1999 Players Championship

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The 1999 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 25–28 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 26th Players Championship.

David Duval won his only Players Championship, two strokes head of runner-up Scott Gump.[2] The victory moved him to number one in the Official World Golf Ranking, ahead of Tiger Woods,[3] who finished six strokes back in a tie for tenth place.[4][5]

Duval's father Bob, age 52, won the same day at the Emerald Coast Classic near Pensacola for his first victory on the Senior Tour. Both led entering the final round.[2][3][4][5]

Duval's winning score of 285 (−3) remains the highest at the Stadium Course, the venue since 1982. The lowest is 264 (−24) by Greg Norman in 1994.

Defending champion Justin Leonard finished nine strokes back, in a tie for 23rd place.

Venue

This was the 18th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course; its 1999 setup measured 7,093 yards (6,486 m),[1] an increase of 143 yards (131 m).

Field

1. Winners of PGA Tour co-sponsored or approved tournaments, whose victories are considered official, since the 1998 Players Championship

2. Those players among the top 125 finishers on the 1998 Official Money List[6]

3. Winners of the Players Championship, Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, British Open (only since 1990), and PGA Championship in the last 10 years (1989-1998)

4. Winners of the NEC World Series of Golf in the last 10 years (1989-1998)

5. Winners of the Tour Championship in the last three years, beginning with the 1998 winner

6. Winner of the World Golf Championship events in the last three years, beginning with the 1999 winners

7. Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 50 leaders from the Official World Golf Ranking through the Bay Hill Invitational

8. Any players, not otherwise eligibility, who are among the top 10 money-winners from the 1999 Official Money List through the Bay Hill Invitational

9. To complete a field of 144 players, those players, not otherwise eligible, from the 1999 Official Money List below the 10th position through the Bay Hill Invitational, in order of their position on the money list

10. The Players Championship Committee may invite a player(s), not otherwise eligible, who is a current inductee of the World Golf Hall of Fame

Source:[7]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 25, 1999

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Bob Estes 68 −4
United States Brian Watts
T3 United States David Duval 69 −3
Japan Joe Ozaki
United States Hal Sutton
T6 United States Dudley Hart 70 −2
Australia Bradley Hughes
United States Skip Kendall
United States Davis Love III
United States Billy Mayfair
United States Chris Perry
United States Jeff Sluman
United States Kirk Triplett
United States Tiger Woods

Second round

Friday, March 26, 1999

Place Player Score To par
1 Japan Joe Ozaki 69-68=137 −7
2 United States David Duval 69-69=138 −6
3 United States Bruce Lietzke 71-68=139 −5
T4 South Africa Ernie Els 73-67=140 −4
United States Davis Love III 70-70=140
United States Curtis Strange 71-69=140
T7 South Africa Fulton Allem 74-67=141 −3
United States Fred Funk 72-69=141
United States Frank Lickliter 71-70=141
Zimbabwe Nick Price 74-67=141
United States Tiger Woods 70-71=141

Source:[8]

Third round

Saturday, March 27, 1999

Place Player Score To par
1 United States David Duval 69-69-74=212 −4
T2 United States Skip Kendall 70-73-70=213 −3
United States Phil Mickelson 71-71-71=213
T4 United States Scott Hoch 72-70-73=215 −1
Scotland Colin Montgomerie 72-70-73=215
Zimbabwe Nick Price 74-67-74=215
T7 United States Scott Gump 72-74-70=216 E
United States Mark O'Meara 72-73-71=216
United States Payne Stewart 72-70-74=216
United States Steve Stricker 73-73-70=216
United States Hal Sutton 69-74-73=216
United States Tiger Woods 70-71-75=216

Source:[9]

Final round

Sunday, March 28, 1999

Champion
(c) = past champion
Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 United States David Duval 69-69-74-73=285 −3 900,000
2 United States Scott Gump 72-74-70-71=287 −1 540,000
3 Zimbabwe Nick Price (c) 74-67-74-73=288 E 340,000
T4 United States Fred Couples (c) 77-71-73-68=289 +1 220,000
United States Hal Sutton (c) 69-74-73-73=289
T6 United States Scott Hoch 72-70-73-75=290 +2 161,875
United States Mark O'Meara 72-73-71-74=290
United States Steve Stricker 73-73-70-74=290
England Lee Westwood 73-69-75-73=290
T10 United States Mark Brooks 71-77-71-72=291 +3 107,142
United States Mark Calcavecchia 76-70-72-73=291
United States Skip Kendall 70-73-70-78=291
United States Davis Love III (c) 70-70-78-73=291
Japan Naomichi Ozaki 69-68-81-73=291
United States Joey Sindelar 72-71-74-74=291
United States Tiger Woods 70-71-75-75=291
Leaderboard below the top 10
Place Player Score To par Money ($)
T17 South Africa Ernie Els 73-67-80-72=292 +4 75,000
United States Jim Furyk 71-76-73-72=292
United States Duffy Waldorf 71-71-75-75=292
T20 United States John Huston 75-72-73-73=293 +5 60,333
Fiji Vijay Singh 77-70-74-72=293
United States David Toms 73-75-74-71=293
T23 United States Brad Fabel 73-70-80-71=294 +6 40,166
United States Justin Leonard (c) 72-72-75-75=294
United States Frank Lickliter 71-70-76-77=294
United States Larry Mize 73-71-73-77=294
Scotland Colin Montgomerie 72-70-73-79=294
Sweden Jesper Parnevik 71-73-74-76=294
United States Payne Stewart 72-70-74-78=294
United States Curtis Strange 71-69-78-76=294
Mexico Esteban Toledo 73-75-72-74=294
T32 Sweden Gabriel Hjertstedt 73-72-74-76=295 +7 27,666
United States Franklin Langham 71-75-75-74=295
United States Bruce Lietzke 71-68-80-76=295
United States Phil Mickelson 71-71-71-82=295
United States Chris Perry 70-74-73-78=295
United States Scott Verplank 76-71-73-75=295
T38 Australia Steve Elkington (c) 71-73-78-74=296 +8 20,000
United States Fred Funk 72-69-76-79=296
United States Paul Goydos 71-74-76-75=296
United States Dudley Hart 70-74-76-76=296
Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez 76-69-79-72=296
Germany Bernhard Langer 73-72-77-74=296
United States Kirk Triplett 70-75-76-75=296
United States Brian Watts 68-74-78-76=296
T46 United States Chris DiMarco 74-72-76-75=297 +9 13,600
United States Brad Faxon 72-75-79-71=297
United States Brent Geiberger 74-71-78-74=297
United States Jeff Maggert 73-71-76-77=297
United States Jeff Sluman 70-72-79-76=297
United States Tommy Tolles 72-73-76-76=297
T52 United States Doug Barron 72-73-77-76=298 +10 11,600
United States Robert Damron 74-72-76-76=298
United States Dan Forsman 76-70-78-74=298
South Africa David Frost 74-72-74-78=298
United States Jeff Gallagher 71-73-77-77=298
Spain José María Olazábal 78-70-76-74=298
T58 United States Jay Don Blake 77-71-79-72=299 +11 11,050
United States Barry Cheesman 73-74-73-79=299
United States John Cook 78-69-78-74=299
United States Steve Pate 74-74-72-79=299
T62 United States Billy Andrade 73-74-81-72=300 +12 10,500
United States Bob Estes 68-74-80-78=300
United States Bob Friend 74-69-87-70=300
Australia Bradley Hughes 70-74-78-78=300
United States Greg Kraft 71-74-82-73=300
United States Craig Stadler 72-70-80-78=300
United States Tom Watson 75-71-79-75=300
69 Australia Craig Parry 75-73-73-80=301 +13 10,100
70 United States Tom Byrum 76-72-80-74=302 +14 10,000
T71 United States Jim Carter 76-72-76-80=304 +16 9,700
Northern Ireland Darren Clarke 77-70-79-78=304
United States Russ Cochran 76-70-79-79=304
New Zealand Frank Nobilo 72-71-80-81=304
United States Corey Pavin 74-74-82-74=304
76 United States Joe Durant 74-74-78-79=305 +17 9,400
T77 South Africa Fulton Allem 74-67-83-82=306 +18 9,250
United States Tom Kite (c) 76-72-79-79=306
CUT Australia Stuart Appleby 77-72=149 +5
United States Paul Azinger 76-73=149
United States Brandel Chamblee 78-71=149
United States Stewart Cink 74-75=149
United States Lee Janzen (c) 75-74=149
United States Tom Lehman 75-74=149
United States Doug Martin 72-77=149
United States Billy Mayfair 70-79=149
United States Rocco Mediate 71-78=149
Australia Greg Norman (c) 72-77=149
United States Mike Reid 75-74=149
United States Loren Roberts 77-72=149
United States Scott Simpson 76-73=149
United States Paul Stankowski 74-75=149
United States Kevin Sutherland 75-74=149
United States Ted Tryba 78-71=149
United States Michael Bradley 77-73=150 +6
United States Ben Crenshaw 76-74=150
United States Bill Glasson 77-73=150
United States Tim Herron 72-78=150
United States Neal Lancaster 74-76=150
United States Steve Lowery 77-73=150
United States Scott McCarron 79-71=150
United States Larry Rinker 77-73=150
United States David Sutherland 73-77=150
United States Kevin Wentworth 73-77=150
United States Clark Dennis 75-76=151 +7
United States Lee Rinker 74-77=151
United States Bob Tway 75-76=151
United States Mark Wiebe 78-73=151
United States Ben Bates 74-78=152 +8
Namibia Trevor Dodds 75-77=152
Paraguay Carlos Franco 78-74=152
United States Brandt Jobe 73-79=152
United States Steve Jones 74-78=152
United States J. L. Lewis 75-77=152
Wales Ian Woosnam 80-72=152
United States Olin Browne 79-74=153 +9
United States Harrison Frazar 80-73=153
United States Tom Purtzer 75-78=153
Australia Wayne Grady 77-77=154 +10
United States Mike Hulbert 77-77=154
United States Tom Pernice Jr. 79-75=154
New Zealand Phil Tataurangi 78-76=154
United States Andrew Magee 81-74=155 +11
United States Len Mattiace 76-79=155
United States Blaine McCallister 78-77=155
United States Lee Porter 78-77=155
United States Mike Springer 78-77=155
New Zealand Grant Waite 82-73=155
United States Willie Wood 77-78=155
United States Fuzzy Zoeller 76-79=155
United States Glen Day 79-77=156 +12
United States Steve Flesch 78-78=156
United States Jay Haas 82-74=156
United States Tommy Armour III 81-76=157 +13
Spain Seve Ballesteros 76-81=157
United States J. P. Hayes 81-76=157
United States Peter Jacobsen 75-82=157
United States Omar Uresti 78-79=157
United States Brian Henninger 79-79=158 +14
United States Jerry Kelly 80-78=158
Japan Shigeki Maruyama 74-84=158
United States Nolan Henke 85-76=161 +17
WD United States Kenny Perry 82 +10
United States John Daly 83 +11
DQ England Nick Faldo 71-75-83=229 +13

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References

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  2. ^ a b Diaz, Jaime (April 5, 1999). "Like father, like son". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
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  4. ^ a b "Duvals a pride-filled pair". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. (Philadelphia Inquirer). March 29, 1999. p. C3.
  5. ^ a b "A Duval daily double". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Associated Press. March 29, 1999. p. 7C.
  6. ^ "Official Money – 1998 Season". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  7. ^ "1999 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF). PGA Tour. p. 3-37.
  8. ^ "PGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 27, 1999. p. 4D.
  9. ^ "TPC delivers a knockout punch in third round". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. March 28, 1999. p. 3F.
  10. ^ "Past Results 1974 – present". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020.

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