Golf Network News
Sunday 20 July 1997Men’s majorsYear in Review
Leonard wins the Open
Royal Troon Golf Club, Troon, Scotland · Thursday 17 to Sunday 20 July 1997 · purse £1,600,000 · winner's share £250,000
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
16 h 26 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a full moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R117°/12°C · wind 21 km/h NW, gusts 36 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R218°/12°C · wind 14 km/h NNW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R321°/12°C · wind 10 km/h SW, gusts 19 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R422°/13°C · wind 8 km/h ESE, gusts 15 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
- The Open
1860–2026 in our record, 154 editions.
The ones it got away from
Runners-up and the shots that cost them: not yet researched.
156 started, 70 (cut at 147) made it
Same week
Nothing else in our record that week.
Men's major
The Open
Royal Troon Golf Club (Old Course), Troon
2 of 5 researched
Winner
Runner-up: Darren Clarke, Jesper Parnevik
The golfer
b. 1972-06-15, Dallas, USA; United States; age 25 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