Golf tournament
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
Second round
Friday, March 26, 1999
Source: [ 8]
Third round
Saturday, March 27, 1999
Source: [ 9]
Final round
Sunday, March 28, 1999
Champion
(c) = past champion
Leaderboard below the top 10
Place
Player
Score
To par
Money ($ )
T17
Ernie Els
73-67-80-72=292
+4
75,000
Jim Furyk
71-76-73-72=292
Duffy Waldorf
71-71-75-75=292
T20
John Huston
75-72-73-73=293
+5
60,333
Vijay Singh
77-70-74-72=293
David Toms
73-75-74-71=293
T23
Brad Fabel
73-70-80-71=294
+6
40,166
Justin Leonard (c)
72-72-75-75=294
Frank Lickliter
71-70-76-77=294
Larry Mize
73-71-73-77=294
Colin Montgomerie
72-70-73-79=294
Jesper Parnevik
71-73-74-76=294
Payne Stewart
72-70-74-78=294
Curtis Strange
71-69-78-76=294
Esteban Toledo
73-75-72-74=294
T32
Gabriel Hjertstedt
73-72-74-76=295
+7
27,666
Franklin Langham
71-75-75-74=295
Bruce Lietzke
71-68-80-76=295
Phil Mickelson
71-71-71-82=295
Chris Perry
70-74-73-78=295
Scott Verplank
76-71-73-75=295
T38
Steve Elkington (c)
71-73-78-74=296
+8
20,000
Fred Funk
72-69-76-79=296
Paul Goydos
71-74-76-75=296
Dudley Hart
70-74-76-76=296
Miguel Ángel Jiménez
76-69-79-72=296
Bernhard Langer
73-72-77-74=296
Kirk Triplett
70-75-76-75=296
Brian Watts
68-74-78-76=296
T46
Chris DiMarco
74-72-76-75=297
+9
13,600
Brad Faxon
72-75-79-71=297
Brent Geiberger
74-71-78-74=297
Jeff Maggert
73-71-76-77=297
Jeff Sluman
70-72-79-76=297
Tommy Tolles
72-73-76-76=297
T52
Doug Barron
72-73-77-76=298
+10
11,600
Robert Damron
74-72-76-76=298
Dan Forsman
76-70-78-74=298
David Frost
74-72-74-78=298
Jeff Gallagher
71-73-77-77=298
José María Olazábal
78-70-76-74=298
T58
Jay Don Blake
77-71-79-72=299
+11
11,050
Barry Cheesman
73-74-73-79=299
John Cook
78-69-78-74=299
Steve Pate
74-74-72-79=299
T62
Billy Andrade
73-74-81-72=300
+12
10,500
Bob Estes
68-74-80-78=300
Bob Friend
74-69-87-70=300
Bradley Hughes
70-74-78-78=300
Greg Kraft
71-74-82-73=300
Craig Stadler
72-70-80-78=300
Tom Watson
75-71-79-75=300
69
Craig Parry
75-73-73-80=301
+13
10,100
70
Tom Byrum
76-72-80-74=302
+14
10,000
T71
Jim Carter
76-72-76-80=304
+16
9,700
Darren Clarke
77-70-79-78=304
Russ Cochran
76-70-79-79=304
Frank Nobilo
72-71-80-81=304
Corey Pavin
74-74-82-74=304
76
Joe Durant
74-74-78-79=305
+17
9,400
T77
Fulton Allem
74-67-83-82=306
+18
9,250
Tom Kite (c)
76-72-79-79=306
CUT
Stuart Appleby
77-72=149
+5
Paul Azinger
76-73=149
Brandel Chamblee
78-71=149
Stewart Cink
74-75=149
Lee Janzen (c)
75-74=149
Tom Lehman
75-74=149
Doug Martin
72-77=149
Billy Mayfair
70-79=149
Rocco Mediate
71-78=149
Greg Norman (c)
72-77=149
Mike Reid
75-74=149
Loren Roberts
77-72=149
Scott Simpson
76-73=149
Paul Stankowski
74-75=149
Kevin Sutherland
75-74=149
Ted Tryba
78-71=149
Michael Bradley
77-73=150
+6
Ben Crenshaw
76-74=150
Bill Glasson
77-73=150
Tim Herron
72-78=150
Neal Lancaster
74-76=150
Steve Lowery
77-73=150
Scott McCarron
79-71=150
Larry Rinker
77-73=150
David Sutherland
73-77=150
Kevin Wentworth
73-77=150
Clark Dennis
75-76=151
+7
Lee Rinker
74-77=151
Bob Tway
75-76=151
Mark Wiebe
78-73=151
Ben Bates
74-78=152
+8
Trevor Dodds
75-77=152
Carlos Franco
78-74=152
Brandt Jobe
73-79=152
Steve Jones
74-78=152
J. L. Lewis
75-77=152
Ian Woosnam
80-72=152
Olin Browne
79-74=153
+9
Harrison Frazar
80-73=153
Tom Purtzer
75-78=153
Wayne Grady
77-77=154
+10
Mike Hulbert
77-77=154
Tom Pernice Jr.
79-75=154
Phil Tataurangi
78-76=154
Andrew Magee
81-74=155
+11
Len Mattiace
76-79=155
Blaine McCallister
78-77=155
Lee Porter
78-77=155
Mike Springer
78-77=155
Grant Waite
82-73=155
Willie Wood
77-78=155
Fuzzy Zoeller
76-79=155
Glen Day
79-77=156
+12
Steve Flesch
78-78=156
Jay Haas
82-74=156
Tommy Armour III
81-76=157
+13
Seve Ballesteros
76-81=157
J. P. Hayes
81-76=157
Peter Jacobsen
75-82=157
Omar Uresti
78-79=157
Brian Henninger
79-79=158
+14
Jerry Kelly
80-78=158
Shigeki Maruyama
74-84=158
Nolan Henke
85-76=161
+17
WD
Kenny Perry
82
+10
John Daly
83
+11
DQ
Nick Faldo
71-75-83=229
+13
Source: [ 10]
References
^ a b "1999 Players Championship results" . ESPN. Retrieved September 19, 2015 .
^ a b Diaz, Jaime (April 5, 1999). "Like father, like son" . Sports Illustrated . Retrieved April 28, 2017 .
^ a b Brown, Clifton (March 29, 1999). "Golf; Duval is supreme, and his dad's a winner too" . The New York Times . Retrieved May 12, 2016 .
^ a b "Duvals a pride-filled pair" . Spokesman-Review . Spokane, Washington. (Philadelphia Inquirer) . March 29, 1999. p. C3.
^ a b "A Duval daily double" . Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . Associated Press. March 29, 1999. p. 7C.
^ "Official Money – 1998 Season" . PGA Tour. Retrieved March 28, 2023 .
^ "1999 PGA Tour Media Guide" (PDF) . PGA Tour. p. 3-37.
^ "PGA Tour" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). March 27, 1999. p. 4D.
^ "TPC delivers a knockout punch in third round" . Eugene Register-Guard . Oregon. Associated Press. March 28, 1999. p. 3F.
^ "Past Results 1974 – present" . PGA Tour . Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2020 .
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