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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.

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, who finished six strokes back in a tie for tenth place.

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.

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

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), 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

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

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 25, 1999

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

Second round

Friday, March 26, 1999

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

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Third round

Saturday, March 27, 1999

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

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Final round

Sunday, March 28, 1999

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

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References

  1. ^ "1999 Players Championship results". ESPN. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  2. ^ Diaz, Jaime (April 5, 1999). "Like father, like son". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
  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.
  4. ^ "Duvals a pride-filled pair". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. (Philadelphia Inquirer). March 29, 1999. p. C3.
  5. ^ "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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