1997_Open_Championship
1997 Open Championship
Golf tournament
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.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 17–20 July 1997 |
| Location | Troon, Scotland |
| Course(s) | Royal Troon Golf Club |
| Tour(s) | European Tour PGA Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 71[1] |
| Length | 7,079 yards (6,473 m)[1][2] |
| Field | 156 players, 70 after cut[1] |
| Cut | 147 (+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) | |
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]
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]
Opens from 1962 through 1989 played the 11th hole as a par-5.
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]
- "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 33, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
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- Parascenzo, Marino (21 July 1997). "Leonard outduels Parnevik". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. B1.
- "Open Championship: course". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. 17 July 1997. p. 10C.
- Sirak, Ron (19 July 1997). "Birdie barrage hits Troon". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon, U.S.). Associated Press. p. 1D.
- Sirak, Ron (20 July 1997). "Parnevik picks up the pace at Troon". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon, U.S.). Associated Press. p. 1G.
- "1997 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 2 July 2012.