2002 WGC-NEC Invitational

The 2002 WGC-NEC Invitational was a professional golf tournament, held August 22–25 at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Washington. It was the fourth WGC-NEC Invitational tournament, and the second of four World Golf Championships events held in 2002. It was the only time the event was not held at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. Sahalee hosted the PGA Championship four years earlier in 1998.

2002 WGC-NEC Invitational

Tournament information
Dates	August 22–25, 2002
Location	Sammamish, Washington
Course(s)	Sahalee Country Club South and North nines
Tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour
Statistics
Par	71
Length	6,949 yards (6,354 m)[1]
Field	78 players
Cut	None
Prize fund	$5,500,000[1] €5,591,702
Winner's share	$1,000,000 €1,016,673
Champion
Craig Parry
268 (−16)
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 Sahalee CC

Location in the United States

Craig Parry won the tournament, four strokes ahead of runners-up Robert Allenby and Fred Funk, for his first victory on the PGA Tour.^[2] It was Parry's only win in a World Golf Championship event, and the first WGC-NEC Invitational which Tiger Woods did not win; his winning streak was stopped at three as he finished in fourth, five strokes back. Rich Beem, winner of the PGA Championship the previous week, finished in a tie for sixth.

With the win, Parry moved to 45th in the Official World Golf Ranking, up 73 spots from the previous week.^[3]

Field

1. 2002 United States and European Ryder Cup teams

• United States: Paul Azinger (2,3), Mark Calcavecchia (3), Stewart Cink (2,3), David Duval (2,3,4), Jim Furyk (2,3,4), Scott Hoch (3), Davis Love III (2,3), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4), Hal Sutton (2), David Toms (3,4), Scott Verplank (3,4), Tiger Woods (2,3,4)
• Europe: Thomas Bjørn (3), Darren Clarke (3), Niclas Fasth (3), Pierre Fulke, Sergio García (3,4), Pádraig Harrington (3,4), Bernhard Langer (3, 4), Paul McGinley, Colin Montgomerie (3), Jesper Parnevik (3), Phillip Price, Lee Westwood

2. 2000 United States and International Presidents Cup teams

• United States: Notah Begay III, Tom Lehman (3), Loren Roberts, Kirk Triplett
• International: Robert Allenby (3,4), Stuart Appleby (3,5), Michael Campbell (3,4), Steve Elkington, Ernie Els (3,4), Carlos Franco, Retief Goosen (3,4), Shigeki Maruyama (3,4), Greg Norman, Nick Price (3,4), Vijay Singh (3,4), Mike Weir (3, 4)

3. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking as of August 19

Rich Beem (4), Ángel Cabrera (4), José Cóceres (4), John Cook (4), Chris DiMarco (4), Bob Estes (4), Brad Faxon, Fred Funk, Toshimitsu Izawa, Jerry Kelly (4), Justin Leonard (4), Peter Lonard, Steve Lowery, Len Mattiace (4), Scott McCarron, Rocco Mediate (4), José María Olazábal (4), Kenny Perry, Eduardo Romero (4), Justin Rose (4), Kevin Sutherland (4)

4. Tournament winners of worldwide events since the 2001 WGC-NEC Invitational with an OWGR Strength of Field Rating of 100 points or more

K. J. Choi, John Daly, Tobias Dier, Joel Edwards, Matt Gogel, Ricardo González, Anders Hansen, Søren Hansen, Matt Kuchar, Paul Lawrie, Graeme McDowell, Craig Parry, Craig Perks, Chris Smith

5. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours

• Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship (2002) – Nobuhito Sato
• PGA Tour of Australasia: Australian Open (2001) – Stuart Appleby, qualified in categories 2 and 3
• Sunshine Tour: The Tour Championship (2002) – Nicholas Lawrence
• Asian Tour: Volvo China Open (2001) – Charlie Wi

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 22, 2002

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Retief Goosen	65	−6
	Toshimitsu Izawa
T3	Darren Clarke	66	−5
	Davis Love III
	Phil Mickelson
T6	Steve Lowery	67	−4
	Kenny Perry
	Justin Rose
T9	Paul Azinger	68	−3
	Thomas Bjørn
	Chris DiMarco
	Fred Funk
	Sergio García
	Matt Gogel
	Rocco Mediate
	Craig Perks
	Vijay Singh
	Lee Westwood
	Tiger Woods

Second round

Friday, August 23, 2002

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Robert Allenby	69-63=132	−10
	Steve Lowery	67-65=132
3	Retief Goosen	65-68=133	−9
4	Justin Rose	67-67=134	−8
5	Phil Mickelson	66-69=135	−7
T6	Fred Funk	68-68=136	−6
	Loren Roberts	70-66=136
T8	Thomas Bjørn	68-69=137	−5
	Jim Furyk	70-67=137
	Matt Gogel	68-69=137
	Rocco Mediate	68-69=137
	Craig Parry	72-65=137
	Kenny Perry	67-70=137
	Vijay Singh	68-69=137
	David Toms	69-68=137
	Lee Westwood	68-69=137

Third round

Saturday, August 24, 2002

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Robert Allenby	69-63-71=203	−10
	Craig Parry	72-65-66=203
3	Fred Funk	68-68-68=204	−9
T4	Ernie Els	71-67-67=205	−8
	Jim Furyk	70-67-68=205
	Matt Gogel	68-69-68=205
	Steve Lowery	67-65-73=205
	Tiger Woods	68-70-67=205
T9	Phil Mickelson	66-69-71=206	−7
	Justin Rose	67-67-72=206
	Vijay Singh	68-69-69=206

Final round

Sunday, August 25, 2002

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Craig Parry	72-65-66-65=268	−16	1,000,000
T2	Robert Allenby	69-63-71-69=272	−12	410,000
	Fred Funk	68-68-68-68=272
4	Tiger Woods	68-70-67-68=273	−11	215,000
5	Justin Rose	67-67-72-68=274	−10	187,500
T6	Rich Beem	74-67-67-67=275	−9	150,000
	Jim Furyk	70-67-68-70=275
8	Steve Lowery	67-65-73-71=276	−8	120,000
T9	Matt Gogel	68-69-68-72=277	−7	105,000
	Phil Mickelson	66-69-71-71=277

Source:^[1]