Golf Network News
Sunday 17 August 1997Men’s majorsYear in Review
Love wins PGA Championship
Winged Foot Golf Club, Mamaroneck, New York · Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 August 1997 · purse $2,600,000 · winner's share $470,000
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 33 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/21°C · wind 12 km/h NW, gusts 25 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R226°/20°C · wind 15 km/h SSE, gusts 32 · 0.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R333°/23°C · wind 16 km/h SW, gusts 37 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R432°/23°C · wind 12 km/h W, gusts 29 · 4.9 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- PGA Championship
1916–2026 in our record, 108 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
150 started, 77 (cut at 146) made it
Same week
Men's major
PGA Championship
Winged Foot Golf Club (West), Mamaroneck
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Justin Leonard
The golfer
b. 1964-04-13, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; United States; age 33 at the win (year page); 1st major (card's count)
Top 10
Not yet researched
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet
From the papers
No clipping yet