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1997 U.S. Open (golf)

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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
South Africa Ernie Els
276 (−4)
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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

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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

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First round

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Thursday, June 12, 1997

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

Second round

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

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

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

Third round

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

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

Final round

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Sunday, June 15, 1997

Tiger Woods at the 1997 U.S. Open.
Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 South Africa Ernie Els 71-67-69-69=276 −4 465,000
2 Scotland Colin Montgomerie 65-76-67-69=277 −3 275,000
3 United States Tom Lehman 67-70-68-73=278 −2 172,828
4 United States Jeff Maggert 73-66-68-74=281 +1 120,454
T5 United States Olin Browne 71-71-69-71=282 +2 79,875
United States Jim Furyk 74-68-69-71=282
United States Jay Haas 73-69-68-72=282
United States Tommy Tolles 74-67-69-72=282
United States Bob Tway 71-71-70-70=282
T10 United States Scott Hoch 71-68-72-72=283 +3 56,949
United States Scott McCarron 73-71-69-70=283
United States David Ogrin 70-69-71-73=283

Amateurs: none made the cut[4]

Scorecard

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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
South Africa Els −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −3 −4 −3 −4 −4 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4
Scotland Montgomerie −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3
United States Lehman −5 −5 −4 −3 −4 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −4 −3 −2 −2
United States Maggert −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −2 E +1
United States Browne +1 +1 +2 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 E E +1 +2 +2
United States Furyk +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2
United States Haas −1 −1 −2 −2 E E E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 E E E +2 +2
United States Tolles −1 −1 E E E −1 −1 −1 −1 E E E E +1 E +1 +2 +2
United States 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

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  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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