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.

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

[1] Sunday, March 30, 1997 Source:[1][2][4]