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2002 Masters Tournament

Coordinates: 33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
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2002 Masters Tournament
Front cover of the 2002 Masters Journal
Tournament information
DatesApril 11–14, 2002
LocationAugusta, Georgia
33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,270 yards (6,648 m)[1][2]
Field88 players, 45 after cut
Cut147 (+3)
Prize fundUS$5,600,000
Winner's share$1,008,000
Champion
United States Tiger Woods
276 (−12)
Location map
Augusta National is located in the United States
Augusta National
Augusta National
Location in the United States
Augusta National is located in Georgia
Augusta National
Augusta National
Location in Georgia
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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

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Main article: Augusta National Golf Club
Hole Name Yards Par Hole Name Yards Par
1 Tea Olive 435 4 10 Camellia 495 4
2 Pink Dogwood 575 5 11 White Dogwood 490 4
3 Flowering Peach 350 4 12 Golden Bell 155 3
4 Flowering Crab Apple 205 3 13 Azalea 510 5
5 Magnolia 435 4 14 Chinese Fir 440 4
6 Juniper 180 3 15 Firethorn 500 5
7 Pampas 410 4 16 Redbud 170 3
8 Yellow Jasmine 570 5 17 Nandina 425 4
9 Carolina Cherry 460 4 18 Holly 465 4
Out 3,620 36 In 3,650 36
Source:[1][4] Total 7,270 72

Field

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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

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) withdrew with a pulled muscle on the first morning of the tournament.[6]
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.

Round summaries

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First round

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

Second round

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

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

Third round

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

Final round

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Sunday, April 14, 2002

Summary

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External videos
video icon Full final round coverage on CBS on YouTube

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.

Final leaderboard

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Champion
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
1 United States Tiger Woods (c) 70-69-66-71=276 −12 1,008,000
2 South Africa Retief Goosen 69-67-69-74=279 −9 604,800
3 United States Phil Mickelson 69-72-68-71=280 −8 380,800
4 Spain José María Olazábal (c) 70-69-71-71=281 −7 268,800
T5 South Africa Ernie Els 70-67-72-73=282 −6 212,800
Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington 69-70-72-71=282
7 Fiji Vijay Singh (c) 70-65-72-76=283 −5 187,600
8 Spain Sergio García 68-71-70-75=284 −4 173,600
T9 Argentina Ángel Cabrera 68-71-73-73=285 −3 151,200
Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez 70-71-74-70=285
Australia Adam Scott 71-72-72-70=285

Scorecard

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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
United States Woods −11 −12 −13 −13 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −12 −12
South Africa Goosen −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −9 −9 −9
United States Mickelson −8 −9 −8 −7 −7 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8
Spain Olazábal −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7
South Africa Els −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −9 −9 −9 −9 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6
Republic of Ireland Harrington −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −3 −4 −4 −5 −5 −6 −6
Fiji Singh −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −9 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −8 −4 −5 −5 −5
Spain Garcia −6 −6 −7 −6 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Toughening up Augusta". Toledo Blade. Associated Press. April 7, 2002. p. C7.
  2. ^ "Inside the course: Augusta National Golf Club". PGA Tour. April 1, 2012. Archived from the original on April 4, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
  3. ^ Reilly, Rick (April 22, 2002). "Killer instinct". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on April 19, 2013.
  4. ^ a b Stricker, Steve (April 11, 2002). "Course Analysis". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. p. 6C. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
  5. ^ "2002: Woods wins second consecutive Masters". Augusta.com. March 24, 2012. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
  6. ^ Brown, Clifton (April 11, 2002). "Snead's First Shot Goes Awry". The New York Times.
  7. ^ "Masters Tournament". ESPN. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
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