| 2002 British Open | |
Playoffs, when necessary, are four holes in length, cumulative scoring, at the British Open. And in 2002, that four-hole playoff was contested by four golfers.
Elkington and Appleby were both 1-over in the extra holes, while Levet birdied early and could have won the Claret Jug with a par on the fourth extra hole. But he bogied, so Levet and Els had to keep playing. When, on the fifth extra hole, Els got up and down from a greenside bunker, he was the 2002 British Open winner.
The third round of this championship was played in truly miserable conditions, cold and wet. How bad was it? Tiger Woods carded an 81 that day.
2002 British Open Scores
Results and prize money (USD) from the 2002 British Open, played at Muirfield (par 71) in Gullane, Scotland (p-won playoff; a-amateur):
| p-Ernie Els, South Africa, $1,106,140 | 70-66-72-70--278 |
| Thomas Levet, France, $452,991 | 72-66-74-66--278 |
| Stuart Appleby, Australia, $452,991 | 73-70-70-65--278 |
| Steve Elkington, Australia, $452,991 | 71-73-68-66--278 |
| Gary Evans, England, $221,228 | 72-68-74-65--279 |
| Padraig Harrington, Ireland, $221,228 | 69-67-76-67--279 |
| Shigeki Maruyama, Japan, $221,228 | 68-68-75-68--279 |
| Peter O'Malley, Australia, $122,466 | 72-68-75-65--280 |
| Scott Hoch, United States, $122,466 | 74-69-71-66--280 |
| Retief Goosen, South Africa, $122,466 | 71-68-74-67--280 |
| Thomas Bjorn, Denmark, $122,466 | 68-70-73-69--280 |
| Sergio Garcia, Spain, $122,466 | 71-69-71-69--280 |
| Soren Hansen, Denmark, $122,466 | 68-69-73-70--280 |
| Davis Love III, United States, $78,615 | 71-72-71-67--281 |
| Nick Price, Zimbabwe, $78,615 | 68-70-75-68--281 |
| Peter Lonard, Australia, $78,615 | 72-72-68-69--281 |
| Justin Leonard, United States, $78,615 | 71-72-68-70--281 |
| Bob Estes, United States, $64,788 | 71-70-73-68--282 |
| Greg Norman, Australia, $64,788 | 71-72-71-68--282 |
| Duffy Waldorf, United States, $64,788 | 67-69-77-69--282 |
| Scott McCarron, United States, $64,788 | 71-68-72-71--282 |
| Chris Riley, United States, $50,566 | 70-71-76-66--283 |
| Toshimitsu Izawa, Japan, $50,566 | 76-68-72-67--283 |
| Mark O'Meara, United States, $50,566 | 69-69-77-68--283 |
| Corey Pavin, United States, $50,566 | 69-70-75-69--283 |
| David Duval, United States, $50,566 | 72-71-70-70--283 |
| Justin Rose, England, $50,566 | 68-75-68-72--283 |
| Tiger Woods, United States, $37,925 | 70-68-81-65--284 |
| Pierre Fulke, Sweden, $37,925 | 72-69-78-65--284 |
| Bradley Dredge, Wales, $37,925 | 70-72-74-68--284 |
| Bernhard Langer, Germany, $37,925 | 72-72-71-69--284 |
| Niclas Fasth, Sweden, $37,925 | 70-73-71-70--284 |
| Jerry Kelly, United States, $37,925 | 73-71-70-70--284 |
| Jesper Parnevik, Sweden, $37,925 | 72-72-70-70--284 |
| Loren Roberts, United States, $37,925 | 74-69-70-71--284 |
| Des Smyth, Ireland, $37,925 | 68-69-74-73--284 |
| Neal Lancaster, United States, $26,732 | 71-71-76-67--285 |
| Ian Woosnam, Wales, $26,732 | 72-72-73-68--285 |
| Darren Clarke, Northern Ireland, $26,732 | 72-67-77-69--285 |
| Stephen Leaney, Australia, $26,732 | 71-70-75-69--285 |
| Andrew Coltart, Scotland, $26,732 | 71-69-74-71--285 |
| Scott Verplank, United States, $26,732 | 72-68-74-71--285 |
| Esteban Toledo, Mexico, $21,728 | 73-70-75-68--286 |
| Steve Jones, United States, $21,728 | 68-75-73-70--286 |
| Trevor Immelman, South Africa, $21,728 | 72-72-71-71--286 |
| Carl Pettersson, Sweden, $21,728 | 67-70-76-73--286 |
| Paul Eales, England, $18,962 | 73-71-76-67--287 |
| Jeff Maggert, United States, $18,962 | 71-68-80-68--287 |
| Rocco Mediate, United States, $18,962 | 71-72-74-70--287 |
| Warren Bennett, England, $16,223 | 71-68-82-67--288 |
| Mikko Ilonen, Finland, $16,223 | 71-70-77-70--288 |
| Fredrik Andersson, Sweden, $16,223 | 74-70-74-70--288 |
| Ian Poulter, England, $16,223 | 69-69-78-72--288 |
| Bob Tway, United States, $16,223 | 70-66-78-74--288 |
| Shingo Katayama, Japan, $16,223 | 72-68-74-74--288 |
| Barry Lane, England, $16,223 | 74-68-72-74--288 |
| Ian Garbutt, England, $16,223 | 69-70-74-75--288 |
| Craig Perks, New Zealand, $16,223 | 72-70-71-75--288 |
| Stewart Cink, United States, $14,696 | 71-69-80-69--289 |
| Steve Stricker, United States, $14,696 | 69-70-81-69--289 |
| Richard Green, Australia, $14,696 | 72-72-75-70--289 |
| Paul Lawrie, Scotland, $14,696 | 70-70-78-71--289 |
| Nick Faldo, England, $14,696 | 73-69-76-71--289 |
| Kenichi Kuboya, Japan, $14,696 | 70-73-73-73--289 |
| Joe Durant, United States, $14,696 | 72-71-73-73--289 |
| Phil Mickelson, United States, $13,906 | 68-76-76-70--290 |
| Jarrod Moseley, Australia, $13,906 | 70-73-75-72--290 |
| Chris DiMarco, United States, $13,906 | 72-69-75-74--290 |
| Matthew Cort, England, $13,458 | 73-71-78-69--291 |
| Toru Taniguchi, Japan, $13,458 | 71-73-76-71--291 |
| Stephen Ames, Trinidad & Tobago, $13,458 | 68-70-81-72--291 |
| Len Mattiace, United States, $13,458 | 68-73-77-73--291 |
| Jim Carter, United States, $13,458 | 74-70-73-74--291 |
| Mike Weir, Canada, $13,458 | 73-69-74-75--291 |
| Sandy Lyle, Scotland, $13,432 | 68-76-73-75--292 |
| Chris Smith, United States, $13,432 | 74-69-71-78--292 |
| Anders Hansen, Denmark, $13,432 | 71-72-79-71--293 |
| Roger Wessels, South Africa, $13,432 | 72-71-73-77--293 |
| David Park, Wales, $13,432 | 73-67-74-80--294 |
| Lee Janzen, United States, $13,432 | 70-69-84-72--295 |
| Mark Calcavecchia, United States, $13,432 | 74-66-81-74--295 |
| Colin Montgomerie, Scotland, $13,432 | 74-64-84-75--297 |
| David Toms, United States, $13,432 | 67-75-81-75--298 |
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