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1997 U.S. Open (golf)

Field	Value
name	1997 U.S. Open
image	1997OpenLogo.jpg
dates	June 12–15, 1997
location	Bethesda, Maryland
course	Congressional Country Club
Blue Course
org	USGA
tour	PGA Tour
par	70
yardage	7213 yd
field	156 players, 84 after cut
cut	147 (+7)
purse	$2,600,000
winners_share	$465,000
champion	ZAF Ernie Els
score	276 (−4)
previous	[1996](1996-u-s-open-golf)
next	[1998](1998-u-s-open-golf)

Blue Course |USA Country Club 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.

Course layout

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

Second round

Friday, June 13, 1997

Saturday, June 14, 1997

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Tom Lehman	67-70=137	−3
T2	USA Stewart Cink	71-67=138	−2
ZAF Ernie Els	71-67=138
T4	USA Scott Hoch	71-68=139	−1
USA Jeff Maggert	73-66=139
USA David Ogrin	70-69=139
USA Hal Sutton	66-73=139
8	ZWE Mark McNulty	67-73=140	E
T9	USA Scott Dunlap	75-66=141	+1
USA Kelly Gibson	72-69=141
JPN Hideki Kase	68-73=141
USA Justin Leonard	69-72=141
SCO Colin Montgomerie	65-76=141
USA Loren Roberts	72-69=141
USA Dave Schreyer	68-73=141
USA Jeff Sluman	69-72=141
USA Tommy Tolles	74-67=141
USA Tiger Woods	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	USA Tom Lehman	67-70-68=205	−5
T2	ZAF Ernie Els	71-67-69=207	−3
USA Jeff Maggert	73-66-68=207
4	SCO Colin Montgomerie	65-76-67=208	−2
T5	USA Jay Haas	73-69-68=210	E
USA David Ogrin	70-69-71=210
USA Tommy Tolles	74-67-69=210
T8	USA Billy Andrade	75-67-69=211	+1
USA Olin Browne	71-71-69=211
USA Jim Furyk	74-68-69=211
USA Scott Hoch	71-68-72=211

Final round

Sunday, June 15, 1997

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

Amateurs: none made the cut

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
ZAF Els	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−3	−4	−3	−4	−4	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4
SCO Montgomerie	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3
USA Lehman	−5	−5	−4	−3	−4	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−4	−3	−2	−2
USA Maggert	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−2	E	+1
USA Browne	+1	+1	+2	+3	+3	+3	+3	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	+1	E	E	+1	+2	+2
USA Furyk	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+3	+3	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1	+2	+2	+2	+2
USA Haas	−1	−1	−2	−2	E	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	E	E	+2	+2
USA Tolles	−1	−1	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	E	E	E	+1	E	+1	+2	+2
USA 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		Eagle --		Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey	Triple bogey+ --

Source:

References

Parascenzo, Marino. (June 16, 1997). "No one Els standing". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Sirak, Ron. (June 16, 1997). "Steady Els grabs second Open". Eugene Register-Guard.
Reilly, Rick. (June 23, 1997). "Easy Does It: Sweet-Swinging Ernie Els Outlasted A Trio Of Challengers To Win A Raucous And Riveting U.S. Open".
(June 15, 1997). "Final results: 1997 U.S. Open". USA Today.
"U.S. Open History". USGA.

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