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1997 Open Championship

1997 Open Championship

Tournament information
Dates	17–20 July 1997
Location	Troon, Scotland
Course(s)	Royal Troon Golf Club
Tour(s)	European Tour PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	71[1]
Length	7,079 yards (6,473 m)[1][2]
Field	156 players, 70 after cut[1]
Cut	147 (+5)[1]
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)
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Royal Troon Golf Club

Royal Troon Golf Club

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 ClubinTroon, 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]

Old Course

Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950):^[1]

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

Thursday, 17 July 1997

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Darren Clarke	67	−4
	Jim Furyk
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:

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
	David Tapping	71-66=137
T6	Jim Furyk	67-72=139	−3
	Tom Kite	72-67=139
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).

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
	Justin Leonard	69-66-72=207
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]

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
	Jesper Parnevik	70-66-66-73=275
4	Jim Furyk	67-72-70-70=279	−5	90,000
T5	Pádraig Harrington	75-69-69-67=280	−4	62,500
	Stephen Ames	74-69-66-71=280
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)

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

Source:^[5]

• Royal Troon 1997 (Official site)
• 126th Open Championship – Royal Troon (European Tour)

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