1997 U.S. Open (golf)

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

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Round summaries First round Thursday, June 12, 1997

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Colin Montgomerie65−5T2 Steve Stricker66−4 Hal SuttonT4 Tom Lehman67−3 Mark McNultyT6 Hideki Kase68−2 Dave SchreyerT8 Justin Leonard69−1 Jeff SlumanT10 Mike Brisky70E Hale Irwin Joel Kribel (a) Larry Mize David Ogrin Craig Parry Chris Perry David White

Second round Friday, June 13, 1997 Saturday, June 14, 1997 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Tom Lehman67-70=137−3T2 Stewart Cink71-67=138−2 Ernie Els71-67=138T4 Scott Hoch71-68=139−1 Jeff Maggert73-66=139 David Ogrin70-69=139 Hal Sutton66-73=1398 Mark McNulty67-73=140ET9 Scott Dunlap75-66=141+1 Kelly Gibson72-69=141 Hideki Kase68-73=141 Justin Leonard69-72=141 Colin Montgomerie65-76=141 Loren Roberts72-69=141 Dave Schreyer68-73=141 Jeff Sluman69-72=141 Tommy Tolles74-67=141 Tiger Woods74-67=141

Amateurs: Kribel (+8), Wollmann (+9), Noe (+11), Semelsberger (+14), Kearney (+17).

Third round Saturday, June 14, 1997 Sunday, June 15, 1997

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Tom Lehman67-70-68=205−5T2 Ernie Els71-67-69=207−3 Jeff Maggert73-66-68=2074 Colin Montgomerie65-76-67=208−2T5 Jay Haas73-69-68=210E David Ogrin70-69-71=210 Tommy Tolles74-67-69=210T8 Billy Andrade75-67-69=211+1 Olin Browne71-71-69=211 Jim Furyk74-68-69=211 Scott Hoch71-68-72=211

Final round Sunday, June 15, 1997

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Ernie Els 71-67-69-69=276 −4465,0002 Colin Montgomerie65-76-67-69=277−3275,0003 Tom Lehman 67-70-68-73=278 −2172,8284 Jeff Maggert73-66-68-74=281+1120,454T5 Olin Browne71-71-69-71=282+279,875 Jim Furyk74-68-69-71=282 Jay Haas73-69-68-72=282 Tommy Tolles74-67-69-72=282 Bob Tway71-71-70-70=282T10 Scott Hoch71-68-72-72=283+356,949 Scott McCarron73-71-69-70=283 David Ogrin70-69-71-73=283 Amateurs: none made the cut

Scorecard Final round Hole123456789101112131415161718Par434444345 443445443 Els −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −3 −4 −3 −4 −4 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 Montgomerie −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 Lehman −5 −5 −4 −3 −4 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −4 −3 −2 −2 Maggert −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −2 E +1 Browne +1 +1 +2 +3 +3 +3 +3 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 +1 E E +1 +2 +2 Furyk +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 Haas −1 −1 −2 −2 E E E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 E E E +2 +2 Tolles −1 −1 E E E −1 −1 −1 −1 E E E E +1 E +1 +2 +2 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 BirdieBogeyDouble bogey Source:

References

External links Coverage from USA Today