1997 Players Championship

August 2023 1997 Players Championship March 27–30, 1997 Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida TPC Sawgrass,Stadium Course PGA Tour 72 6896 ydhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AlhIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ehUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6907%2C6593555 Wilmington Morning Star North Carolina PGA Players Championship March 31, 1997 8B 144 players, 76 after cut 146 (+2) $3.5 million $630,000 AUS Steve Elkington 272 (−16) USA#USA Florida yes TPC Sawgrass Location in the United States##Location in Florida 30.198 N 81.394 W type:event inline,title 1996 1998 The 1997 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 27–30 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 24th Players Championship. Tournament summary Steve Elkington led wire-to-wire, with all four rounds in the sixties, to win his second Players at 272 (−16), a record seven strokes ahead of runner-up Scott Hoch.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rktWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gOsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6821%2C8101060 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Elkington rules tour's best field March 31, 1997 2Bhttps://www.si.com/vault/1997/04/07/225308/show-of-shows-a-week-of-wackiness-couldnt-upstage-a-runaway-win-by-steve-elkington-at-the-players Sports Illustrated Reilly Rick Rick Reilly Show of shows April 7, 1997 70 Elkington's previous win was six years earlier in 1991.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TrVYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1esDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6865%2C61628 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Last putt puts Aussie in money April 1, 1991 2Bhttps://www.si.com/vault/1991/04/08/123958/from-shadows-to-glory-unheralded-steve-elkington-beat-some-big-names-to-win-the-players-championship Sports Illustrated Garrity John From shadows to glory April 8, 1991 28 In his first Players, 21-year-old Tiger Woods tied for 31st at 289 (+1); two weeks later, he won the Masters by a record margin. Defending champion Fred Couples finished thirteen strokes back, in a tie for tenth place. Venue TPC at Sawgrass This was the sixteenth Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course, and it remained at 6896 yd. Eligibility requirements All winners of PGA Tour events awarding official money and official victory status in the preceding 12 months, concluding with the Bay Hill Invitational and dating from the 1996 Players Championship. Fred Couples, Paul Stankowski, Nick Faldo, Loren Roberts, Mark O'Meara, Mark Brooks, Phil Mickelson, Corey Pavin, Steve Stricker, Tom Watson, Ernie Els, Steve Jones, John Cook, D. A. Weibring, Scott Hoch, Tom Lehman, Willie Wood, Justin Leonard, Clarence Rose, Guy Boros, Dudley Hart, Ed Fiori???, Fred Funk, Michael Bradley, Tiger Woods, David Ogrin, Jeff Sluman, Steve Elkington, Stuart Appleby The top 125 PGA Tour members from the final 1996 Official Money List.Official Money – 1996 PGA Tour https://www.pgatour.com/stats/detail/109 2023-05-13 Davis Love III, Brad Faxon, David Duval, Kenny Perry, Greg Norman, Tommy Tolles, Vijay Singh, Jeff Maggert, Jim Furyk, Mark Calcavecchia, Duffy Waldorf, Lee Janzen, Woody Austin, Payne Stewart, Bob Tway, Jay Haas, John Huston, Mark McCumber, Tim Herron, Rocco Mediate, Craig Parry, Paul Goydos, Billy Andrade, Colin Montgomerie, Scott McCarron, Nick Price, Tom Purtzer, Jesper Parnevik, David Frost, Billy Mayfair, Fuzzy Zoeller, Jay Don Blake, Craig Stadler, Jerry Kelly, Andrew Magee, Greg Kraft, Russ Cochran, Lennie Clements, John Morse, Kirk Triplett, Tom Kite, Larry Mize, Scott Simpson, Kelly Gibson, Larry Nelson, Nolan Henke, Grant Waite, Glen Day, Emlyn Aubrey, Jim Gallagher Jr., Joey Sindelar, Rick Fehr, Patrick Burke, Steve Lowery, Frank Nobilo, Marco Dawson, Mike Brisky, Gil Morgan, John Adams, Brad Bryant, Robert Gamez, Joel Edwards, Ronnie Black, Len Mattiace, Mike Hulbert, Brandel Chamblee, Paul Azinger, Phil Blackmar, Brad Fabel, Chip Beck, Joe Ozaki, Olin Browne, Jim Carter, Taylor Smith, Doug Martin, Neal Lancaster, David Toms, David Edwards, Mark Wiebe, Wayne Levi, Hal Sutton, Pete Jordan, Lee Rinker, Chris Perry, John Maginnes, Hugh Royer III, John Wilson, Curtis Strange, Blaine McCallister, Scott Gump, Ben Crenshaw, Dave Stockton Jr., John Daly, Omar Uresti, Dan Forsman, Scott Dunlap, Dicky Pride Winners in the last 10 calendar years of The Players Championship, Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, PGA Championship, and NEC World Series of Golf. Sandy Lyle, Ian Woosnam, Bernhard Langer, Wayne Grady, Mike Reid, Fulton Allem British Open winners since 1990. Eight players, not otherwise eligible, designated by The Players Championship Committee as "special selections." Costantino Rocca, Sam Torrance, Robert Allenby, Mark McNulty, Masashi Ozaki, Brian Watts Any players, not otherwise eligible, who are among the top 10 money winners from the 1997 Official Money List through the Bay Hill Invitational To complete a field of 144 players, those players in order, not otherwise eligible, from the 1997 Official Money List through the Bay Hill Invitational. Source:1997 PGA Tour Media Guide https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/static-assets/page/header/files/1997_pgatour.pdf live PGA Tour 337 https://web.archive.org/web/20200924152322/https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/static-assets/page/header/files/1997_pgatour.pdf 2020-09-24 Field Robert Damron, Joe Durant, Donnie Hammond, Brian Henninger, Peter Jacobsen, Don Pooley, Ted Tryba Round summaries First round Thursday, March 27, 1997 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 AUS Steve Elkington 66 −6T2 USA Mark Calcavecchia 67 −5 USA Russ Cochran USA David Edwards USA Tom Lehman USA Fuzzy Zoeller T7 USA Billy Andrade 68 −4 USA Michael Bradley ZAF Ernie Els USA Jay Haas SCO Sandy Lyle USA Larry Mize JPN Naomichi Ozaki USA Tom Purtzer USA Taylor Smith USA Dave Stockton Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q0tWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gOsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5104%2C7135680 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Elkington emerges with lead in TPC March 28, 1997 2C Second round Friday, March 28, 1997 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 AUS Steve Elkington 66-69=135 −92 USA Larry Mize 68-68=136 −8T3 USA David Edwards 67-70=137 −7 USA Tommy Tolles 70-67=137T3 USA Tom Lehman 67-71=138 −6 USA Davis Love III 72-66=138 AUS Craig Parry 71-67=138 USA Brian Watts 70-68=138 T7 ZAF Ernie Els 68-71=139 −5 USA Brad Faxon 70-69=139 USA Tom Purtzer 68-71=139 USA Dave Stockton 68-71=139 USA Kirk Triplett 71-68=139 USA Fuzzy Zoeller 67-72=139 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rEtWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gOsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6886%2C7512517 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Elkington escapes wind, still leads March 29, 1997 3D Third round Saturday, March 29, 1997 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 AUS Steve Elkington 66-69-68=203 −132 USA Scott Hoch 69-71-65=205 −11 T3 USA Billy Andrade 68-72-68=208 −8 USA Tom Purtzer 68-71-69=208 5 USA Kirk Triplett 71-68-70=209 −7 T6 USA Mark Brooks 72-68-70=210 −6 USA Larry Mize 68-68-74=210 USA Tommy Tolles 70-67-73=210T9 ZAF Ernie Els 68-71-72=211 −5 USA Brad Faxon 70-69-72=211 USA Robert Gamez 70-73-68=211 USA Tom Lehman 67-71-73=211 USA Davis Love III 72-66-73=211 SCO Colin Montgomerie 70-70-71=211 USA Loren Roberts 70-74-67=211 Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rUtWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gOsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5063%2C8010618 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Associated Press Elkington maintains lead with 68 March 30, 1997 3G Final round Sunday, March 30, 1997 Champion(c) = past champion PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 AUS Steve Elkington (c) 66-69-68-69=272 −16 630,0002 USA Scott Hoch 69-71-65-74=279 −9 378,0003 USA Loren Roberts 70-74-67-69=280 −8 238,0004 USA Brad Faxon 70-69-72-70=281 −7 168,0005 USA Billy Andrade 68-72-68-74=282 −6 140,0006 USA Tom Lehman 67-71-73-72=283 −5 126,000T7 USA Mark Brooks 72-68-70-74=284 −4 109,083 SCO Colin Montgomerie 70-70-71-73=284 USA Tommy Tolles 70-67-73-74=284T10 USA Russ Cochran 67-74-72-72=285 −3 84,000 USA Fred Couples (c) 71-74-71-69=285 ZAF Ernie Els 68-71-72-74=285 USA Kirk Triplett 71-68-70-76=285 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T14 AUS Stuart Appleby 71-71-70-74=286 −2 54,250 USA Paul Azinger 72-72-71-71=286 USA Michael Bradley 68-74-72-72=286 USA David Edwards 67-70-76-73=286 USA Fred Funk 71-75-68-72=286 USA Larry Mize 68-68-74-76=286 USA Paul Stankowski 73-70-71-72=286 USA Fuzzy Zoeller 67-72-73-74=286T22 USA John Cook 73-69-72-73=287 −1 37,800 AUS Craig Parry 71-67-80-69=287T24 USA Mark Calcavecchia 67-75-71-75=288 E 27,700 ENG Nick Faldo 71-72-73-72=288 USA Robert Gamez 70-73-68-77=288 USA Doug Martin 72-71-75-70=288 USA Len Mattiace 71-72-71-74=288 ZWE Nick Price (c) 75-68-74-71=288 USA Tom Purtzer 68-71-69-80=288T31 USA Rick Fehr 74-67-75-73=289 +1 20,300 DEU Bernhard Langer 71-73-75-70=289 USA Chris Perry 74-71-70-74=289 USA Joey Sindelar 71-73-73-72=289 FJI Vijay Singh 71-69-74-75=289 USA Tiger Woods 71-73-72-73=289T37 USA Nolan Henke 72-73-73-72=290 +2 15,400 USA Lee Janzen (c) 73-73-74-70=290 USA Pete Jordan 72-74-73-71=290 USA Justin Leonard 71-71-70-78=290 USA Brian Watts 70-68-74-78=290 USA Willie Wood 74-71-70-75=290T43 USA David Duval 74-69-74-74=291 +3 11,550 USA Jay Haas 68-76-74-73=291 ZWE Mark McNulty 71-73-69-78=291 ITA Costantino Rocca 74-69-73-75=291 USA Duffy Waldorf 71-70-75-75=291T48 USA Peter Jacobsen 75-71-73-73=292 +4 9,345 USA Omar Uresti 73-69-72-78=292T50 JPN Masashi Ozaki 70-76-71-76=293 +5 8,610 USA Dave Stockton Jr. 68-71-77-77=293 USA Hal Sutton (c) 70-71-74-78=293T53 USA Phil Blackmar 71-74-74-75=294 +6 7,953 USA Robert Damron 69-72-78-75=294 USA Jim Furyk 71-74-70-79=294 USA Andrew Magee 71-71-76-76=294 USA Gil Morgan 71-72-73-78=294 AUS Greg Norman (c) 71-72-72-79=294 USA Taylor Smith 68-73-76-77=294 USA Tom Watson 70-71-79-74=29461 USA Glen Day 70-72-76-77=295 +7 7,630T62 USA Jay Don Blake 73-72-72-79=296 +8 7,490 USA Mike Hulbert 70-71-77-78=296 USA Mike Reid 71-74-74-77=296T65 USA Scott Gump 71-75-72-79=297 +9 7,280 USA Steve Lowery 73-72-74-78=297 JPN Naomichi Ozaki 68-74-74-81=297T68 USA John Huston 72-70-77-79=298 +10 7,105 USA Don Pooley 71-74-71-82=298T70 USA Jim Gallagher Jr. 72-74-75-78=299 +11 6,930 SCO Sandy Lyle (c) 68-74-77-80=299 USA Mark O'Meara 73-72-76-78=29973 USA Mike Brisky 71-71-80-79=301 +13 6,79074 USA John Wilson 70-74-79-79=302 +14 6,72075 USA Lee Rinker 74-72-77-81=304 +16 6,650CUT USA Emlyn Aubrey 74-73=147 +3 USA Jim Carter 72-75=147 USA Kelly Gibson 71-76=147 USA Brian Henninger 75-72=147 USA Neal Lancaster 74-73=147 USA Billy Mayfair 74-73=147 USA Rocco Mediate 72-75=147 USA Corey Pavin 75-72=147 USA Payne Stewart 69-78=147 USA Bob Tway 74-73=147 USA John Adams 74-74=148 +4 USA Olin Browne 73-75=148 USA Marco Dawson 74-74=148 USA Joel Edwards 71-77=148 USA Tom Kite (c) 75-73=148 USA Greg Kraft 73-75=148 USA John Maginnes 74-74=148 USA Scott Simpson 71-77=148 USA Jeff Sluman 78-70=148 USA Ted Tryba 72-76=148 USA Mark Wiebe 74-74=148 USA Brandel Chamblee 73-76=149 +5 USA Lennie Clements 74-75=149 USA Dudley Hart 76-73=149 USA Scott McCarron 73-76=149 USA John Morse 74-75=149 USA Kenny Perry 73-76=149 USA Craig Stadler 73-76=149 USA Steve Stricker 74-75=149 SCO Sam Torrance 78-71=149 NZL Grant Waite 78-71=149 USA Paul Goydos 77-73=150 +6 USA Donnie Hammond 74-76=150 USA Steve Jones 73-77=150 USA David Ogrin 77-73=150 SWE Jesper Parnevik 75-75=150 USA Dicky Pride 75-75=150 USA Woody Austin 76-75=151 +7 USA Scott Dunlap 75-76=151 USA Joe Durant 73-78=151 USA Dan Forsman 76-75=151 USA Tim Herron 75-76=151 USA Mark McCumber (c) 77-74=151 USA Ronnie Black 78-74=152 +8 USA Larry Nelson 73-79=152 NZL Frank Nobilo 74-78=152 USA Hugh Royer III 77-75=152 USA Brad Bryant 75-78=153 +9 USA Wayne Levi 76-77=153 USA Phil Mickelson 77-76=153 USA David Toms 77-76=153 USA D. A. Weibring 77-76=153 USA Jerry Kelly 79-75=154 +10 USA Jeff Maggert 76-78=154 USA Blaine McCallister 74-80=154 USA Clarence Rose 74-80=154 AUS Wayne Grady 80-75=155 +11 USA Curtis Strange 81-74=155 USA Brad Fabel 78-78=156 +12 ZAF Fulton Allem 80-77=157 +13 USA Chip Beck 77-80=157 AUS Robert Allenby 83-77=160 +16 USA Ben Crenshaw 81-79=160WD USA Guy Boros 74 +2 USA John Daly 76 +4 WAL Ian Woosnam 76 USA Patrick Burke 80 +8 ZAF David Frost 81 +9DQ USA Davis Love III (c) 72-66-73=211 −5 Source:https://www.theplayers.com/past-results.html PGA Tour Past Results 1974 – present March 1, 2020 September 1, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200901175049/https://www.theplayers.com/past-results.html dead References External links The Players Championship website 1997 Category:1997 in golf Category:1997 in American sports Category:1997 in sports in Florida Category:March 1997 sports events in the United States