The 1997 PGA Tour was the 82nd season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 29th season since separating from the PGA of America.

Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1997 season.

DateTournamentLocationPurse(US$)WinnerOWGRpointsNotes Jan 12 Mercedes Championships California 1,200,000 Tiger Woods (3) 40 Winners-only event Jan 19 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic California 1,500,000 John Cook (9) 48 Pro-Am Jan 26 Phoenix Open Arizona 1,500,000 Steve Jones (6) 54 Feb 2 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am California 1,900,000 Mark O'Meara (13) 60 Pro-Am Feb 9 Buick Invitational California 1,500,000 Mark O'Meara (14) 48 Feb 16 United Airlines Hawaiian Open Hawaii 1,200,000 Paul Stankowski (2) 44 Feb 23 Tucson Chrysler Classic Arizona 1,300,000 Jeff Sluman (2) 44 Mar 2 Nissan Open California 1,400,000 Nick Faldo (9) 56 Mar 9 Doral-Ryder Open Florida 1,800,000 Steve Elkington (7) 68 Mar 16 Honda Classic Florida 1,500,000 Stuart Appleby (1) 48 Mar 23 Bay Hill Invitational Florida 1,500,000 Phil Mickelson (10) 68 Invitational Mar 30 The Players Championship Florida 3,500,000 Steve Elkington (8) 80 Flagship event Apr 6 Freeport-McDermott Classic Louisiana 1,500,000 Brad Faxon (4) 48 Apr 13 Masters Tournament Georgia 2,700,000 Tiger Woods (4) 100 Major championship Apr 20 MCI Classic South Carolina 1,500,000 Nick Price (16) 62 Invitational Apr 27 Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic North Carolina 1,900,000 Frank Nobilo (1) 50 May 4 Shell Houston Open Texas 1,600,000 Phil Blackmar (3) 46 May 11 BellSouth Classic Georgia 1,500,000 Scott McCarron (2) 44 May 18 GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic Texas 1,800,000 Tiger Woods (5) 56 May 25 MasterCard Colonial Texas 1,600,000 David Frost (10) 58 Invitational Jun 2 Memorial Tournament Ohio 1,900,000 Vijay Singh (4) 50 Invitational Jun 8 Kemper Open Maryland 1,500,000 Justin Leonard (2) 62 Jun 15 U.S. Open Maryland 2,600,000 Ernie Els (4) 100 Major championship Jun 22 Buick Classic New York 1,500,000 Ernie Els (5) 48 Jun 29 FedEx St. Jude Classic Tennessee 1,500,000 Greg Norman (19) 42 Jul 6 Motorola Western Open Illinois 2,000,000 Tiger Woods (6) 56 Jul 13 Quad City Classic Illinois 1,350,000 David Toms (1) 24 Jul 20 The Open Championship Scotland £1,600,000 Justin Leonard (3) 100 Major championship Jul 20 Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic Mississippi 1,000,000 Billy Ray Brown (3) 20 Alternate event Jul 27 Canon Greater Hartford Open Connecticut 1,500,000 Stewart Cink (1) 40 Aug 3 Sprint International Colorado 1,700,000 Phil Mickelson (11) 58 Aug 10 Buick Open Michigan 1,500,000 Vijay Singh (5) 54 Aug 17 PGA Championship New York 2,600,000 Davis Love III (11) 100 Major championship Aug 24 NEC World Series of Golf Ohio 2,200,000 Greg Norman (20) 64 Limited-field event Aug 24 Greater Vancouver Open Canada 1,500,000 Mark Calcavecchia (9) 26 Alternate event Aug 31 Greater Milwaukee Open Wisconsin 1,300,000 Scott Hoch (8) 32 Sep 7 Bell Canadian Open Canada 1,500,000 Steve Jones (7) 50 Sep 14 CVS Charity Classic Massachusetts 1,200,000 Loren Roberts (5) 38 Sep 21 LaCantera Texas Open Texas 1,400,000 Tim Herron (2) 40 Sep 28 B.C. Open New York 1,300,000 Gabriel Hjertstedt (1) 24 Oct 5 Buick Challenge Georgia 1,200,000 Davis Love III (12) 42 Oct 12 Michelob Championship at Kingsmill Virginia 1,550,000 David Duval (1) 44 Oct 19 Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic Florida 1,500,000 David Duval (2) 44 Oct 26 Las Vegas Invitational Nevada 1,800,000 Bill Glasson (7) 48 Nov 2 The Tour Championship Texas 4,000,000 David Duval (3) 62 Tour Championship

Unofficial events The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

DateTournamentLocationPurse($)Winner(s)OWGRpointsNotesJan 5Andersen Consulting World Championship of GolfArizona3,650,000 Greg Norman58Limited-field eventSep 28Ryder CupSpainn/a Team Europen/aTeam eventNov 9Lincoln-Mercury Kapalua InternationalHawaii1,200,000 Davis Love III36Nov 9Subaru Sarazen World OpenGeorgia2,000,000 Mark Calcavecchia40Nov 16Franklin Templeton Shark ShootoutCalifornia1,100,000 Bruce Lietzke and Scott McCarronn/aTeam eventNov 18MasterCard PGA Grand Slam of GolfHawaii1,000,000 Ernie Elsn/aLimited-field eventNov 23World Cup of GolfSouth Carolina1,300,000 Pádraig Harrington and Paul McGinleyn/aTeam eventWorld Cup of Golf Individual Trophy200,000 Colin Montgomerien/aNov 30Skins GameCalifornia600,000 Tom Lehmann/aLimited-field eventDec 7JCPenney ClassicFlorida1,500,000 Amy Fruhwirth and Clarence Rosen/aTeam eventDec 14Diners Club MatchesCalifornia700,000 Steve Elkington and Jeff Maggertn/aTeam event

Money list The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.

Position Player Prize money ($)1 Tiger Woods 2,066,8332 David Duval 1,885,3083 Davis Love III 1,635,9534 Jim Furyk 1,619,4805 Justin Leonard 1,587,5316 Scott Hoch 1,393,7887 Greg Norman 1,345,8568 Steve Elkington 1,320,4119 Ernie Els 1,243,00810 Brad Faxon 1,233,505

Awards AwardWinner PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Tiger Woods PGA Player of the Year Tiger Woods Rookie of the Year Stewart Cink Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award) Nick Price Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy) Nick Price Comeback Player of the Year Bill Glasson

See also 1997 Nike Tour 1997 Senior PGA Tour

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