1997 Open Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 17–20 July 1997 |
Location | 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) | |
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The 1997 Open Championship was a
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]
Course
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.
Round summaries
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
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Eagle | Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |
Source:[5]
References
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- ^ a b "Royal Troon, hole-by-hole". Toledo Blade. (Ohio, U.S.). 17 July 1997. p. 42.
- ^ Reilly, Rick (28 July 1997). "Justin time". Sports Illustrated.
- ^ a b Sirak, Ron (21 July 1997). "Leonard's surge foils Parnevik's redemption". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon, U.S.). Associated Press. p. 1B.
- ^ a b 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.