1997 U.S. Open (golf)

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)
«1996 1998»

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]

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Ernie Els	South Africa	1994	71	67	69	69	276	–4	1
Payne Stewart	United States	1991	71	73	73	71	288	+8	T28
Fuzzy Zoeller	United States	1984	72	73	69	74	288	+8	T28
Lee Janzen	United States	1993	72	73	75	73	293	+13	T52
Jack Nicklaus	United States	1962, 1967, 1972, 1980	73	71	75	74	293	+13	T52
Hale Irwin	United States	1974, 1979, 1990	70	73	76	74	293	+13	T52
Tom Watson	United States	1982	72	74	72	78	295	+15	T60
Steve Jones	United States	1996	72	75	69	79	295	+15	T60
Tom Kite	United States	1992	75	69	82	72	298	+18	T68

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Corey Pavin	United States	1995	74	74	148	+8
Scott Simpson	United States	1987	76	73	149	+9
Larry Nelson	United States	1983	74	75	149	+9
Curtis Strange	United States	1988, 1989	79	71	150	+10

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 12, 1997

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	65	–5
T2	Steve Stricker	United States	66	–4
T2	Hal Sutton	United States	66	–4
T4	Tom Lehman	United States	67	–3
T4	Mark McNulty	Zimbabwe	67	–3
T6	Hideki Kase	Japan	68	–2
T6	Dave Schreyer	United States	68	–2
T8	Justin Leonard	United States	69	–1
T8	Jeff Sluman	United States	69	–1
T10	Mike Brisky	United States	70	E
	Hale Irwin	United States
	Joel Kribel (a)	United States
	Larry Mize	United States
	David Ogrin	United States
	Craig Parry	Australia
	Chris Perry	United States
	David White	United States

Second round

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

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Tom Lehman	United States	67-70=137	–3
T2	Stewart Cink	United States	71-67=138	–2
T2	Ernie Els	South Africa	71-67=138	–2
T4	Scott Hoch	United States	71-68=139	–1
	Jeff Maggert	United States	73-66=139
	David Ogrin	United States	70-69=139
	Hal Sutton	United States	66-73=139
8	Mark McNulty	Zimbabwe	67-73=140	E
T9	Scott Dunlap	United States	75-66=141	+1
	Kelly Gibson	United States	72-69=141
	Hideki Kase	Japan	68-73=141
	Justin Leonard	United States	69-72=141
	Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	65-76=141
	Loren Roberts	United States	72-69=141
	Dave Schreyer	United States	68-73=141
	Jeff Sluman	United States	69-72=141
	Tommy Tolles	United States	74-67=141
	Tiger Woods	United States	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	Country	Score	To par
1	Tom Lehman	United States	67-70-68=205	–5
T2	Ernie Els	South Africa	71-67-69=207	–3
T2	Jeff Maggert	United States	73-66-68=207	–3
4	Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	65-76-67=208	–2
T5	Jay Haas	United States	73-69-68=210	E
	David Ogrin	United States	70-69-71=210
	Tommy Tolles	United States	74-67-69=210
T8	Billy Andrade	United States	75-67-69=211	+1
	Olin Browne	United States	71-71-69=211
	Jim Furyk	United States	74-68-69=211
	Scott Hoch	United States	71-68-72=211

Final round

Sunday, June 15, 1997

Tiger Woods at the 1997 U.S. Open, his first as a professional

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

Amateurs: none made the cut^[4]

References

↑ Parascenzo, Marino (June 16, 1997). "No one Els standing". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. C1.
↑ Sirak, Ron (June 16, 1997). "Steady Els grabs second Open". Eugene Register-Guard (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1B.
↑ 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.
↑ "Final results: 1997 U.S. Open". USA Today. June 15, 1997. Retrieved June 15, 2012.

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Coverage from USA Today

Preceded by 1997 Masters	Major Championships	Succeeded by 1997 Open Championship

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