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1997 Masters flag signed by Mark O'mera Augusta National Tiger Woods pga open
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1997 Masters flag signed by Mark O'mera Augusta National Tiger Woods pga openThe
1997 Masters Tournament
was the 61st
Masters Tournament
, held April 10–13 at
Augusta National Golf Club
in
Augusta, Georgia
.
Tiger Woods
won his first
major championship
, twelve strokes ahead of runner-up
Tom Kite
. Through
2019
, the margin of victory and four-day score of 270 (−18) are tournament records. Woods also became both the youngest (21) and the first non-
white
player to win at
Augusta.
[2]
[3]
Woods struggled on his first nine holes of the first round, turning at 4-over-par 40. Making four birdies and an eagle gave him a 6-under-par 30 the back nine for a 70, three shots behind first-round leader
John Huston
.
[4]
In the second and third rounds, Woods scored the best rounds of each day (65-66) to open up a commanding nine-shot lead. A final-round 69 gave Woods a tournament record 270 (−18), bettering the previous record of 271 set by
Jack Nicklaus
in
1965
and matched by
Raymond Floyd
in
1976
.
Woods' victory set television ratings records for golf; the final round broadcast on Sunday was seen by an estimated 44 million viewers in the United States.