1997 Masters Tournament

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The 1997 Masters Tournament was the 61st Masters Tournament, held April 10–13 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

Tiger Woods won his first major championship, twelve strokes ahead of runner-up Tom Kite. The margin of victory is 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.[1][2]

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.[3]

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.[4]

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).[3]

Place Player Score To par
1 Template:Flagicon John Huston 67 −5
2 Template:Flagicon Paul Stankowski 68 −4
3 Template:Flagicon Paul Azinger 69 −3
4 Template:Flagicon Tiger Woods 70 −2
T5 Template:Flagicon Costantino Rocca 71 −1
Template:Flagicon José María Olazábal
Template:Flagicon Nick Price
T8 Template:Flagicon Stuart Appleby 72 E
Template:Flagicon David Berganio Jr.
Template:Flagicon Fred Couples
Template:Flagicon Lee Janzen
Template:Flagicon Per-Ulrik Johansson
Template:Flagicon Bernhard Langer
Template:Flagicon Davis Love III
Template:Flagicon Colin Montgomerie
Template:Flagicon Tommy Tolles
Template:Flagicon Willie Wood

Scorecard

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 5 4 5 3 4 4
Template:Flagicon Woods +1 +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +2 +3 +4 +3 +3 +2 +1 +1 −1 −1 −2 −2

Source:[5]

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.[6]

Place Player Score To par
1 Template:Flagicon Tiger Woods 70-66=136 −8
2 Template:Flagicon Colin Montgomerie 72-67=139 −5
3 Template:Flagicon Costantino Rocca 71-69=140 −4
T4 Template:Flagicon Fred Couples 72-69=141 −3
Template:Flagicon José María Olazábal 71-70=141
Template:Flagicon Jeff Sluman 74-67=141
T7 Template:Flagicon Paul Azinger 69-73=142 −2
Template:Flagicon Nick Price 71-71=142
Template:Flagicon Paul Stankowski 68-74=142
T10 Template:Flagicon Ernie Els 73-70=143 −1
Template:Flagicon Davis Love III 72-71=143
Template:Flagicon Tom Watson 75-68=143

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

Scorecard

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 5 4 5 3 4 4
Template:Flagicon 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:[5]

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.[7] Montgomerie's 74 dropped him into a tie for sixth.

Place Player Score To par
1 Template:Flagicon Tiger Woods 70-66-65=201 −15
2 Template:Flagicon Costantino Rocca 71-69-70=210 −6
3 Template:Flagicon Paul Stankowski 68-74-69=211 −5
T4 Template:Flagicon Tom Kite 77-69-66=212 −4
Template:Flagicon Tom Watson 75-68-69=212
T6 Template:Flagicon Colin Montgomerie 72-67-74=213 −3
Template:Flagicon Jeff Sluman 74-67-72=213
8 Template:Flagicon Fred Couples 72-69-73=214 −2
9 Template:Flagicon José María Olazábal 71-70-74=215 −1
T10 Template:Flagicon Fred Funk 73-74-69=216 E
Template:Flagicon Justin Leonard 76-69-71=216
Template:Flagicon Jesper Parnevik 73-72-71=216
Template:Flagicon Tommy Tolles 72-72-72=216

Scorecard

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 5 4 5 3 4 4
Template:Flagicon 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:[5]

Final round

Sunday, April 13, 1997

Summary

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Tiger Woods won his first Masters title

Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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).[8] Rocca and Stankowski fell into a tie for fifth.[2]

Final leaderboard

Champion
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
1 Template:Flagicon Tiger Woods 70-66-65-69=270 −18 486,000
2 Template:Flagicon Tom Kite 77-69-66-70=282 −6 291,600
3 Template:Flagicon Tommy Tolles 72-72-72-67=283 −5 183,600
4 Template:Flagicon Tom Watson (c) 75-68-69-72=284 −4 129,600
T5 Template:Flagicon Costantino Rocca 71-69-70-75=285 −3 102,600
Template:Flagicon Paul Stankowski 68-74-69-74=285
T7 Template:Flagicon Fred Couples (c) 72-69-73-72=286 −2 78,570
Template:Flagicon Bernhard Langer (c) 72-72-74-68=286
Template:Flagicon Justin Leonard 76-69-71-70=286
Template:Flagicon Davis Love III 72-71-72-71=286
Template:Flagicon Jeff Sluman 74-67-72-73=286

Sources:[9][10]

Scorecard

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 5 4 5 3 4 4
Template:Flagicon Woods −15 −16 −16 −16 −15 −15 −14 −15 −15 −15 −16 −16 −17 −18 −18 −18 −18 −18
Template:Flagicon Kite −4 −5 −5 −4 −4 −3 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −5 −5 −6 −6
Template:Flagicon Tolles E −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −4 −5 −5 −5
Template:Flagicon Watson −5 −6 −6 −6 −7 −6 −3 −4 −4 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −4
Template:Flagicon Rocca −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −3
Template:Flagicon 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:[5]

Quotes

  • "There it is – a win for the ages!" – Jim Nantz's (CBS Sports) call as Woods sunk his final putt on the 18th hole to win the tournament.

References

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