1997 pga tour leaders driving distance leaders

John Daly had the longest average driving distance in 1997, at 302 yards.

NAME DRIVING DISTANCE AVG SEASON EVENTS TOP 10 WINS SCORING AVG ROUNDS GIR% FWY% PUTTING AVG SAND SAVE% SCRAMBLING % FEDEXCUP POINTS MONEY
1 John Daly
J. Daly
302
1997
50
1
72.1
57
64.6
53.6
1.8
57.9
48.8
$106,762
2 Tiger Woods
T. Woods
294.8
1997
81
9
4
69.1
83
70.4
68.6
1.8
44.0
60.1
$2,066,833
3 Bill Glasson
B. Glasson
287.5
1997
68
6
1
70.3
68
70.3
69.1
1.8
58.3
60.1
$926,552
4 Davis Love III
D. Love III
285.8
1997
94
13
2
69.5
100
70.0
67.6
1.8
53.9
62.5
$1,635,953
5 Phil Mickelson
P. Mickelson
284.1
1997
80
5
2
69.8
76
67.5
67.3
1.8
55.6
60.4
$1,225,390
6 Chip Sullivan
C. Sullivan
284.1
1997
77
72.3
77
61.8
56.3
1.8
46.2
53.5
$41,019
7 Scott McCarron
S. McCarron
283.8
1997
85
7
1
70.5
88
64.8
64.5
1.8
54.1
58.8
$852,459
8 Fred Couples
F. Couples
283.5
1997
57
7
70.1
57
68.7
66.6
1.8
47.4
54.2
$448,385
9 Vijay Singh
V. Singh
280.9
1997
83
4
2
70.2
91
65.8
64.2
1.8
55.4
59.4
$1,059,236
10 John Adams
J. Adams
280.9
1997
83
3
71.6
81
65.6
60.6
1.8
57.3
59.5
$188,986
11 Kelly Gibson
K. Gibson
280.2
1997
123
1
70.9
125
67.2
64.3
1.8
61.1
57.8
$267,230
12 David Duval
D. Duval
280.1
1997
100
7
3
69.9
105
68.1
69.1
1.8
45.7
58.3
$1,885,308
13 Tim Herron
T. Herron
279.7
1997
103
6
1
70.9
105
66.5
65.5
1.8
54.4
58.0
$640,997
14 Mark Calcavecchia
M. Calcavecchia
279.1
1997
100
7
1
70
104
70.1
69.1
1.8
53.0
59.7
$1,117,365
15 Duffy Waldorf
D. Waldorf
279
1997
92
4
71
93
68.0
69.0
1.8
43.2
56.5
$458,074
16 Grant Waite
G. Waite
278.6
1997
105
4
71
106
68.2
70.8
1.8
51.1
58.6
$362,320
17 Stuart Appleby
S. Appleby
278.4
1997
82
5
1
70.4
78
63.6
68.5
1.8
64.2
60.7
$1,003,356
18 Steve Jones
S. Jones
278.2
1997
80
6
2
70.6
82
66.2
65.7
1.8
53.3
60.1
$959,108
19 Hideki Kase
H. Kase
278.1
1997
89
72.4
85
62.9
63.3
1.8
53.6
52.8
$120,478
20 Steve Lowery
S. Lowery
277.8
1997
101
5
70.5
107
67.6
65.6
1.8
56.6
59.3
$480,467
21 Paul Stankowski
P. Stankowski
277.5
1997
103
5
1
70.7
105
65.2
66.9
1.8
54.8
60.6
$929,405
22 Tom Purtzer
T. Purtzer
277.2
1997
70
1
71.8
74
68.6
65.7
1.8
51.6
60.5
$161,393
23 Kenny Perry
K. Perry
277
1997
85
2
70.8
85
67.6
71.4
1.8
48.3
55.6
$270,081
24 Brent Geiberger
B. Geiberger
276.9
1997
97
1
70.5
101
68.0
69.2
1.8
58.1
62.3
$395,472
25 Larry Silveira
L. Silveira
276.8
1997
61
72.7
59
58.1
61.6
1.8
47.3
50.6
$36,356
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