- 2002 Open Championship
Infobox_Individual_Golf_Tournament
tournament_name = 2002 Open Championship
dates = July 18 - 21, 2002
location = flagicon|ScotlandGullane ,Scotland
course =Muirfield
tour =PGA Tour
PGA European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
par = 71
yardage=7,034
field = 156 players, 83 after cut
cut = 144 (+2)
purse = £3,800,000
$5,300,000
winners_share = £700,000
$1,106,140
Champion =Ernie Els
Score = 278 (-6), playoffThe 2002 Open Championship was the 131st
Open Championship held fromJuly 18 -21,2002 at Muirfield Golf Links inGullane ,East Lothian ,Scotland .Ernie Els won his first Open Championship and third major championship in a playoff overStuart Appleby ,Steve Elkington , and ultimately in a sudden-death playoff overThomas Levet .Final leaderboard
"*Els were Levet tied after a four-hole playoff in which Elkington and Appleby were eliminated. Els then defeated Levet on the first sudden death hole.
External links
* [http://www.opengolf.com/history/past_results.sps?tourn=2002042&pageno=-1 Full results]
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