The 1997 Nabisco Dinah Shore was a women's professional golf tournament, held March 27–30 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. This was the 26th edition of the Nabisco Dinah Shore, and the fifteenth as a major championship.

Betsy King, age 41, won her third title in this event, two strokes ahead of runners-up Kris Tschetter and Amy Fruhwirth. It was the last of her six major titles.

At $900,000, this was the tournament's last six-figure purse; the winner's share was $135,000.

Final leaderboard

Sunday, March 30, 1997

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Betsy King	71-67-67-71=276	−12	135,000
2	Kris Tschetter	66-76-66-70=278	−10	83,783
T3	Amy Fruhwirth	69-70-68-72=279	−9	54,346
	Kelly Robbins	70-67-68-74=279
T5	Nanci Bowen	70-74-70-68=282	−6	35,097
	Lisa Hackney	70-72-72-68=282
7	Tina Barrett	70-71-70-72=283	−5	26,720
T8	Hiromi Kobayashi	72-69-71-72=284	−4	21,285
	Annika Sörenstam	70-72-68-74=284
	Mary Beth Zimmerman	75-74-72-63=284

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