1997 Open Championship

1997 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates17–20 July 1997
LocationTroon, Scotland
Course(s)Royal Troon Golf Club
Tour(s)European Tour
PGA Tour
Statistics
Par71[1]
Length7,079 yards (6,473 m)[1][2]
Field156 players, 70 after cut[1]
Cut147 (+5)[1]
Prize fund£1,600,000
€2,220,820
$2,680,000
Winner's share£250,000
€350,000
$418,875
Champion
Justin Leonard
272 (−12)
Royal Troon Golf Club
Location in Scotland
Royal Troon Golf Club
Location in South Ayrshire, Scotland

The 1997 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 126th Open Championship, held from 17 to 20 July at the Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland. Justin Leonard won his only major championship and was the fifth consecutive American to win at Royal Troon.

Five strokes back after a 72 in the third round, Leonard had six birdies on the front nine in the final round; he added two more at 16 and 17 for 65 (−6) to win by three strokes over runners-up Darren Clarke and Jesper Parnevik, the 54-hole leader.[3][4][5]

Course

Main article: Royal Troon Golf Club

Old Course

Hole Name Yards Par Hole Name Yards Par
1 Seal 364 4 10 Sandhills 438 4
2 Black Rock 391 4 11 The Railway 463 4
3 Gyaws 379 4 12 The Fox 431 4
4 Dunure 557 5 13 Burmah 465 4
5 Greenan 210 3 14 Alton 179 3
6 Turnberry 577 5 15 Crosbie 457 4
7 Tel-el-Kebir 402 4 16 Well 542 5
8 Postage Stamp 126 3 17 Rabbit 223 3
9 The Monk 423 4 18 Craigend 452 4
Out 3,429 36 In 3,650 35
Source:[2][6] Total 7,079 71

Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950):[1]

  • 1989: 7,097 yards (6,489 m), par 72
  • 1982: 7,067 yards (6,462 m), par 72
  • 1973: 7,064 yards (6,459 m), par 72
  • 1962: 7,045 yards (6,442 m), par 72
  • 1950: 6,583 yards (6,019 m), par 70

Opens from 1962 through 1989 played the 11th hole as a par-5.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 17 July 1997

Place Player Score To par
T1 Darren Clarke 67 −4
Jim Furyk
T3 Fred Couples 69 −2
Justin Leonard
Greg Norman
T6 Ángel Cabrera 70 −1
Barclay Howard (a)
Davis Love III
Andrew Magee
Jesper Parnevik

Source:

Second round

Friday, 18 July 1997

Place Player Score To par
1 Darren Clarke 67-66=133 −9
2 Justin Leonard 69-66=135 −7
3 Jesper Parnevik 70-66=136 −6
T4 Fred Couples 69-68=137 −5
David Tapping 71-66=137
T6 Jim Furyk 67-72=139 −3
Tom Kite 72-67=139
8 Ángel Cabrera 70-70=140 −2
T9 Mark Calcavecchia 74-67=141 −1
Jay Haas 71-70=141
Davis Love III 70-71=141
Tom Watson 71-70=141

Source:[7]
Amateurs: Howard (+2), Watson (+7), Bladon (+10), Olsson (+11), Webster (+11), Taylor (+15), Young (+17), Miller (+22).

Third round

Saturday, 19 July 1997

Place Player Score To par
1 Jesper Parnevik 70-66-66=202 −11
2 Darren Clarke 67-66-71=204 −9
T3 Fred Couples 69-68-70=207 −6
Justin Leonard 69-66-72=207
T5 Stephen Ames 74-69-66=209 −4
Jim Furyk 67-72-70=209
Eduardo Romero 74-68-67=209
T8 Robert Allenby 76-68-66=210 −3
Lee Westwood 73-70-67=210
Tiger Woods 72-74-64=210

Source:[8]

Final round

Sunday, 20 July 1997

Place Player Score To par Money (£)
1 Justin Leonard 69-66-72-65=272 −12 250,000
T2 Darren Clarke 67-66-71-71=275 −9 150,000
Jesper Parnevik 70-66-66-73=275
4 Jim Furyk 67-72-70-70=279 −5 90,000
T5 Pádraig Harrington 75-69-69-67=280 −4 62,500
Stephen Ames 74-69-66-71=280
T7 Peter O'Malley 73-70-70-68=281 −3 40,667
Eduardo Romero 74-68-67-72=281
Fred Couples 69-68-70-74=281
T10 Davis Love III 70-71-74-67=282 −2 24,300
Retief Goosen 75-69-70-68=282
Frank Nobilo 74-72-68-68=282
Tom Kite 72-67-74-69=282
Mark Calcavecchia 74-67-72-69=282
Shigeki Maruyama 74-69-70-69=282
Ernie Els 75-69-69-69=282
Tom Watson 71-70-70-71=282
Robert Allenby 76-68-66-72=282
Lee Westwood 73-70-67-72=282

Source:[1][4][9]
Amateurs: Howard (+9)

Scorecard

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 4 5 3 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 3 4
Leonard −6 −7 −8 −9 −8 −9 −10 −10 −11 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −12 −12
Clarke −10 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −8 −8 −9
Parnevik −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −11 −12 −12 −12 −11 −12 −12 −11 −11 −11 −11 −10 −9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 33, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Royal Troon, hole-by-hole". Toledo Blade. (Ohio, U.S.). 17 July 1997. p. 42.
  3. ^ Reilly, Rick (28 July 1997). "Justin time". Sports Illustrated.
  4. ^ a b Sirak, Ron (21 July 1997). "Leonard's surge foils Parnevik's redemption". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon, U.S.). Associated Press. p. 1B.
  5. ^ a b Parascenzo, Marino (21 July 1997). "Leonard outduels Parnevik". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. B1.
  6. ^ "Open Championship: course". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. 17 July 1997. p. 10C.
  7. ^ Sirak, Ron (19 July 1997). "Birdie barrage hits Troon". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon, U.S.). Associated Press. p. 1D.
  8. ^ Sirak, Ron (20 July 1997). "Parnevik picks up the pace at Troon". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon, U.S.). Associated Press. p. 1G.
  9. ^ "1997 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 2 July 2012.

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