1997 U.S. Open

Archive note

The 1997 edition was won by Ernie Els. Verified venue assignments are published in this record.

Record sources

• 2026 USGA Championships Media Guide - U.S. Open
  • 1997 U.S. Open · Championship identity

    The official 2026 USGA Championship Record Book directly enumerates the completed 1997 Championship, champion, explicit date span, and site in Championship Results: 1895 to 2025. The recorded champion and site preserve the higher-resolution register text. The current official U.S. Open Champions table independently confirms the year, champion, and site.

    Verified 2026-08-20
• USGA dated host record and researched Club identity
  • Congressional Country Club

    Official Club or regional association evidence corroborates the historical host identity for Congressional Country Club; the dated USGA venue wording and canonical locality are retained separately. The 1964 Composite and historical Blue routing require Course identity review. The stored Blue record is explicitly labelled 2010 and lacks a hole count. Dated host authority: https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/media/online-media-center/usga-records/u-s--open-results--1895-to-present.html

    Verified 2026-09-10
• USGA official U.S. Open result
  • Ernie Els

    The official result names the champion and regulation total. Historical playoff status is corroborated by tied regulation totals and extra scores for both winner and runner-up. The 2026 report establishes a one-stroke win on the 72nd hole. Relative score is retained only where explicitly stated.

    Verified 2026-09-10
• USGA: 2026 U.S. Open Record Book
  • Colin Montgomerie

    PDF page 9, 1997 result: Colin Montgomerie, regulation total 277 (-3 to par).

    Verified 2026-10-23