1999 Masters Tournament


The 1999 Masters Tournament was the 63rd Masters Tournament, held from April 8–11 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. José María Olazábal won his second Masters championship, two strokes ahead of runner-up Davis Love III and three strokes ahead of Greg Norman, who experienced another disappointing back nine at Augusta.

Course

Field

;1. Masters champions
Tommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros, Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize, José María Olazábal, Mark O'Meara, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson, Tiger Woods, Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller
;2. U.S. Open champions
Ernie Els, Lee Janzen, Steve Jones, Corey Pavin
;3. The Open champions
John Daly, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard, Nick Price
;4. PGA champions
Mark Brooks, Steve Elkington, Davis Love III, Vijay Singh
;5. The Players Championship winners
David Duval
;6. U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up
Hank Kuehne, Tom McKnight
;7. The Amateur champion
Sergio García
;8. U.S. Amateur Public Links champion
Trevor Immelman
;9. U.S. Mid-Amateur champion
John "Spider" Miller
;10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1998 Masters
Paul Azinger, Mark Calcavecchia, Stewart Cink, Darren Clarke, Jim Furyk, Jay Haas, Scott Hoch, John Huston, Per-Ulrik Johansson, Matt Kuchar , Jeff Maggert, Scott McCarron, Phil Mickelson, Colin Montgomerie, David Toms, Willie Wood
;11. Top 16 players and ties from the 1998 U.S. Open
Stuart Appleby, Jesper Parnevik, Jeff Sluman, Payne Stewart, Steve Stricker, Bob Tway, Lee Westwood
;12. Top eight players and ties from 1998 PGA Championship
Frank Lickliter, Billy Mayfair
;13. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters
Billy Andrade, Olin Browne, Brandel Chamblee, John Cook, Trevor Dodds, Joe Durant, Fred Funk, J. P. Hayes, Tim Herron, Gabriel Hjertstedt, Rocco Mediate, Steve Pate, Chris Perry, Hal Sutton
;14. Top 30 players from the 1998 PGA Tour money list
Glen Day, Bob Estes, Andrew Magee, Scott Verplank
;15. Top 50 players from the final 1998 world ranking
Thomas Bjørn, Brad Faxon, Carlos Franco, Bill Glasson, Brandt Jobe, Shigeki Maruyama, Greg Norman, Masashi Ozaki, Loren Roberts, Brian Watts
;16. Top 50 players from world ranking published March 7
Craig Parry
;17. Special foreign invitation
Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Patrik Sjöland
All the amateurs except Matt Kuchar and John Miller were playing in their first Masters, as were Thomas Bjørn, Brandel Chamblee, Glen Day, Trevor Dodds, Joe Durant, Carlos Franco, J. P. Hayes, Brandt Jobe, Frank Lickliter, Patrik Sjöland and Brian Watts.

Nationalities in the field

Past champions in the field

Made the cut

Missed the cut

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, April 8, 1999
& Friday, April 9, 1999
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Brandel Chamblee69−3
T1Davis Love III69−3
T1Scott McCarron69−3
T1Nick Price69−3
T5Lee Janzen70−2
T5Justin Leonard70−2
T5Andrew Magee70−2
T5Colin Montgomerie70−2
T5José María Olazábal70−2
T5Mark O'Meara70−2
T5Jeff Sluman70−2

First round suspended by darkness due to earlier rain delays.

Second round

Amateurs: García, McKnight, Immelman, Kuchar , Kuehne, Miller.

Third round

Saturday, April 10, 1999
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1José María Olazábal70-66-73=209−7
2Greg Norman71-68-71=210−6
T3Davis Love III69-72-70=211−5
T3Steve Pate71-75-65=211−5
T5Ernie Els71-72-69=212−4
T5Bob Estes71-72-69=212−4
T5Carlos Franco72-72-68=212−4
T5Lee Janzen70-69-73=212−4
T9Steve Elkington72-70-71=213−3
T9Scott McCarron69-68-76=213−3
T9Colin Montgomerie70-72-71=213−3
T9Nick Price69-72-72=213−3

Final round

Sunday, April 11, 1999
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1José María Olazábal70-66-73-71=280−8720,000
2Davis Love III69-72-70-71=282−6432,000
3Greg Norman71-68-71-73=283−5272,000
T4Bob Estes71-72-69-72=284−4176,000
T4Steve Pate71-75-65-73=284−4176,000
T6David Duval71-74-70-70=285−3125,200
T6Carlos Franco72-72-68-73=285−3125,200
T6Phil Mickelson74-69-71-71=285−3125,200
T6Nick Price69-72-72-72=285−3125,200
T6Lee Westwood75-71-68-71=285−3125,200

Amateurs: García, McKnight, Kuchar, Immelman.

Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
Olazábal−7−7−6−5−4−5−5−5−5−6−6−6−7−7−7−8−8−8
Love III−5−5−4−3−3−3−4−4−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−6−6−6
Norman−6−6−5−5−4−4−4−5−5−5−6−5−7−6−5−5−5−5
Estes−4−4−3−3−3−3−3−4−5−5−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4
Pate−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−4−4−5−5−6−5−4−4
Duval−1−3−2−2−2−2−3−4−4−5−3−3−4−3−4−3−2−3
Franco−3−4−4−4−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−2−3−2−3−3−3−3
Mickelson−2−1EE+2+2+1E−1−1E+1−1−1−2−2−2−3
Price−4−4−3−3−3−2−3−3−2−2−2−2−2−3−3−3−3−3
Westwood−2−3−2−3−4−4−5−5−5−4−2−1−2−2−3−3−3−3

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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