Tournament information | |
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Dates | June 12–15, 1997 |
Location | Bethesda, Maryland |
Course(s) | Congressional Country Club Blue Course |
Organized by | USGA |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 70 |
Length | 7,213 yards (6,596 m) |
Field | 156 players, 84 after cut |
Cut | 147 (+7) |
Prize fund | $2,600,000 |
Winner's share | $465,000 |
Champion | |
Ernie Els | |
276 (−4) | |
The 1997 United States Open Championship was the 97th U.S. Open, held June 12–15 at the Blue Course of Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland, a suburb northwest of Washington, D.C. Ernie Els won his second U.S. Open, the second of his four major championships, one stroke ahead of runner-up Colin Montgomerie.[1][2][3]