1997 Masters Tournament

The 1997 Masters Tournament was the 61st Masters Tournament, held April 10–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

1997 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 10–13, 1997
LocationAugusta, Georgia
33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,925 yards (6,332 m)[1]
Field86 players, 46 after cut
Cut149 (+5)
Prize fundUS$2.7 million
Winner's share$486,000
Champion
Tiger Woods
270 (−18)
Location Map
Augusta National
Location in the United States
Augusta National
Location in Georgia

Tiger Woods won his first major championship, twelve strokes ahead of runner-up Tom Kite. The margin of victory is, as of 2022, still the largest in the tournament's history. The four-day score of 270 (−18) was also a tournament record until 2020 when it was beaten by Dustin Johnson. Woods also became both the youngest (21) and the first non-white player to win at Augusta.[2][3]

Woods struggled on his first nine holes of the first round, turning at 4-over-par 40. Making four birdies and an eagle gave him a 6-under-par 30 on the back nine for a 70, three shots behind first-round leader John Huston.[4]

In the second and third rounds, Woods scored the best rounds of each day (66-65) to open up a commanding nine-shot lead. A final-round 69 gave Woods a then tournament record 270 (−18), bettering the previous record of 271 set by Jack Nicklaus in 1965 and matched by Raymond Floyd in 1976.

Woods' victory set television ratings records for golf; the final round broadcast on Sunday was seen by an estimated 44 million viewers in the United States.[5]

Field
1. Masters champions

Tommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros, Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Fred Couples (9,13), Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo (3,9,10,12,13), Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize (9,11), Jack Nicklaus, José María Olazábal, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson (10,12,13), Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller

2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)

Ernie Els (9,10,12,13), Lee Janzen (9,10,11), Steve Jones (10,12,13), Tom Kite, Corey Pavin (9,12,13)

3. The Open champions (last five years)

Tom Lehman (9,10,12,13), Greg Norman (9,10,13), Nick Price (4,9,11)

4. PGA champions (last five years)

Paul Azinger (9), Mark Brooks (10,11,12,13), Steve Elkington (11)

5. U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up

Steve Scott (a)

  • Tiger Woods forfeited his invitation by turning professional, but qualified via categories 12 & 13.
6. The Amateur champion

Warren Bladon (a)

7. U.S. Amateur Public Links champion

Tim Hogarth (a)

8. U.S. Mid-Amateur champion

Spider Miller (a)

9. Top 24 players and ties from the 1996 Masters

Mark Calcavecchia (13), David Duval (13), David Frost, Scott Hoch (10,12,13), John Huston, Davis Love III (10,13), Jeff Maggert (13), Scott McCarron, Phil Mickelson (11,12,13), Frank Nobilo (10,11), Mark O'Meara (10,12,13), Loren Roberts (12,13), Bob Tway, Duffy Waldorf (13)

10. Top 16 players and ties from the 1996 U.S. Open

David Berganio Jr., Stewart Cink, John Cook (12,13), Dan Forsman, Jim Furyk (13), Ken Green, Colin Montgomerie, John Morse, Vijay Singh (11,13), Sam Torrance

11. Top eight players and ties from 1996 PGA Championship

Per-Ulrik Johansson, Justin Leonard (12,13), Jesper Parnevik, Kenny Perry (13), Tommy Tolles (13)

12. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters

Stuart Appleby, Guy Boros, Michael Bradley (13), Brad Faxon (13), Ed Fiori, Fred Funk (13), Dudley Hart, David Ogrin, Clarence Rose, Jeff Sluman (13), Paul Stankowski, Steve Stricker (13), D. A. Weibring, Willie Wood, Tiger Woods (13)

13. Top 30 players from the 1996 PGA Tour money list
14. Special foreign invitation

Robert Allenby, Yoshinori Kaneko, Mark McNulty, Masashi Ozaki, Costantino Rocca, Lee Westwood

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 10, 1997

John Huston shot 67 (−5) to lead by one stroke over Paul Stankowski. Tiger Woods shot a 40 (+4) on the first nine, but came back into the clubhouse on the back nine with a score of 30 (−6) for a 70 (−2).[4]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1John Huston United States67−5
2Paul Stankowski United States68−4
3Paul Azinger United States69−3
4Tiger Woods United States70−2
T5Costantino Rocca Italy71−1
José María Olazábal Spain
Nick Price Zimbabwe
T8Stuart Appleby Australia72E
David Berganio Jr. United States
Fred Couples United States
Lee Janzen United States
Per-Ulrik Johansson Sweden
Bernhard Langer Germany
Davis Love III United States
Colin Montgomerie Scotland
Tommy Tolles United States
Willie Wood United States

Scorecard
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
Woods+1+1+1+2+2+2+2+3+4+3+3+2+1+1−1−1−2−2

Source:[6]

Second round

Friday, April 11, 1997

Woods started the round three strokes back, but a 66 gave him his first lead in a professional major championship, three shots ahead of Colin Montgomerie from Scotland.[7]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tiger Woods United States70-66=136−8
2Colin Montgomerie Scotland72-67=139−5
3Costantino Rocca Italy71-69=140−4
T4Fred Couples United States72-69=141−3
José María Olazábal Spain71-70=141
Jeff Sluman United States74-67=141
T7Paul Azinger United States69-73=142−2
Nick Price Zimbabwe71-71=142
Paul Stankowski United States68-74=142
T10Ernie Els South Africa73-70=143−1
Davis Love III United States72-71=143
Tom Watson United States75-68=143

Amateurs: Bladon (+7), Scott (+13), Hogarth (+14), Miller (+19)

Scorecard
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
Woods−2−3−2−2−3−3−3−4−4−4−4−4−6−7−8−8−8−8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[6]

Third round

Saturday, April 12, 1997

Woods shot a 65 in the third round for 201 (−15) and his lead increased to nine shots; the closest competitor was Costantino Rocca from Italy.[8] Montgomerie's 74 dropped him into a tie for sixth.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Tiger Woods United States70-66-65=201−15
2Costantino Rocca Italy71-69-70=210−6
3Paul Stankowski United States68-74-69=211−5
T4Tom Kite United States77-69-66=212−4
Tom Watson United States75-68-69=212
T6Colin Montgomerie Scotland72-67-74=213−3
Jeff Sluman United States74-67-72=213
8Fred Couples United States72-69-73=214−2
9José María Olazábal Spain71-70-74=215−1
T10Fred Funk United States73-74-69=216E
Justin Leonard United States76-69-71=216
Jesper Parnevik Sweden73-72-71=216
Tommy Tolles United States72-72-72=216

Scorecard
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
Woods −8  −9  −9  −9 −10−10−11−12−12−12−13−13−13−13−14−14−14−15

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[6]

Final round

Sunday, April 13, 1997

Summary

There it is – a win for the ages!

Jim Nantz's call on CBS of Woods' final putt[9]

Woods won his first major championship, finishing 12 strokes ahead runner-up Tom Kite. It was the largest victory margin in Masters history, passing Nicklaus' 9-shot winning margin in 1965, and tied for the second largest victory margin in any major championship, only one stroke behind Old Tom Morris' 13-shot winning margin set at the 1862 Open Championship at Prestwick (a mark Woods later surpassed at the 2000 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach when he won by 15 shots).[10] Rocca and Stankowski fell into a tie for fifth.[3]

Final leaderboard
Champion
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1 Tiger Woods70-66-65-69=270−18486,000
2 Tom Kite77-69-66-70=282−6291,600
3 Tommy Tolles72-72-72-67=283−5183,600
4 Tom Watson (c)75-68-69-72=284−4129,600
T5 Costantino Rocca71-69-70-75=285−3102,600
Paul Stankowski68-74-69-74=285
T7 Fred Couples (c)72-69-73-72=286−278,570
Bernhard Langer (c)72-72-74-68=286
Justin Leonard76-69-71-70=286
Davis Love III72-71-72-71=286
Jeff Sluman74-67-72-73=286

Sources:[11][12]

Scorecard
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
Woods−15−16−16−16−15−15−14−15−15−15−16−16−17−18−18−18−18−18
Kite−4−5−5−4−4−3−4−5−5−5−5−5−6−6−5−5−6−6
TollesE−1−2−2−2−2−2−1−2−2−2−2−3−3−4−5−5−5
Watson−5−6−6−6−7−6−3−4−4−5−5−6−6−6−6−5−5−4
Rocca−6−7−7−7−7−6−6−6−6−6−5−5−5−5−5−5−4−3
Stankowski−5−4−3−2−2−2−3−3−2−3−2−2−2−3−3−3−3−3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey Triple bogey+

Source:[6]

References
  1. "Masters Scoreboard". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. April 11, 1997. p. 8C.
  2. Reilly, Rick (April 21, 1997). "Strokes of Genius". Sports Illustrated. p. 30.
  3. Sirak, Ron (April 14, 1997). "It's Tiger's game now". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1B.
  4. "Huston: The eagle has landed". Southeast Missourian. (Cape Girardeau). Associated Press. April 11, 1997. p. B1.
  5. "Woods drives Masters ratings up". Free Lance-Star. (Fredericksburg, Virginia). Associated Press. April 16, 1997. p. B5.
  6. "Historic Leaderboards: 1997 Masters". Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  7. "Woods charges to Masters lead". The Daily Reporter. (Spencer, Iowa). Associated Press. April 12, 1997. p. 6.
  8. Farrell, Andy (April 13, 1997). "Welcome to the Tiger era: US Masters: World's best a record nine shots adrift as Woods starts to take golf into a new dimension". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on September 4, 2009. Retrieved August 28, 2009.
  9. 1997 Masters Tournament Final Round Broadcast The Masters on YouTube (originally broadcast by CBS)
  10. "1997 Masters: Recap and Scores for the 1997 Masters Golf Tournament". Archived from the original on September 4, 2009. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  11. "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
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