1997 Players Championship
Tournament information | |
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Dates | March 27–30, 1997 |
Location | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°WCoordinates: 30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°W |
Course(s) | TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,896 yards (6,306 m)[1] |
Field | 144 players, 76 after cut |
Cut | 146 (+2) |
Prize fund | $3.5 million |
Winner's share | $630,000 |
Champion | |
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272 (−16) | |
Location Map | |
![]() ![]() TPC Sawgrass Location in the United States | |
The 1997 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 27–30 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 24th Players Championship.
Steve Elkington led wire-to-wire, with all four rounds in the sixties, to win his second Players at 272 (−16), a record seven strokes ahead of runner-up Scott Hoch.[2][3] Elkington's previous win was six years earlier in 1991.[4][5]
In his first Players, 21-year-old Tiger Woods tied for 31st at 289 (+1);[2] two weeks later, he won the Masters by a record margin.
Defending champion Fred Couples finished thirteen strokes back, in a tie for tenth place.
Venue[]
This was the sixteenth Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course, and it remained at 6,896 yards (6,306 m).[1]
Eligibility requirements[]
- All winners of PGA Tour events awarding official money and official victory status in the preceding 12 months, concluding with the Bay Hill Invitational and dating from the 1996 Players Championship
- The top 125 PGA Tour members from the final 1996 Official Money List
- Winners in the last 10 calendar years of The Players Championship, Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, PGA Championship, and NEC World Series of Golf
- British Open winners since 1990
- Eight players, not otherwise eligible, designated by The Players Championship Committee as "special selections"
- Any players, not otherwise eligible, who are among the top 10 money winners from the 1997 Official Money List through the Bay Hill Invitational
- To complete a field of 144 players, those players in order, not otherwise eligible, from the 1997 Official Money List through the Bay Hill Invitational
Source:[6]
Field[]
John Adams, Fulton Allem, Robert Allenby, Billy Andrade, Stuart Appleby, Emlyn Aubrey, Woody Austin, Paul Azinger, Chip Beck, Ronnie Black, Phil Blackmar, Jay Don Blake, Guy Boros, Michael Bradley, Mike Brisky, Mark Brooks, Olin Browne, Brad Bryant, Patrick Burke, Mark Calcavecchia, Jim Carter, Brandel Chamblee, Lennie Clements, Russ Cochran, John Cook, Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, John Daly, Robert Damron, Marco Dawson, Glen Day, Scott Dunlap, Joe Durant, David Duval, David Edwards, Joel Edwards, Steve Elkington, Ernie Els, Brad Fabel, Nick Faldo, Brad Faxon, Rick Fehr, Dan Forsman, David Frost, Fred Funk, Jim Furyk, Jim Gallagher Jr., Robert Gamez, Kelly Gibson, Paul Goydos, Wayne Grady, Scott Gump, Jay Haas, Donnie Hammond, Dudley Hart, Nolan Henke, Brian Henninger, Tim Herron, Scott Hoch, Mike Hulbert, John Huston, Peter Jacobsen, Lee Janzen, Steve Jones, , Jerry Kelly, Tom Kite, Greg Kraft, Neal Lancaster, Bernhard Langer, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard, Wayne Levi, Davis Love III, Steve Lowery, Sandy Lyle, Andrew Magee, Jeff Maggert, John Maginnes, Doug Martin, Len Mattiace, Billy Mayfair, Blaine McCallister, Scott McCarron, Mark McCumber, Mark McNulty, Rocco Mediate, Phil Mickelson, Larry Mize, Colin Montgomerie, Gil Morgan, John Morse, Larry Nelson, Frank Nobilo, Greg Norman, Mark O'Meara, David Ogrin, Masashi Ozaki, Naomichi Ozaki, Jesper Parnevik, Craig Parry, Corey Pavin, Chris Perry, Kenny Perry, Don Pooley, Nick Price, Dicky Pride, Tom Purtzer, Mike Reid, Lee Rinker, Loren Roberts, Costantino Rocca, Clarence Rose, Hugh Royer III, Scott Simpson, Joey Sindelar, Vijay Singh, Jeff Sluman, Taylor Smith, Craig Stadler, Paul Stankowski, Payne Stewart, Dave Stockton Jr., Curtis Strange, Steve Stricker, Hal Sutton, Tommy Tolles, David Toms, Sam Torrance, Kirk Triplett, Ted Tryba, Bob Tway, Omar Uresti, Grant Waite, Duffy Waldorf, Tom Watson, Brian Watts, D. A. Weibring, Mark Wiebe, John Wilson, Willie Wood, Tiger Woods, Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller
Round summaries[]
First round[]
Thursday, March 27, 1997
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Steve Elkington | ![]() |
66 | −6 |
T2 | Mark Calcavecchia | ![]() |
67 | −5 |
Russ Cochran | ![]() | |||
David Edwards | ![]() | |||
Tom Lehman | ![]() | |||
Fuzzy Zoeller | ![]() | |||
T7 | Billy Andrade | ![]() |
68 | −4 |
Michael Bradley | ![]() | |||
Ernie Els | ![]() | |||
Jay Haas | ![]() | |||
Sandy Lyle | ![]() | |||
Larry Mize | ![]() | |||
Naomichi Ozaki | ![]() | |||
Tom Purtzer | ![]() | |||
Taylor Smith | ![]() | |||
Dave Stockton | ![]() |
Source:[7]
Second round[]
Friday, March 28, 1997
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Steve Elkington | ![]() |
66-69=135 | −9 |
2 | Larry Mize | ![]() |
68-68=136 | −8 |
T3 | David Edwards | ![]() |
67-70=137 | −7 |
Tommy Tolles | ![]() |
70-67=137 | ||
T3 | Tom Lehman | ![]() |
67-71=138 | −6 |
Davis Love III | ![]() |
72-66=138 | ||
Craig Parry | ![]() |
71-67=138 | ||
Brian Watts | ![]() |
70-68=138 | ||
T7 | Ernie Els | ![]() |
68-71=139 | −5 |
Brad Faxon | ![]() |
70-69=139 | ||
Tom Purtzer | ![]() |
68-71=139 | ||
Dave Stockton | ![]() |
68-71=139 | ||
Kirk Triplett | ![]() |
71-68=139 | ||
Fuzzy Zoeller | ![]() |
67-72=139 |
Source:[8]
Third round[]
Saturday, March 29, 1997
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Steve Elkington | ![]() |
66-69-68=203 | −13 |
2 | Scott Hoch | ![]() |
69-71-65=205 | −11 |
T3 | Billy Andrade | ![]() |
68-72-68=208 | −8 |
Tom Purtzer | ![]() |
68-71-69=208 | ||
5 | Kirk Triplett | ![]() |
71-68-70=209 | −7 |
T6 | Mark Brooks | ![]() |
72-68-70=210 | −6 |
Larry Mize | ![]() |
68-68-74=210 | ||
Tommy Tolles | ![]() |
70-67-73=210 | ||
T9 | Ernie Els | ![]() |
68-71-72=211 | −5 |
Brad Faxon | ![]() |
70-69-72=211 | ||
Robert Gamez | ![]() |
70-73-68=211 | ||
Tom Lehman | ![]() |
67-71-73=211 | ||
Davis Love III | ![]() |
72-66-73=211 | ||
Colin Montgomerie | ![]() |
70-70-71=211 | ||
Loren Roberts | ![]() |
70-74-67=211 |
Source:[9]
Final round[]
Sunday, March 30, 1997
Champion |
(c) = past champion |
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Steve Elkington (c) | ![]() |
66-69-68-69=272 | −16 | 630,000 |
2 | Scott Hoch | ![]() |
69-71-65-74=279 | −9 | 378,000 |
3 | Loren Roberts | ![]() |
70-74-67-69=280 | −8 | 238,000 |
4 | Brad Faxon | ![]() |
70-69-72-70=281 | −7 | 168,000 |
5 | Billy Andrade | ![]() |
68-72-68-74=282 | −6 | 140,000 |
6 | Tom Lehman | ![]() |
67-71-73-72=283 | −5 | 126,000 |
T7 | Mark Brooks | ![]() |
72-68-70-74=284 | −4 | 109,083 |
Colin Montgomerie | ![]() |
70-70-71-73=284 | |||
Tommy Tolles | ![]() |
70-67-73-74=284 | |||
T10 | Russ Cochran | ![]() |
67-74-72-72=285 | −3 | 84,000 |
Fred Couples (c) | ![]() |
71-74-71-69=285 | |||
Ernie Els | ![]() |
68-71-72-74=285 | |||
Kirk Triplett | ![]() |
71-68-70-76=285 |
Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
T14 | Stuart Appleby | ![]() |
71-71-70-74=286 | −2 | 54,250 |
Paul Azinger | ![]() |
72-72-71-71=286 | |||
Michael Bradley | ![]() |
68-74-72-72=286 | |||
David Edwards | ![]() |
67-70-76-73=286 | |||
Fred Funk | ![]() |
71-75-68-72=286 | |||
Larry Mize | ![]() |
68-68-74-76=286 | |||
Paul Stankowski | ![]() |
73-70-71-72=286 | |||
Fuzzy Zoeller | ![]() |
67-72-73-74=286 | |||
T22 | John Cook | ![]() |
73-69-72-73=287 | −1 | 37,800 |
Craig Parry | ![]() |
71-67-80-69=287 | |||
T24 | Mark Calcavecchia | ![]() |
67-75-71-75=288 | E | 27,700 |
Nick Faldo | ![]() |
71-72-73-72=288 | |||
Robert Gamez | ![]() |
70-73-68-77=288 | |||
Doug Martin | ![]() |
72-71-75-70=288 | |||
Len Mattiace | ![]() |
71-72-71-74=288 | |||
Nick Price (c) | ![]() |
75-68-74-71=288 | |||
Tom Purtzer | ![]() |
68-71-69-80=288 | |||
T31 | Rick Fehr | ![]() |
74-67-75-73=289 | +1 | 20,300 |
Bernhard Langer | ![]() |
71-73-75-70=289 | |||
Chris Perry | ![]() |
74-71-70-74=289 | |||
Joey Sindelar | ![]() |
71-73-73-72=289 | |||
Vijay Singh | ![]() |
71-69-74-75=289 | |||
Tiger Woods | ![]() |
71-73-72-73=289 | |||
T37 | Nolan Henke | ![]() |
72-73-73-72=290 | +2 | 15,400 |
Lee Janzen (c) | ![]() |
73-73-74-70=290 | |||
![]() |
72-74-73-71=290 | ||||
Justin Leonard | ![]() |
71-71-70-78=290 | |||
Brian Watts | ![]() |
70-68-74-78=290 | |||
Willie Wood | ![]() |
74-71-70-75=290 | |||
T43 | David Duval | ![]() |
74-69-74-74=291 | +3 | 11,550 |
Jay Haas | ![]() |
68-76-74-73=291 | |||
Mark McNulty | ![]() |
71-73-69-78=291 | |||
Costantino Rocca | ![]() |
74-69-73-75=291 | |||
Duffy Waldorf | ![]() |
71-70-75-75=291 | |||
T48 | Peter Jacobsen | ![]() |
75-71-73-73=292 | +4 | 9,345 |
Omar Uresti | ![]() |
73-69-72-78=292 | |||
T50 | Masashi Ozaki | ![]() |
70-76-71-76=293 | +5 | 8,610 |
Dave Stockton Jr. | ![]() |
68-71-77-77=293 | |||
Hal Sutton (c) | ![]() |
70-71-74-78=293 | |||
T53 | Phil Blackmar | ![]() |
71-74-74-75=294 | +6 | 7,953 |
Robert Damron | ![]() |
69-72-78-75=294 | |||
Jim Furyk | ![]() |
71-74-70-79=294 | |||
Andrew Magee | ![]() |
71-71-76-76=294 | |||
Gil Morgan | ![]() |
71-72-73-78=294 | |||
Greg Norman (c) | ![]() |
71-72-72-79=294 | |||
Taylor Smith | ![]() |
68-73-76-77=294 | |||
Tom Watson | ![]() |
70-71-79-74=294 | |||
61 | Glen Day | ![]() |
70-72-76-77=295 | +7 | 7,630 |
T62 | Jay Don Blake | ![]() |
73-72-72-79=296 | +8 | 7,490 |
Mike Hulbert | ![]() |
70-71-77-78=296 | |||
Mike Reid | ![]() |
71-74-74-77=296 | |||
T65 | Scott Gump | ![]() |
71-75-72-79=297 | +9 | 7,280 |
Steve Lowery | ![]() |
73-72-74-78=297 | |||
Naomichi Ozaki | ![]() |
68-74-74-81=297 | |||
T68 | John Huston | ![]() |
72-70-77-79=298 | +10 | 7,105 |
Don Pooley | ![]() |
71-74-71-82=298 | |||
T70 | Jim Gallagher Jr. | ![]() |
72-74-75-78=299 | +11 | 6,930 |
Sandy Lyle (c) | ![]() |
68-74-77-80=299 | |||
Mark O'Meara | ![]() |
73-72-76-78=299 | |||
73 | Mike Brisky | ![]() |
71-71-80-79=301 | +13 | 6,790 |
74 | John Wilson | ![]() |
70-74-79-79=302 | +14 | 6,720 |
75 | Lee Rinker | ![]() |
74-72-77-81=304 | +16 | 6,650 |
CUT | Emlyn Aubrey | ![]() |
74-73=147 | +3 | |
Jim Carter | ![]() |
72-75=147 | |||
Kelly Gibson | ![]() |
71-76=147 | |||
Brian Henninger | ![]() |
75-72=147 | |||
Neal Lancaster | ![]() |
74-73=147 | |||
Billy Mayfair | ![]() |
74-73=147 | |||
Rocco Mediate | ![]() |
72-75=147 | |||
Corey Pavin | ![]() |
75-72=147 | |||
Payne Stewart | ![]() |
69-78=147 | |||
Bob Tway | ![]() |
74-73=147 | |||
John Adams | ![]() |
74-74=148 | +4 | ||
Olin Browne | ![]() |
73-75=148 | |||
Marco Dawson | ![]() |
74-74=148 | |||
Joel Edwards | ![]() |
71-77=148 | |||
Tom Kite (c) | ![]() |
75-73=148 | |||
Greg Kraft | ![]() |
73-75=148 | |||
John Maginnes | ![]() |
74-74=148 | |||
Scott Simpson | ![]() |
71-77=148 | |||
Jeff Sluman | ![]() |
78-70=148 | |||
Ted Tryba | ![]() |
72-76=148 | |||
Mark Wiebe | ![]() |
74-74=148 | |||
Brandel Chamblee | ![]() |
73-76=149 | +5 | ||
Lennie Clements | ![]() |
74-75=149 | |||
Dudley Hart | ![]() |
76-73=149 | |||
Scott McCarron | ![]() |
73-76=149 | |||
John Morse | ![]() |
74-75=149 | |||
Kenny Perry | ![]() |
73-76=149 | |||
Craig Stadler | ![]() |
73-76=149 | |||
Steve Stricker | ![]() |
74-75=149 | |||
Sam Torrance | ![]() |
78-71=149 | |||
Grant Waite | ![]() |
78-71=149 | |||
Paul Goydos | ![]() |
77-73=150 | +6 | ||
Donnie Hammond | ![]() |
74-76=150 | |||
Steve Jones | ![]() |
73-77=150 | |||
David Ogrin | ![]() |
77-73=150 | |||
Jesper Parnevik | ![]() |
75-75=150 | |||
Dicky Pride | ![]() |
75-75=150 | |||
Woody Austin | ![]() |
76-75=151 | +7 | ||
Scott Dunlap | ![]() |
75-76=151 | |||
Joe Durant | ![]() |
73-78=151 | |||
Dan Forsman | ![]() |
76-75=151 | |||
Tim Herron | ![]() |
75-76=151 | |||
Mark McCumber (c) | ![]() |
77-74=151 | |||
Ronnie Black | ![]() |
78-74=152 | +8 | ||
Larry Nelson | ![]() |
73-79=152 | |||
Frank Nobilo | ![]() |
74-78=152 | |||
Hugh Royer III | ![]() |
77-75=152 | |||
Brad Bryant | ![]() |
75-78=153 | +9 | ||
Wayne Levi | ![]() |
76-77=153 | |||
Phil Mickelson | ![]() |
77-76=153 | |||
David Toms | ![]() |
77-76=153 | |||
D. A. Weibring | ![]() |
77-76=153 | |||
Jerry Kelly | ![]() |
79-75=154 | +10 | ||
Jeff Maggert | ![]() |
76-78=154 | |||
Blaine McCallister | ![]() |
74-80=154 | |||
Clarence Rose | ![]() |
74-80=154 | |||
Wayne Grady | ![]() |
80-75=155 | +11 | ||
Curtis Strange | ![]() |
81-74=155 | |||
Brad Fabel | ![]() |
78-78=156 | +12 | ||
Fulton Allem | ![]() |
80-77=157 | +13 | ||
Chip Beck | ![]() |
77-80=157 | |||
Robert Allenby | ![]() |
83-77=160 | +16 | ||
Ben Crenshaw | ![]() |
81-79=160 | |||
WD | Guy Boros | ![]() |
74 | +2 | |
John Daly | ![]() |
76 | +4 | ||
Ian Woosnam | ![]() |
76 | |||
Patrick Burke | ![]() |
80 | +8 | ||
David Frost | ![]() |
81 | +9 | ||
DQ | Davis Love III (c) | ![]() |
72-66-73=211 | −5 |
Source:[10]
References[]
- ^ a b "PGA Players Championship". Wilmington Morning Star. (North Carolina). March 31, 1997. p. 8B.
- ^ a b "Elkington rules tour's best field". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 31, 1997. p. 2B.
- ^ Reilly, Rick (April 7, 1997). "Show of shows". Sports Illustrated. p. 70.
- ^ "Last putt puts Aussie in money". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. April 1, 1991. p. 2B.
- ^ Garrity, John (April 8, 1991). "From shadows to glory". Sports Illustrated. p. 28.
- ^ "1997 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 3-37. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-09-24.
- ^ "Elkington emerges with lead in TPC". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 28, 1997. p. 2C.
- ^ "Elkington escapes wind, still leads". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 29, 1997. p. 3D.
- ^ "Elkington maintains lead with 68". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. March 30, 1997. p. 3G.
- ^ "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
External links[]
- The Players Championship
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