How the 156 players qualified for the 102nd U.S. Open (players listed in only one category; a-amateur):
U.S. Open champions (10 years): Retief Goosen, Tiger Woods, Lee Janzen, Ernie Els, Steve Jones, Corey Pavin, Tom Kite.
Masters champions (5 years): Vijay Singh, Jose Maria Olazabal, Mark O’Meara.
British Open champions (5 years): David Duval, Paul Lawrie, Justin Leonard.
PGA champions (5 years): David Toms, Davis Love III.
Senior Open: Bruce Fleisher
Players Championship: Craig Perks.
Top 15 and ties from 2001 U.S. Open: Mark Brooks, Stewart Cink, Rocco Mediate, Paul Azinger, Angel Cabrera, Phil Mickelson, Kirk Triplett, Michael Allen, Sergio Garcia, Matt Gogel.
Top 30 from the 2001 PGA Tour money list: Scott Hoch, Bob Estes, Scott Verplank, Mike Weir, Chris DiMarco, Jim Furyk, Joe Durant, Robert Allenby, Mark Calcavecchia, Brad Faxon, Frank Lickliter, Tom Lehman, Jeff Sluman, Bernhard Langer, Scott McCarron, Kenny Perry, Steve Lowery, Hal Sutton, Billy Mayfair, Steve Stricker.
Top 15 from 2001 European tour money list: Padraig Harrington, Darren Clarke, Colin Montgomerie, Thomas Bjorn, Paul McGinley, Niclas Fasth, Michael Campbell, Adam Scott, David Howell, Robert Karlsson.
Top 10 players from 2002 money list through May 26: Nick Price.
Multiple winners of PGA Tour events through June 2: Shigeki Maruyama.
Special exemptions: Hale Irwin, Nick Faldo.
Top two on 2001 Japan Golf Tour money list: Toshi Izawa, Shingo Katayama.
Top two on 2001 PGA Tour of Australasia money list: Peter O’Malley, Craig Parry.
Top 50 in the world ranking through May 27: Jesper Parnevik, Jose Coceres, Kevin Sutherland, Jerry Kelly, John Daly, John Cook, Billy Andrade, Dudley Hart, Matt Kuchar, Len Mattiace.
Sectional qualifiers (36 holes): Stephen Ames, Stuart Appleby, Woody Austin, Jay Don Blake, Olin Browne, Tom Byrum, Jim Carter, Greg Chalmers, K.J. Choi, Michael Clark, Ben Crane, Trevor Dodds, Luke Donald, Scott Dunlap, Steve Flesch, Harrison Frazar, David Frost, Jim Gallagher Jr., Brian Gay, Brent Geiberger, Kelly Gibson, Tom Gillis, Paul Goydos, Paul Gow, Wayne Grady, Jay Haas, Donnie Hammond, Steve Haskins, Tim Herron, Charles Howell III, John Huston, Per-Ulrik Johansson, Kent Jones, Pete Jordan, Taichiro Kiyota, Franklin Langham, Ian Leggatt, Thomas Levet, Peter Lonard, John Maginnes, Jeff Maggert, Blaine McCallister, Jim McGovern, Michael Muehr, Greg Norman, Steve Pate, Pat Perez, Tom Pernice, Joey Sindelar, Heath Slocum, Jeev Milkha Singh, Craig Stadler, Paul Stankowski, Hidemichi Tanaka, Phil Tataurangi, Bob Tway, Jean Van de Velde, Jimmy Walker, Kaname Yokoo.
Local (18 holes) and sectional (36 holes) qualifiers: a-Rick Barnes, Craig Bowden, Jason Caron, Ken Duke, Lucas Glover, Jerry Haas, Darrell Kestner, Brad Lardon, George McNeill, Spike McRoy, Andy Miller, a-Ryan Moore, Scott Parel, Ben Portie, Charles Raulerson Jr., Todd Rose, Andy Saunders, Tony Soerries, Adam Speirs, Mario Tiziani, a-Derek Tolan, a-Kevin Warrick.
