2002 U.S. Open: Tiger Woods wins at Bethpage Black
Tiger Woods won the 2002 U.S. Open at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, New York with 277 (−3), by 3 strokes over Phil Mickelson.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 2002 in the U.S. Open room, or every year on the U.S. Open winners list.
- Dates
- June 13, 2002 to June 16, 2002
- Course
- Bethpage Black, Farmingdale, New York
- Edition
- 102nd U.S. Open
- Champion
- Tiger Woods · USA · born Cypress, California, USA
- Champion's title
- 2nd U.S. Open title
- Winning score
- 277 (−3) · won by 3 strokes
- Runner-up
- Phil Mickelson
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 277 | −3 |
| 2 | Phil Mickelson |
What happened at the 2002 U.S. Open
Woods led wire-to-wire at the first Open played on a true public course.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's U.S. Open data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: us-open-years.json (the U.S. Open room's data); dates from GNN's U.S. Open final-day dates table (Wikipedia infoboxes).