1999 Players Championship


The 1999 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held 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 remains the highest at the Stadium Course, the venue since 1982. The lowest is by Greg Norman in 1994.
Defending champion Justin Leonard finished nine strokes back, in a tie for 23rd place.

Venue

This was the 18th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course; its 1999 setup measured, an increase of.

Field

, Billy Andrade, Stuart Appleby, Tommy Armour III, Paul Azinger, Seve Ballesteros, Doug Barron, Ben Bates, Jay Don Blake, Michael Bradley, Mark Brooks, Olin Browne, Tom Byrum, Mark Calcavecchia, Jim Carter, Brandel Chamblee, Barry Cheesman, Stewart Cink, Darren Clarke, Russ Cochran, John Cook, Fred Couples, Ben Crenshaw, John Daly, Robert Damron, Glen Day, Clark Dennis, Chris DiMarco, Trevor Dodds, Joe Durant, David Duval, Steve Elkington, Ernie Els, Bob Estes, Brad Fabel, Nick Faldo, Brad Faxon, Steve Flesch, Dan Forsman, Carlos Franco, Harrison Frazar, Bob Friend, David Frost, Fred Funk, Jim Furyk, Jeff Gallagher, Brent Geiberger, Bill Glasson, Paul Goydos, Wayne Grady, Scott Gump, Jay Haas, Dudley Hart, J. P. Hayes, Nolan Henke, Brian Henninger, Tim Herron, Gabriel Hjertstedt, Scott Hoch, Bradley Hughes, Mike Hulbert, John Huston, Peter Jacobsen, Lee Janzen, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Brandt Jobe, Steve Jones, Jerry Kelly, Skip Kendall, Tom Kite, Greg Kraft, Neal Lancaster, Bernhard Langer, Franklin Langham, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard, J. L. Lewis, Frank Lickliter, Bruce Lietzke, Davis Love III, Steve Lowery, Andrew Magee, Jeff Maggert, Doug Martin, Shigeki Maruyama, Len Mattiace, Billy Mayfair, Blaine McCallister, Scott McCarron, Rocco Mediate, Phil Mickelson, Larry Mize, Colin Montgomerie, Frank Nobilo, Greg Norman, Mark O'Meara, José María Olazábal, Naomichi Ozaki, Jesper Parnevik, Craig Parry, Steve Pate, Corey Pavin, Tom Pernice Jr., Chris Perry, Kenny Perry, Lee Porter, Nick Price, Tom Purtzer, Mike Reid, Larry Rinker, Lee Rinker, Loren Roberts, Scott Simpson, Joey Sindelar, Vijay Singh, Jeff Sluman, Mike Springer, Craig Stadler, Paul Stankowski, Payne Stewart, Curtis Strange, Steve Stricker, David Sutherland, Kevin Sutherland, Hal Sutton, Phil Tataurangi, Esteban Toledo, Tommy Tolles, David Toms, Kirk Triplett, Ted Tryba, Bob Tway, Omar Uresti, Scott Verplank, Grant Waite, Duffy Waldorf, Tom Watson, Brian Watts, Kevin Wentworth, Lee Westwood, Mark Wiebe, Willie Wood, Tiger Woods, Ian Woosnam, Fuzzy Zoeller

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 25, 1999
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Bob Estes68−4
T1Brian Watts68−4
T3David Duval69−3
T3Joe Ozaki69−3
T3Hal Sutton69−3
T6Dudley Hart70−2
T6Bradley Hughes70−2
T6Skip Kendall70−2
T6Davis Love III70−2
T6Billy Mayfair70−2
T6Chris Perry70−2
T6Jeff Sluman70−2
T6Kirk Triplett70−2
T6Tiger Woods70−2

Second round

Friday, March 26, 1999
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Joe Ozaki69-68=137−7
2David Duval69-69=138−6
3Bruce Lietzke71-68=139−5
T4Ernie Els73-67=140−4
T4Davis Love III70-70=140−4
T4Curtis Strange71-69=140−4
T7Fulton Allem74-67=141−3
T7Fred Funk72-69=141−3
T7Frank Lickliter71-70=141−3
T7Nick Price74-67=141−3
T7Tiger Woods70-71=141−3

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Third round

Saturday, March 27, 1999
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1David Duval69-69-74=212−4
T2Skip Kendall70-73-70=213−3
T2Phil Mickelson71-71-71=213−3
T4Scott Hoch72-70-73=215−1
T4Colin Montgomerie72-70-73=215−1
T4Nick Price74-67-74=215−1
T7Scott Gump72-74-70=216E
T7Mark O'Meara72-73-71=216E
T7Payne Stewart72-70-74=216E
T7Steve Stricker73-73-70=216E
T7Hal Sutton69-74-73=216E
T7Tiger Woods70-71-75=216E

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Final round

Sunday, March 28, 1999