1997 British Open Winner and Scores
The 1997 British Open was the 126th time the tournament was played.
Winner: Justin Leonard, 272
Where it was played: Royal Troon Golf Club, Troon, Scotland
Tournament dates: July 17-20, 1997
Leader after first round: Darren Clarke and Jim Furyk, 67
Leader after second round: Darren Clarke, 133
Leader after third round: Jesper Parnevik, 202
Notable Notes: Justin Leonard came from five shots off the lead at the start of the final round to win by three strokes on the strength of a 65. Darren Clarke was the co-leader on Day 1, and solo leader on Day 2 by two over Leonard. Leonard shot 72 in the third round to drop into a tie for third, while Clarke shot 71 to fall behind Jesper Parnevik. Clarke and Parnevik shot 71 and 73, respectively, in the final round to finish joint second.
Final Scores
| Justin Leonard | 69-66-72-65-272 |
| Darren Clarke | 67-66-71-71-275 |
| Jesper Parnevik | 70-66-66-73-275 |
| Jim Furyk | 67-72-70-70-279 |
| Stephen Ames | 74-69-66-71-280 |
| Padraig Harrington | 75-69-69-67-280 |
| Peter O'Malley | 73-70-70-68-281 |
| Eduardo Romero | 74-68-67-72-281 |
| Fred Couples | 69-68-70-74-281 |
| Robert Allenby | 76-68-66-72-282 |
| Lee Westwood | 73-70-67-72-282 |
| Retief Goosen | 75-69-70-68-282 |
| Tom Kite | 72-67-74-69-282 |
| Frank Nobilo | 74-72-68-68-282 |
| Mark Calcavecchia | 74-67-72-69-282 |
| Shigeki Maruyama | 74-69-70-69-282 |
| Davis Love III | 70-71-74-67-282 |
| Ernie Els | 75-69-69-69-282 |
| Tom Watson | 71-70-70-71-282 |
| Stuart Appleby | 72-72-68-71-283 |
| Brad Faxon | 77-67-72-67-283 |
| Mark James | 76-67-70-70-283 |
| Jose Maria Olazabal | 75-68-73-67-283 |
| Tom Lehman | 74-72-72-66-284 |
| Jay Haas | 71-70-73-70-284 |
| Colin Montgomerie | 76-69-69-70-284 |
| Phil Mickelson | 76-68-69-71-284 |
| Ian Woosnam | 71-73-69-71-284 |
| David A. Russell | 75-72-68-69-284 |
| Peter Lonard | 72-70-69-73-284 |
| Tiger Woods | 72-74/64-74-284 |
| Mark McNulty | 78-67-72-68-285 |
| Rodger Davis | 73-73-70-70-286 |
| David Duval | 73-69-73-71-286 |
| Jonathan Lomas | 72-71-69-74-286 |
| Andrew Magee | 70-75-72-70-287 |
| Greg Norman | 69-73-70-75-287 |
| Raymond Russell | 72-72-74-70-288 |
| Michael Bradley | 72-73-73-70-288 |
| Mark O'Meara | 73-73-74-68-288 |
| John Kernohan | 76-70-74-68-288 |
| Vijay Singh | 77-69-70-72-288 |
| Bernhard Langer | 72-74-69-73-288 |
| Jerry Kelly | 76-68-72-73-289 |
| David Tapping | 71-66-78-74-289 |
| Jose Coceres | 76-70-71-72-289 |
| Curtis Strange | 71-71-70-77-289 |
| Jim Payne | 74-71-74-71-290 |
| Steve Jones | 76-71-68-75-290 |
| Richard Boxall | 75-71-72-72-290 |
| Jeff Maggert | 76-69-71-75-291 |
| Nick Faldo | 71-73-75-72-291 |
| Peter Senior | 76-70-73-72-291 |
| Greg Turner | 76-71-72-72-291 |
| Angel Cabrera | 70-70-76-75-291 |
| Corey Pavin | 78-69-76-68-291 |
| Peter Mitchell | 75-69-76-71-291 |
| Wayne Riley | 74-71-75-71-291 |
| Payne Stewart | 73-74-71-74-292 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 73-74-71-75-293 |
| a-D. Barclay Howard | 70-74-76-73-293 |
| Tom Purtzer | 72-71-73-78-294 |
| Steve Stricker | 72-73-74-75-294 |
| Peter Teravainen | 74-72-73-75-294 |
| Jamie Spence | 78-69-72-75-294 |
| Gary Clark | 74-72-72-77-295 |
| Paul McGinley | 76-71-77-71-295 |
| Per-Ulrik Johansson | 72-75-73-75-295 |
| Tommy Tolles | 77-68-75-76-296 |
| Billy Andrade | 72-72-78-76-298 |