From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Golf tournament
Golf tournament
The
1997 PGA Championship
was the 79th
PGA Championship
, held August 14?17 at
Winged Foot Golf Club
in
Mamaroneck, New York
, a suburb northeast of
New York City
.
Davis Love III
won his only
major championship
, five strokes ahead of runner-up
Justin Leonard
, winner of the
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 peaked 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
.
[4]
This was the first PGA Championship at the West Course and the fifth major; it previously hosted four
U.S. Opens
(
1929
,
1959
,
1974
, and
1984
), which later returned in
2006
and
2020
. The tournament was televised by
TBS Sports
and
CBS Sports
.
Course layout
[
edit
]
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
: 6,930 yards (6,340 m), par 70
- 1974 U.S. Open
: 6,961 yards (6,365 m), par 70
- 1959 U.S. Open
: 6,873 yards (6,285 m), par 70
- 1929 U.S. Open
: 6,786 yards (6,205 m), par 72
Round summaries
[
edit
]
First round
[
edit
]
Thursday, August 14, 1997
Second round
[
edit
]
Friday, August 15, 1997
Third round
[
edit
]
Saturday, August 16, 1997
Final round
[
edit
]
Sunday, August 17, 1997
Source:
[6]
References
[
edit
]
- ^
"Tournament Info for: 1997 PGA Championship"
. PGA of America
. Retrieved
July 28,
2012
.
- ^
Diaz, Jaime (August 25, 1997).
"At long last, Love"
.
Sports Illustrated
. p. 28.
- ^
Parascenzo, Marino (August 18, 1997).
"Color this one special"
.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
. p. B1.
- ^
Barnwell, Bill (June 24, 2011).
"Relative Dominance"
.
Grantland
. Retrieved
December 7,
2019
.
- ^
D'Amato, Gary (August 14, 1997).
"1997 PGA Championship: course"
.
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
. p. 6C.
- ^
"1997 PGA Championship"
.
databasegolf.com
. Retrieved
July 28,
2012
.
External links
[
edit
]
40°57′29″N
73°45′14″W
/
40.958°N 73.754°W
/
40.958; -73.754