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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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1999 WGC-American Express Championship

The 1999 WGC-American Express Championship was a golf tournament that was contested from 4–7 November 1999 at Valderrama Golf Club in Sotogrande, San Roque, Spain. It was the first WGC-American Express Championship tournament, and the third and final event in the inaugural year of the World Golf Championships.

World number 1, Tiger Woods won the tournament after defeating Miguel Ángel Jiménez in the first extra hole of a playoff. Woods held a four stroke lead going into the 17th hole but hit it into the water on the tough par 5 and ended up scoring a triple bogey that allowed Jiménez to get back in it.

Field

1. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking as of 1 November

Stuart Appleby (2), Stewart Cink, Darren Clarke (3), Glen Day, Steve Elkington, Ernie Els (2,3), Bob Estes (2), Carlos Franco (2), Fred Funk (2), Jim Furyk (2), Sergio García (3), Brent Geiberger (2), Retief Goosen (3), Pádraig Harrington (3), Dudley Hart, Tim Herron (2), Scott Hoch, John Huston (2), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (3), Bernhard Langer (3), Paul Lawrie (3), Tom Lehman (2), Justin Leonard (2), Davis Love III (2), Jeff Maggert (2), Phil Mickelson (2), Colin Montgomerie (3), José María Olazábal, Naomichi Ozaki (6), Craig Parry, Steve Pate (2), Chris Perry (2), Nick Price (2), Loren Roberts (2), Vijay Singh (2), Jeff Sluman (2), Hal Sutton (2), David Toms (2), Bob Tway, Brian Watts, Lee Westwood (3), Tiger Woods (2)

2. Top 30 on the 1999 PGA Tour money list through the Tour Championship

Notah Begay III, Dennis Paulson, Ted Tryba, Duffy Waldorf, Mike Weir

3. Top 20 on the 1999 European Tour Order of Merit through the Volvo Masters

Thomas Bjørn, Ángel Cabrera, Alex Čejka, Mark James, Robert Karlsson, Bob May, Jarrod Moseley (4), Jarmo Sandelin, Jean van de Velde

4. Top 3 on the 1998–99 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit

Rod Pampling, Craig Spence

5. Top 3 on the 1998–99 Southern Africa Tour Order of Merit

Scott Dunlap, David Frost, Richard Kaplan

6. Top 3 on the 1999 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit through the Philip Morris Championship

Kazuhiko Hosokawa

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Score To par
1 Fiji Vijay Singh 67 −4
2 United States Jim Furyk 68 −3
T3 United States Bob Estes 69 −2
United States Scott Hoch
England Mark James
United States Phil Mickelson
Zimbabwe Nick Price
T8 United States Jeff Maggert 70 −1
Scotland Colin Montgomerie
United States Chris Perry
Sweden Jarmo Sandelin

Second round

Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Tim Herron 71-66=137 −5
United States Chris Perry 70-67=137
T3 United States Justin Leonard 71-67=138 −4
Fiji Vijay Singh 67-71=138
T5 United States Fred Funk 71-68=139 −3
United States Scott Hoch 69-70=139
England Mark James 69-70=139
United States Tom Lehman 72-67=139
T9 United States Stewart Cink 75-65=140 −2
Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez 72-68=140
United States Phil Mickelson 69-71=140
Zimbabwe Nick Price 69-71=140
United States David Toms 72-68=140
England Lee Westwood 73-67=140
United States Tiger Woods 71-69=140

Third round

Place Player Score To par
T1 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez 72-68-69=209 −4
United States Chris Perry 70-67-72=209
T3 United States Tom Lehman 72-67-71=210 −3
United States Justin Leonard 71-67-72=210
Zimbabwe Nick Price 69-71-70=210
United States Hal Sutton 75-66-69=210
United States Tiger Woods 71-69-70=210
T8 United States Stewart Cink 75-65-71=211 −2
United States Scott Hoch 69-70-72=211
Spain José María Olazábal 73-69-69=211
United States David Toms 72-68-71=211
England Lee Westwood 73-67-71=211

Final round

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
T1 United States Tiger Woods 71-69-70-68=278 −6 Playoff
Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez 72-68-69-69=278
3 United States Dudley Hart 75-68-70-70=283 −1 300,000
T4 United States Stewart Cink 75-65-71-73=284 E 176,667
Zimbabwe Nick Price 69-71-70-74=284
England Lee Westwood 73-67-71-73=284
T7 United States Fred Funk 71-68-74-72=285 +1 135,000
Spain Sergio García 74-69-69-73=285
United States Scott Hoch 69-70-72-74=285
United States Chris Perry 70-67-72-76=285

Playoff

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 United States Tiger Woods 3 −1 1,000,000
2 Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez 5 +1 400,000
  • Played on the par-4 18th hole,

References

36°17′09″N 5°20′02″W / 36.28583°N 5.33389°W / 36.28583; -5.33389