Who was runner-up to Tiger Woods at the 1997 Masters Tournament?

Tiger Woods’s runner-up at the 1997 Masters Tournament was Tom Kite.

The result was one of the most decisive victories in Masters history. Woods finished at 18-under-par 270, while Kite’s 282 left him 12 strokes behind. That margin remains the largest winning margin in Masters history, surpassing Jack Nicklaus’s nine-stroke victory in 1965.

The tournament was Woods’s first major championship and his first Masters title. At age 21, he also became the youngest Masters champion at the time. His four-round scores were 70, 66, 65 and 69, with especially strong middle rounds opening an enormous lead.

A common mix-up is confusing Kite with Costantino Rocca, who was near the lead after three rounds but finished tied for fifth. Nick Faldo, Ernie Els and Greg Norman were not the runner-up in the final standings.