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 |