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1997 Open Championship

Field	Value
name	1997 Open Championship
dates	17–20 July 1997
location	Troon, Scotland
course	Royal Troon Golf Club
tour	European Tour
PGA Tour
par	71
yardage	7079 yd
field	156 players, 70 after cut
cut	147 (+5)
purse	£1,600,000
€2,220,820
$2,680,000
winners_share	£250,000
€350,000
$418,875
champion	USA Justin Leonard
score	272 (−12)
previous	[1996](1996-open-championship)
next	[1998](1998-open-championship)

PGA Tour €2,220,820 $2,680,000 €350,000 $418,875 |UK Scotland |Scotland South Ayrshire 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.

Course

Main article: Royal Troon Golf Club

Old Course

Hole	Name	Yards	Par	Hole	Name	Yards	Par
1	Seal	364	4		10	Sandhills	438
2	Black Rock	391	4	11	The Railway	463	4
3	Gyaws	379	4	12	The Fox	431	4
4	Dunure	557	5	13	Burmah	465	4
5	Greenan	210	3	14	Alton	179	3
6	Turnberry	577	5	15	Crosbie	457	4
7	Tel-el-Kebir	402	4	16	Well	542	5
8	Postage Stamp	126	3	17	Rabbit	223	3
9	The Monk	423	4	18	Craigend	452	4
Out	3,429	36	In	3,650	35
Source:	Total	7,079	71

Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950):

Opens from 1962 through 1989 played the 11th hole as a par-5.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, 17 July 1997

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	NIR Darren Clarke	67	−4
USA Jim Furyk
T3	USA Fred Couples	69	−2
USA Justin Leonard
AUS Greg Norman
T6	ARG Ángel Cabrera	70	−1
SCO Barclay Howard (a)
USA Davis Love III
USA Andrew Magee
SWE Jesper Parnevik

Source:

Second round

Friday, 18 July 1997

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	NIR Darren Clarke	67-66=133	−9
2	USA Justin Leonard	69-66=135	−7
3	SWE Jesper Parnevik	70-66=136	−6
T4	USA Fred Couples	69-68=137	−5
ENG David Tapping	71-66=137
T6	USA Jim Furyk	67-72=139	−3
USA Tom Kite	72-67=139
8	ARG Ángel Cabrera	70-70=140	−2
T9	USA Mark Calcavecchia	74-67=141	−1
USA Jay Haas	71-70=141
USA Davis Love III	70-71=141
USA Tom Watson	71-70=141

Source:

Amateurs: Howard (+2), Watson (+7), Bladon (+10), Olsson (+11), Webster (+11), Taylor (+15), Young (+17), Miller (+22).

Third round

Saturday, 19 July 1997

Place	Player	Score	To par
1		SWE Jesper Parnevik	70-66-66=202	−11
2	NIR Darren Clarke	67-66-71=204	−9
T3	USA Fred Couples	69-68-70=207	−6
USA Justin Leonard	69-66-72=207
T5	TRI Stephen Ames	74-69-66=209	−4
USA Jim Furyk	67-72-70=209
ARG Eduardo Romero	74-68-67=209
T8	AUS Robert Allenby	76-68-66=210	−3
ENG Lee Westwood	73-70-67=210
USA Tiger Woods	72-74-64=210

Source:

Final round

Sunday, 20 July 1997

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (£)
1	USA Justin Leonard	69-66-72-65=272	−12	250,000
T2	NIR Darren Clarke	67-66-71-71=275	−9	150,000
SWE Jesper Parnevik	70-66-66-73=275
4	USA Jim Furyk	67-72-70-70=279	−5	90,000
T5	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 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:

Amateurs: Howard (+9)

Scorecard

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	4	5	3	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	3	4
USA Leonard	−6	−7	−8	−9	−8	−9	−10	−10	−11	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−12	−12
NIR Clarke	−10	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−8	−8	−9
SWE 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

Double Eagle --		Eagle		Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey		Triple bogey+ --

Source:

References

(2011). "Media guide". The Open Championship.
(17 July 1997). "Royal Troon, hole-by-hole". Toledo Blade.
Reilly, Rick. (28 July 1997). ["Justin time"](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 ).
Sirak, Ron. (21 July 1997). "Leonard's surge foils Parnevik's redemption". Eugene Register-Guard.
Parascenzo, Marino. (21 July 1997). "Leonard outduels Parnevik". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(17 July 1997). "Open Championship: course". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Sirak, Ron. (19 July 1997). "Birdie barrage hits Troon". Eugene Register-Guard.
Sirak, Ron. (20 July 1997). "Parnevik picks up the pace at Troon". Eugene Register-Guard.
"1997 Open Championship results". databasegolf.com.

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