1999 Masters Tournament

1999 Masters Tournament
Front cover of the 1999 Masters Journal
Tournament information
DatesApril 8–11, 1999
LocationAugusta, Georgia
33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,985 yards (6,387 m)
Field96 players, 56 after cut
Cut148 (+4)
Prize fundUS$4,000,000
Winner's share$720,000
Champion
Spain José María Olazábal
280 (−8)
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Augusta National is located in Georgia
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The 1999 Masters Tournament was the 63rd Masters Tournament, held from April 8–11 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. José María Olazábal won his second Masters championship, two strokes ahead of runner-up Davis Love III and three strokes ahead of Greg Norman, who experienced another disappointing back nine at Augusta.[1][2]

Course

Hole Name Yards Par Hole Name Yards Par
1 Tea Olive 410 4 10 Camellia 485 4
2 Pink Dogwood 575 5 11 White Dogwood 455 4
3 Flowering Peach 350 4 12 Golden Bell 155 3
4 Flowering Crab Apple 205 3 13 Azalea 485 5
5 Magnolia 435 4 14 Chinese Fir 405 4
6 Juniper 180 3 15 Firethorn 500 5
7 Pampas 365 4 16 Redbud 170 3
8 Yellow Jasmine 550 5 17 Nandina 425 4
9 Carolina Cherry 430 4 18 Holly 405 4
Out 3,500 36 In 3,485 36
Source:[3] Total 6,985 72

Field

1. Masters champions

Tommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros, Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Fred Couples (10,13,14,15,16), Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bernhard Langer (15,16), Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize, José María Olazábal (10,15,16), Mark O'Meara (3,12,14,15,16), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson (13,14,15,16), Tiger Woods (10,13,14,15,16), Ian Woosnam (10,15), Fuzzy Zoeller

2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)

Ernie Els (10,13,15,16), Lee Janzen (14,15,16), Steve Jones (13,15), Corey Pavin

3. The Open champions (last five years)

John Daly, Tom Lehman (11,14,15,16), Justin Leonard (5,10,14,15,16), Nick Price (4,11,12,13,14,15,16)

4. PGA champions (last five years)

Mark Brooks, Steve Elkington (5,12,13,15,16), Davis Love III (12,13,14,15,16), Vijay Singh (13,14,15,16)

5. The Players Championship winners (last three years)

David Duval (10,11,13,14,15,16)

6. U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up

Hank Kuehne (a), Tom McKnight (a)

7. The Amateur champion

Sergio García (a)

8. U.S. Amateur Public Links champion

Trevor Immelman (a)

9. U.S. Mid-Amateur champion

Spider Miller (a)

10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1998 Masters

Paul Azinger (11), Mark Calcavecchia (14,15,16), Stewart Cink (11,15,16), Darren Clarke (15,16), Jim Furyk (11,13,14,15,16), Jay Haas, Scott Hoch (14,15,16), John Huston (13,14,15,16), Per-Ulrik Johansson, Matt Kuchar (a) (11), Jeff Maggert (11,13,14,15,16), Scott McCarron, Phil Mickelson (11,13,14,15,16), Colin Montgomerie (15,16), David Toms, Willie Wood

11. Top 16 players and ties from the 1998 U.S. Open

Stuart Appleby (13,15,16), Jesper Parnevik (14,15,16), Jeff Sluman (13,14,15,16), Payne Stewart (13,14,15,16), Steve Stricker (12,14,15,16), Bob Tway (14,15,16), Lee Westwood (15,16)

12. Top eight players and ties from 1998 PGA Championship

Frank Lickliter, Billy Mayfair (13,14,15,16)

13. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters

Billy Andrade, Olin Browne, Brandel Chamblee, John Cook (14,15,16), Trevor Dodds, Joe Durant, Fred Funk (14,16), J. P. Hayes, Tim Herron, Gabriel Hjertstedt, Rocco Mediate, Steve Pate, Chris Perry, Hal Sutton (14,15,16)

14. Top 30 players from the 1998 PGA Tour money list

Glen Day (15,16), Bob Estes (15,16), Andrew Magee (15,16), Scott Verplank (15,16)

15. Top 50 players from the final 1998 world ranking

Thomas Bjørn (16), Brad Faxon (16), Carlos Franco (16), Bill Glasson (16), Brandt Jobe (16), Shigeki Maruyama (16), Greg Norman (16), Masashi Ozaki (16), Loren Roberts (16), Brian Watts (16)

16. Top 50 players from world ranking published March 7

Craig Parry

17. Special foreign invitation

Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Patrik Sjöland

All the amateurs except Matt Kuchar and John Miller were playing in their first Masters, as were Thomas Bjørn, Brandel Chamblee, Glen Day, Trevor Dodds, Joe Durant, Carlos Franco, J. P. Hayes, Brandt Jobe, Frank Lickliter, Patrik Sjöland and Brian Watts.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 8, 1999 & Friday, April 9, 1999

The first round was suspended by darkness due to earlier rain delays and completed on the following day.

Place Player Score To par[4]
T1 United States Brandel Chamblee 69 −3
United States Davis Love III
United States Scott McCarron
Zimbabwe Nick Price
T5 United States Lee Janzen 70 −2
United States Justin Leonard
United States Andrew Magee
Scotland Colin Montgomerie
Spain José María Olazábal
United States Mark O'Meara
United States Jeff Sluman

Second round

Friday, April 9, 1999

Place Player Score To par[4]
1 Spain José María Olazábal 70-66=136 −8
2 United States Scott McCarron 69-68=137 −7
T3 United States Lee Janzen 70-69=139 −5
Australia Greg Norman 71-68=139
T5 United States Davis Love III 69-72=141 −3
Zimbabwe Nick Price 69-72=141
T7 United States Brandel Chamblee 69-73=142 −2
Australia Steve Elkington 72-70=142
United States Bill Glasson 72-70=142
United States Justin Leonard 70-72=142
Germany Bernhard Langer 76-66=142
Scotland Colin Montgomerie 70-72=142

Amateurs: García (+3), McKnight (+3), Immelman (+4), Kuchar (+4), Kuehne (+8), Miller (+18).

Third round

Saturday, April 10, 1999

Place Player Score To par[4]
1 Spain José María Olazábal 70-66-73=209 −7
2 Australia Greg Norman 71-68-71=210 −6
T3 United States Davis Love III 69-72-70=211 −5
United States Steve Pate 71-75-65=211
T5 South Africa Ernie Els 71-72-69=212 −4
United States Bob Estes 71-72-69=212
Paraguay Carlos Franco 72-72-68=212
United States Lee Janzen 70-69-73=212
T9 Australia Steve Elkington 72-70-71=213 −3
United States Scott McCarron 69-68-76=213
Scotland Colin Montgomerie 70-72-71=213
Zimbabwe Nick Price 69-72-72=213

Final round

External videos
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Sunday, April 11, 1999

Final leaderboard

Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
1 Spain José María Olazábal (c) 70-66-73-71=280 −8 720,000
2 United States Davis Love III 69-72-70-71=282 −6 432,000
3 Australia Greg Norman 71-68-71-73=283 −5 272,000
T4 United States Bob Estes 71-72-69-72=284 −4 176,000
United States Steve Pate 71-75-65-73=284
T6 United States David Duval 71-74-70-70=285 −3 125,200
Paraguay Carlos Franco 72-72-68-73=285
United States Phil Mickelson 74-69-71-71=285
Zimbabwe Nick Price 69-72-72-72=285
England Lee Westwood 75-71-68-71=285

Sources:[5][6]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 4 3 4 3 4 5 4 4 4 3 5 4 5 3 4 4
Spain Olazábal −7 −7 −6 −5 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8
United States Love III −5 −5 −4 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6
Australia Norman −6 −6 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −6 −5 −7 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5
United States Estes −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4
United States Pate −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −5 −5 −6 −5 −4 −4
United States Duval −1 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −4 −4 −5 −3 −3 −4 −3 −4 −3 −2 −3
Paraguay Franco −3 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −3 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3
United States Mickelson −2 −1 E E +2 +2 +1 E −1 −1 E +1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −3
Zimbabwe Price −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −2 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3
England Westwood −2 −3 −2 −3 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −4 −2 −1 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[7]

References

  1. ^ Parascenzo, Marino (April 12, 1999). "Ole! Olazabal". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. B-1.
  2. ^ McCallum, Jack (April 19, 1999). "Basque in Glory". Sports Illustrated. p. 34. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013.
  3. ^ "Hole-by-hole". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. April 6, 2000. p. C7. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
  4. ^ a b c 1999 Results for Masters
  5. ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  6. ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  7. ^ "Historic Leaderboards: 1999 Masters". Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved September 14, 2015.