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The 1997 United States Open Championship was the 97th
''Saturday, June 14, 1997'' Amateurs: Kribel (+8), Wollmann (+9), Noe (+11), Semelsberger (+14), Kearney (+17).
''Sunday, June 15, 1997''
Amateurs: none made the cut
Source:
Coverage from USA Today
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, held June 12–15 at the Blue Course of Congressional Country Club
Congressional Country Club is a country club and golf course in Bethesda, Maryland, United States. Congressional opened in 1924 and its Blue Course has hosted five major championships, including three U.S. Opens and a PGA Championship. It was a ...
in Bethesda, Maryland
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, a suburb northwest of Washington, D.C.
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Ernie Els
Theodore Ernest Els (; born 17 October 1969) is a South African professional golfer. A former , he is nicknamed "the Big Easy" due to his physical stature along with his fluid golf swing. Among his more than 70 career victories are four major ...
won his second U.S. Open, the second of his four major championships, one stroke ahead of runner-up Colin Montgomerie
Colin Stuart Montgomerie (born 23 June 1963) is a Scottish professional golfer. He has won a record eight European Tour PGA European Tour#Order of Merit winners, Order of Merit titles, including a streak of seven consecutive ones from 1993 to 1 ...
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Course layout
Round summaries
First round
''Thursday, June 12, 1997''Second round
''Friday, June 13, 1997''''Saturday, June 14, 1997'' Amateurs: Kribel (+8), Wollmann (+9), Noe (+11), Semelsberger (+14), Kearney (+17).
Third round
''Saturday, June 14, 1997''''Sunday, June 15, 1997''
Final round
''Sunday, June 15, 1997''
Amateurs: none made the cut
Scorecard
''Final round'' ''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par''Source:
References
External links
Coverage from USA Today
{{coord, 38.996, -77.176, type:event, display=title U.S. Open (golf) Golf tournaments in Maryland Bethesda, Maryland
U.S. Open U.S. Open or US Open are open championship sporting tournaments that are hosted in the United States and in which anyone, especially amateur and professional, or American and non-American, may compete. The term may also be applied to non-sporting ev ...
U.S. Open (golf)
The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open national championship of golf in the United States. It is the third of the four men's major golf championships, and is on the official schedule of both the P ...
U.S. Open (golf)
The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open national championship of golf in the United States. It is the third of the four men's major golf championships, and is on the official schedule of both the P ...
U.S. Open (golf)
The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open national championship of golf in the United States. It is the third of the four men's major golf championships, and is on the official schedule of both the P ...