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{{Infobox individual golf tournament
| name = 2002 Open Championship
| image =
| dates = 18–21 July 2002
| location = [[Gullane]], Scotland
| course = [[Muirfield|Muirfield Golf Links]]
| tour = [[European Tour]] [[PGA Tour]] [[Japan Golf Tour]]
| par = 71<ref name=ocmg11/>
| yardage = {{convert|7034|yd}}<ref name=ocmg11/>
| field = 156 players, 83 after cut<ref name=ocmg11/>
| cut = 144 (+2)<ref name=ocmg11/>
| purse = [[Pound sterling|£]]3,800,000 [[Euro|€]]5,947,076 [[United States dollar|$]]6,004,760
| winners_share = £700,000 €1,095,514 $1,106,140
| champion = {{flagicon|ZAF}} [[Ernie Els]]
| score = 278 (−6), playoff
| previous = [[2001 Open Championship|2001]]
| next = [[2003 Open Championship|2003]]
}}
{{Location map
|UK Scotland
|relief = 1
|label = Muirfield
|lat = 56.043
|long = -2.823
|caption = Location in Scotland
|float =
|background=
|width = 240
}}
The '''2002 Open Championship''' was a [[men's major golf championship]] and the 131st [[Open Championship]], held from 18 to 21 July at [[Muirfield|Muirfield Golf Links]] in [[Gullane]], [[East Lothian]], Scotland. [[Ernie Els]] won his first [[Claret Jug]] and third major title in a playoff over [[Stuart Appleby]], [[Steve Elkington]], and ultimately in a sudden-death playoff over [[Thomas Levet]].<ref name=sijl02bro>{{cite magazine |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1026288/index.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119180959/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1026288/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 January 2013 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Rushin |first=Steve |title=Brutish Open |date=29 July 2002}}</ref><ref name=ppg02brord4>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q-RRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RnADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6090%2C2481015 |title=Someone Els wins Open title |agency=Associated Press |last=Ferguson |first=Doug |date=22 July 2002 |page=C-1}}</ref>

[[Tiger Woods]]' bid for the [[Grand Slam (golf)|Grand Slam]] came to a halt on Saturday with the worst round of his career up to that time, an 81 (+10) in cold, gusty rain.<ref name=erg02brord3>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Nr5YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1OsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5604%2C5038951|newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |agency=Associated Press |title=British field gets blown away |last=Dahlberg |first=Tim |date=21 July 2002 |page=1D}}</ref> It took him and others out of contention, but he rebounded on Sunday with a six-under 65 and finished at even par, six strokes back. Woods was the first in thirty years to win the first two legs ([[2002 Masters Tournament|Masters]], [[2002 U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]), last done by [[Jack Nicklaus]] in [[1972 PGA Tour|1972]].<ref name=erg02brotue>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Mb5YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1OsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2064%2C3637231 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |agency=Associated Press |last=Ferguson |first=Doug |title=British Open next test for Tiger |date=16 July 2002 |page=E1}}</ref> Nicklaus' grand slam bid also ended at Muirfield, runner-up by one stroke to [[Lee Trevino]] in [[1972 Open Championship|1972]]. The only one to win the first three was [[Ben Hogan]] in [[1953 Open Championship|1953]]. Entering the championship, Woods had won seven of the previous eleven [[Men's major golf championships|majors]].<ref name=ppg02brothu>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y9NRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RXADAAAAIBAJ&pg=3743%2C4802100 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |agency=(Orange County Register)| last=Whicker |first=Mark |title=Incomparable, really |date=18 July 2002 |page=D1}}</ref>

==Course==
{{main|Muirfield}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Hole!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!9!!Out!!10!!11!!12!!13!!14!!15!!16!!17!!18!!In!!Total
|-
| Yards||448||351||378||213||560||468||185||443||508||'''3,554'''||475||389||381||191||448||415||186||546||449||'''3,480'''||'''7,034'''
|-
| Par||4||4||4||3||5||4||3||4||5||'''36'''||4||4||4||3||4||4||3||5||4||'''35'''||'''71'''
|}
Source:<ref name=mjs02brothu>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZKkaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PUUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6592%2C5580526|newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|title=British Open: hole-by-hole analysis|date=18 July 2002|page=3C}}</ref>

Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950):<ref name=ocmg11>{{cite web|url=http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx |publisher=The Open Championship |title=Media guide |year=2011 |pages=28, 203 |access-date=1 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx |archive-date=18 April 2012 }}</ref>
{|
|
* [[1992 Open Championship|1992]]: {{convert|6970|yd}}, par 71
* [[1987 Open Championship|1987]]: {{convert|6963|yd}}, par 71
* [[1980 Open Championship|1980]]: {{convert|6926|yd}}, par 71
|
* [[1972 Open Championship|1972]]: {{convert|6892|yd}}, par 71
* [[1966 Open Championship|1966]]: {{convert|6887|yd}}, par 71
* [[1959 Open Championship|1959]]: {{convert|6806|yd}}, par 72
|}

==Field==
;1. Top 15 and ties from the [[2001 Open Championship]]
[[Billy Andrade]] (4), [[Alex Čejka]], [[Darren Clarke]] (4,5,18), [[David Duval]] (2,3,4,13,14,18), [[Ernie Els]] (4,5,10,14), [[Niclas Fasth]] (4,5,18), [[Sergio García]] (4,14,18), [[Retief Goosen]] (4,5,10), [[Mikko Ilonen]], [[Raphaël Jacquelin]], [[Miguel Ángel Jiménez]] (5), [[Bernhard Langer]] (4,5,18), [[Billy Mayfair]], [[Colin Montgomerie]] (4,5,6,18), [[Jesper Parnevik]] (4,18), [[Loren Roberts]], [[Vijay Singh]] (4,11,12,14), [[Des Smyth]], [[Kevin Sutherland]] (4), [[Ian Woosnam]] (5)

;2. Open Champions, 1992–2001
[[John Daly (golfer)|John Daly]] (3,4), [[Nick Faldo]] (3), [[Paul Lawrie]] (3,5), [[Tom Lehman]] (3,4,14), [[Justin Leonard]] (3,4), [[Greg Norman]] (3), [[Mark O'Meara]] (3,11), [[Nick Price]] (3,4), [[Tiger Woods]] (3,4,10,11,12,13,14,18)

;3. Past Open Champions aged 65 or under on 21 July 2002
[[Mark Calcavecchia]] (4,14,18), [[Sandy Lyle]], [[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]]
*''[[Seve Ballesteros]] withdrew.''
*''[[Ian Baker-Finch]], [[Tony Jacklin]], [[Johnny Miller]], [[Jack Nicklaus]], [[Bill Rogers (golfer)|Bill Rogers]], [[Lee Trevino]], and [[Tom Weiskopf]] did not enter.''

;4. The first 50 players on the OWGR on 30 May 2002
[[Robert Allenby]] (14), [[Thomas Bjørn]] (5,18), [[Ángel Cabrera]] (5), [[Michael Campbell]] (5), [[Stewart Cink]] (18), [[José Cóceres]], [[John Cook (golfer)|John Cook]], [[Chris DiMarco]] (14), [[Bob Estes]] (14), [[Brad Faxon]] (14), [[Jim Furyk]] (14,18), [[Pádraig Harrington]] (5,18), [[Dudley Hart]], [[Scott Hoch]] (14,18), [[Toshimitsu Izawa]] (23), [[Shingo Katayama]] (23), [[Jerry Kelly]], [[Matt Kuchar]], [[Davis Love III]] (12,14,18), [[Shigeki Maruyama]], [[Len Mattiace]], [[Scott McCarron]], [[Paul McGinley]] (5,18), [[Rocco Mediate]], [[Phil Mickelson]] (14,18), [[José María Olazábal]] (11), [[Adam Scott (golfer)|Adam Scott]] (5), [[David Toms]] (12,14,18), [[Scott Verplank]] (14,18,19), [[Mike Weir]] (14)
*''[[Paul Azinger]] (18) and [[Kenny Perry]] did not play.''

;5. Top 20 in the final [[2001 European Tour|2001]] [[European Tour]] Order of Merit
[[Mathias Grönberg]], [[David Howell (golfer)|David Howell]], [[Robert Karlsson]], [[Thomas Levet]], [[Peter O'Malley (golfer)|Peter O'Malley]] (22)

;6. The [[Volvo PGA Championship]] winners for 1999–2002
[[Anders Hansen]], [[Andrew Oldcorn]]

;7. First 5 players, not exempt, in the top 20 of the [[2002 European Tour]] Order of Merit as of 30 May
[[Barry Lane]], [[Malcolm MacKenzie]], [[Greg Owen (golfer)|Greg Owen]], [[Carl Pettersson]], [[Eduardo Romero]]

;8. First 7 European Tour members, not exempt, in the top 25 of a cumulative money list taken from all official European Tour events from the 2002 [[Volvo PGA Championship]] up to and including the 2002 [[Scottish Open (golf)|Scottish Open]]
[[Roger Chapman (golfer)|Roger Chapman]], [[Bradley Dredge]], [[Gary Evans (golfer)|Gary Evans]], [[Darren Fichardt]], [[Søren Hansen]], [[Freddie Jacobson]], [[Ian Poulter]]

;9. The leading 8 players, not exempt having applied (8) above, in the 2002 [[Scottish Open (golf)|Scottish Open]]
[[Warren Bennett]], [[John Bickerton]], [[Paul Casey]], [[Marc Farry]], [[Ricardo González (golfer)|Ricardo González]], [[Stephen Leaney]], [[Jean-François Remésy]], [[Jamie Spence]]

;10. The [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] Champions for 1993–2002
[[Lee Janzen]], [[Steve Jones (golfer)|Steve Jones]], [[Corey Pavin]]

;11. The [[Masters Tournament|Masters]] Champions for 1998–2002

;12. The [[PGA Championship|PGA]] Champions for 1997–2001

;13. The [[The Players Championship|Players]] Champions for 1999–2002
[[Craig Perks]], [[Hal Sutton]] (18)

;14. Top 20 in the final [[2001 PGA Tour|2001]] [[PGA Tour]] Official Money List
[[Joe Durant]], [[Frank Lickliter]]

;15. First 5 players, not exempt, in the top 20 of the [[2002 PGA Tour]] Official Money List as of 30 May
[[K. J. Choi]]

;16. First 7 PGA Tour members, not exempt, in the top 25 of a cumulative money list taken from the [[2002 Players Championship]] and the five PGA Tour events leading up to and including the 2002 [[Western Open]]
[[Stephen Ames]], [[Jim Carter (golfer)|Jim Carter]], [[Jonathan Kaye]], [[Peter Lonard]], [[Jeff Maggert]], [[Tim Petrovic]], [[Chris Smith (golfer)|Chris Smith]]

;17. The leading 8 players, not exempt having applied (16) above, in the 2002 [[Western Open]]
[[Stuart Appleby]], [[Neal Lancaster]], [[John Riegger]], [[Chris Riley (golfer)|Chris Riley]], [[Steve Stricker]], [[Bob Tway]], [[Duffy Waldorf]]
*''[[Brandt Jobe]] did not play.''

;18. Players selected to the [[2002 Ryder Cup|2001 Ryder Cup]] teams
[[Pierre Fulke]], [[Phillip Price]], [[Lee Westwood]]

;19. The 2001 [[Canadian Open (golf)|Canadian Open]] Champion

;20. The 2001 [[Japan Open Golf Championship|Japan Open]] Champion
[[Taichi Teshima]]

;21. Winner of the 2001 [[Asian PGA Tour]] Order of Merit
[[Thongchai Jaidee]]

;22. Top 3 from the 2001–02 [[PGA Tour of Australasia]] Order of Merit as of 30 May
[[Scott Laycock]], [[Craig Parry]]

;23. Top 3 from the 2001 [[Japan Golf Tour]] Order of Merit
[[Dean Wilson]]

;24. Top 2 from the [[2001–02 Sunshine Tour|2001–02]] [[Sunshine Tour]] Order of Merit
[[Tim Clark (golfer)|Tim Clark]], [[Justin Rose]]

;25. The leading player, not exempt, in the 2002 [[Mizuno Open]]
[[Kiyoshi Miyazato]]

;26. First 4, not exempt having applied (25) above, in the top 20 of a cumulative money list taken from all official Japan Golf Tour events from the 2002 [[Japan PGA Championship]] up to and including the 2002 [[Mizuno Open]]
[[Kenichi Kuboya]], [[Tsuneyuki Nakajima]], [[Toru Suzuki]], [[Toru Taniguchi]]

;27. The 2001 [[Senior Open Championship|Senior British Open]] Champion
[[Ian Stanley (golfer)|Ian Stanley]]

;28. The 2002 [[The Amateur Championship|Amateur]] Champion
[[Alejandro Larrazábal]] (a)

;29. The 2001 [[U.S. Amateur]] Champion
*''[[Bubba Dickerson]] forfeited his exemption by turning professional.''

;30. The 2001 [[European Amateur]] Champion
*''[[Stephen Browne (golfer)|Stephen Browne]] forfeited his exemption by turning professional.''

;Final Qualifying (Sunday 14 July and Monday 15 July)
:'''Dunbar''' – [[Luke Donald]], [[Mattias Eliasson]], [[Steve Elkington]], [[Ian Garbutt]], [[Patrik Sjöland]], [[Esteban Toledo]], [[Simon Young (golfer)|Simon Young]] (a)
:'''Gullane No. 1''' – [[Fredrik Andersson (golfer)|Fredrik Andersson]], [[Gary Emerson]], [[Richard Green (golfer)|Richard Green]], [[James Kingston]], [[Adam Mednick]], [[Raymond Russell (golfer)|Raymond Russell]], [[John Senden]]
:'''Luffness New''' – [[Peter Baker (golfer)|Peter Baker]], [[Benn Barham]], [[Andrew Coltart]], [[Paul Eales]], [[John Kemp (golfer)|John Kemp]] (a), [[Jarrod Moseley]], [[Magnus Persson Atlevi]]
:'''North Berwick''' – [[Matthew Cort]], [[Scott Henderson (golfer)|Scott Henderson]], [[Trevor Immelman]], [[Paul Mayoh]], [[David Park (golfer)|David Park]], [[Roger Wessels]], [[Tom Whitehouse]]

==Round summaries==

===First round===
''Thursday, 18 July 2002''

{| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par<ref>{{cite web |title=PGA European Tour - Tournaments |url=http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?syndicatorguid=&rmasiteinstanceguid=&pagegid=%7BAEFB93B0-EFF5-4C05-AB0F-FD08D947D944%7D&infosid=1&eventid=2002042&roundno=1 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090904161651/http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?syndicatorguid=&rmasiteinstanceguid=&pagegid=%7BAEFB93B0-EFF5-4C05-AB0F-FD08D947D944%7D&infosid=1&eventid=2002042&roundno=1 |archive-date=4 September 2009 |url-status=dead |access-date=23 August 2009}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|T1|| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Carl Pettersson]]|| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|67|| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|−4
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[David Toms]]
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Duffy Waldorf]]
|-
| rowspan="12" style="text-align:center;"|T4|| {{flagicon|TTO}} [[Stephen Ames]]|| rowspan="12" style="text-align:center;"|68|| rowspan="12" style="text-align:center;"|−3
|-
| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Thomas Bjørn]]
|-
| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Søren Hansen]]
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Steve Jones (golfer)|Steve Jones]]
|-
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Sandy Lyle]]
|-
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shigeki Maruyama]]
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Len Mattiace]]
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Phil Mickelson]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Nick Price]]
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Jean-François Remésy]]
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Justin Rose]]
|-
| {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Des Smyth]]
|}

===Second round===
''Friday, 19 July 2002''

{| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par<ref>{{cite web |title=PGA European Tour - Tournaments |url=http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?syndicatorguid=&rmasiteinstanceguid=&pagegid=%7BAEFB93B0-EFF5-4C05-AB0F-FD08D947D944%7D&infosid=1&eventid=2002042&roundno=2 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090904161657/http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?syndicatorguid=&rmasiteinstanceguid=&pagegid=%7BAEFB93B0-EFF5-4C05-AB0F-FD08D947D944%7D&infosid=1&eventid=2002042&roundno=2 |archive-date=4 September 2009 |url-status=dead |access-date=23 August 2009}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|T1|| {{flagicon|ZAF}} [[Ernie Els]]||align=center |70-66=136|| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|−6
|-
| {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Pádraig Harrington]]||align=center |69-67=136
|-
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shigeki Maruyama]]||align=center |68-68=136
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bob Tway]]||align=center |70-66=136
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Duffy Waldorf]]||align=center|67-69=136
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|T6|| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Søren Hansen]]||align=center |68-69=137|| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|−5
|-
| {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Carl Pettersson]]||align=center |67-70=137
|-
| {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Des Smyth]]||align=center |68-69=137
|-
| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|T9|| {{flagicon|TTO}} [[Stephen Ames]]||align=center|68-70=138|| rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"|−4
|-
| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Thomas Bjørn]]||align=center |68-70=138
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Thomas Levet]]||align=center |72-66=138
|-
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Colin Montgomerie]]||align=center |74-64=138
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Mark O'Meara]]||align=center |69-69=138
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ian Poulter]]||align=center |69-69=138
|-
| {{flagicon|ZIM}} [[Nick Price]]||align=center |68-70=138
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tiger Woods]]||align=center|70-68=138
|}

Amateurs: Young (+5), Kemp (+6), [[Pablo Larrazábal|Larrazábal]] (+10).

===Third round===
''Saturday, 20 July 2002''

{| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par<ref>{{cite web |title=PGA European Tour - Tournaments |url=http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?syndicatorguid=&rmasiteinstanceguid=&pagegid=%7BAEFB93B0-EFF5-4C05-AB0F-FD08D947D944%7D&infosid=1&eventid=2002042&roundno=3 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090904161702/http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?syndicatorguid=&rmasiteinstanceguid=&pagegid=%7BAEFB93B0-EFF5-4C05-AB0F-FD08D947D944%7D&infosid=1&eventid=2002042&roundno=3 |archive-date=4 September 2009 |url-status=dead |access-date=23 August 2009}}</ref>
|-
| align=center|1|| {{flagicon|ZAF}} [[Ernie Els]]||align=center|70-66-72=208|| align=center|−5
|-
| align=center|2|| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Søren Hansen]]||align=center|68-69-73=210|| align=center|−3
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|T3|| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Thomas Bjørn]]||align=center|68-70-73=211|| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|−2
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sergio García]]||align=center |71-69-71=211
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Justin Leonard]]||align=center |71-72-68=211
|-
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shigeki Maruyama]]||align=center |68-68-75=211
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Scott McCarron]]||align=center |71-68-72=211
|-
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Justin Rose]]||align=center |68-75-68=211
|-
| {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Des Smyth]]||align=center |68-69-74=211
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|T10|| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Steve Elkington]]||align=center|71-73-68=212|| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|−1
|-
| {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Pádraig Harrington]]||align=center|69-67-76=212
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Thomas Levet]]||align=center|72-66-74=212
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Peter Lonard]]||align=center |72-72-68=212
|}

===Final round===
''Sunday, 21 July 2002''

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money ([[Pound sterling|£]])
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|T1 || {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Ernie Els]] || 70-66-72-70=278 || rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|−6 || rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|Playoff
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Thomas Levet]] || 72-66-74-66=278
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Stuart Appleby]] || 73-70-70-65=278
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Steve Elkington]] || 71-73-68-66=278
|-
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|T5 || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Gary Evans (golfer)|Gary Evans]] || 72-68-74-65=279 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|−5 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|140,000
|-
| {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Pádraig Harrington]] || 69-67-76-67=279
|-
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shigeki Maruyama]] || 68-68-75-68=279
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|T8 || {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Thomas Bjørn]] || 68-70-73-69=280 || rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|−4 || rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|77,500
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sergio García]] || 71-69-71-69=280
|-
| {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Retief Goosen]] || 71-68-74-67=280
|-
| {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Søren Hansen]] || 68-69-73-70=280
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Scott Hoch]] || 74-69-71-66=280
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Peter O'Malley (golfer)|Peter O'Malley]] || 72-68-75-65=280
|}
Source:<ref name=dbg2002oc>{{cite web|url=http://www.databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=2002&tid=8|work=databasegolf.com|title=2002 Open Championship results|access-date=2 July 2012}}</ref>

====Scorecard====
''Final round''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Hole!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!9!!10!!11!!12!!13!!14!!15!!16!!17!!18
|-
|Par||4||4||4||3||5||4||3||4||5|| 4||4||4||3||4||4||3||5||4
|-
|align=left| {{flagicon|RSA}} Els || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−4 || −4 || style="background: Pink;"|−5 || −5 || −5 || −5 || −5 || −5 || style="background: Pink;"|−6 || style="background: Pink;"|−7 || −7 || style="background: Pink;"|−8 || −8 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−7 || −7 || style="background: Green;"|−5 || style="background: Pink;"|−6 || −6
|-
|align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Levet || −1 || style="background: Pink;"|−2 || style="background: Pink;"|−3 || −3 || −3 || −3 || −3 || −3 || style="background: Pink;"|−4 || −4 || −4 || −4 || −4 || −4 || −4 || −4 || style="background: Red;"|−6 || −6
|-
|align=left| {{flagicon|AUS}} Appleby || E || E || E || style="background: PaleGreen;"|+1 || style="background: Pink;"|E || E || E || E || style="background: Pink;"|−1 || style="background: Pink;"|−2 || −2 || style="background: Pink;"|−3 || −3 || −3 || style="background: Pink;"|−4 || −4 || style="background: Pink;"|−5 || style="background: Pink;"|−6
|-
|align=left| {{flagicon|AUS}} Elkington || −1 || −1 || −1 || style="background: Pink;"|−2 || −2 || −2 || −2 || style="background: Pink;"|−3 || style="background: Pink;"|−4 || −4 || style="background: Pink;"|−5 || −5 || −5 || −5 || −5 || −5 || style="background: Pink;"|−6 || −6
|-
|align=left| {{flagicon|ENG}} Evans || style="background: PaleGreen;"|+2 || style="background: Pink;"|+1 || style="background: Pink;"|E || E || style="background: Pink;"|−1 || style="background: Pink;"|−2 || style="background: Pink;"|−3 || style="background: Pink;"|−4 || −4 || style="background: Pink;"|−5 || style="background: Pink;"|−6 || −6 || −6 || −6 || −6 || −6 || −6 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−5
|-
|align=left| {{flagicon|IRL}} Harrington || −1 || −1 || −1 || −1 || style="background: Pink;"|−2 || −2 || style="background: Pink;"|−3 || style="background: Pink;"|−4 || −4 || −4 || −4 || −4 || −4 || −4 || style="background: Pink;"|−5 || −5 || style="background: Pink;"|−6 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−5
|-
|align=left| {{flagicon|JPN}} Maruyama || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−1 || style="background: Pink;"|−2 || style="background: Pink;"|−3 || −3 || style="background: Pink;"|−4 || style="background: Pink;"|−5 || −5 || −5 || style="background: Pink;"|−6 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−5 || −5 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−4 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|−3 || −3 || −3 || style="background: Pink;"|−4 || style="background: Pink;"|−5 || −5
|}
''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par'' 
Source:<ref name=ldr>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard?tournamentId=94 |publisher=ESPN|title=British Open Championship |access-date=11 August 2015}}</ref>

===Playoff===
The four-hole aggregate playoff was contested over holes 1, 16, 17, & 18; Levet and Elkington went off in the first pair and Els and Appleby in the last. After a {{convert|50|ft|0|adj=on}} birdie putt on the second hole (#16, par 3), Levet led by a stroke, but bogeyed the last to tie Els at even-par. Appleby and Elkington also bogeyed the last hole and were eliminated by a stroke.<ref name=tobl02brord4>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=i2RPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5QMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5280%2C2022864 |newspaper=[[Toledo Blade]] |agency=Associated Press |title=Big, but not easy |date=22 July 2002 |page=C1}}</ref> At the first hole (#18) of sudden death, Levet put his tee shot in a fairway bunker and bogeyed. Els saved par from a greenside bunker with a five-foot (1.6 m) putt to win the title.<ref name=ppg02brord4/> Through [[2023 Open Championship|2023]], this is the only four-man playoff in Open Championship history, and no other current [[Men's major golf championships|major championship]] has had a four-way playoff.

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!rowspan=2|Place!!rowspan=2|Player!!colspan=2|Four-hole!!colspan=2|Sudden-death!!rowspan=2|Money ([[Pound sterling|£]])
|-
! Score !! To par !! Score !! To par
|-
| 1 || align=left|{{flagicon|RSA}} '''[[Ernie Els]]''' || 4-3-5-4=16 || rowspan=2|E || 4 || E || 700,000
|-
| rowspan=3|T2 || align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Thomas Levet]] || 4-2-5-5=16 || 5 || +1 || rowspan=3|286,667
|-
| align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Stuart Appleby]] || 4-4-4-5=17 || rowspan=2|+1 || rowspan=2 colspan=2 style="background:#DCDCDC;"| 
|-
| align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Steve Elkington]] || 5-3-4-5=17
|}

====Scorecard====
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Hole!!  1  !! 16 !! 17 !! 18 
|-
|Par||4||3||5||4
|-
|align=left| {{flagicon|RSA}} Els || E || E || E || E
|-
|align=left| {{flagicon|FRA}} Levet || E || style="background: Pink;"|−1 || −1 || style="background: PaleGreen;"|E
|-
|align=left| {{flagicon|AUS}} Appleby || E || style="background: PaleGreen;"|+1 || style="background: Pink;"|E || style="background: PaleGreen;"|+1
|-
|align=left| {{flagicon|AUS}} Elkington || style="background: PaleGreen;"|+1 || +1 || style="background: Pink;"|E || style="background: PaleGreen;"|+1
|-
| colspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|Sudden-death
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|RSA}} Els || colspan=3 rowspan=2| || E
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} Levet || style="background: PaleGreen;"|+1
|}
''Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par''

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.theopen.com/previous-opens/131st-open-Muirfield-2002 Muirfield 2002 (Official site)]
*[http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2002/tournamentid=2002042/leaderboard/index.html 131st Open Championship - Muirfield (European Tour)]

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