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
Dates	June 12–15, 1997
Location	Bethesda, Maryland
Course(s)	Congressional Country Club Blue Course
Organized by	USGA
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	7,213 yards (6,596 m)
Field	156 players, 84 after cut
Cut	147 (+7)
Prize fund	$2,600,000
Winner's share	$465,000
Champion
Ernie Els
276 (−4)
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Congressional 
Country Club

Location in the United States

Course layout

Main article: Congressional Country Club

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

First round

Thursday, June 12, 1997

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Colin Montgomerie	65	−5
T2	Steve Stricker	66	−4
	Hal Sutton
T4	Tom Lehman	67	−3
	Mark McNulty
T6	Hideki Kase	68	−2
	Dave Schreyer
T8	Justin Leonard	69	−1
	Jeff Sluman
T10	Mike Brisky	70	E
	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

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

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

Third round

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

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

Final round

Sunday, June 15, 1997

Tiger Woods at the 1997 U.S. Open.

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

Amateurs: none made the cut^[4]

Scorecard

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
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	−2	E	+1
Browne	+1	+1	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	E	+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	−2	E	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	E	E	+2	+2
Tolles	−1	−1	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	E	E	E	+1	E	+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.

External links

• Coverage from USA Today

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