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1999 Players Championship

This article is about the golf tournament. For the curling tournament, see 1999 Players' Championship.

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.

1999 Players Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 25–28, 1999
LocationPonte Vedra Beach, Florida
30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°W / 30.198; -81.394
Course(s)TPC Sawgrass,
Stadium Course
Tour(s)PGA Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,093 yards (6,486 m)[1]
Field145 players, 79 after cut
Cut148 (+4)
Prize fund$5.0 million
Winner's share$900,000
Champion
United States David Duval
285 (−3)
Location map
TPC Sawgrass is located in the United States
TPC Sawgrass
TPC Sawgrass
Location in the United States
TPC Sawgrass is located in Florida
TPC Sawgrass
TPC Sawgrass
Location in Florida
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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 edit

Main article: TPC at Sawgrass

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 edit

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 edit

First round edit

Thursday, March 25, 1999

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

Second round edit

Friday, March 26, 1999

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

Source:[8]

Third round edit

Saturday, March 27, 1999

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

Source:[9]

Final round edit

Sunday, March 28, 1999

Champion
(c) = past champion
Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   David Duval 69-69-74-73=285 −3 900,000
2   Scott Gump 72-74-70-71=287 −1 540,000
3   Nick Price (c) 74-67-74-73=288 E 340,000
T4   Fred Couples (c) 77-71-73-68=289 +1 220,000
  Hal Sutton (c) 69-74-73-73=289
T6   Scott Hoch 72-70-73-75=290 +2 161,875
  Mark O'Meara 72-73-71-74=290
  Steve Stricker 73-73-70-74=290
  Lee Westwood 73-69-75-73=290
T10   Mark Brooks 71-77-71-72=291 +3 107,142
  Mark Calcavecchia 76-70-72-73=291
  Skip Kendall 70-73-70-78=291
  Davis Love III (c) 70-70-78-73=291
  Naomichi Ozaki 69-68-81-73=291
  Joey Sindelar 72-71-74-74=291
  Tiger Woods 70-71-75-75=291

Source:[10]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "1999 Players Championship results". ESPN. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  2. ^ a b Diaz, Jaime (April 5, 1999). "Like father, like son". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
  3. ^ 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.
  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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