| 2002 WGC-NEC Invitational | |
| Dates: | August 22–25, 2002 |
| Location: | Sammamish, Washington |
| Course: | Sahalee Country Club South and North nines |
| Tour: | PGA Tour European Tour |
| Par: | 71 |
| Yardage: | [1] |
| Field: | 78 players |
| Cut: | None |
| Purse: | $5,500,000 €5,591,702 |
| Winners Share: | $1,000,000 €1,016,673 |
| Champion: |  Craig Parry |
| Score: | 268 (−16) |
| Previous: | 2001 |
| Next: | 2003 |
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]
Japan Golf Tour Championship (2002) – Nobuhito Sato
Australian Open (2001) – Stuart Appleby, qualified in categories 2 and 3
The Tour Championship (2002) – Nicholas Lawrence
Volvo China Open (2001) – Charlie Wi
Thursday, August 22, 2002
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 |  Retief Goosen | 65 | −6 |
 Toshimitsu Izawa | |||
| T3 | Darren Clarke | 66 | −5 |
 Davis Love III | |||
| Phil Mickelson | |||
| T6 | Steve Lowery | 67 | −4 |
| Kenny Perry | |||
| Justin Rose | |||
| T9 | Paul Azinger | 68 | −3 |
 Thomas Bjørn | |||
| Chris DiMarco | |||
| Fred Funk | |||
 Sergio García | |||
| Matt Gogel | |||
| Rocco Mediate | |||
 Craig Perks | |||
 Vijay Singh | |||
| Lee Westwood | |||
| Tiger Woods |
Friday, August 23, 2002
| Place | Player | Score | To par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Robert Allenby | align=center | 69-63=132 | −10 |
| Steve Lowery | align=center | 67-65=132 | ||
| 3 | Retief Goosen | align=center | 65-68=133 | −9 |
| 4 | Justin Rose | align=center | 67-67=134 | −8 |
| 5 | Phil Mickelson | align=center | 66-69=135 | −7 |
| T6 | Fred Funk | align=center | 68-68=136 | −6 |
| Loren Roberts | align=center | 70-66=136 | ||
| T8 | Thomas Bjørn | align=center | 68-69=137 | −5 |
| Jim Furyk | align=center | 70-67=137 | ||
| Matt Gogel | align=center | 68-69=137 | ||
| Rocco Mediate | align=center | 68-69=137 | ||
| Craig Parry | align=center | 72-65=137 | ||
| Kenny Perry | align=center | 67-70=137 | ||
| Vijay Singh | align=center | 68-69=137 | ||
| David Toms | align=center | 69-68=137 | ||
| Lee Westwood | align=center | 68-69=137 |
Saturday, August 24, 2002
| Place | Player | Score | To par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Robert Allenby | align=center | 69-63-71=203 | −10 |
| Craig Parry | align=center | 72-65-66=203 | ||
| 3 | Fred Funk | align=center | 68-68-68=204 | −9 |
| T4 | Ernie Els | align=center | 71-67-67=205 | −8 |
| Jim Furyk | align=center | 70-67-68=205 | ||
| Matt Gogel | align=center | 68-69-68=205 | ||
| Steve Lowery | align=center | 67-65-73=205 | ||
| Tiger Woods | align=center | 68-70-67=205 | ||
| T9 | Phil Mickelson | 66-69-71=206 | −7 | |
| Justin Rose | 67-67-72=206 | |||
| Vijay Singh | 68-69-69=206 |
Sunday, August 25, 2002
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Craig Parry | 72-65-66-65=268 | −16 | 1,000,000 |
| T2 | 69-63-71-69=272 | −12 | 410,000 | |
| 68-68-68-68=272 | ||||
| 4 | 68-70-67-68=273 | −11 | 215,000 | |
| 5 | 67-67-72-68=274 | −10 | 187,500 | |
| T6 | 74-67-67-67=275 | −9 | 150,000 | |
| 70-67-68-70=275 | ||||
| 8 | 67-65-73-71=276 | −8 | 120,000 | |
| T9 | 68-69-68-72=277 | −7 | 105,000 | |
| 66-69-71-71=277 |