1997 Open Championship

January 2024 August 2013 1997 Open Championship 17–20 July 1997 Troon, Scotland Royal Troon Golf Club European TourPGA Tour 71 7079 ydhttp://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 33, 203 16 May 2017 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx 18 April 2012 https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0pQxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ewMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5620%2C5281908 Toledo Blade Ohio, U.S. Royal Troon, hole-by-hole 17 July 1997 42 156 players, 70 after cut 147 (+5) £1,600,000 €2,220,820$2,680,000 £250,000 €350,000 $418,875 USA Justin Leonard 272 (−12) 1996 1998 UK Scotland 1 Royal Troon Golf Club 55.532 -4.65 Location in Scotland 5 230 Scotland South Ayrshire Royal Troon Golf Club 55.532 -4.651 Location in South Ayrshire, Scotland 5 230 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 Club in Troon, 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.https://www.si.com/vault/1997/07/28/8115907/justin-time-nothingnot-pressure-not-being-down-five-strokescould-stop-justin-leonard-from-winning-the-british-open Sports Illustrated Reilly Rick Rick Reilly Justin time 28 July 1997https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tu4xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_esDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6098%2C5485026 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon, U.S. Associated Press Sirak Ron Leonard's surge foils Parnevik's redemption 21 July 1997 1Bhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=C9RRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K28DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4660%2C4282954 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Leonard outduels Parnevik Parascenzo Marino 21 July 1997 B1 Course Royal Troon Golf Club Old Course HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1Seal3644 10Sandhills43842Black Rock391411The Railway46343Gyaws379412The Fox43144Dunure557513Burmah46545Greenan210314Alton17936Turnberry577515Crosbie45747Tel-el-Kebir402416Well54258Postage Stamp126317Rabbit22339The Monk423418Craigend4524Out3,42936In3,65035Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QaQaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NC4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6838%2C2382513 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Open Championship: course 17 July 1997 10C Total7,07971 Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950): 1989: 7097 yd, par 72 1982: 7067 yd, par 72 1973: 7064 yd, par 72 1962: 7045 yd, par 72 1950: 6583 yd, par 70 Opens from 1962 through 1989 played the 11th hole as a par-5. Round summaries First round Thursday, 17 July 1997 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 NIR Darren Clarke67−4 USA Jim FurykT3 USA Fred Couples69−2 USA Justin Leonard AUS Greg NormanT6 ARG Ángel Cabrera70−1 SCO Barclay Howard (a) USA Davis Love III USA Andrew Magee SWE Jesper Parnevik Source: Second round Friday, 18 July 1997 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 NIR Darren Clarke67-66=133−92 USA Justin Leonard69-66=135−73 SWE Jesper Parnevik70-66=136−6T4 USA Fred Couples69-68=137−5 ENG David Tapping71-66=137T6 USA Jim Furyk67-72=139−3 USA Tom Kite72-67=1398 ARG Ángel Cabrera70-70=140−2T9 USA Mark Calcavecchia74-67=141−1 USA Jay Haas71-70=141 USA Davis Love III70-71=141 USA Tom Watson71-70=141 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tO4xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_esDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5957%2C4826287 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon, U.S. Associated Press Sirak Ron Birdie barrage hits Troon 19 July 1997 1D Amateurs: Howard (+2), Watson (+7), Bladon (+10), Olsson (+11), Webster (+11), Taylor (+15), Young (+17), Miller (+22). Third round Saturday, 19 July 1997 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 SWE Jesper Parnevik70-66-66=202−112 NIR Darren Clarke67-66-71=204−9T3 USA Fred Couples69-68-70=207−6 USA Justin Leonard69-66-72=207T5 TRI Stephen Ames74-69-66=209−4 USA Jim Furyk67-72-70=209 ARG Eduardo Romero74-68-67=209T8 AUS Robert Allenby76-68-66=210 −3 ENG Lee Westwood73-70-67=210 USA Tiger Woods72-74-64=210 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=te4xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_esDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5446%2C5400713 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon, U.S. Associated Press Sirak Ron Parnevik picks up the pace at Troon 20 July 1997 1G Final round Sunday, 20 July 1997 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)1 USA Justin Leonard 69-66-72-65=272 −12 250,000T2 NIR Darren Clarke 67-66-71-71=275 −9 150,000 SWE Jesper Parnevik 70-66-66-73=2754 USA Jim Furyk 67-72-70-70=279 −5 90,000T5 IRL Pádraig Harrington 75-69-69-67=280 −4 62,500 TRI Stephen Ames 74-69-66-71=280 T7 AUS Peter O'Malley 73-70-70-68=281 −3 40,667 ARG Eduardo Romero 74-68-67-72=281 USA Fred Couples 69-68-70-74=281 T10 USA Davis Love III 70-71-74-67=282 −2 24,300 RSA Retief Goosen 75-69-70-68=282 NZL Frank Nobilo 74-72-68-68=282 USA Tom Kite 72-67-74-69=282 USA Mark Calcavecchia 74-67-72-69=282 JPN 1947 Shigeki Maruyama 74-69-70-69=282 RSA Ernie Els 75-69-69-69=282 USA Tom Watson 71-70-70-71=282 AUS Robert Allenby 76-68-66-72=282 ENG Lee Westwood 73-70-67-72=282 Source:http://www.databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=1997&tid=8 databasegolf.com 1997 Open Championship results 2 July 2012 Amateurs: Howard (+9) Scorecard Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par444535434 444434534USA Leonard −6 −7 −8 −9 −8 −9 −10 −10 −11 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −12 −12NIR Clarke −10 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −8 −8 −9SWE 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 EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogey Source: References External links Royal Troon 1997 (Official site) 126th Open Championship – Royal Troon (European Tour) 1997 55.532 -4.65 type:event title Category:The Open Championship Category:Golf tournaments in Scotland Open Championship Open Championship Open Championship Category:Troon Category:Sport in South Ayrshire Category:20th century in South Ayrshire