# 1997 PGA Championship

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1997 PGA Championship Tournament information Dates August 14–17, 1997 Location Mamaroneck, New York, U.S. 40°57′29″N 73°45′14″W / 40.958°N 73.754°W / 40.958; -73.754 Course(s) Winged Foot Golf Club, West Course Organized by PGA of America Tour PGA Tour Statistics Par 70 Length 6,987 yards (6,389 m) Field 150 players, 77 after cut[1] Cut 146 (+6) Prize fund $2.6 million Winner's share $470,000 Champion Davis Love III 269 (−11) Location map Winged Foot GC Location in the United States Show map of the United States Winged Foot GC Location in New York Show map of New York ← 1996 1998 →

The **1997 PGA Championship** was the 79th [PGA Championship](/source/PGA_Championship), held August 14–17 at [Winged Foot Golf Club](/source/Winged_Foot_Golf_Club) in [Mamaroneck, New York](/source/Mamaroneck_(town)%2C_New_York), a suburb northeast of [New York City](/source/New_York_City). [Davis Love III](/source/Davis_Love_III) won his only [major championship](/source/Men's_major_golf_championships), five strokes ahead of runner-up [Justin Leonard](/source/Justin_Leonard), winner of the [1997 Open Championship](/source/1997_Open_Championship).[2][3]

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](/source/Bill_Barnwell) statistically identified the victory as the second most dominant win of the modern era (1960–2011), only behind [Tiger Woods](/source/Tiger_Woods)' 15-shot triumph at the [2000 U.S. Open](/source/2000_U.S._Open_(golf)).[4]

This was the first PGA Championship at the West Course and the fifth major; it previously hosted four [U.S. Opens](/source/U.S._Open_(golf)) ([1929](/source/1929_U.S._Open_(golf)), [1959](/source/1959_U.S._Open_(golf)), [1974](/source/1974_U.S._Open_(golf)), and [1984](/source/1984_U.S._Open_(golf))), which later returned in [2006](/source/2006_U.S._Open_(golf)) and [2020](/source/2020_U.S._Open_(golf)). The tournament was televised by [TBS Sports](/source/TBS_Sports) and [CBS Sports](/source/CBS_Sports).

## Course layout

Main article: [Winged Foot Golf Club](/source/Winged_Foot_Golf_Club)

West Course

Hole Name Yards Par Hole Name Yards Par 1 Genesis 446 4 10 Pulpit 190 3 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:[5] Total 6,987 70

Lengths of the course for previous majors:

- [1984 U.S. Open](/source/1984_U.S._Open_(golf)): 6,930 yards (6,340 m), par 70

- [1974 U.S. Open](/source/1974_U.S._Open_(golf)): 6,961 yards (6,365 m), par 70

- [1959 U.S. Open](/source/1959_U.S._Open_(golf)): 6,873 yards (6,285 m), par 70

- [1929 U.S. Open](/source/1929_U.S._Open_(golf)): 6,786 yards (6,205 m), par 72

## Round summaries

### First round

*Thursday, August 14, 1997*

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

### Second round

*Friday, August 15, 1997*

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

### Third round

*Saturday, August 16, 1997*

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

### Final round

*Sunday, August 17, 1997*

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

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## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-pgamedia97_1-0)** ["Tournament Info for: 1997 PGA Championship"](http://www.pgamediaguide.com/pgachampionship_detail.cfm?tournament_id=384&date=1997&tourn_name_id=2). PGA of America. Retrieved July 28, 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-siag97_2-0)** Diaz, Jaime (August 25, 1997). ["At long last, Love"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120820031359/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1010588/index.htm). *Sports Illustrated*. p. 28. Archived from [the original](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1010588/index.htm) on August 20, 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ppg97pgard4_3-0)** Parascenzo, Marino (August 18, 1997). ["Color this one special"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tbJRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M28DAAAAIBAJ&pg=1911%2C3252503). *Pittsburgh Post-Gazette*. p. B1.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Barnwell, Bill (June 24, 2011). ["Relative Dominance"](https://grantland.com/features/relative-dominance/). *Grantland*. Retrieved December 7, 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** D'Amato, Gary (August 14, 1997). ["1997 PGA Championship: course"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=F7waAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JToEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6760%2C9276454). *Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel*. p. 6C.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-97pgadb_6-0)** ["1997 PGA Championship"](http://www.databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=1997&tid=22). *databasegolf.com*. Retrieved July 28, 2012.

## External links

- [Full results](https://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/pgascore.htm)

- [PGA.com](https://web.archive.org/web/20040904003818/http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2004/history_1997.html) – 1997 PGA Championship

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