1997 U.S. Open (golf)
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| Tournament information | |
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| Dates | June 12 - 15, 1997 |
| Location | Bethesda, Maryland |
| Course(s) | Congressional Country Club, Blue Course |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 7,213 |
| Field | 156 players, 84 after cut |
| Cut | 147 (+7) |
| Prize fund | $2,600,000 |
| Winner's share | $465,000 |
| Champion | |
| Ernie Els | |
| 276 (-4) | |
The 1997 United States Open Championship was the 97th U.S. Open. The event was held from June 12-15 at the Congressional Country Club Blue Course in Bethesda, Maryland. Ernie Els won his second U.S. Open and major championship by defeating Colin Montgomerie by one stroke.
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[edit] Round summaries
[edit] First round
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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| 1 | Colin Montgomerie |  Scotland |
65 | -5 |
| T2 | Steve Stricker |  United States |
66 | -4 |
| Hal Sutton | United States |
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| T4 | Tom Lehman | United States |
67 | -3 |
| Mark McNulty |  Zimbabwe |
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| T6 | Hideki Kase |  Japan |
68 | -2 |
| Dave Schreyer | United States |
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| T8 | Justin Leonard | United States |
69 | -1 |
| Jeff Sluman | United States |
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| T10 | Mike Brisky | United States |
70 | E |
| Hale Irwin | United States |
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| Joel Kribel (a) | United States |
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| Larry Mize | United States |
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| David Ogrin | United States |
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| Craig Parry |  Australia |
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| Chris Perry | United States |
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| David White | United States |
[edit] Second round
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Lehman | United States |
67-70=137 | -3 |
| T2 | Stewart Cink | United States |
71-67=138 | -2 |
| Ernie Els |  South Africa |
71-67=138 | ||
| 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).
[edit] Third round
| # | 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 |
| Jeff Maggert | United States |
73-66-68=207 | ||
| 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 |
[edit] Final leaderboard
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Winnings |
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| 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 |
[edit] External links
| Preceded by 1997 Masters |
Major Championships | Succeeded by 1997 Open Championship |
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