1997 Masters Tournament: Tiger's Record-Setting Win
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
Notable Notes: This was the 61st Masters played. Tiger Woods arrived 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, and he wound up winning by 12 shots. That set a new tournament record for largest winning margin, plus total score (270) and strokes under par (18-under).
At age 21, Woods also became the youngest Masters champion.
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 |
