2002 WGC-NEC Invitational

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)
«2001 2003»

Sahalee CC

Location in the United States

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.

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	Country	Score	To par
T1	Retief Goosen	South Africa	65	–6
T1	Toshimitsu Izawa	Japan	65	–6
T3	Darren Clarke	Northern Ireland	66	–5
	Davis Love III	United States
	Phil Mickelson	United States
T6	Steve Lowery	United States	67	–4
	Kenny Perry	United States
	Justin Rose	England
T9	Paul Azinger	United States	68	–3
	Thomas Bjørn	Denmark
	Chris DiMarco	United States
	Fred Funk	United States
	Sergio García	Spain
	Matt Gogel	United States
	Rocco Mediate	United States
	Craig Perks	New Zealand
	Vijay Singh	Fiji
	Lee Westwood	England
	Tiger Woods	United States

Second round

Friday, August 23, 2002

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

Third round

Saturday, August 24, 2002

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

Final round

Sunday, August 25, 2002

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

Source:^[1]

References

1 2 3 "Scoreboard: Golf, NEC Invitational". Spokesman-Review. August 26, 2002. p. C6. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
↑ Ferguson, Doug (August 26, 2002). "Up from Down Under, Parry is finally on top of the world". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. p. C1. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
↑ "Craig Parry moves no No.45 after winning the WGC-NEC Invitational". Official World Golf Ranking. August 26, 2002. Retrieved July 30, 2013.

External links

Coverage on the European Tour's official site

World Golf Championships

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Coordinates: 47°38′06″N 122°03′25″W / 47.635°N 122.057°W / 47.635; -122.057

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