1997 PGA Championship

Golf tournament September 2020 1997 PGA Championship 1997PGALogo.jpg August 14–17, 1997 Mamaroneck, New York, U.S. Winged Foot Golf Club,West Course PGA of America PGA Tour 70 6987 yd 150 players,77 after cuthttp://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=384&date=1997&tourn_name_id=2 PGA of America Tournament Info for: 1997 PGA Championship July 28, 2012 146 (+6) $2.6 million $470,000 USA Davis Love III 269 (−11) 1996 1998 USA#USA New York yes Winged Foot GC Location in the United States##Location in New York 40.958 -73.754 type:event inline,title The 1997 PGA Championship was the 79th PGA Championship, held August 14–17 at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York, a suburb northeast of New York City. Davis Love III won his only major championship, five strokes ahead of runner-up Justin Leonard, winner of the 1997 Open Championship.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1010588/index.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20120820031359/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1010588/index.htm dead August 20, 2012 Sports Illustrated Diaz Jaime At long last, Love August 25, 1997 28https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tbJRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M28DAAAAIBAJ&pg=1911%2C3252503 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Parascenzo Marino Color this one special August 18, 1997 B1 The last few holes on Sunday were played in a steady rain. However, when Love reached the final green with the tournament wrapped up, the sun peeked through the clouds and a rainbow appeared in the sky. Many took it as a symbol of Love finally winning his first major after several close calls and of his late father, a PGA professional, approvingly looking down from above. Love's performance is remembered as one of the best in modern major championship history. Only two players finished within 10 shots of him. The sports analytics expert Bill Barnwell statistically identified the victory as the second most dominant win of the modern era (1960–2011), only behind Tiger Woods' 15-shot triumph at the 2000 U.S. Open.https://grantland.com/features/relative-dominance/ Relative Dominance Barnwell Bill June 24, 2011 Grantland 2019-12-07 This was the first PGA Championship at the West Course and the fifth major; it previously hosted four U.S. Opens (1929, 1959, 1974, and 1984), which later returned in 2006 and 2020. The tournament was televised by TBS Sports and CBS Sports. Course layout Winged Foot Golf ClubWest Course HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1Genesis4464 10Pulpit19032Elm411411Billows39643Pinnacle216312Cape54054Sound View460413White Mule21235Long Lane515514Shamrock43246El324415Pyramid42347Babe-in-the-Woods161316Hells Bells45748Arena442417Well-Well44949Meadow467418Revelations4484Out3,44235In3,54535Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=F7waAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JToEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6760%2C9276454 1997 PGA Championship: course Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel D'Amato Gary August 14, 1997 6C Total6,98770 Lengths of the course for previous majors: 1984 U.S. Open: 6930 yd, par 70 1974 U.S. Open: 6961 yd, par 70 1959 U.S. Open: 6873 yd, par 70 1929 U.S. Open: 6786 yd, par 72 Round summaries First round Thursday, August 14, 1997 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA John Daly66−4 USA Davis Love III3 AUS Robert Allenby67−3T4 USA Paul Azinger68−2 USA Tom Kite USA Justin Leonard JPN 1947 Shigeki Maruyama AUS Greg Norman USA Chris Perry USA Paul Stankowski USA Bob Tway Second round Friday, August 15, 1997 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Lee Janzen69-67=136−42 USA Davis Love III66-71=137−3T3 USA Phil Blackmar70-68=138−2 USA Fred Couples 71-67=138 USA Justin Leonard68-70=138 USA Jeff Maggert 69-69=138 JPN 1947 Shigeki Maruyama 68-70=138 USA Phil Mickelson 69-69=138 ITA Costantino Rocca 69-69=138T10 USA John Daly66-73=139−1 AUS Greg Norman 68-71=139 USA Chris Perry 68-71=139 FIJ Vijay Singh 73-66=139 USA Paul Stankowski 68-71=139 Third round Saturday, August 16, 1997 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Justin Leonard68-70-65=203−7 USA Davis Love III 66-71-66=203T3 USA Lee Janzen69-67-74=210E USA Tom Kite 68-71-71=210T5 USA Fred Couples71-67-73=211+1 USA David Duval 70-70-71=211 USA Scott Hoch 71-72-68=211 USA Jeff Maggert 69-69-73=211 USA Phil Mickelson 69-69-73=211 USA Tiger Woods 70-70-71=211 Final round Sunday, August 17, 1997 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA Davis Love III 66-71-66-66=269 −11 470,0002 USA Justin Leonard 68-70-65-71=274 −6 280,0003 USA Jeff Maggert 69-69-73-65=276 −4 175,0004 USA Lee Janzen 69-67-74-69=279 −1 125,0005 USA Tom Kite 68-71-71-70=280 E 105,000T6 USA Phil Blackmar 70-68-74-69=281 +1 85,000 USA Jim Furyk 69-72-72-68=281 USA Scott Hoch 71-72-68-70=2819 USA Tom Byrum 69-73-70-70=282 +2 70,000T10 USA Tom Lehman 69-72-72-70=283 +3 60,000 USA Scott McCarron 74-71-67-71=283 USA Joey Sindelar 72-71-71-69=283 Source:http://www.databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=1997&tid=22 databasegolf.com 1997 PGA Championship July 28, 2012 References External links Full results PGA.com – 1997 PGA Championship 1997 Category:PGA Championship Category:Golf tournaments in New York (state) Category:Mamaroneck, New York PGA Championship PGA Championship PGA Championship PGA Championship