2002 WGC-NEC Invitational
Introduction 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. 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.
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 19Rich 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 moreK. 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''PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1  Retief Goosen65−6  Toshimitsu IzawaT3  Darren Clarke66−5  Davis Love III  Phil MickelsonT6  Steve Lowery67−4  Kenny Perry  Justin RoseT9  Paul Azinger68−3  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''PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1  Robert Allenby69-63=132−10  Steve Lowery67-65=1323  Retief Goosen65-68=133−94  Justin Rose67-67=134−85  Phil Mickelson66-69=135−7T6  Fred Funk68-68=136−6  Loren Roberts70-66=136T8  Thomas Bjørn68-69=137−5  Jim Furyk70-67=137  Matt Gogel68-69=137  Rocco Mediate68-69=137  Craig Parry72-65=137  Kenny Perry67-70=137  Vijay Singh68-69=137  David Toms69-68=137  Lee Westwood68-69=137===Third round===''Saturday, August 24, 2002''PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1  Robert Allenby69-63-71=203−10  Craig Parry72-65-66=2033  Fred Funk68-68-68=204−9T4  Ernie Els71-67-67=205−8  Jim Furyk70-67-68=205  Matt Gogel68-69-68=205  Steve Lowery67-65-73=205  Tiger Woods68-70-67=205T9  Phil Mickelson66-69-71=206 −7  Justin Rose67-67-72=206  Vijay Singh68-69-69=206===Final round===''Sunday, August 25, 2002''PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1   '''Craig Parry'''  72-65-66-65=268 −16 1,000,000T2   Robert Allenby  69-63-71-69=272 −12 410,000  Fred Funk  68-68-68-68=2724   Tiger Woods  68-70-67-68=273 −11 215,0005   Justin Rose  67-67-72-68=274 −10 187,500T6   Rich Beem  74-67-67-67=275 −9 150,000  Jim Furyk  70-67-68-70=2758   Steve Lowery  67-65-73-71=276 −8 120,000T9   Matt Gogel  68-69-68-72=277 −7 105,000  Phil Mickelson  66-69-71-71=277Source:
References
External links * Coverage on the European Tour's official site