1999 Players Championship
Tournament information | |
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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)[1] |
Field | 145 players, 79 after cut |
Cut | 148 (+4) |
Prize fund | $5.0 million |
Winner's share | $900,000 |
Champion | |
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285 (−3) | |
«1998 2000» |


The 1999 Players Championship was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour, held March 25–28 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 26th Players Championship.
David Duval won his only Players Championship, two strokes head of runner-up Scott Gump. The victory moved him to number one in the Official World Golf Ranking, ahead of Tiger Woods,[2] who finished six strokes back in a tie for tenth place.[3][4]
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]
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]
Past champions in the field
Made the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nick Price | ![]() | 1993 | 74 | 67 | 74 | 73 | 288 | E | 3 |
Fred Couples | ![]() | 1984, 1996 | 77 | 71 | 73 | 68 | 289 | +1 | T4 |
Hal Sutton | ![]() | 1983 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 73 | 289 | +1 | T4 |
Davis Love III | ![]() | 1992 | 70 | 70 | 78 | 73 | 291 | +3 | T10 |
Justin Leonard | ![]() | 1998 | 72 | 72 | 75 | 75 | 294 | +6 | T23 |
Steve Elkington | ![]() | 1991, 1997 | 71 | 73 | 78 | 74 | 296 | +8 | T38 |
Tom Kite | ![]() | 1989 | 76 | 72 | 79 | 79 | 306 | +18 | T77 |
Missed the cut
Player | Country | Year won | R1 | R2 | Total | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lee Janzen | ![]() | 1995 | 75 | 74 | 149 | +5 |
Greg Norman | ![]() | 1994 | 72 | 77 | 149 | +5 |
Round summaries
Thursday, March 25, 1999
First round
Second round
Friday, March 26, 1999
Place | Player | Country | 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 |
Third round
Saturday, March 27, 1999
Place | Player | Country | 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:[7]
Final round
Sunday, March 28, 1999
Place | Player | Country | 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 | ![]() | 74-67-74-73=288 | E | 340,000 |
T4 | Fred Couples | ![]() | 77-71-73-68=289 | +1 | 220,000 |
Hal Sutton | ![]() | 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 | 107,143 |
Mark Calcavecchia | ![]() | 76-70-72-73=291 | |||
Skip Kendall | ![]() | 70-73-70-78=291 | |||
Davis Love III | ![]() | 70-70-78-73=291 | |||
Joe Ozaki | ![]() | 69-68-81-73=291 | |||
Joey Sindelar | ![]() | 72-71-74-74=291 | |||
Tiger Woods | ![]() | 70-71-75-75=291 |
References
- 1 2 "1999 Players Championship results". ESPN. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
- 1 2 Brown, Clifton (March 29, 1999). "GOLF; Duval is supreme, and his dad's a winner too". New York Times. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
- 1 2 "Duvals a pride-filled pair". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. (Philadelphia Inquirer). March 29, 1999. p. C3.
- 1 2 "A Duval daily double". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Associated Press. March 29, 1999. p. 7C.
- 1 2 "Golf: PGA Tour". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. March 29, 1999. p. 6B.
- 1 2 "1999 Results for The Players Championship". Database Golf. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
- ↑ "TPC delivers a knockout punch in third round". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. Associated Press. March 28, 1999. p. 3F.
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