1999 Players Championship

1999 Players Championship
Tournament information
Dates	March 25–28, 1999
Location	Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Course(s)	TPC Sawgrass,; Stadium Course
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,093 yards (6,486 m)
Field	145 players, 79 after cut
Cut	148 (+4)
Prize fund	$5.0 million
Winner's share	$900,000
Champion
	David Duval
	285 (−3)
	← 1998 2000 →

TPC Sawgrass

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Location in the United States

TPC Sawgrass

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Location in Florida

The 1999 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 25–38 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).

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Finish
Nick Price	Zimbabwe	1993	74	67	74	73	288	E	3
Fred Couples	United States	1984, 1996	77	71	73	68	289	+1	T4
Hal Sutton	United States	1983	69	74	73	73	289	+1	T4
Davis Love III	United States	1992	70	70	78	73	291	+3	T10
Justin Leonard	United States	1998	72	72	75	75	294	+6	T23
Steve Elkington	Australia	1991, 1997	71	73	78	74	296	+8	T38
Tom Kite	United States	1989	76	72	79	79	306	+18	T77

Source:^[6]^[7]

Missed the cut

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	Total	To par
Lee Janzen	United States	1995	75	74	149	+5
Greg Norman	Australia	1994	72	77	149	+5

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 25, 1999

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Bob Estes	United States	68	−4
T1	Brian Watts	United States	68	−4
T3	David Duval	United States	69	−3
	Joe Ozaki	Japan
	Hal Sutton	United States
T6	Dudley Hart	United States	70	−2
	Bradley Hughes	Australia
	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	United States

Second round

Friday, March 26, 1999

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

Source:^[8]

Third round

Saturday, March 27, 1999

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

Source:^[9]

Final round

Sunday, March 28, 1999

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	David Duval	United States	69-69-74-73=285	−3	900,000
2	Scott Gump	United States	72-74-70-71=287	−1	540,000
3	Nick Price	Zimbabwe	74-67-74-73=288	E	340,000
T4	Fred Couples	United States	77-71-73-68=289	+1	220,000
T4	Hal Sutton	United States	69-74-73-73=289	+1	220,000
T6	Scott Hoch	United States	72-70-73-75=290	+2	161,875
	Mark O'Meara	United States	72-73-71-74=290
	Steve Stricker	United States	73-73-70-74=290
	Lee Westwood	England	73-69-75-73=290
T10	Mark Brooks	United States	71-77-71-72=291	+3	107,143
	Mark Calcavecchia	United States	76-70-72-73=291
	Skip Kendall	United States	70-73-70-78=291
	Davis Love III	United States	70-70-78-73=291
	Joe Ozaki	Japan	69-68-81-73=291
	Joey Sindelar	United States	72-71-74-74=291
	Tiger Woods	United States	70-71-75-75=291

Source:^[6]^[7]

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.
^ ^a ^b "Golf: PGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. March 29, 1999. p. 6B.
^ ^a ^b "1999 Results for The Players Championship". Database Golf. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
^ "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.

External links

The Players Championship website

30°11′53″N 81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°W / 30.198; -81.394

[dbg99plyr-1] "1999 Players Championship results". ESPN. Retrieved September 19, 2015.

[sivfls-2] Diaz, Jaime (April 5, 1999). "Like father, like son". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 28, 2017.

[nytduvl-3] Brown, Clifton (March 29, 1999). "Golf; Duval is supreme, and his dad's a winner too". The New York Times. Retrieved May 12, 2016.

[dapfpr-4] "Duvals a pride-filled pair". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. (Philadelphia Inquirer). March 29, 1999. p. C3.

[advlddbl-5] "A Duval daily double". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Associated Press. March 29, 1999. p. 7C.

[ergsc4-6] "Golf: PGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. March 29, 1999. p. 6B.

[dbseglf-7] "1999 Results for The Players Championship". Database Golf. Retrieved September 19, 2015.

[secredsco-8] "PGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 27, 1999. p. 4D.

[knckotp-9] "TPC delivers a knockout punch in third round". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. March 28, 1999. p. 3F.

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