| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 25–28,1999 |
| Location | Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 30°11′53″N81°23′38″W / 30.198°N 81.394°W /30.198; -81.394 |
| Course(s) | TPC Sawgrass, Stadium Course |
| Tour | 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 | |
 David Duval | |
| 285 (−3) | |
| Location map | |
The1999 Players Championship was agolf tournament inFlorida on thePGA Tour, heldMarch 25–28 atTPC Sawgrass inPonte Vedra Beach, southeast ofJacksonville. It was the 26thPlayers Championship.
David Duval won his only Players Championship, two strokes head of runner-upScott Gump.[2] The victory moved him to number one in theOfficial World Golf Ranking, ahead ofTiger Woods,[3] who finished six strokes back in a tie for tenth place.[4][5]
Duval's fatherBob, age 52, won the same day at the Emerald Coast Classic nearPensacola for his first victory on theSenior 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 since1982. The lowest is264 (−24) byGreg Norman in1994.
Defending championJustin Leonard finished nine strokes back, in a tie for 23rd place.
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).
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]
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 |
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]
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]
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 |
| 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]
