1997 U.S. Open (golf)

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

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]

Course layout

Main article: Congressional Country Club
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 402 235 455 434 407 475 174 362 607 3,551 466 415 187 461 439 583 441 480 190 3,662 7,213
Par 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 35 4 4 3 4 4 5 4 4 3 35 70

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 12, 1997

Place Player Score To par
1 Colin Montgomerie 65 −5
T2 Steve Stricker 66 −4
Hal Sutton
T4 Tom Lehman 67 −3
Mark McNulty
T6 Hideki Kase 68 −2
Dave Schreyer
T8 Justin Leonard 69 −1
Jeff Sluman
T10 Mike Brisky 70 E
Hale Irwin
Joel Kribel (a)
Larry Mize
David Ogrin
Craig Parry
Chris Perry
David White

Second round

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

Place Player Score To par
1 Tom Lehman 67-70=137 −3
T2 Stewart Cink 71-67=138 −2
Ernie Els 71-67=138
T4 Scott Hoch 71-68=139 −1
Jeff Maggert 73-66=139
David Ogrin 70-69=139
Hal Sutton 66-73=139
8 Mark McNulty 67-73=140 E
T9 Scott Dunlap 75-66=141 +1
Kelly Gibson 72-69=141
Hideki Kase 68-73=141
Justin Leonard 69-72=141
Colin Montgomerie 65-76=141
Loren Roberts 72-69=141
Dave Schreyer 68-73=141
Jeff Sluman 69-72=141
Tommy Tolles 74-67=141
Tiger Woods 74-67=141

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

Third round

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

Place Player Score To par
1 Tom Lehman 67-70-68=205 −5
T2 Ernie Els 71-67-69=207 −3
Jeff Maggert 73-66-68=207
4 Colin Montgomerie 65-76-67=208 −2
T5 Jay Haas 73-69-68=210 E
David Ogrin 70-69-71=210
Tommy Tolles 74-67-69=210
T8 Billy Andrade 75-67-69=211 +1
Olin Browne 71-71-69=211
Jim Furyk 74-68-69=211
Scott Hoch 71-68-72=211

Final round

Sunday, June 15, 1997

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Ernie Els 71-67-69-69=276 −4 465,000
2 Colin Montgomerie 65-76-67-69=277 −3 275,000
3 Tom Lehman 67-70-68-73=278 −2 172,828
4 Jeff Maggert 73-66-68-74=281 +1 120,454
T5 Olin Browne 71-71-69-71=282 +2 79,875
Jim Furyk 74-68-69-71=282
Jay Haas 73-69-68-72=282
Tommy Tolles 74-67-69-72=282
Bob Tway 71-71-70-70=282
T10 Scott Hoch 71-68-72-72=283 +3 56,949
Scott McCarron 73-71-69-70=283
David Ogrin 70-69-71-73=283

Amateurs: none made the cut[4]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 5 4 4 3
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 −2 E +1
Browne +1 +1 +2 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 E E +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 −2 E E E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 E E E +2 +2
Tolles −1 −1 E E E −1 −1 −1 −1 E E E E +1 E +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.

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