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.

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards4022354554344074751743626073,5514664151874614395834414801903,6627,213
Par434444345354434454433570

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 12, 1997
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Colin Montgomerie65−5
T2Steve Stricker66−4
T2Hal Sutton66−4
T4Tom Lehman67−3
T4Mark McNulty67−3
T6Hideki Kase68−2
T6Dave Schreyer68−2
T8Justin Leonard69−1
T8Jeff Sluman69−1
T10Mike Brisky70E
T10Hale Irwin70E
T10Joel Kribel 70E
T10Larry Mize70E
T10David Ogrin70E
T10Craig Parry70E
T10Chris Perry70E
T10David White70E

Second round

Friday, June 13, 1997
Saturday, June 14, 1997
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tom Lehman67-70=137−3
T2Stewart Cink71-67=138−2
T2Ernie Els71-67=138−2
T4Scott Hoch71-68=139−1
T4Jeff Maggert73-66=139−1
T4David Ogrin70-69=139−1
T4Hal Sutton66-73=139−1
8Mark McNulty67-73=140E
T9Scott Dunlap75-66=141+1
T9Kelly Gibson72-69=141+1
T9Hideki Kase68-73=141+1
T9Justin Leonard69-72=141+1
T9Colin Montgomerie65-76=141+1
T9Loren Roberts72-69=141+1
T9Dave Schreyer68-73=141+1
T9Jeff Sluman69-72=141+1
T9Tommy Tolles74-67=141+1
T9Tiger Woods74-67=141+1

Amateurs: Kribel, Wollmann, Noe, Semelsberger, Kearney.

Third round

Saturday, June 14, 1997
Sunday, June 15, 1997
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tom Lehman67-70-68=205−5
T2Ernie Els71-67-69=207−3
T2Jeff Maggert73-66-68=207−3
4Colin Montgomerie65-76-67=208−2
T5Jay Haas73-69-68=210E
T5David Ogrin70-69-71=210E
T5Tommy Tolles74-67-69=210E
T8Billy Andrade75-67-69=211+1
T8Olin Browne71-71-69=211+1
T8Jim Furyk74-68-69=211+1
T8Scott Hoch71-68-72=211+1

Final round

Sunday, June 15, 1997
at the 1997 U.S. Open.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Ernie Els71-67-69-69=276−4465,000
2Colin Montgomerie65-76-67-69=277−3275,000
3Tom Lehman67-70-68-73=278−2172,828
4Jeff Maggert73-66-68-74=281+1120,454
T5Olin Browne71-71-69-71=282+279,875
T5Jim Furyk74-68-69-71=282+279,875
T5Jay Haas73-69-68-72=282+279,875
T5Tommy Tolles74-67-69-72=282+279,875
T5Bob Tway71-71-70-70=282+279,875
T10Scott Hoch71-68-72-72=283+356,949
T10Scott McCarron73-71-69-70=283+356,949
T10David Ogrin70-69-71-73=283+356,949

Amateurs: none made the cut

Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par434444345443445443
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−3−3−3−4−4−3−3−4−4−4−4−4−3−3−3−2E+1
Browne+1+1+2+3+3+3+3+2+1+1+1+1+1EE+1+2+2
Furyk+1+1+1+1+2+3+3+2+2+2+1+1+1+1+2+2+2+2
Haas−1−1−2−2EEEE−1−1−1−1−1EEE+2+2
Tolles−1−1EEE−1−1−1−1EEEE+1E+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
BirdieBogeyDouble bogey

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