1997 Open Championship

1997 Open Championship
Tournament information
Dates	17–20 July 1997
Location	Troon, Scotland
Course	Royal Troon Golf Club
Tour(s)	European Tour; PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71
Length	7,079 yards (6,473 m)
Field	156 players, 70 after cut
Cut	147 (+5)
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)
	← 1996 1998 →

Royal Troon Golf Club

Location in Scotland

Royal Troon Golf Club

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

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

First round

Thursday, 17 July 1997

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Darren Clarke	67	−4
T1	Jim Furyk	67	−4
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
T4	David Tapping	71-66=137	−5
T6	Jim Furyk	67-72=139	−3
T6	Tom Kite	72-67=139	−3
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
T3	Justin Leonard	69-66-72=207	−6
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
T2	Jesper Parnevik	70-66-66-73=275	−9	150,000
4	Jim Furyk	67-72-70-70=279	−5	90,000
T5	Pádraig Harrington	75-69-69-67=280	−4	62,500
T5	Stephen Ames	74-69-66-71=280	−4	62,500
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

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
Leonard	−6	−7	−8	−9	−8	−9	−10	−10	−11	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−12	−12
Clarke	−10	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−8	−8	−9
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]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 33, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
^ ^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.

External links

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[ocmg11-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Media guide". The Open Championship. 2011. pp. 33, 203. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2017.

[rthbyh-2] "Royal Troon, hole-by-hole". Toledo Blade. Ohio, U.S. 17 July 1997. p. 42.

[sijl97-3] Reilly, Rick (28 July 1997). "Justin time". Sports Illustrated.

[ergapmo-4] Sirak, Ron (21 July 1997). "Leonard's surge foils Parnevik's redemption". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon, U.S. Associated Press. p. 1B.

[lotdpa-5] Parascenzo, Marino (21 July 1997). "Leonard outduels Parnevik". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. B1.

[6] "Open Championship: course". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. 17 July 1997. p. 10C.

[bbrrg-7] Sirak, Ron (19 July 1997). "Birdie barrage hits Troon". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon, U.S. Associated Press. p. 1D.

[ppupat-8] Sirak, Ron (20 July 1997). "Parnevik picks up the pace at Troon". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon, U.S. Associated Press. p. 1G.

[dbg1997oc-9] "1997 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com. Retrieved 2 July 2012.

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