1997 Masters Tournament Winner and Scores
The 1997 Masters was the 61st time this tournament was played. And it was an epochal moment in golf history: It marked the fully formed arrival of the dominant Tiger Woods.
Winner: Tiger Woods, 270
Where it was played: Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, Georgia
Tournament dates: April 10-13, 1997
Leader after first round: John Huston, 67
Leader after second round: Tiger Woods, 136
Leader after third round: Tiger Woods, 201
What Happened in the 1997 Masters Tournament
Tiger Woods arrived at the 1997 Masters as the young hotshot in golf, in his first full season of PGA Tour play. He left as a dominant major champion.Woods was three behind after Round 1 and three ahead after Round 2. A 65 in the third round sent him nine strokes in front. He wound up winning by 12 shots, the largest margin of victory in any Masters.
But Woods broke many other tournament records, too. He finished at 270, the lowest score to this point in Masters history; and his 18-under was also a new record for most strokes under par in a Masters.
Plus, at age 21, Woods broke the record for youngest winner of The Masters.
Woods' first nine holes of the tournament — the first Masters Tournament he played as a professional — gave no indication of the domination that was to come. He scored 4-over-par 40 on that first nine. But then Woods kicked into gear, and a 6-under 30 on the back nine in the first round got him home in 70 strokes total for Round 1. He was three strokes behind after the first round, but then shot 66-65 in Rounds 2-3, the best scores of both rounds.
It was Woods' first win in a major championship and just his fourth victory on the PGA Tour.
Forty-eight-year-old Tom Watson, a two-time Masters champion, finished fourth (14 strokes behind), his last Top 10 finish in The Masters. Jack Nicklaus, whose scoring, margin of victory, and youngest-winner records Woods broke, tied for 39th at age 57.
1997 Masters Final Scores
| Tiger Woods | 70-66-65-69—270 |
| Tom Kite | 77-69-66-70—282 |
| Tommy Tolles | 72-72-72-67—283 |
| Tom Watson | 75-68-69-72—284 |
| Paul Stankowski | 68-74-69-74—285 |
| Costantino Rocca | 71-69-70-75—285 |
| Bernhard Langer | 72-72-74-68—286 |
| Justin Leonard | 76-69-71-70—286 |
| Fred Couples | 72-69-73-72—286 |
| Davis Love III | 72-71-72-71—286 |
| Jeff Sluman | 74-67-72-73—286 |
| Steve Elkington | 76-72-72-67—287 |
| Willie Wood | 72-76-71-68—287 |
| Per-Ulrik Johansson | 72-73-73-69—287 |
| Tom Lehman | 73-76-69-69—287 |
| Jose Maria Olazabal | 71-70-74-72—287 |
| Mark Calcavecchia | 74-73-72-69—288 |
| Vijay Singh | 75-74-69-70—288 |
| Fred Funk | 73-74-69-72—288 |
| Ernie Els | 73-70-71-74—288 |
| John Huston | 67-77-75-70—289 |
| Stuart Appleby | 72-76-70-71—289 |
| Jesper Parnevik | 73-72-71-73—289 |
| Lee Westwood | 77-71-73-70—291 |
| Nick Price | 71-71-75-74—291 |
| Craig Stadler | 77-72-71-72—292 |
| Lee Janzen | 72-73-74-73—292 |
| Jim Furyk | 74-75-72-72—293 |
| Paul Azinger | 69-73-77-74—293 |
| Larry Mize | 79-69-74-72—294 |
| Scott McCarron | 77-71-72-74—294 |
| Mark O'Meara | 75-74-70-75—294 |
| Colin Montgomerie | 72-67-74-81—294 |
| Sandy Lyle | 73-73-74-75—295 |
| Fuzzy Zoeller | 75-73-69-78—295 |
| Duffy Waldorf | 74-75-72-75—296 |
| David Frost | 74-71-73-79—297 |
| Scott Hoch | 79-68-73-78—298 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 77-70-74-78—299 |
| Sam Torrance | 75-73-73-78—299 |
| Ian Woosnam | 77-68-75-79—299 |
| Jumbo Ozaki | 74-74-74-78—300 |
| Corey Pavin | 75-74-78-74—301 |
| Clarence Rose | 73-75-79-74—301 |
| Ben Crenshaw | 75-73-74-80—302 |
| Frank Nobilo | 76-72-74-81—303 |
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