1997 PGA Tour

The 1997 PGA Tour season was played from January 9 to November 2. The season consisted of 45 official money events. Tiger Woods won the most tournaments, four, and there were six first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1997 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse ($)1st prize ($)
Jan 12Mercedes ChampionshipsCalifornia Tiger Woods (3)202 (−14)1,200,000216,000
Jan 19Bob Hope Chrysler ClassicCalifornia John Cook (9)327 (−33)1,500,000270,000
Jan 26Phoenix OpenArizona Steve Jones (6)258 (−26)1,500,000270,000
Feb 2AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-AmCalifornia Mark O'Meara (13)268 (−20)1,900,000342,000
Feb 9Buick InvitationalCalifornia Mark O'Meara (14)275 (−13)1,500,000270,000
Feb 16United Airlines Hawaiian OpenHawaii Paul Stankowski (2)271 (−17)1,200,000216,000
Feb 23Tucson Chrysler ClassicArizona Jeff Sluman (2)275 (−13)1,300,000234,000
Mar 2Nissan OpenCalifornia Nick Faldo (9)272 (−12)1,400,000252,000
Mar 9Doral-Ryder OpenFlorida Steve Elkington (7)275 (−13)1,800,000324,000
Mar 16Honda ClassicFlorida Stuart Appleby (1)274 (−14)1,500,000270,000
Mar 23Bay Hill InvitationalFlorida Phil Mickelson (10)272 (−16)1,500,000270,000
Mar 30The Players ChampionshipFlorida Steve Elkington (8)272 (−16)3,500,000630,000
Apr 6Freeport-McDermott ClassicLouisiana Brad Faxon (4)272 (−16)1,500,000270,000
Apr 13Masters TournamentGeorgia Tiger Woods (4)270 (−18)2,700,000486,000
Apr 20MCI ClassicSouth Carolina Nick Price (16)269 (−15)1,500,000270,000
Apr 27Greater Greensboro Chrysler ClassicNorth Carolina Frank Nobilo (1)274 (−14)1,900,000342,000
May 4Shell Houston OpenTexas Phil Blackmar (3)276 (−12)1,600,000288,000
May 11BellSouth ClassicGeorgia Scott McCarron (2)274 (−14)1,500,000270,000
May 18GTE Byron Nelson Golf ClassicTexas Tiger Woods (5)263 (−17)1,800,000324,000
May 25MasterCard ColonialTexas David Frost (10)265 (−15)1,600,000288,000
Jun 2Memorial TournamentOhio Vijay Singh (4)202 (−14)1,900,000342,000
Jun 8Kemper OpenMaryland Justin Leonard (2)274 (−10)1,500,000270,000
Jun 15U.S. OpenMaryland Ernie Els (4)276 (−4)2,600,000465,000
Jun 22Buick ClassicNew York Ernie Els (5)268 (−16)1,500,000270,000
Jun 29FedEx St. Jude ClassicTennessee Greg Norman (19)268 (−16)1,500,000270,000
Jul 6Motorola Western OpenIllinois Tiger Woods (6)275 (−13)2,000,000360,000
Jul 13Quad City ClassicIllinois David Toms (1)265 (−15)1,350,000243,000
Jul 20Deposit Guaranty Golf ClassicMississippi Billy Ray Brown (3)271 (−17)1,000,000180,000
Jul 20British OpenScotland Justin Leonard (3)272 (−12)2,680,000418,875
Jul 27Canon Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut Stewart Cink (1)267 (−13)1,500,000270,000
Aug 3Sprint InternationalColorado Phil Mickelson (11)48 (Stableford)1,700,000306,000
Aug 10Buick OpenMichigan Vijay Singh (5)273 (−15)1,500,000270,000
Aug 17PGA ChampionshipNew York Davis Love III (11)269 (−11)2,600,000470,000
Aug 24NEC World Series of GolfOhio Greg Norman (20)273 (−7)2,200,000396,000
Aug 24Greater Vancouver OpenCanada Mark Calcavecchia (9)265 (−19)1,500,000270,000
Aug 31Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Scott Hoch (8)268 (−16)1,300,000234,000
Sep 7Bell Canadian OpenCanada Steve Jones (7)275 (−5)1,500,000270,000
Sep 14CVS Charity ClassicMassachusetts Loren Roberts (5)266 (−18)1,200,000216,000
Sep 21LaCantera Texas OpenTexas Tim Herron (2)271 (−17)1,400,000252,000
Sep 28B.C. OpenNew York Gabriel Hjertstedt (1)275 (−13)1,300,000234,000
Oct 5Buick ChallengeGeorgia Davis Love III (12)267 (−21)1,200,000216,000
Oct 12Michelob Championship at KingsmillVirginia David Duval (1)271 (−13)1,550,000279,000
Oct 19Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile ClassicFlorida David Duval (2)270 (−18)1,500,000270,000
Oct 26Las Vegas InvitationalNevada Bill Glasson (7)340 (−20)1,800,000324,000
Nov 2The Tour ChampionshipTexas David Duval (3)273 (−11)4,000,000720,000
Source:[1]

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Nick Price Zimbabwe68.98
2Tiger Woods United States69.10
3Greg Norman Australia69.16
4Davis Love III United States69.47
5Tom Lehman United States69.62

Source:[2]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Tiger Woods United States2,066,833214
2David Duval United States1,885,308293
3Davis Love III United States1,635,953252
4Jim Furyk United States1,619,480270
5Justin Leonard United States1,587,531292

Source:[3]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Greg Norman Australia11,910,51820
2Tom Kite United States10,286,17719
3Fred Couples United States8,885,48712
4Nick Price Zimbabwe8,794,43116
5Mark O'Meara United States8,506,77414

Source:[4]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Tiger Woods United States
PGA Player of the YearTiger Woods United States
PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Tiger Woods United States
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy)Nick Price Zimbabwe
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award)Nick Price Zimbabwe
Rookie of the YearStewart Cink United States
Comeback Player of the YearBill Glasson United States

References
  1. "1997 Schedule". PGA Tour.
  2. "Scoring Average – 1997". PGA Tour.
  3. "Money Leaders – 1997". PGA Tour.
  4. "Career Money Leaders – 1997". PGA Tour.
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