1997 Open Championship

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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The 1997 Open
Championship was the 126th Open Championship held from 17-20 July at the
Royal Troon Golf Club in Troon, Scotland. Justin Leonard won his first
major championship by three strokes over Jesper Parnevik and Darren
Clarke. The Open Championship, or simply The Open (sometimes referred to
as the British Open outside the United Kingdom), is the oldest of the
four major championships in professional golf. It is the only „major“
held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the
governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico. The Open is played on
the weekend of the third Friday in July. It is the third major to take
place each year, following The Masters and the U.S. Open, but preceding
the PGA Championship. The current champion is Darren Clarke who won the
2011 Open Championship.