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Sunday 16 June 2002PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Woods wins U.S. Open
Bethpage State Park, Farmingdale, New York · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 June 2002 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 32 on the PGA Tour · purse $6,250,000 USD · 102nd U.S. Open
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
14 h 55 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 73° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R116°/14°C · wind 26 km/h ENE, gusts 41 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R215°/14°C · wind 26 km/h E, gusts 39 · 22.7 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R316°/14°C · wind 26 km/h NE, gusts 39 · 3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/15°C · wind 23 km/h SSW, gusts 48 · 1.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- U.S. Open
1895–2026 in our record, 126 editions.
The ones it got away from
- Phil Mickelson USA · 280Birdied the 13th to get within two of Woods in the final round but could not make more birdies coming in; closed with 70 to finish three back at level par U.S. Open Championship, June 16, 2002: Phil Mickelson (ASAP Sports)
156 started · cut +10, 72 made it
Same week
Men's major
U.S. Open
Bethpage Black, Farmingdale
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Phil Mickelson
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 June 2002
Right now I could care less about that, I'll be honest with you. I want to celebrate this one, this one was hard fought. This was tough.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 June 2002
This sport is very difficult. And it's very fickle. You can play well and you can lose. That's just the nature of this sport.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
16 June 2002
It was one of the most exciting days that I've had in the game of golf. It was very electrifying, very similar to what the 99 Ryder Cup in Boston was.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 67 · 68 · 70 · 72 | 277 | −3 |
| 2 | Phil Mickelson | 70 · 73 · 67 · 70 | 280 | E |
| 3 | Jeff Maggert | 69 · 73 · 68 · 72 | 282 | +2 |
| 4 | Sergio Garcia | 68 · 74 · 67 · 74 | 283 | +3 |
| T5 | Nick Faldo | 70 · 76 · 66 · 73 | 285 | +5 |
| T5 | Scott Hoch | 71 · 75 · 70 · 69 | 285 | +5 |
| T5 | Billy Mayfair | 69 · 74 · 68 · 74 | 285 | +5 |
| T8 | Padraig Harrington | 70 · 68 · 73 · 75 | 286 | +6 |
| T8 | Nick Price | 72 · 75 · 69 · 70 | 286 | +6 |
| T8 | Tom Byrum | 72 · 72 · 70 · 72 | 286 | +6 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California; USA; turned pro 1996; age 26 that week; tour wins to date: 32; majors to date: 8; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore (owgr.com player profile, U S OPEN 2002)).
What’s in the bag
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