1997 U.S. Open (golf) explained

1997 U.S. Open
Dates:	June 12–15, 1997
Location:	Bethesda, Maryland
Course:	Congressional Country Club Blue Course
Org:	USGA
Tour:	PGA Tour
Par:	70
Field:	156 players, 84 after cut
Cut:	147 (+7)
Purse:	$2,600,000
Winners Share:	$465,000
Champion:	Ernie Els
Score:	276 (−4)
Previous:	1996
Next:	1998

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.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Course layout

See main article: Congressional Country Club.

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	402	235	455	434	407	475	174	362	607	3,551	466	415	187	461	439	583	441	480	190	3,662	7,213
Par	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	35	4	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	3	35	70

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 12, 1997

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Colin Montgomerie	65	−5
T2	Steve Stricker	66	−4
	Hal Sutton
T4	Tom Lehman	67	−3
	Mark McNulty
T6	Hideki Kase	68	−2
	Dave Schreyer
T8	Justin Leonard	69	−1
	Jeff Sluman
T10	Mike Brisky	70	E
	Hale Irwin
	Joel Kribel (a)
	Larry Mize
	David Ogrin
	Craig Parry
	Chris Perry
	David White

Second round

Friday, June 13, 1997
Saturday, June 14, 1997

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Tom Lehman	67-70=137	−3
T2	Stewart Cink	align=center	71-67=138	−2
	Ernie Els	align=center	71-67=138
T4	Scott Hoch	71-68=139	−1
	Jeff Maggert	73-66=139
	David Ogrin	70-69=139
	Hal Sutton	66-73=139
8	Mark McNulty	67-73=140	E
T9	Scott Dunlap	align=center	75-66=141	+1
	Kelly Gibson	align=center	72-69=141
	Hideki Kase	align=center	68-73=141
	Justin Leonard	align=center	69-72=141
	Colin Montgomerie	align=center	65-76=141
	Loren Roberts	align=center	72-69=141
	Dave Schreyer	align=center	68-73=141
	Jeff Sluman	align=center	69-72=141
	Tommy Tolles	align=center	74-67=141
	Tiger Woods	align=center	74-67=141

Amateurs: Kribel (+8), Wollmann (+9), Noe (+11), Semelsberger (+14), Kearney (+17).

Third round

Saturday, June 14, 1997
Sunday, June 15, 1997

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Tom Lehman	67-70-68=205	−5
T2	Ernie Els	71-67-69=207	−3
	Jeff Maggert	align=center		73-66-68=207
4	Colin Montgomerie	align=center	65-76-67=208	−2
T5	Jay Haas	73-69-68=210	E
	David Ogrin	align=center		70-69-71=210
	Tommy Tolles	align=center		74-67-69=210
T8	Billy Andrade	75-67-69=211	+1
	Olin Browne	align=center		71-71-69=211
	Jim Furyk	align=center		74-68-69=211
	Scott Hoch	align=center		71-68-72=211

Final round

Sunday, June 15, 1997

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Ernie Els	71-67-69-69=276	−4	465,000
2	Colin Montgomerie	65-76-67-69=277	−3	275,000
3	Tom Lehman	67-70-68-73=278	−2	172,828
4	Jeff Maggert	73-66-68-74=281	+1	120,454
align=center rowspan="5"	T5	Olin Browne	71-71-69-71=282	+2	79,875
Jim Furyk	74-68-69-71=282
Jay Haas	73-69-68-72=282
Tommy Tolles	74-67-69-72=282
Bob Tway	71-71-70-70=282
align=center rowspan="3"	T10	Scott Hoch	71-68-72-72=283	+3	56,949
Scott McCarron	73-71-69-70=283
David Ogrin	70-69-71-73=283

Amateurs: none made the cut^[4]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	5	4	4	3
Els	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−3	−4	−3	−4	−4	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4
Montgomerie	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3
Lehman	−5	−5	−4	−3	−4	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−4	−3	−2	−2
Maggert	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−2	E	+1
Browne	+1	+1	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	E	+1	+2	+2
Furyk	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+3	+3	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2
Haas	−1	−1	−2	−2	E	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	E	E	+2	+2
Tolles	−1	−1	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	E	E	E	+1	E	+1	+2	+2
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

Double Eagle

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Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

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Source:^[5]

External links

• Coverage from USA Today

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Notes and References

1. News: No one Els standing . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Parascenzo . Marino . June 16, 1997 . C1.
2. News: Steady Els grabs second Open . Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon . Associated Press . Sirak . Ron . June 16, 1997 . 1B .
3. Easy Does It: Sweet-Swinging Ernie Els Outlasted A Trio Of Challengers To Win A Raucous And Riveting U.S. Open . Sports Illustrated . Reilly . Rick . Rick Reilly . June 23, 1997 . 44.
4. News: Final results: 1997 U.S. Open . USA Today . June 15, 1997 . June 15, 2012.
5. News: U.S. Open History . USGA . April 15, 2019.