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1997 PGA Championship

Golf tournament

Field	Value
name	1997 PGA Championship
image	1997PGALogo.jpg
dates	August 14–17, 1997
location	Mamaroneck, New York, U.S.
course	Winged Foot Golf Club,
West Course
org	PGA of America
tour	PGA Tour
par	70
yardage	6987 yd
field	150 players,
77 after cut
cut	146 (+6)
purse	$2.6 million
winners_share	$470,000
champion	USA Davis Love III
score	269 (−11)
previous	[1996](1996-pga-championship)
next	[1998](1998-pga-championship)
map	USA#USA New York
map_relief	yes
map_label	Winged Foot GC
map_caption	Location in the United States##Location in New York
coordinates

West Course 77 after cut 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.

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 peeked 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.

Love's performance is remembered as one of the best in modern major championship history. Only two players finished within 10 shots of him. The sports analytics expert Bill Barnwell statistically identified the victory as the second most dominant win of the modern era (1960–2011), only behind Tiger Woods' 15-shot triumph at the 2000 U.S. Open.

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 later returned in 2006 and 2020. The tournament was televised by TBS Sports and CBS Sports.

Course layout

Main article: Winged Foot Golf Club

Hole	Name	Yards	Par	Hole	Name	Yards	Par
1	Genesis	446	4		10	Pulpit	190
2	Elm	411	4	11	Billows	396	4
3	Pinnacle	216	3	12	Cape	540	5
4	Sound View	460	4	13	White Mule	212	3
5	Long Lane	515	5	14	Shamrock	432	4
6	El	324	4	15	Pyramid	423	4
7	Babe-in-the-Woods	161	3	16	Hells Bells	457	4
8	Arena	442	4	17	Well-Well	449	4
9	Meadow	467	4	18	Revelations	448	4
Out	3,442	35	In	3,545	35
Source:	Total	6,987	70

Lengths of the course for previous majors:

1984 U.S. Open: 6930 yd, par 70
1974 U.S. Open: 6961 yd, par 70
1959 U.S. Open: 6873 yd, par 70
1929 U.S. Open: 6786 yd, par 72

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 14, 1997

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA John Daly	66	−4
USA Davis Love III
3	AUS Robert Allenby	67	−3
T4	USA Paul Azinger	68	−2
USA Tom Kite
USA Justin Leonard
JPN Shigeki Maruyama
AUS Greg Norman
USA Chris Perry
USA Paul Stankowski
USA Bob Tway

Second round

Friday, August 15, 1997

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Lee Janzen	69-67=136	−4
2	USA Davis Love III	66-71=137	−3
T3	USA Phil Blackmar	70-68=138	−2
USA Fred Couples	71-67=138
USA Justin Leonard	68-70=138
USA Jeff Maggert	69-69=138
JPN Shigeki Maruyama	68-70=138
USA Phil Mickelson	69-69=138
ITA Costantino Rocca	69-69=138
T10	USA John Daly	66-73=139	−1
AUS Greg Norman	68-71=139
USA Chris Perry	68-71=139
FIJ Vijay Singh	73-66=139
USA Paul Stankowski	68-71=139

Third round

Saturday, August 16, 1997

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1		USA Justin Leonard	68-70-65=203	−7
USA Davis Love III	66-71-66=203
T3	USA Lee Janzen	69-67-74=210	E
USA Tom Kite	68-71-71=210
T5	USA Fred Couples	71-67-73=211	+1
USA David Duval	70-70-71=211
USA Scott Hoch	71-72-68=211
USA Jeff Maggert	69-69-73=211
USA Phil Mickelson	69-69-73=211
USA Tiger Woods	70-70-71=211

Final round

Sunday, August 17, 1997

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Davis Love III	66-71-66-66=269	−11	470,000
2	USA Justin Leonard	68-70-65-71=274	−6	280,000
3	USA Jeff Maggert	69-69-73-65=276	−4	175,000
4	USA Lee Janzen	69-67-74-69=279	−1	125,000
5	USA Tom Kite	68-71-71-70=280	E	105,000
T6	USA Phil Blackmar	70-68-74-69=281	+1	85,000
USA Jim Furyk	69-72-72-68=281
USA Scott Hoch	71-72-68-70=281
9	USA Tom Byrum	69-73-70-70=282	+2	70,000
T10	USA Tom Lehman	69-72-72-70=283	+3	60,000
USA Scott McCarron	74-71-67-71=283
USA Joey Sindelar	72-71-71-69=283

Source:

References

"Tournament Info for: 1997 PGA Championship". PGA of America.
Diaz, Jaime. (August 25, 1997). "At long last, Love".
Parascenzo, Marino. (August 18, 1997). "Color this one special". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Barnwell, Bill. (June 24, 2011). "Relative Dominance".
D'Amato, Gary. (August 14, 1997). "1997 PGA Championship: course". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
"1997 PGA Championship".

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