1997 U.S. Open (golf)

The 1997 United States Open Championship was the 97th U.S. Open, held June 12–15 at the Blue Course of Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland, a suburb northwest of Washington, D.C.. Ernie Els won his second U.S. Open, the second of his four major championships, one stroke ahead of runner-up Colin Montgomerie.[1][2][3]

1997 U.S. Open
Tournament information
DatesJune 12–15, 1997
LocationBethesda, Maryland
Course(s)Congressional Country Club
Blue Course
Organized byUSGA
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length7,213 yards (6,596 m)
Field156 players, 84 after cut
Cut147 (+7)
Prize fund$2,600,000
Winner's share$465,000
Champion
Ernie Els
276 (−4)
Congressional 
Country Club
Location in the United States

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4022354554344074751743626073,5514664151874614395834414801903,6627,213
Par434444345354434454433570

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Ernie Els South Africa199471676969276−41
Payne Stewart United States199171737371288+8T28
Fuzzy Zoeller United States198472736974288+8T28
Lee Janzen United States199372737573293+13T52
Jack Nicklaus United States1962, 1967,
1972, 1980
73717574293+13T52
Hale Irwin United States1974, 1979, 199070737674293+13T52
Steve Jones United States199672756979295+15T60
Tom Watson United States198272747278296+1664
Tom Kite United States199275698272298+18T68

Missed the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
Corey Pavin United States19957474148+8
Scott Simpson United States19877673149+9
Larry Nelson United States19837475149+9
Curtis Strange United States1988, 19897971150+10

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 12, 1997

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Colin Montgomerie Scotland65−5
T2Steve Stricker United States66−4
Hal Sutton United States
T4Tom Lehman United States67−3
Mark McNulty Zimbabwe
T6Hideki Kase Japan68−2
Dave Schreyer United States
T8Justin Leonard United States69−1
Jeff Sluman United States
T10Mike Brisky United States70E
Hale Irwin United States
Joel Kribel (a) United States
Larry Mize United States
David Ogrin United States
Craig Parry Australia
Chris Perry United States
David White United States

Second round

Friday, June 13, 1997
Saturday, June 14, 1997

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tom Lehman United States67-70=137−3
T2Stewart Cink United States71-67=138−2
Ernie Els South Africa71-67=138
T4Scott Hoch United States71-68=139−1
Jeff Maggert United States73-66=139
David Ogrin United States70-69=139
Hal Sutton United States66-73=139
8Mark McNulty Zimbabwe67-73=140E
T9Scott Dunlap United States75-66=141+1
Kelly Gibson United States72-69=141
Hideki Kase Japan68-73=141
Justin Leonard United States69-72=141
Colin Montgomerie Scotland65-76=141
Loren Roberts United States72-69=141
Dave Schreyer United States68-73=141
Jeff Sluman United States69-72=141
Tommy Tolles United States74-67=141
Tiger Woods United States74-67=141

Amateurs: Kribel (+8), Wollmann (+9), Noe (+11), Semelsberger (+14), Kearney (+17).

Third round

Saturday, June 14, 1997
Sunday, June 15, 1997

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tom Lehman United States67-70-68=205−5
T2Ernie Els South Africa71-67-69=207−3
Jeff Maggert United States73-66-68=207
4Colin Montgomerie Scotland65-76-67=208−2
T5Jay Haas United States73-69-68=210E
David Ogrin United States70-69-71=210
Tommy Tolles United States74-67-69=210
T8Billy Andrade United States75-67-69=211+1
Olin Browne United States71-71-69=211
Jim Furyk United States74-68-69=211
Scott Hoch United States71-68-72=211

Final round

Sunday, June 15, 1997

Tiger Woods at the 1997 U.S. Open.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Ernie Els South Africa71-67-69-69=276−4465,000
2Colin Montgomerie Scotland65-76-67-69=277−3275,000
3Tom Lehman United States67-70-68-73=278−2172,828
4Jeff Maggert United States73-66-68-74=281+1120,454
T5Olin Browne United States71-71-69-71=282+279,875
Jim Furyk United States74-68-69-71=282
Jay Haas United States73-69-68-72=282
Tommy Tolles United States74-67-69-72=282
Bob Tway United States71-71-70-70=282
T10Scott Hoch United States71-68-72-72=283+356,949
Scott McCarron United States73-71-69-70=283
David Ogrin United States70-69-71-73=283

Amateurs: none made the cut[4]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par434444345443445443
Els−3−3−3−3−3−2−3−4−3−4−4−5−4−4−4−4−4−4
Montgomerie−3−3−3−3−3−2−3−3−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−3−3
Lehman−5−5−4−3−4−3−3−4−4−4−4−4−4−3−4−3−2−2
Maggert−3−3−3−4−4−3−3−4−4−4−4−4−3−3−3−2E+1
Browne+1+1+2+3+3+3+3+2+1+1+1+1+1EE+1+2+2
Furyk+1+1+1+1+2+3+3+2+2+2+1+1+1+1+2+2+2+2
Haas−1−1−2−2EEEE−1−1−1−1−1EEE+2+2
Tolles−1−1EEE−1−1−1−1EEEE+1E+1+2+2
Tway+2+2+1+1+1+2+2+1+1+1+1+1+2+2+2+2+2+2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[5]

References

  1. Parascenzo, Marino (June 16, 1997). "No one Els standing". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. C1.
  2. Sirak, Ron (June 16, 1997). "Steady Els grabs second Open". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. p. 1B.
  3. Reilly, Rick (June 23, 1997). "Easy Does It: Sweet-Swinging Ernie Els Outlasted A Trio Of Challengers To Win A Raucous And Riveting U.S. Open". Sports Illustrated. p. 44.
  4. "Final results: 1997 U.S. Open". USA Today. June 15, 1997. Retrieved June 15, 2012.
  5. "U.S. Open History". USGA. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
Preceded by
1997 Masters
Major Championships Succeeded by
1997 Open Championship

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