| 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) | |
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]
- ^ a b "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. Archived from the original on August 11, 2004. Retrieved July 30, 2013.