1997 PGA Championship

1997 PGA Championship
Tournament information
Dates August 14–17, 1997
Location Mamaroneck, New York
Course(s) Winged Foot Golf Club,
West Course
Organized by PGA of America
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Statistics
Par 70
Length 6,987 yards (6,389 m)
Field 150 players, 77 after cut[1]
Cut 146 (+6)
Prize fund $2.6 million
Winner's share $470,000
Champion
United States Davis Love III
269 (–11)
Winged Foot Golf Club
Location in the United States

The 1997 PGA Championship was the 79th PGA Championship, held August 14–17 at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York, a suburb northeast of New York City. Davis Love III won his only major championship, five strokes ahead of runner-up Justin Leonard, winner of the 1997 Open Championship.[2][3]

The last few holes on Sunday were played in a steady rain. However, when Love reached the final green with the tournament wrapped up, the sun peaked through the clouds and a rainbow appeared in the sky. Many took it as a symbol of Love finally winning his first major after several close calls and of his late father, a PGA professional, approvingly looking down from above.

This was the first PGA Championship at the West Course and the fifth major; it previously hosted four U.S. Opens (1929, 1959, 1974, and 1984), which returned in 2006. The tournament was televised by TBS Sports and CBS Sports.

Course layout

West Course

HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1Genesis446410Pulpit1903
2Elm411411Billows3964
3Pinnacle216312Cape5405
4Sound View460413White Mule2123
5Long Lane515514Shamrock4324
6El324415Pyramid4234
7Babe-in-the-Woods161316Hells Bells4574
8Arena442417Well-Well4494
9Meadow467418Revelations4484
Out3,44235In3,54535
Source:[4]Total6,98770

Lengths of the course for previous majors:

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
Nick Price Zimbabwe1992, 199472707270284+4T13
Bob Tway United States198668757269284+4T13
John Daly United States199166737770286+6T29
Paul Azinger United States199368737174286+6T29
Payne Stewart United States198970707274286+6T29
Steve Elkington Australia199572727074288+8T45
Lanny Wadkins United States197772727770291+11T58
Larry Nelson United States1981, 198776707673295+15T71

Missed the cut

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
Mark Brooks United States19967079149+9
Jack Nicklaus United States1963, 1971,
1973 1975, 1980		7476150+10
Jeff Sluman United States19887477151+11
Hal Sutton United States19837878156+16
Wayne Grady Australia19907979158+18
John Mahaffey United States197878WD

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 14, 1997

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1John Daly United States66–4
Davis Love III United States
3Robert Allenby Australia67–3
T4Paul Azinger United States68–2
Tom Kite United States
Justin Leonard United States
Shigeki Maruyama Japan
Greg Norman Australia
Chris Perry United States
Paul Stankowski United States
Bob Tway United States

Second round

Friday, August 15, 1997

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Lee Janzen United States69-67=136–4
2Davis Love III United States66-71=137–3
T3Phil Blackmar United States70-68=138–2
Fred Couples United States71-67=138
Justin Leonard United States68-70=138
Jeff Maggert United States69-69=138
Shigeki Maruyama Japan68-70=138
Phil Mickelson United States69-69=138
Costantino Rocca Italy69-69=138
T10John Daly United States66-73=139–1
Greg Norman Australia68-71=139
Chris Perry United States68-71=139
Vijay Singh Fiji73-66=139
Paul Stankowski United States68-71=139

Third round

Saturday, August 16, 1997

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Justin Leonard United States68-70-65=203–7
Davis Love III United States66-71-66=203
T3Lee Janzen United States69-67-74=210E
Tom Kite United States68-71-71=210
T5Fred Couples United States71-67-73=211+1
David Duval United States70-70-71=211
Scott Hoch United States71-72-68=211
Jeff Maggert United States69-69-73=211
Phil Mickelson United States69-69-73=211
Tiger Woods United States70-70-71=211

Final round

Sunday, August 17, 1997

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Davis Love III United States66-71-66-66=269–11470,000
2Justin Leonard United States68-70-65-71=274–6280,000
3Jeff Maggert United States69-69-73-65=276–4175,000
4Lee Janzen United States69-67-74-69=279–1125,000
5Tom Kite United States68-71-71-70=280E105,000
T6Phil Blackmar United States70-68-74-69=281+185,000
Jim Furyk United States69-72-72-68=281
Scott Hoch United States71-72-68-70=281
9Tom Byrum United States69-73-70-70=282+270,000
T10Tom Lehman United States69-72-72-70=283+360,000
Scott McCarron United States74-71-67-71=283
Joey Sindelar United States72-71-71-69=283

Source:[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Tournament Info for: 1997 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
  2. ↑ Diaz, Jaime (August 25, 1997). "At long last, Love". Sports Illustrated. p. 28.
  3. ↑ Parascenzo, Marino (August 18, 1997). "Color this one special". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. B1.
  4. ↑ D'Amato, Gary (August 14, 1997). "1997 PGA Championship: course". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. p. 6C.
  5. ↑ "1997 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
Preceded by
1997 Open Championship		 Major Championships Succeeded by
1998 Masters

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