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
Main article: Congressional Country Club
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4022354554344074751743626073,5514664151874614395834414801903,6627,213
Par434444345354434454433570

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 12, 1997

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Colin Montgomerie65−5
T2 Steve Stricker66−4
Hal Sutton
T4 Tom Lehman67−3
Mark McNulty
T6 Hideki Kase68−2
Dave Schreyer
T8 Justin Leonard69−1
Jeff Sluman
T10 Mike Brisky70E
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

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Tom Lehman67-70=137−3
T2 Stewart Cink71-67=138−2
Ernie Els71-67=138
T4 Scott Hoch71-68=139−1
Jeff Maggert73-66=139
David Ogrin70-69=139
Hal Sutton66-73=139
8 Mark McNulty67-73=140E
T9 Scott Dunlap75-66=141+1
Kelly Gibson72-69=141
Hideki Kase68-73=141
Justin Leonard69-72=141
Colin Montgomerie65-76=141
Loren Roberts72-69=141
Dave Schreyer68-73=141
Jeff Sluman69-72=141
Tommy Tolles74-67=141
Tiger Woods74-67=141

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

Third round

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

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Tom Lehman67-70-68=205−5
T2 Ernie Els71-67-69=207−3
Jeff Maggert73-66-68=207
4 Colin Montgomerie65-76-67=208−2
T5 Jay Haas73-69-68=210E
David Ogrin70-69-71=210
Tommy Tolles74-67-69=210
T8 Billy Andrade75-67-69=211+1
Olin Browne71-71-69=211
Jim Furyk74-68-69=211
Scott Hoch71-68-72=211

Final round

Sunday, June 15, 1997

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Ernie Els71-67-69-69=276−4465,000
2 Colin Montgomerie65-76-67-69=277−3275,000
3 Tom Lehman67-70-68-73=278−2172,828
4 Jeff Maggert73-66-68-74=281+1120,454
T5 Olin Browne71-71-69-71=282+279,875
Jim Furyk74-68-69-71=282
Jay Haas73-69-68-72=282
Tommy Tolles74-67-69-72=282
Bob Tway71-71-70-70=282
T10 Scott Hoch71-68-72-72=283+356,949
Scott McCarron73-71-69-70=283
David Ogrin70-69-71-73=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.

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