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)
Congressional Country Club is located in the United States
Congressional Country Club
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

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4022354554344074751743626073,5514664151874614395834414801903,6627,213
Par434444345354434454433570

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 12, 1997

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Scotland Colin Montgomerie65−5
T2United States Steve Stricker66−4
United States Hal Sutton
T4United States Tom Lehman67−3
Zimbabwe Mark McNulty
T6Japan Hideki Kase68−2
United States Dave Schreyer
T8United States Justin Leonard69−1
United States Jeff Sluman
T10United States Mike Brisky70E
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

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

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Tom Lehman67-70=137−3
T2United States Stewart Cink71-67=138−2
South Africa Ernie Els71-67=138
T4United States Scott Hoch71-68=139−1
United States Jeff Maggert73-66=139
United States David Ogrin70-69=139
United States Hal Sutton66-73=139
8Zimbabwe Mark McNulty67-73=140E
T9United States Scott Dunlap75-66=141+1
United States Kelly Gibson72-69=141
Japan Hideki Kase68-73=141
United States Justin Leonard69-72=141
Scotland Colin Montgomerie65-76=141
United States Loren Roberts72-69=141
United States Dave Schreyer68-73=141
United States Jeff Sluman69-72=141
United States Tommy Tolles74-67=141
United States 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
1United States Tom Lehman67-70-68=205−5
T2South Africa Ernie Els71-67-69=207−3
United States Jeff Maggert73-66-68=207
4Scotland Colin Montgomerie65-76-67=208−2
T5United States Jay Haas73-69-68=210E
United States David Ogrin70-69-71=210
United States Tommy Tolles74-67-69=210
T8United States Billy Andrade75-67-69=211+1
United States Olin Browne71-71-69=211
United States Jim Furyk74-68-69=211
United States Scott Hoch71-68-72=211

Final round

Sunday, June 15, 1997

Tiger Woods at the 1997 U.S. Open.
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1South Africa Ernie Els71-67-69-69=276−4465,000
2Scotland Colin Montgomerie65-76-67-69=277−3275,000
3United States Tom Lehman67-70-68-73=278−2172,828
4United States Jeff Maggert73-66-68-74=281+1120,454
T5United States Olin Browne71-71-69-71=282+279,875
United States Jim Furyk74-68-69-71=282
United States Jay Haas73-69-68-72=282
United States Tommy Tolles74-67-69-72=282
United States Bob Tway71-71-70-70=282
T10United States Scott Hoch71-68-72-72=283+356,949
United States Scott McCarron73-71-69-70=283
United States David Ogrin70-69-71-73=283

Amateurs: none made the cut[4]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par434444345443445443
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−3−3−3−4−4−3−3−4−4−4−4−4−3−3−3−2E+1
United States Browne+1+1+2+3+3+3+3+2+1+1+1+1+1EE+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−1−1−2−2EEEE−1−1−1−1−1EEE+2+2
United States Tolles−1−1EEE−1−1−1−1EEEE+1E+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

  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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