1997 U.S. Open (golf)

February 2019 March 2026 1997 U.S. Open 1997OpenLogo.jpg June 12–15, 1997 Bethesda, Maryland Congressional Country ClubBlue Course USGA PGA Tour 70 7213 yd 156 players, 84 after cut 147 (+7) $2,600,000 $465,000 ZAF Ernie Els 276 (−4) 1996 1998 USA 1 Congressional Country Club 38.996 -77.176 Location in the United States 5 240 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CYgNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mm8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5798%2C87946 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette No one Els standing Parascenzo Marino June 16, 1997 C1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZU1WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8usDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6314%2C4177223 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Sirak Ron Steady Els grabs second Open June 16, 1997 1B https://www.si.com/vault/1997/06/23/228679/easy-does-it-sweet-swinging-ernie-els-outlasted-a-trio-of-challengers-to-win-a-raucous-and-riveting-us-open Sports Illustrated Easy Does It: Sweet-Swinging Ernie Els Outlasted A Trio Of Challengers To Win A Raucous And Riveting U.S. Open Reilly Rick Rick Reilly June 23, 1997 44 Course layout Congressional Country Club Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards4022354554344074751743626073,5514664151874614395834414801903,6627,213Par434444345354434454433570 Round summaries First round Thursday, June 12, 1997 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 SCO Colin Montgomerie65−5T2 USA Steve Stricker66−4 USA Hal SuttonT4 USA Tom Lehman67−3 ZWE Mark McNultyT6 JPN 1947 Hideki Kase68−2 USA Dave SchreyerT8 USA Justin Leonard69−1 USA Jeff SlumanT10 USA Mike Brisky70E USA Hale Irwin USA Joel Kribel (a) USA Larry Mize USA David Ogrin AUS Craig Parry USA Chris Perry USA David White Second round Friday, June 13, 1997 Saturday, June 14, 1997 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Tom Lehman67-70=137−3T2 USA Stewart Cink71-67=138−2 ZAF Ernie Els71-67=138T4 USA Scott Hoch71-68=139−1 USA Jeff Maggert73-66=139 USA David Ogrin70-69=139 USA Hal Sutton66-73=1398 ZWE Mark McNulty67-73=140ET9 USA Scott Dunlap75-66=141+1 USA Kelly Gibson72-69=141 JPN 1947 Hideki Kase68-73=141 USA Justin Leonard69-72=141 SCO Colin Montgomerie65-76=141 USA Loren Roberts72-69=141 USA Dave Schreyer68-73=141 USA Jeff Sluman69-72=141 USA Tommy Tolles74-67=141 USA Tiger Woods74-67=141 Amateurs: Kribel (+8), Wollmann (+9), Noe (+11), Semelsberger (+14), Kearney (+17). Third round Saturday, June 14, 1997 Sunday, June 15, 1997 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Tom Lehman67-70-68=205−5T2 ZAF Ernie Els71-67-69=207−3 USA Jeff Maggert73-66-68=2074 SCO Colin Montgomerie65-76-67=208−2T5 USA Jay Haas73-69-68=210E USA David Ogrin70-69-71=210 USA Tommy Tolles74-67-69=210T8 USA Billy Andrade75-67-69=211+1 USA Olin Browne71-71-69=211 USA Jim Furyk74-68-69=211 USA Scott Hoch71-68-72=211 Final round Sunday, June 15, 1997 right|thumb|180px|Tiger Woods at the 1997 U.S. Open. PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 ZAF Ernie Els 71-67-69-69=276 −4465,0002 SCO Colin Montgomerie65-76-67-69=277−3275,0003 USA Tom Lehman 67-70-68-73=278 −2172,8284 USA Jeff Maggert73-66-68-74=281+1120,454T5 USA Olin Browne71-71-69-71=282+279,875 USA Jim Furyk74-68-69-71=282 USA Jay Haas73-69-68-72=282 USA Tommy Tolles74-67-69-72=282 USA Bob Tway71-71-70-70=282T10 USA Scott Hoch71-68-72-72=283+356,949 USA Scott McCarron73-71-69-70=283 USA David Ogrin70-69-71-73=283 Amateurs: none made the cuthttps://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/usfinal.htm USA Today Final results: 1997 U.S. Open June 15, 1997 June 15, 2012 Scorecard Final round Hole123456789101112131415161718Par434444345 443445443 ZAF Els −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −3 −4 −3 −4 −4 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 SCO Montgomerie −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 USA Lehman −5 −5 −4 −3 −4 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −4 −3 −2 −2 USA Maggert −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −2 E +1 USA Browne +1 +1 +2 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 E E +1 +2 +2 USA Furyk +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 USA Haas −1 −1 −2 −2 E E E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 E E E +2 +2 USA Tolles −1 −1 E E E −1 −1 −1 −1 E E E E +1 E +1 +2 +2 USA 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 Source:https://www.usopen.com/history-landing/scoring-and-stats/scoring.html#!&y=1997 USGA U.S. Open History April 15, 2019 References External links Coverage from USA Today 1997 38.996 -77.176 type:event title Category:U.S. Open (golf) Category:Golf tournaments in Maryland Category:Bethesda, Maryland U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) U.S. Open (golf) U.S. Open (golf)