1997 PGA Tour

Golf tour season November 2023 1997 PGA Tour 1997 1 9 – 1997 11 2 45 USA Tiger Woods (4) Money list USA Tiger Woods PGA Tour Player of the Year USA Tiger Woods PGA Player of the Year USA Tiger Woods Rookie of the Year USA Stewart Cink 1996 1998 The 1997 PGA Tour was the 82nd season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 29th season since separating from the PGA of America. Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1997 season.https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/schedule.history.1997.html 1997 Tournament schedule PGA Tour 2 November 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20180907231207/https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/schedule.history.1997.html 7 September 20181998 PGA Tour Media Guide https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/static-assets/page/header/files/1998_pgatour.pdf PGA Tour 2 November 2023 DateTournamentLocationPurse(US$)WinnerThe number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for PGA Tour members.OWGRpointsNotes Jan 12 Mercedes Championships California 1,200,000 USA Tiger Woods (3) 40 Winners-only event Jan 19 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic California 1,500,000 USA John Cook (9) 48 Pro-Am Jan 26 Phoenix Open Arizona 1,500,000 USA Steve Jones (6) 54 Feb 2 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am California 1,900,000 USA Mark O'Meara (13) 60 Pro-Am Feb 9 Buick Invitational California 1,500,000 USA Mark O'Meara (14) 48 Feb 16 United Airlines Hawaiian Open Hawaii 1,200,000 USA Paul Stankowski (2) 44 Feb 23 Tucson Chrysler Classic Arizona 1,300,000 USA Jeff Sluman (2) 44 Mar 2 Nissan Open California 1,400,000 ENG Nick Faldo (9) 56 Mar 9 Doral-Ryder Open Florida 1,800,000 AUS Steve Elkington (7) 68 Mar 16 Honda Classic Florida 1,500,000 AUS Stuart Appleby (1) 48 Mar 23 Bay Hill Invitational Florida 1,500,000 USA Phil Mickelson (10) 68 Invitational Mar 30 The Players Championship Florida 3,500,000 AUS Steve Elkington (8) 80 Flagship event Apr 6 Freeport-McDermott Classic Louisiana 1,500,000 USA Brad Faxon (4) 48 Apr 13 Masters Tournament Georgia 2,700,000 USA Tiger Woods (4) 100 Major championship Apr 20 MCI Classic South Carolina 1,500,000 ZWE Nick Price (16) 62 Invitational Apr 27 Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic North Carolina 1,900,000 NZL Frank Nobilo (1) 50 May 4 Shell Houston Open Texas 1,600,000 USA Phil Blackmar (3) 46 May 11 BellSouth Classic Georgia 1,500,000 USA Scott McCarron (2) 44 May 18 GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic Texas 1,800,000 USA Tiger Woods (5) 56 May 25 MasterCard Colonial Texas 1,600,000 ZAF David Frost (10) 58 Invitational Jun 2 Memorial Tournament Ohio 1,900,000 FJI Vijay Singh (4) 50 Invitational Jun 8 Kemper Open Maryland 1,500,000 USA Justin Leonard (2) 62 Jun 15 U.S. Open Maryland 2,600,000 ZAF Ernie Els (4) 100 Major championship Jun 22 Buick Classic New York 1,500,000 ZAF Ernie Els (5) 48 Jun 29 FedEx St. Jude Classic Tennessee 1,500,000 AUS Greg Norman (19) 42 Jul 6 Motorola Western Open Illinois 2,000,000 USA Tiger Woods (6) 56 Jul 13 Quad City Classic Illinois 1,350,000 USA David Toms (1) 24 Jul 20 The Open Championship Scotland £1,600,000 USA Justin Leonard (3) 100 Major championship Jul 20 Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic Mississippi 1,000,000 USA Billy Ray Brown (3) 20 Alternate event Jul 27 Canon Greater Hartford Open Connecticut 1,500,000 USA Stewart Cink (1) 40 Aug 3 Sprint International Colorado 1,700,000 USA Phil Mickelson (11) 58 Aug 10 Buick Open Michigan 1,500,000 FJI Vijay Singh (5) 54 Aug 17 PGA Championship New York 2,600,000 USA Davis Love III (11) 100 Major championship Aug 24 NEC World Series of Golf Ohio 2,200,000 AUS Greg Norman (20) 64 Limited-field event Aug 24 Greater Vancouver Open Canada 1,500,000 USA Mark Calcavecchia (9) 26 Alternate event Aug 31 Greater Milwaukee Open Wisconsin 1,300,000 USA Scott Hoch (8) 32 Sep 7 Bell Canadian Open Canada 1,500,000 USA Steve Jones (7) 50 Sep 14 CVS Charity Classic Massachusetts 1,200,000 USA Loren Roberts (5) 38 Sep 21 LaCantera Texas Open Texas 1,400,000 USA Tim Herron (2) 40 Sep 28 B.C. Open New York 1,300,000 SWE Gabriel Hjertstedt (1) 24 Oct 5 Buick Challenge Georgia 1,200,000 USA Davis Love III (12) 42 Oct 12 Michelob Championship at Kingsmill Virginia 1,550,000 USA David Duval (1) 44 Oct 19 Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic Florida 1,500,000 USA David Duval (2) 44 Oct 26 Las Vegas Invitational Nevada 1,800,000 USA Bill Glasson (7) 48 Nov 2 The Tour Championship Texas 4,000,000 USA David Duval (3) 62 Tour Championship Unofficial events The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official. DateTournamentLocationPurse($)Winner(s)OWGRpointsNotesJan 5Andersen Consulting World Championship of GolfArizona3,650,000AUS Greg Norman58Limited-field eventSep 28Ryder CupSpainn/aEUR Team Europen/aTeam eventNov 9Lincoln-Mercury Kapalua InternationalHawaii1,200,000USA Davis Love III36Nov 9Subaru Sarazen World OpenGeorgia2,000,000USA Mark Calcavecchia40Nov 16Franklin Templeton Shark ShootoutCalifornia1,100,000USA Bruce Lietzke andUSA Scott McCarronn/aTeam eventNov 18MasterCard PGA Grand Slam of GolfHawaii1,000,000ZAF Ernie Elsn/aLimited-field eventNov 23World Cup of GolfSouth Carolina1,300,000IRL Pádraig Harrington andIRL Paul McGinleyn/aTeam eventWorld Cup of Golf Individual Trophy200,000SCO Colin Montgomerien/aNov 30Skins GameCalifornia600,000USA Tom Lehmann/aLimited-field eventDec 7JCPenney ClassicFlorida1,500,000USA Amy Fruhwirth andUSA Clarence Rosen/aTeam eventDec 14Diners Club MatchesCalifornia700,000AUS Steve Elkington andUSA Jeff Maggertn/aTeam event Money list The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.https://www.pgatour.com/stats/stat.109.1997.html 1997 Official money PGA Tour https://web.archive.org/web/20141010155157/https://www.pgatour.com/stats/stat.109.1997.html 10 October 2014 2 November 2023 Position Player Prize money ($)1 USA Tiger Woods 2,066,8332 USA David Duval 1,885,3083 USA Davis Love III 1,635,9534 USA Jim Furyk 1,619,4805 USA Justin Leonard 1,587,5316 USA Scott Hoch 1,393,7887 AUS Greg Norman 1,345,8568 AUS Steve Elkington 1,320,4119 ZAF Ernie Els 1,243,00810 USA Brad Faxon 1,233,505 Awards AwardWinnerRef. Reference(s) PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) USA Tiger Woods https://www.newspapers.com/image/111363543/ Woods voted Player of Year The Courier-Journal Ron Sirak Louisville, Kentucky 10 January 1998 2 November 2023 19 (G12 in paper) Newspapers.com subscription PGA Player of the Year USA Tiger Woods https://www.newspapers.com/image/641715642/ U.S. names Crenshaw 1999 Ryder Cup captain Woods named Player of Year The Miami Herald Dave Sheinin Miami, Florida 23 October 1997 2 November 2023 285 (2D in paper) Newspapers.com subscription Rookie of the Year USA Stewart Cink Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award) ZIM Nick Price Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy) ZIM Nick Price https://www.newspapers.com/image/948075332/ Scrambling Duval makes it three in a row The Toronto Star Toronto, Ontario, Canada 3 November 1997 2 November 2023 26 (B6 in paper) Newspapers.com subscription Comeback Player of the Year USA Bill Glasson See also 1997 Nike Tour 1997 Senior PGA Tour Notes References External links https://www.pgatour.com/ Category:PGA Tour seasons PGA Tour PGA Tour