Tournament information | |
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Dates | March 27–30, 1997 |
Location | Rancho Mirage, California |
Course(s) | Mission Hills Country Club Dinah Shore Tourn. Course |
Tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play - 72 holes |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,460 yards (5,907 m)[1] |
Field | 119 players, 74 after cut |
Cut | 149 (+5) |
Prize fund | $900,000 |
Winner's share | $135,000 |
Champion | |
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276 (−12) | |
The 1997 Nabisco Dinah Shore was a women's professional golf tournament, held March 27–30 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. This was the 26th edition of the Nabisco Dinah Shore, and the fifteenth as a major championship.
Betsy King, age 41, won her third title in this event, two strokes ahead of runners-up Kris Tschetter and Amy Fruhwirth.[2] It was the last of her six major titles.[3]
At $900,000, this was the tournament's last six-figure purse; the winner's share was $135,000.[1]