure the round would be completed by night fall.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Retief Goosen	South Africa	69-67-69=205	−11
	Tiger Woods	United States	70-69-66=205
3	Vijay Singh	Fiji	70-65-72=207	−9
T4	Ernie Els	South Africa	70-67-72=209	−7
	Sergio García	Spain	68-71-70=209
	Phil Mickelson	United States	69-72-68=209
7	José María Olazábal	Spain	70-69-71=210	−6
T8	Thomas Bjørn	Denmark	74-67-70=211	−5
	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	69-70-72=211
10	Ángel Cabrera	Argentina	68-71-73=212	−4

Final round

Sunday, April 14, 2002

For the first time since Nick Faldo in 1990, a defending Masters champion successfully defended his title. Tiger Woods captured his third green jacket and seventh overall major championship with a one-under 71 to complete his tournament at -12. This was only the third time in Masters history that a player won back-to-back titles (Jack Nicklaus 1965-66, Faldo 1989-90). Woods set yet another Masters record for the best score by a golfer defending his championship.

Woods was not threatened during the final round as his 54-hole co-leader, Retief Goosen, shot a two-over 74 to fall to -9 and a second-place finish. Phil Mickelson, José María Olazábal, and Pádraig Harrington all shot one-under 71s to finish third, fourth, and tied for fifth respectively. Ernie Els and Vijay Singh spoiled great first and second rounds with scores over par in the final round. Els shot a one-over 73 to tie for fifth, and Singh shot a four-over 76 to finish in seventh. Sergio García had his best Masters finish in eighth place at -4. Overall, the scoring was much more difficult during the final round than it was in the other three rounds. The only score below 70 was by Shigeki Maruyama, who shot a five-under 67 to finish -1 for the tournament and a tie for 14th place.

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Tiger Woods	United States	70-69-66-71=276	−12	1,008,000
2	Retief Goosen	South Africa	69-67-69-74=279	−9	604,800
3	Phil Mickelson	United States	69-72-68-71=280	−8	380,800
4	José María Olazábal	Spain	70-69-71-71=281	−7	268,800
T5	Ernie Els	South Africa	70-67-72-73=282	−6	212,800
	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	69-70-72-71=282
7	Vijay Singh	Fiji	70-65-72-76=283	−5	187,600
8	Sergio García	Spain	68-71-70-75=284	−4	173,600
T9	Ángel Cabrera	Argentina	68-71-73-73=285	−3	151,200
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Spain	70-71-74-70=285
	Adam Scott	Australia	71-72-72-70=285

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	5	4	5	3	4	4
Woods	−11	−12	−13	−13	−12	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−12	−12
Goosen	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−9	−9	−9
Mickelson	−8	−9	−8	−7	−7	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8
Olazábal	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7
Els	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6
Harrington	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−3	−4	−4	−5	−5	−6	−6
Singh	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−8	−4	−5	−5	−5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:^[6]

References

External links

• Coverage on the European Tour's official site
• About.com: 2002 Masters

Coordinates: 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020