;1. Top 15 and ties from the
2001 Open Championship Billy Andrade (4),
Alex Čejka,
Darren Clarke (4,5,18),
David Duval (2,3,4,13,14,18),
Ernie Els (4,5,10,14),
Niclas Fasth (4,5,18),
Sergio García (4,14,18),
Retief Goosen (4,5,10),
Mikko Ilonen,
Raphaël Jacquelin,
Miguel Ángel Jiménez (5),
Bernhard Langer (4,5,18),
Billy Mayfair,
Colin Montgomerie (4,5,6,18),
Jesper Parnevik (4,18),
Loren Roberts,
Vijay Singh (4,11,12,14),
Des Smyth,
Kevin Sutherland (4),
Ian Woosnam (5) ;2. Open Champions, 1992–2001
John Daly (3,4),
Nick Faldo (3),
Paul Lawrie (3,5),
Tom Lehman (3,4,14),
Justin Leonard (3,4),
Greg Norman (3),
Mark O'Meara (3,11),
Nick Price (3,4),
Tiger Woods (3,4,10,11,12,13,14,18) ;3. Past Open Champions aged 65 or under on 21 July 2002
Mark Calcavecchia (4,14,18),
Sandy Lyle,
Tom Watson •
Seve Ballesteros withdrew. •
Ian Baker-Finch, Tony Jacklin, Johnny Miller, Jack Nicklaus, Bill Rogers, Lee Trevino, and Tom Weiskopf did not enter. ;4. The first 50 players on the OWGR on 30 May 2002
Robert Allenby (14),
Thomas Bjørn (5,18),
Ángel Cabrera (5),
Michael Campbell (5),
Stewart Cink (18),
José Cóceres,
John Cook,
Chris DiMarco (14),
Bob Estes (14),
Brad Faxon (14),
Jim Furyk (14,18),
Pádraig Harrington (5,18),
Dudley Hart,
Scott Hoch (14,18),
Toshimitsu Izawa (23),
Shingo Katayama (23),
Jerry Kelly,
Matt Kuchar,
Davis Love III (12,14,18),
Shigeki Maruyama,
Len Mattiace,
Scott McCarron,
Paul McGinley (5,18),
Rocco Mediate,
Phil Mickelson (14,18),
José María Olazábal (11),
Adam Scott (5),
David Toms (12,14,18),
Scott Verplank (14,18,19),
Mike Weir (14) •
Paul Azinger (18) and Kenny Perry did not play. ;5. Top 20 in the final
2001 European Tour Order of Merit
Mathias Grönberg,
David Howell,
Robert Karlsson,
Thomas Levet,
Peter O'Malley (22) ;6. The
Volvo PGA Championship winners for 1999–2002
Anders Hansen,
Andrew Oldcorn ;7. First 5 players, not exempt, in the top 20 of the
2002 European Tour Order of Merit as of 30 May
Barry Lane,
Malcolm MacKenzie,
Greg Owen,
Carl Pettersson,
Eduardo Romero ;8. First 7 European Tour members, not exempt, in the top 25 of a cumulative money list taken from all official European Tour events from the 2002
Volvo PGA Championship up to and including the 2002
Scottish Open Roger Chapman,
Bradley Dredge,
Gary Evans,
Darren Fichardt,
Søren Hansen,
Freddie Jacobson,
Ian Poulter ;9. The leading 8 players, not exempt having applied (8) above, in the 2002
Scottish Open Warren Bennett,
John Bickerton,
Paul Casey,
Marc Farry,
Ricardo González,
Stephen Leaney,
Jean-François Remésy,
Jamie Spence ;10. The
U.S. Open Champions for 1993–2002
Lee Janzen,
Steve Jones,
Corey Pavin ;11. The
Masters Champions for 1998–2002 ;12. The
PGA Champions for 1997–2001 ;13. The
Players Champions for 1999–2002
Craig Perks,
Hal Sutton (18) ;14. Top 20 in the final
2001 PGA Tour Official Money List
Joe Durant,
Frank Lickliter ;15. First 5 players, not exempt, in the top 20 of the
2002 PGA Tour Official Money List as of 30 May
K. J. Choi ;16. First 7 PGA Tour members, not exempt, in the top 25 of a cumulative money list taken from the
2002 Players Championship and the five PGA Tour events leading up to and including the 2002
Western Open Stephen Ames,
Jim Carter,
Jonathan Kaye,
Peter Lonard,
Jeff Maggert,
Tim Petrovic,
Chris Smith ;17. The leading 8 players, not exempt having applied (16) above, in the 2002
Western Open Stuart Appleby,
Neal Lancaster,
John Riegger,
Chris Riley,
Steve Stricker,
Bob Tway,
Duffy Waldorf •
Brandt Jobe did not play. ;18. Players selected to the
2001 Ryder Cup teams
Pierre Fulke,
Phillip Price,
Lee Westwood ;19. The 2001
Canadian Open Champion ;20. The 2001
Japan Open Champion
Taichi Teshima ;21. Winner of the 2001
Asian PGA Tour Order of Merit
Thongchai Jaidee ;22. Top 3 from the 2001–02
PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit as of 30 May
Scott Laycock,
Craig Parry ;23. Top 3 from the 2001
Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit
Dean Wilson ;24. Top 2 from the
2001–02 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit
Tim Clark,
Justin Rose ;25. The leading player, not exempt, in the 2002
Mizuno Open Kiyoshi Miyazato ;26. First 4, not exempt having applied (25) above, in the top 20 of a cumulative money list taken from all official Japan Golf Tour events from the 2002
Japan PGA Championship up to and including the 2002
Mizuno Open Kenichi Kuboya,
Tsuneyuki Nakajima,
Toru Suzuki,
Toru Taniguchi ;27. The 2001
Senior British Open Champion
Ian Stanley ;28. The 2002
Amateur Champion
Alejandro Larrazábal (a) ;29. The 2001
U.S. Amateur Champion •
Bubba Dickerson forfeited his exemption by turning professional. ;30. The 2001
European Amateur Champion •
Stephen Browne forfeited his exemption by turning professional. ;Final Qualifying (Sunday 14 July and Monday 15 July) :
Dunbar –
Luke Donald,
Mattias Eliasson,
Steve Elkington,
Ian Garbutt,
Patrik Sjöland,
Esteban Toledo,
Simon Young (a) :
Gullane No. 1 –
Fredrik Andersson,
Gary Emerson,
Richard Green,
James Kingston,
Adam Mednick,
Raymond Russell,
John Senden :
Luffness New –
Peter Baker,
Benn Barham,
Andrew Coltart,
Paul Eales,
John Kemp (a),
Jarrod Moseley,
Magnus Persson Atlevi :
North Berwick –
Matthew Cort,
Scott Henderson,
Trevor Immelman,
Paul Mayoh,
David Park,
Roger Wessels,
Tom Whitehouse ==Round summaries==