{{short description|Golf tournament}} {{use mdy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox individual golf tournament | name = 1997 PGA Championship | image = 1997PGALogo.jpg | dates = August 14–17, 1997 | location = [[Mamaroneck (town), New York|Mamaroneck, New York]], U.S. | course = [[Winged Foot Golf Club]],<br>West Course | org = [[Professional Golfers' Association of America|PGA of America]] | tour = [[PGA Tour]] | par = 70 | yardage = {{convert|6987|yd}} | field = 150 players,<br>77 after cut<ref name=pgamedia97>{{cite web |url=http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=384&date=1997&tourn_name_id=2 |publisher=PGA of America |title=Tournament Info for: 1997 PGA Championship |access-date=July 28, 2012}}</ref> | cut = 146 (+6) | purse = [[United States dollar|$]]2.6 million | winners_share = $470,000 | champion = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Davis Love III]] | score = 269 (−11) | previous = [[1996 PGA Championship|1996]] | next = [[1998 PGA Championship|1998]] | map = USA#USA New York | map_relief = yes | map_label = Winged Foot GC | map_caption = Location in the [[United States]]##Location in [[New York (state)|New York]] | coordinates = {{coord| 40.958|-73.754|type:event|display=inline,title}} }} The '''1997 PGA Championship''' was the 79th [[PGA Championship]], held August 14–17 at [[Winged Foot Golf Club]] in [[Mamaroneck (town), New York|Mamaroneck, New York]], a suburb northeast of [[New York City]]. [[Davis Love III]] won his only [[Men's major golf championships|major championship]], five strokes ahead of runner-up [[Justin Leonard]], winner of the [[1997 Open Championship]].<ref name=siag97>{{Cite magazine |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1010588/index.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820031359/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1010588/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 20, 2012 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Diaz |first=Jaime |title=At long last, Love |date=August 25, 1997 |page=28}}</ref><ref name=ppg97pgard4>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tbJRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M28DAAAAIBAJ&pg=1911%2C3252503 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |last=Parascenzo |first=Marino |title=Color this one special |date=August 18, 1997 |page=B1}}</ref>
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 (golf)|2000 U.S. Open]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://grantland.com/features/relative-dominance/ |title=Relative Dominance |last=Barnwell |first=Bill |date=June 24, 2011 |website=Grantland |access-date=2019-12-07}}</ref>
This was the first PGA Championship at the West Course and the fifth major; it previously hosted four [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Opens]] ([[1929 U.S. Open (golf)|1929]], [[1959 U.S. Open (golf)|1959]], [[1974 U.S. Open (golf)|1974]], and [[1984 U.S. Open (golf)|1984]]), which later returned in [[2006 U.S. Open (golf)|2006]] and [[2020 U.S. Open (golf)|2020]]. The tournament was televised by [[TBS Sports]] and [[CBS Sports]].
==Course layout== {{Main|Winged Foot Golf Club}}West Course {|class=wikitable !Hole!!Name!!Yards!!Par!! !!Hole!!Name!!Yards!!Par |- |align=center|1||Genesis||align=center|446||align=center|4||rowspan=10| ||align=center|10||Pulpit||align=center|190||align=center|3 |- |align=center|2||Elm||align=center|411||align=center|4||align=center|11||Billows||align=center|396||align=center|4 |- |align=center|3||Pinnacle||align=center|216||align=center|3||align=center|12||Cape||align=center|540||align=center|5 |- |align=center|4||Sound View||align=center|460||align=center|4||align=center|13||White Mule||align=center|212||align=center|3 |- |align=center|5||Long Lane||align=center|515||align=center|5||align=center|14||Shamrock||align=center|432||align=center|4 |- |align=center|6||El||align=center|324||align=center|4||align=center|15||Pyramid||align=center|423||align=center|4 |- |align=center|7||Babe-in-the-Woods||align=center|161||align=center|3||align=center|16||Hells Bells||align=center|457||align=center|4 |- |align=center|8||Arena||align=center|442||align=center|4||align=center|17||Well-Well||align=center|449||align=center|4 |- |align=center|9||Meadow||align=center|467||align=center|4||align=center|18||Revelations||align=center|448||align=center|4 |- | colspan=2 align=center|'''Out'''||align=center|'''3,442'''||align=center|'''35'''|| colspan=2 align=center|'''In'''||align=center|'''3,545'''||align=center|'''35''' |- |colspan=5|<small>Source:</small><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=F7waAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JToEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6760%2C9276454|title=1997 PGA Championship: course|newspaper=Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel|last=D'Amato|first=Gary|date=August 14, 1997 |page=6C}}</ref> ||colspan=2 align=center|'''Total'''||align=center|'''6,987'''||align=center|'''70''' |} Lengths of the course for previous majors: * [[1984 U.S. Open (golf)|1984 U.S. Open]]: {{convert|6930|yd}}, par 70 * [[1974 U.S. Open (golf)|1974 U.S. Open]]: {{convert|6961|yd}}, par 70 * [[1959 U.S. Open (golf)|1959 U.S. Open]]: {{convert|6873|yd}}, par 70 * [[1929 U.S. Open (golf)|1929 U.S. Open]]: {{convert|6786|yd}}, par 72
== Round summaries == ===First round=== ''Thursday, August 14, 1997'' {| class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par |- |rowspan="2" align=center|T1|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[John Daly (golfer)|John Daly]]||rowspan="2" align=center |66||rowspan="2" align=center|−4 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Davis Love III]] |- |align=center|3|| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Robert Allenby]]||align=center |67||align=center|−3 |- |rowspan="8" align=center|T4|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Paul Azinger]]||rowspan="8" align=center |68||rowspan="8" align=center|−2 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tom Kite]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Justin Leonard]] |- | {{flagicon|JPN|1947}} [[Shigeki Maruyama]] |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Greg Norman]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Perry (golfer)|Chris Perry]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Paul Stankowski]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bob Tway]] |}
===Second round=== ''Friday, August 15, 1997'' {| class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par |- |align=center|1|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lee Janzen]]||align=center |69-67=136||align=center|−4 |- |align=center|2|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Davis Love III]]||align=center |66-71=137||align=center|−3 |- |rowspan="7" align=center|T3|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Phil Blackmar]]||align=center |70-68=138||rowspan="7" align=center|−2 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Fred Couples]]|| 71-67=138 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Justin Leonard]]||68-70=138 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jeff Maggert]]|| 69-69=138 |- | {{flagicon|JPN|1947}} [[Shigeki Maruyama]]|| 68-70=138 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Phil Mickelson]]|| 69-69=138 |- | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Costantino Rocca]]|| 69-69=138 |- |rowspan="5" align=center|T10|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[John Daly (golfer)|John Daly]]||align=center|66-73=139||rowspan="5" align=center|−1 |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Greg Norman]]|| 68-71=139 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Perry (golfer)|Chris Perry]]|| 68-71=139 |- | {{flagicon|FIJ}} [[Vijay Singh]]|| 73-66=139 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Paul Stankowski]]|| 68-71=139 |}
===Third round=== ''Saturday, August 16, 1997'' {| class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par |- |rowspan="2" align=center|T1||| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Justin Leonard]]||align=center |68-70-65=203||rowspan="2" align=center|−7 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Davis Love III]]|| 66-71-66=203 |- |rowspan="2" align=center|T3|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lee Janzen]]||align=center|69-67-74=210||rowspan="2" align=center|E |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tom Kite]]|| 68-71-71=210 |- |rowspan="6" align=center|T5|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Fred Couples]]||align=center |71-67-73=211||rowspan="6" align=center|+1 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[David Duval]]|| 70-70-71=211 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Scott Hoch]]|| 71-72-68=211 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jeff Maggert]]|| 69-69-73=211 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Phil Mickelson]]|| 69-69-73=211 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tiger Woods]]|| 70-70-71=211 |}
===Final round=== ''Sunday, August 17, 1997'' {| class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money ([[United States dollar|$]]) |- | align="center"|1 || {{flagicon|USA}} '''[[Davis Love III]]''' || 66-71-66-66=269 || align="center"|−11 || align=center|470,000 |- | align="center"|2 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Justin Leonard]] || 68-70-65-71=274 || align="center"|−6 || align=center|280,000 |- | align="center"|3 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jeff Maggert]] || 69-69-73-65=276 || align="center"|−4 || align=center|175,000 |- | align="center"|4 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lee Janzen]] || 69-67-74-69=279 || align="center"|−1 || align=center|125,000 |- | align="center"|5 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tom Kite]] || 68-71-71-70=280 || align="center"|E || align=center|105,000 |- | rowspan=3 align="center"|T6 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Phil Blackmar]] || 70-68-74-69=281 || rowspan=3 align="center"|+1 || rowspan=3 align=center|85,000 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jim Furyk]] || 69-72-72-68=281 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Scott Hoch]] || 71-72-68-70=281 |- | align="center"|9 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tom Byrum]] || 69-73-70-70=282 || align="center"|+2 || align=center|70,000 |- | rowspan=3 align="center"|T10 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tom Lehman]] || 69-72-72-70=283 || rowspan=3 align="center"|+3 || rowspan=3 align=center|60,000 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Scott McCarron]] || 74-71-67-71=283 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Joey Sindelar]] || 72-71-71-69=283 |} <small>Source:</small><ref name=97pgadb>{{cite web |url=http://www.databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=1997&tid=22 |website=databasegolf.com |title=1997 PGA Championship |access-date=July 28, 2012}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/pgascore.htm Full results] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20040904003818/http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2004/history_1997.html PGA.com] – 1997 PGA Championship
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