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1997 Open Championship

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1997 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates17–20 July 1997
LocationTroon, Scotland
CourseRoyal Troon Golf Club
Tour(s)European Tour
PGA Tour
Statistics
Par71[1]
Length7,079 yards (6,473 m)[1][2]
Field156 players, 70 after cut[1]
Cut147 (+5)[1]
Prize fund£1,600,000
€2,220,820
$2,680,000
Winner's share£250,000
€350,000
$418,875
Champion
United States Justin Leonard
272 (−12)
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Location in Scotland
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Location in South Ayrshire, Scotland

The 1997 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 126th Open Championship, held from 17 to 20 July at the Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland. Justin Leonard won his only major championship and was the fifth consecutive American to win at Royal Troon.

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

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Main article: Royal Troon Golf Club

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]

  • 1989: 7,097 yards (6,489 m), par 72
  • 1982: 7,067 yards (6,462 m), par 72
  • 1973: 7,064 yards (6,459 m), par 72
  • 1962: 7,045 yards (6,442 m), par 72
  • 1950: 6,583 yards (6,019 m), par 70

Opens from 1962 through 1989 played the 11th hole as a par-5.

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, 17 July 1997

Place Player Score To par
T1 Northern Ireland Darren Clarke 67 −4
United States Jim Furyk
T3 United States Fred Couples 69 −2
United States Justin Leonard
Australia Greg Norman
T6 Argentina Ángel Cabrera 70 −1
Scotland Barclay Howard (a)
United States Davis Love III
United States Andrew Magee
Sweden Jesper Parnevik

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Second round

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Friday, 18 July 1997

Place Player Score To par
1 Northern Ireland Darren Clarke 67-66=133 −9
2 United States Justin Leonard 69-66=135 −7
3 Sweden Jesper Parnevik 70-66=136 −6
T4 United States Fred Couples 69-68=137 −5
England David Tapping 71-66=137
T6 United States Jim Furyk 67-72=139 −3
United States Tom Kite 72-67=139
8 Argentina Ángel Cabrera 70-70=140 −2
T9 United States Mark Calcavecchia 74-67=141 −1
United States Jay Haas 71-70=141
United States Davis Love III 70-71=141
United States 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

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Saturday, 19 July 1997

Place Player Score To par
1 Sweden Jesper Parnevik 70-66-66=202 −11
2 Northern Ireland Darren Clarke 67-66-71=204 −9
T3 United States Fred Couples 69-68-70=207 −6
United States Justin Leonard 69-66-72=207
T5 Trinidad and Tobago Stephen Ames 74-69-66=209 −4
United States Jim Furyk 67-72-70=209
Argentina Eduardo Romero 74-68-67=209
T8 Australia Robert Allenby 76-68-66=210 −3
England Lee Westwood 73-70-67=210
United States Tiger Woods 72-74-64=210

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Final round

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Sunday, 20 July 1997

Place Player Score To par Money (£)
1 United States Justin Leonard 69-66-72-65=272 −12 250,000
T2 Northern Ireland Darren Clarke 67-66-71-71=275 −9 150,000
Sweden Jesper Parnevik 70-66-66-73=275
4 United States Jim Furyk 67-72-70-70=279 −5 90,000
T5 Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington 75-69-69-67=280 −4 62,500
Trinidad and Tobago Stephen Ames 74-69-66-71=280
T7 Australia Peter O'Malley 73-70-70-68=281 −3 40,667
Argentina Eduardo Romero 74-68-67-72=281
United States Fred Couples 69-68-70-74=281
T10 United States Davis Love III 70-71-74-67=282 −2 24,300
South Africa Retief Goosen 75-69-70-68=282
New Zealand Frank Nobilo 74-72-68-68=282
United States Tom Kite 72-67-74-69=282
United States Mark Calcavecchia 74-67-72-69=282
Japan Shigeki Maruyama 74-69-70-69=282
South Africa Ernie Els 75-69-69-69=282
United States Tom Watson 71-70-70-71=282
Australia Robert Allenby 76-68-66-72=282
England Lee Westwood 73-70-67-72=282

Source:[1][4][9]
Amateurs: Howard (+9)

Scorecard

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Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 4 5 3 5 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 3 4
United States Leonard −6 −7 −8 −9 −8 −9 −10 −10 −11 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −12 −12
Northern Ireland Clarke −10 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −8 −8 −9
Sweden Parnevik −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −11 −12 −12 −12 −11 −12 −12 −11 −11 −11 −11 −10 −9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[5]

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