1997 Masters Tournament

American golf tournament held in 1997 April 2019 March 2026 1997 Masters Tournament 1997_Masters_Tournament_official_program_front_cover.jpg Front cover of the 1997 Masters Journal April 10–13, 1997 Augusta, Georgia Augusta National Golf Club Augusta National Golf Club PGA Tour 72 6925 ydhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QYM1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=go4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6930%2C3502741 Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Masters Scoreboard April 11, 1997 8C 86 players, 46 after cut 149 (+5) US$2.7 million $486,000 USA Tiger Woods 270 (−18) 1996 1998 USA#USA Georgia yes Augusta National Location in the United States##Location in Georgia 33.503 N 82.020 W type:event inline,title The 1997 Masters Tournament was the 61st Masters Tournament, held April 10–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Tiger Woods won his first major championship, twelve strokes ahead of runner-up Tom Kite. The margin of victory is the largest in the tournament's history. The four-day score of 270 (−18) was also a tournament record until 2020 when it was beaten by Dustin Johnson. Woods also became both the youngest (21) and the first non-White player to win at Augusta.https://www.si.com/vault/1997/04/21/225867/strokes-of-genius-overpowering-a-storied-course-and-a-stellar-field-tiger-woods-heralded-a-new-era-in-golf-with-an-awesome-12-shot-victory-in-the-masters Sports Illustrated Reilly Rick Rick Reilly Strokes of Genius April 21, 1997 30 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VIAzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2esDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5529%2C3586900 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Sirak Ron It's Tiger's game now April 14, 1997 1B Woods struggled on his first nine holes of the first round, turning at 4-over-par 40. Making four birdies and an eagle gave him a 6-under-par 30 on the back nine for a 70, three shots behind first-round leader John Huston.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DL0vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eN0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4592%2C3246403 Huston: The eagle has landed Southeast Missourian Cape Girardeau Associated Press April 11, 1997 B1 In the second and third rounds, Woods scored the best rounds of each day (66-65) to open up a commanding nine-shot lead. A final-round 69 gave Woods a then tournament record 270 (−18), bettering the previous record of 271 set by Jack Nicklaus in 1965 and matched by Raymond Floyd in 1976. Woods' victory set television ratings records for golf; the final round broadcast on Sunday was seen by an estimated 44 million viewers in the United States.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=--kyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1QcGAAAAIBAJ&pg=5412%2C3224157 Free Lance-Star Fredericksburg, Virginia Associated Press Woods drives Masters ratings up April 16, 1997 B5 Field 1. Masters champions Tommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros, Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Fred Couples (9,13), Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo (3,9,10,12,13), Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize (9,11), Jack Nicklaus, José María Olazábal, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson (10,12,13), Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller George Archer, Jack Burke Jr., Bob Goalby, Ben Hogan, Herman Keiser, Cary Middlecoff, Byron Nelson, Henry Picard, Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead, and Art Wall Jr. did not play. 2. U.S. Open champions (last five years) Ernie Els (9,10,12,13), Lee Janzen (9,10,11), Steve Jones (10,12,13), Tom Kite, Corey Pavin (9,12,13) 3. The Open champions (last five years) Tom Lehman (9,10,12,13), Greg Norman (9,10,13), Nick Price (4,9,11) John Daly did not play. 4. PGA champions (last five years) Paul Azinger (9), Mark Brooks (10,11,12,13), Steve Elkington (11) 5. U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up Steve Scott (a) Tiger Woods forfeited his invitation by turning professional, but qualified via categories 12 & 13. 6. The Amateur champion Warren Bladon (a) 7. U.S. Amateur Public Links champion Tim Hogarth (a) 8. U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Spider Miller (a) 9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1996 Masters Mark Calcavecchia (13), David Duval (13), David Frost, Scott Hoch (10,12,13), John Huston, Davis Love III (10,13), Jeff Maggert (13), Scott McCarron, Phil Mickelson (11,12,13), Frank Nobilo (10,11), Mark O'Meara (10,12,13), Loren Roberts (12,13), Bob Tway, Duffy Waldorf (13) 10. Top 16 players and ties from the 1996 U.S. Open David Berganio Jr., Stewart Cink, John Cook (12,13), Dan Forsman, Jim Furyk (13), Ken Green, Colin Montgomerie, John Morse, Vijay Singh (11,13), Sam Torrance 11. Top eight players and ties from 1996 PGA Championship Per-Ulrik Johansson, Justin Leonard (12,13), Jesper Parnevik, Kenny Perry (13), Tommy Tolles (13) 12. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters Stuart Appleby, Guy Boros, Michael Bradley (13), Brad Faxon (13), Ed Fiori, Fred Funk (13), Dudley Hart, David Ogrin, Clarence Rose, Jeff Sluman (13), Paul Stankowski, Steve Stricker (13), D. A. Weibring, Willie Wood, Tiger Woods (13) 13. Top 30 players from the 1996 PGA Tour money list 14. Special foreign invitation Robert Allenby, Yoshinori Kaneko, Mark McNulty, Masashi Ozaki, Costantino Rocca, Lee Westwood Round summaries First round Thursday, April 10, 1997 John Huston shot 67 (−5) to lead by one stroke over Paul Stankowski. Tiger Woods shot a 40 (+4) on the first nine, but came back into the clubhouse on the back nine with a score of 30 (−6) for a 70 (−2). PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA John Huston67−52 USA Paul Stankowski68−43 USA Paul Azinger69−34 USA Tiger Woods70−2T5 ITA Costantino Rocca71−1 ESP José María Olazábal ZIM Nick PriceT8 AUS Stuart Appleby72E USA David Berganio Jr. USA Fred Couples USA Lee Janzen SWE Per-Ulrik Johansson DEU Bernhard Langer USA Davis Love III SCO Colin Montgomerie USA Tommy Tolles USA Willie Wood Scorecard Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par454343454 443545344 USA Woods +1+1+1+2+2+2+2+3+4+3+3+2+1+1−1−1−2−2 Source:http://www.augusta.com/masters/historic/leaderboards/1997leaderboard.shtml Augusta Chronicle Historic Leaderboards: 1997 Masters April 5, 2017 Second round Friday, April 11, 1997 Woods started the round three strokes back, but a 66 gave him his first lead in a professional major championship, three shots ahead of Colin Montgomerie from Scotland.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e7FGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vv0MAAAAIBAJ&pg=1748%2C2378968 Woods charges to Masters lead The Daily Reporter Spencer, Iowa Associated Press April 12, 1997 6 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Tiger Woods70-66=136−82 SCO Colin Montgomerie72-67=139−53 ITA Costantino Rocca71-69=140−4T4 USA Fred Couples72-69=141−3 ESP José María Olazábal71-70=141 USA Jeff Sluman 74-67=141T7 USA Paul Azinger69-73=142−2 ZIM Nick Price71-71=142 USA Paul Stankowski 68-74=142T10 ZAF Ernie Els73-70=143−1 USA Davis Love III72-71=143 USA Tom Watson 75-68=143 Amateurs: Bladon (+7), Scott (+13), Hogarth (+14), Miller (+19) Scorecard Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par454343454 443545344 USA Woods −2−3−2−2−3−3−3−4−4−4−4−4−6−7−8−8−8−8 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source: Third round Saturday, April 12, 1997 Woods shot a 65 in the third round for 201 (−15) and his lead increased to nine shots; the closest competitor was Costantino Rocca from Italy.Welcome to the Tiger era: US Masters: World's best a record nine shots adrift as Woods starts to take golf into a new dimension https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/welcome-to-the-tiger-era-1266995.html The Independent https://web.archive.org/web/20121104061444/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/welcome-to-the-tiger-era-1266995.html November 4, 2012 live August 28, 2009 London Andy Farrell April 13, 1997 Montgomerie's 74 dropped him into a tie for sixth. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Tiger Woods70-66-65=201−152 ITA Costantino Rocca71-69-70=210−63 USA Paul Stankowski68-74-69=211−5T4 USA Tom Kite77-69-66=212−4 USA Tom Watson75-68-69=212T6 SCO Colin Montgomerie72-67-74=213−3 USA Jeff Sluman 74-67-72=2138 USA Fred Couples72-69-73=214−29 ESP José María Olazábal71-70-74=215−1T10 USA Fred Funk73-74-69=216E USA Justin Leonard 76-69-71=216 SWE Jesper Parnevik73-72-71=216 USA Tommy Tolles72-72-72=216 Scorecard Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par454343454 443545344 USA Woods  −8  −9  −9  −9 −10−10−11−12−12−12−13−13−13−13−14−14−14−15 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source: Final round Sunday, April 13, 1997 Summary right|thumb|Tiger Woods won his first Masters title 4P5_Ld07sMA Full final round coverage on CBS Woods won his first major championship, finishing 12 strokes ahead runner-up Tom Kite. It was the largest victory margin in Masters history, passing Nicklaus' 9-shot winning margin in 1965, and tied for the second largest victory margin in any major championship, only one stroke behind Old Tom Morris' 13-shot winning margin set at the 1862 Open Championship at Prestwick (a mark Woods later surpassed at the 2000 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach when he won by 15 shots).1997 Masters: Recap and Scores for the 1997 Masters Golf Tournament http://golf.about.com/library/weekly/bl1997masters.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20090223132351/http://golf.about.com/library/weekly/bl1997masters.htm February 23, 2009 live April 5, 2013 Rocca and Stankowski fell into a tie for fifth. Final leaderboard Champion(a) = amateur(c) = past champion Top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 USA Tiger Woods 70-66-65-69=270 −18 486,0002 USA Tom Kite 77-69-66-70=282 −6 291,6003 USA Tommy Tolles 72-72-72-67=283 −5 183,6004 USA Tom Watson (c) 75-68-69-72=284 −4 129,600T5 ITA Costantino Rocca 71-69-70-75=285 −3 102,600 USA Paul Stankowski 68-74-69-74=285T7 USA Fred Couples (c) 72-69-73-72=286 −2 78,570 DEU Bernhard Langer (c) 72-72-74-68=286 USA Justin Leonard 76-69-71-70=286 USA Davis Love III 72-71-72-71=286 USA Jeff Sluman 74-67-72-73=286 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T12 AUS Steve Elkington 76-72-72-67=287 −1 52,920 SWE Per-Ulrik Johansson 72-73-73-69=287 USA Tom Lehman 73-76-69-69=287 ESP José María Olazábal (c) 71-70-74-72=287 USA Willie Wood 72-76-71-68=287T17 USA Mark Calcavecchia 74-73-72-69=288 E 39,150 ZAF Ernie Els 73-70-71-74=288 USA Fred Funk 73-74-69-72=288 FJI Vijay Singh 75-74-69-70=288T21 AUS Stuart Appleby 72-76-70-71=289 +1 30,240 USA John Huston 67-77-75-70=289 SWE Jesper Parnevik 73-72-71-73=289T24 ZWE Nick Price 71-71-75-74=291 +3 24,840 ENG Lee Westwood 77-71-73-70=291T26 USA Lee Janzen 72-73-74-73=292 +4 21,195 USA Craig Stadler (c) 77-72-71-72=292T28 USA Paul Azinger 69-73-77-74=293 +5 19,575 USA Jim Furyk 74-75-72-72=293T30 USA Scott McCarron 77-71-72-74=294 +6 17,145 USA Larry Mize (c) 79-69-74-72=294 SCO Colin Montgomerie 72-67-74-81=294 USA Mark O'Meara 75-74-70-75=294T34 SCO Sandy Lyle (c) 73-73-74-75=295 +7 14,918 USA Fuzzy Zoeller (c) 75-73-69-78=29536 USA Duffy Waldorf 74-75-72-75=296 +8 13,90537 ZAF David Frost 74-71-73-79=297 +9 13,90538 USA Scott Hoch 79-68-73-78=298 +10 12,690T39 USA Jack Nicklaus (c) 77-70-74-78=299 +11 11,610 SCO Sam Torrance 75-73-73-78=299 WAL Ian Woosnam (c) 77-68-75-79=29942 JPN 1947 Masashi Ozaki 74-74-74-78=300 +12 10,530T43 USA Corey Pavin 75-74-78-74=301 +13 9,720 USA Clarence Rose 73-75-79-74=30145 USA Ben Crenshaw (c) 75-73-74-80=302 +14 8,91046 NZL Frank Nobilo 76-72-74-81=303 +15 8,370CUT USA David Berganio Jr. 72-78=150 +6 USA John Cook 77-73=150 USA David Duval 78-72=150 USA Dan Forsman 74-76=150 USA Phil Mickelson 76-74=150 USA John Morse 77-73=150 ENG Warren Bladon (a) 79-72=151 +7 USA Brad Faxon 77-74=151 USA Dudley Hart 74-77=151 AUS Greg Norman 77-74=151 USA David Ogrin 77-74=151 USA Kenny Perry 73-78=151 ZAF Gary Player (c) 76-75=151 USA Bob Tway 78-73=151 USA D. A. Weibring 78-73=151 USA Stewart Cink 75-78=153 +9 USA Ed Fiori 78-75=153 USA Jeff Maggert 77-76=153 ZWE Mark McNulty 81-72=153 USA Tommy Aaron (c) 77-77=154 +10 USA Raymond Floyd (c) 79-75=154 JPN 1947 Yoshinori Kaneko 77-77=154 ESP Seve Ballesteros (c) 81-74=155 +11 USA Michael Bradley 79-77=156 +12 ENG Nick Faldo (c) 75-81=156 USA Steve Stricker 77-79=156 USA Steve Scott (a) 78-79=157 +13 USA Guy Boros 79-79=158 +14 USA Tim Hogarth (a) 80-78=158 AUS Robert Allenby 82-77=159 +15 USA Mark Brooks 77-82=159 USA Billy Casper (c) 83-77=160 +16 USA Charles Coody (c) 83-77=160 USA Steve Jones 82-78=160 USA Ken Green 87-74=161 +17 USA Loren Roberts 85-77=162 +18 USA Gay Brewer (c) 84-79=163 +19 USA Spider Miller (a) 82-81=163 USA Arnold Palmer (c) 89-87=176 +32 USA Doug Ford (c) 85-94=179 +35 Sources:Masters – Past Winners & Results https://www.masters.com/en_US/tournament/past_winners.html Augusta National Inc. April 20, 2021Past results – Masters tournament https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/masters-tournament/past-results.html PGA Tour April 20, 2021 Scorecard Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par454343454 443545344 USA Woods −15 −16 −16 −16 −15 −15 −14 −15 −15 −15 −16 −16 −17 −18 −18 −18 −18 −18 USA Kite −4 −5 −5 −4 −4 −3 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −5 −5 −6 −6 USA Tolles E −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −4 −5 −5 −5 USA Watson −5 −6 −6 −6 −7 −6 −3 −4 −4 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −4 ITA Rocca −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −3 USA Stankowski −5 −4 −3 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −2 −3 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |style="background: Green;" width=10| |Double bogey |style="background: Olive;" width=10| |Triple bogey+ |} Source: Quotes "There it is – a win for the ages!" – Jim Nantz's (CBS Sports) call as Woods sunk his final putt on the 18th hole to win the tournament. References External links Masters.com – past winners Augusta.com – 1997 Masters leaderboard and scorecards 4P5_Ld07sMA Full Final Round from the Masters (originally broadcast by CBS) 1997 1997 Category:1997 in golf Category:1997 in American sports Category:1997 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:April 1997 sports events in the United States