THE PLAYERS Championship 1997 — leaderboard and results
1997-03-26 to 1997-03-30 · TPC Sawgrass (Stadium), Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, USA · Purse $3,500,000
| Pos | Player | To par | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Elkington | -16 | 66 | 69 | 68 | 69 | |
| 2 | Scott Hoch | -9 | 69 | 71 | 65 | 74 | |
| 3 | Loren Roberts | -8 | 70 | 74 | 67 | 69 | |
| 4 | Brad Faxon | -7 | 70 | 69 | 72 | 70 | |
| 5 | Billy Andrade | -6 | 68 | 72 | 68 | 74 | |
| 6 | Tom Lehman | -5 | 67 | 71 | 73 | 72 | |
| T7 | Colin Montgomerie | -4 | 70 | 70 | 71 | 73 | |
| T7 | Mark Brooks | -4 | 72 | 68 | 70 | 74 | |
| T7 | Tommy Tolles | -4 | 70 | 67 | 73 | 74 | |
| T10 | Ernie Els | -3 | 68 | 71 | 72 | 74 | |
| T10 | Fred Couples | -3 | 71 | 74 | 71 | 69 | |
| T10 | Kirk Triplett | -3 | 71 | 68 | 70 | 76 | |
| T10 | Russ Cochran | -3 | 67 | 74 | 72 | 72 | |
| T14 | David Edwards | -2 | 67 | 70 | 76 | 73 | |
| T14 | Fred Funk | -2 | 71 | 75 | 68 | 72 | |
| T14 | Fuzzy Zoeller | -2 | 67 | 72 | 73 | 74 | |
| T14 | Larry Mize | -2 | 68 | 68 | 74 | 76 | |
| T14 | Michael Bradley | -2 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 72 | |
| T14 | Paul Azinger | -2 | 72 | 72 | 71 | 71 | |
| T14 | Paul Stankowski | -2 | 73 | 70 | 71 | 72 | |
| T14 | Stuart Appleby | -2 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 74 | |
| T22 | Craig Parry | -1 | 71 | 67 | 80 | 69 | |
| T22 | John Cook | -1 | 73 | 69 | 72 | 73 | |
| T24 | Doug Martin | E | 72 | 71 | 75 | 70 | |
| T24 | Len Mattiace | E | 71 | 72 | 71 | 74 | |
| T24 | Mark Calcavecchia | E | 67 | 75 | 71 | 75 | |
| T24 | Nick Faldo | E | 71 | 72 | 73 | 72 | |
| T24 | Nick Price | E | 75 | 68 | 74 | 71 | |
| T24 | Robert Gamez | E | 70 | 73 | 68 | 77 | |
| T24 | Tom Purtzer | E | 68 | 71 | 69 | 80 | |
| T31 | Bernhard Langer | +1 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 70 | |
| T31 | Chris Perry | +1 | 74 | 71 | 70 | 74 | |
| T31 | Joey Sindelar | +1 | 71 | 73 | 73 | 72 | |
| T31 | Rick Fehr | +1 | 74 | 67 | 75 | 73 | |
| T31 | Tiger Woods | +1 | 71 | 73 | 72 | 73 | |
| T31 | Vijay Singh | +1 | 71 | 69 | 74 | 75 | |
| T37 | Brian Watts | +2 | 70 | 68 | 74 | 78 | |
| T37 | Justin Leonard | +2 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 78 | |
| T37 | Lee Janzen | +2 | 73 | 73 | 74 | 70 | |
| T37 | Nolan Henke | +2 | 72 | 73 | 73 | 72 | |
| T37 | Pete Jordan | +2 | 72 | 74 | 73 | 71 | |
| T37 | Willie Wood | +2 | 74 | 71 | 70 | 75 | |
| T43 | Costantino Rocca | +3 | 74 | 69 | 73 | 75 | |
| T43 | David Duval | +3 | 74 | 69 | 74 | 74 | |
| T43 | Duffy Waldorf | +3 | 71 | 70 | 75 | 75 | |
| T43 | Jay Haas | +3 | 68 | 76 | 74 | 73 | |
| T43 | Mark McNulty | +3 | 71 | 73 | 69 | 78 | |
| T48 | Omar Uresti | +4 | 73 | 69 | 72 | 78 | |
| T48 | Peter Jacobsen | +4 | 75 | 71 | 73 | 73 | |
| T50 | Dave Stockton Jr | +5 | 68 | 71 | 77 | 77 | |
| T50 | Hal Sutton | +5 | 70 | 71 | 74 | 78 | |
| T50 | Masashi Jumbo Ozaki | +5 | 70 | 76 | 71 | 76 | |
| T53 | Andrew Magee | +6 | 71 | 71 | 76 | 76 | |
| T53 | Gil Morgan | +6 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 78 | |
| T53 | Greg Norman | +6 | 71 | 72 | 72 | 79 | |
| T53 | Jim Furyk | +6 | 71 | 74 | 70 | 79 | |
| T53 | Phil Blackmar | +6 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 75 | |
| T53 | Robert Damron | +6 | 69 | 72 | 78 | 75 | |
| T53 | Taylor Smith | +6 | 68 | 73 | 76 | 77 | |
| T53 | Tom Watson | +6 | 70 | 71 | 79 | 74 | |
| 61 | Glen Day | +7 | 70 | 72 | 76 | 77 | |
| T62 | Jay Don Blake | +8 | 73 | 72 | 72 | 79 | |
| T62 | Mike Hulbert | +8 | 70 | 71 | 77 | 78 | |
| T62 | Mike Reid | +8 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 77 | |
| T65 | Naomichi Ozaki | +9 | 68 | 74 | 74 | 81 | |
| T65 | Scott Gump | +9 | 71 | 75 | 72 | 79 | |
| T65 | Steve Lowery | +9 | 73 | 72 | 74 | 78 | |
| T68 | Don Pooley | +10 | 71 | 74 | 71 | 82 | |
| T68 | John Huston | +10 | 72 | 70 | 77 | 79 | |
| T70 | Jim Gallagher, Jr. | +11 | 72 | 74 | 75 | 78 | |
| T70 | Mark O'Meara | +11 | 73 | 72 | 76 | 78 | |
| T70 | Sandy Lyle | +11 | 68 | 74 | 77 | 80 | |
| 73 | Mike Brisky | +13 | 71 | 71 | 80 | 79 | |
| 74 | John Wilson | +14 | 70 | 74 | 79 | 79 | |
| 75 | Lee Rinker | +16 | 74 | 72 | 77 | 81 | |
| CUT | Ben Crenshaw | +16 | 81 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Billy Mayfair | +3 | 74 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Blaine McCallister | +10 | 74 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Bob Tway | +3 | 74 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Brad Bryant | +9 | 75 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Brad Fabel | +12 | 78 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Brandel Chamblee | +5 | 73 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Brian Henninger | +3 | 75 | 72 | |||
| CUT | Chip Beck | +13 | 77 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Clarence Rose | +10 | 74 | 80 | |||
| CUT | Corey Pavin | +3 | 75 | 72 | |||
| CUT | Craig Stadler | +5 | 73 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Curtis Strange | +11 | 81 | 74 | |||
| CUT | D.A. Weibring | +9 | 77 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Dan Forsman | +7 | 76 | 75 | |||
| WD | David Frost | +9 | 81 | ||||
| CUT | David Ogrin | +6 | 77 | 73 | |||
| CUT | David Toms | +9 | 77 | 76 | |||
| DQ | Davis Love III | -5 | 72 | 66 | 73 | ||
| CUT | Dicky Pride | +6 | 75 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Donnie Hammond | +6 | 74 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Dudley Hart | +5 | 76 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Emlyn Aubrey | +3 | 74 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Frank Nobilo | +8 | 74 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Fulton Allem | +13 | 80 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Grant Waite | +5 | 78 | 71 | |||
| CUT | Greg Kraft | +4 | 73 | 75 | |||
| WD | Guy Boros | +2 | 74 | ||||
| CUT | Hugh Royer III | +8 | 77 | 75 | |||
| WD | Ian Woosnam | +4 | 76 | ||||
| CUT | Jeff Maggert | +10 | 76 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Jeff Sluman | +4 | 78 | 70 | |||
| CUT | Jerry Kelly | +10 | 79 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Jesper Parnevik | +6 | 75 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Jim Carter | +3 | 72 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Joe Durant | +7 | 73 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Joel Edwards | +4 | 71 | 77 | |||
| CUT | John Adams | +4 | 74 | 74 | |||
| WD | John Daly | +4 | 76 | ||||
| CUT | John Maginnes | +4 | 74 | 74 | |||
| CUT | John Morse | +5 | 74 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Kelly Gibson | +3 | 71 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Kenny Perry | +5 | 73 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Larry Nelson | +8 | 73 | 79 | |||
| CUT | Lennie Clements | +5 | 74 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Marco Dawson | +4 | 74 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Mark McCumber | +7 | 77 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Mark Wiebe | +4 | 74 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Neal Lancaster | +3 | 74 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Olin Browne | +4 | 73 | 75 | |||
| WD | Patrick Burke | +8 | 80 | ||||
| CUT | Paul Goydos | +6 | 77 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Payne Stewart | +3 | 69 | 78 | |||
| CUT | Phil Mickelson | +9 | 77 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Robert Allenby | +16 | 83 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Rocco Mediate | +3 | 72 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Ronnie Black | +8 | 78 | 74 | |||
| CUT | Sam Torrance | +5 | 78 | 71 | |||
| CUT | Scott Dunlap | +7 | 75 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Scott McCarron | +5 | 73 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Scott Simpson | +4 | 71 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Steve Jones | +6 | 73 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Steve Stricker | +5 | 74 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Ted Tryba | +4 | 72 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Tim Herron | +7 | 75 | 76 | |||
| CUT | Tom Kite | +4 | 75 | 73 | |||
| CUT | Wayne Grady | +11 | 80 | 75 | |||
| CUT | Wayne Levi | +9 | 76 | 77 | |||
| CUT | Woody Austin | +7 | 76 | 75 |
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