1997 PGA Tour season

Duration	January 9, 1997 (1997-01-09) – November 2, 1997 (1997-11-02)
Number of official events	45
Most wins	Tiger Woods (4)
Money list	Tiger Woods
PGA Tour Player of the Year	Tiger Woods
PGA Player of the Year	Tiger Woods
Rookie of the Year	Stewart Cink
← 1996 1998 →

The 1997 PGA Tour was the 82nd season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 29th season since separating from the PGA of America.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1997 season.^[1][2]

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse (US$)	Winner[a]	OWGR points	Notes
Jan 12	Mercedes Championships	California	1,200,000	Tiger Woods (3)	40	Winners-only event
Jan 19	Bob Hope Chrysler Classic	California	1,500,000	John Cook (9)	48	Pro-Am
Jan 26	Phoenix Open	Arizona	1,500,000	Steve Jones (6)	54
Feb 2	AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am	California	1,900,000	Mark O'Meara (13)	60	Pro-Am
Feb 9	Buick Invitational	California	1,500,000	Mark O'Meara (14)	48
Feb 16	United Airlines Hawaiian Open	Hawaii	1,200,000	Paul Stankowski (2)	44
Feb 23	Tucson Chrysler Classic	Arizona	1,300,000	Jeff Sluman (2)	44
Mar 2	Nissan Open	California	1,400,000	Nick Faldo (9)	56
Mar 9	Doral-Ryder Open	Florida	1,800,000	Steve Elkington (7)	68
Mar 16	Honda Classic	Florida	1,500,000	Stuart Appleby (1)	48
Mar 23	Bay Hill Invitational	Florida	1,500,000	Phil Mickelson (10)	68	Invitational
Mar 30	The Players Championship	Florida	3,500,000	Steve Elkington (8)	80	Flagship event
Apr 6	Freeport-McDermott Classic	Louisiana	1,500,000	Brad Faxon (4)	48
Apr 13	Masters Tournament	Georgia	2,700,000	Tiger Woods (4)	100	Major championship
Apr 20	MCI Classic	South Carolina	1,500,000	Nick Price (16)	62	Invitational
Apr 27	Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic	North Carolina	1,900,000	Frank Nobilo (1)	50
May 4	Shell Houston Open	Texas	1,600,000	Phil Blackmar (3)	46
May 11	BellSouth Classic	Georgia	1,500,000	Scott McCarron (2)	44
May 18	GTE Byron Nelson Golf Classic	Texas	1,800,000	Tiger Woods (5)	56
May 25	MasterCard Colonial	Texas	1,600,000	David Frost (10)	58	Invitational
Jun 2	Memorial Tournament	Ohio	1,900,000	Vijay Singh (4)	50	Invitational
Jun 8	Kemper Open	Maryland	1,500,000	Justin Leonard (2)	62
Jun 15	U.S. Open	Maryland	2,600,000	Ernie Els (4)	100	Major championship
Jun 22	Buick Classic	New York	1,500,000	Ernie Els (5)	48
Jun 29	FedEx St. Jude Classic	Tennessee	1,500,000	Greg Norman (19)	42
Jul 6	Motorola Western Open	Illinois	2,000,000	Tiger Woods (6)	56
Jul 13	Quad City Classic	Illinois	1,350,000	David Toms (1)	24
Jul 20	The Open Championship	Scotland	£1,600,000	Justin Leonard (3)	100	Major championship
Jul 20	Deposit Guaranty Golf Classic	Mississippi	1,000,000	Billy Ray Brown (3)	20	Alternate event
Jul 27	Canon Greater Hartford Open	Connecticut	1,500,000	Stewart Cink (1)	40
Aug 3	Sprint International	Colorado	1,700,000	Phil Mickelson (11)	58
Aug 10	Buick Open	Michigan	1,500,000	Vijay Singh (5)	54
Aug 17	PGA Championship	New York	2,600,000	Davis Love III (11)	100	Major championship
Aug 24	NEC World Series of Golf	Ohio	2,200,000	Greg Norman (20)	64	Limited-field event
Aug 24	Greater Vancouver Open	Canada	1,500,000	Mark Calcavecchia (9)	26	Alternate event
Aug 31	Greater Milwaukee Open	Wisconsin	1,300,000	Scott Hoch (8)	32
Sep 7	Bell Canadian Open	Canada	1,500,000	Steve Jones (7)	50
Sep 14	CVS Charity Classic	Massachusetts	1,200,000	Loren Roberts (5)	38
Sep 21	LaCantera Texas Open	Texas	1,400,000	Tim Herron (2)	40
Sep 28	B.C. Open	New York	1,300,000	Gabriel Hjertstedt (1)	24
Oct 5	Buick Challenge	Georgia	1,200,000	Davis Love III (12)	42
Oct 12	Michelob Championship at Kingsmill	Virginia	1,550,000	David Duval (1)	44
Oct 19	Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic	Florida	1,500,000	David Duval (2)	44
Oct 26	Las Vegas Invitational	Nevada	1,800,000	Bill Glasson (7)	48
Nov 2	The Tour Championship	Texas	4,000,000	David Duval (3)	62	Tour Championship

Unofficial events

The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

Date	Tournament	Location	Purse ($)	Winner(s)	OWGR points	Notes
Jan 5	Andersen Consulting World Championship of Golf	Arizona	3,650,000	Greg Norman	58	Limited-field event
Sep 28	Ryder Cup	Spain	n/a	Team Europe	n/a	Team event
Nov 9	Lincoln-Mercury Kapalua International	Hawaii	1,200,000	Davis Love III	36
Nov 9	Subaru Sarazen World Open	Georgia	2,000,000	Mark Calcavecchia	40
Nov 16	Franklin Templeton Shark Shootout	California	1,100,000	Bruce Lietzke and Scott McCarron	n/a	Team event
Nov 18	MasterCard PGA Grand Slam of Golf	Hawaii	1,000,000	Ernie Els	n/a	Limited-field event
Nov 23	World Cup of Golf	South Carolina	1,300,000	Pádraig Harrington and Paul McGinley	n/a	Team event
	World Cup of Golf Individual Trophy		200,000	Colin Montgomerie	n/a
Nov 30	Skins Game	California	600,000	Tom Lehman	n/a	Limited-field event
Dec 7	JCPenney Classic	Florida	1,500,000	Amy Fruhwirth and Clarence Rose	n/a	Team event
Dec 14	Diners Club Matches	California	700,000	Steve Elkington and Jeff Maggert	n/a	Team event

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.^[3][4][5]

Position	Player	Prize money ($)
1	Tiger Woods	2,066,833
2	David Duval	1,885,308
3	Davis Love III	1,635,953
4	Jim Furyk	1,619,480
5	Justin Leonard	1,587,531
6	Scott Hoch	1,393,788
7	Greg Norman	1,345,856
8	Steve Elkington	1,320,411
9	Ernie Els	1,243,008
10	Brad Faxon	1,233,505

Awards

Award	Winner	Ref.
PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)	Tiger Woods	[4]
PGA Player of the Year	Tiger Woods	[6]
Rookie of the Year	Stewart Cink	[4]
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award)	Nick Price	[4]
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy)	Nick Price	[5]
Comeback Player of the Year	Bill Glasson	[4]