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.[1][2]
Tournament information | |
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Dates | April 8–11, 1999 |
Location | Augusta, Georgia |
Course(s) | Augusta National Golf Club |
Organized by | Augusta National Golf Club |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 6,985 yards (6,387 m) |
Field | 96 players, 56 after cut |
Cut | 148 (+4) |
Prize fund | $4,000,000 |
Winner's share | $720,000 |
Champion | |
José María Olazábal | |
280 (−8) | |
Course
Hole | Name | Yards | Par | Hole | Name | Yards | Par | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tea Olive | 410 | 4 | 10 | Camellia | 485 | 4 | |
2 | Pink Dogwood | 575 | 5 | 11 | White Dogwood | 455 | 4 | |
3 | Flowering Peach | 350 | 4 | 12 | Golden Bell | 155 | 3 | |
4 | Flowering Crab Apple | 205 | 3 | 13 | Azalea | 485 | 5 | |
5 | Magnolia | 435 | 4 | 14 | Chinese Fir | 405 | 4 | |
6 | Juniper | 180 | 3 | 15 | Firethorn | 500 | 5 | |
7 | Pampas | 365 | 4 | 16 | Redbud | 170 | 3 | |
8 | Yellow Jasmine | 550 | 5 | 17 | Nandina | 425 | 4 | |
9 | Carolina Cherry | 430 | 4 | 18 | Holly | 405 | 4 | |
Out | 3,500 | 36 | In | 3,485 | 36 | |||
Source:[3] | Total | 6,985 | 72 |
Field
- 1. Masters champions
Tommy Aaron, Seve Ballesteros, Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Fred Couples (10,13,14,15,16), Ben Crenshaw, Nick Faldo, Raymond Floyd, Doug Ford, Bernhard Langer (15,16), Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize, José María Olazábal (10,15,16), Mark O'Meara (3,12,14,15,16), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Craig Stadler, Tom Watson (13,14,15,16), Tiger Woods (10,13,14,15,16), Ian Woosnam (10,15), Fuzzy Zoeller
- George Archer, Jack Burke, Jr., Bob Goalby, Herman Keiser, Byron Nelson, Jack Nicklaus (10), Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead, and Art Wall Jr. did not play.
- 2. U.S. Open champions (last five years)
Ernie Els (10,13,15,16), Lee Janzen (14,15,16), Steve Jones (13,15), Corey Pavin
- 3. The Open champions (last five years)
John Daly, Tom Lehman (11,14,15,16), Justin Leonard (5,10,14,15,16), Nick Price (4,11,12,13,14,15,16)
- 4. PGA champions (last five years)
Mark Brooks, Steve Elkington (5,12,13,15,16), Davis Love III (12,13,14,15,16), Vijay Singh (13,14,15,16)
- 5. The Players Championship winners (last three years)
David Duval (10,11,13,14,15,16)
- 6. U.S. Amateur champion and runner-up
Hank Kuehne (a), Tom McKnight (a)
- 7. The Amateur champion
Sergio García (a)
- 8. U.S. Amateur Public Links champion
Trevor Immelman (a)
- 9. U.S. Mid-Amateur champion
- 10. Top 24 players and ties from the 1998 Masters
Paul Azinger (11), Mark Calcavecchia (14,15,16), Stewart Cink (11,15,16), Darren Clarke (15,16), Jim Furyk (11,13,14,15,16), Jay Haas, Scott Hoch (14,15,16), John Huston (13,14,15,16), Per-Ulrik Johansson, Matt Kuchar (a) (11), Jeff Maggert (11,13,14,15,16), Scott McCarron, Phil Mickelson (11,13,14,15,16), Colin Montgomerie (15,16), David Toms, Willie Wood
- 11. Top 16 players and ties from the 1998 U.S. Open
Stuart Appleby (13,15,16), Jesper Parnevik (14,15,16), Jeff Sluman (13,14,15,16), Payne Stewart (13,14,15,16), Steve Stricker (12,14,15,16), Bob Tway (14,15,16), Lee Westwood (15,16)
- 12. Top eight players and ties from 1998 PGA Championship
Frank Lickliter, Billy Mayfair (13,14,15,16)
- 13. Winners of PGA Tour events since the previous Masters
Billy Andrade, Olin Browne, Brandel Chamblee, John Cook (14,15,16), Trevor Dodds, Joe Durant, Fred Funk (14,16), J. P. Hayes, Tim Herron, Gabriel Hjertstedt, Rocco Mediate, Steve Pate, Chris Perry, Hal Sutton (14,15,16)
- 14. Top 30 players from the 1998 PGA Tour money list
Glen Day (15,16), Bob Estes (15,16), Andrew Magee (15,16), Scott Verplank (15,16)
- 15. Top 50 players from the final 1998 world ranking
Thomas Bjørn (16), Brad Faxon (16), Carlos Franco (16), Bill Glasson (16), Brandt Jobe (16), Shigeki Maruyama (16), Greg Norman (16), Masashi Ozaki (16), Loren Roberts (16), Brian Watts (16)
- 16. Top 50 players from world ranking published March 7
- 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
North America (67) | South America (1) | Europe (16) | Oceania (5) | Asia (2) | Africa (5) |
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United States (67) | Paraguay (1) | England (2) | Australia (4) | Japan (2) | Namibia (1) |
Northern Ireland (1) | Fiji (1) | South Africa (3) | |||
Scotland (2) | Zimbabwe (1) | ||||
Wales (1) | |||||
Denmark (1) | |||||
Spain (4) | |||||
Germany (1) | |||||
Sweden (4) |
Made the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
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José María Olazábal | Spain | 1994 | 70 | 66 | 73 | 71 | 280 | −8 | 1 |
Bernhard Langer | Germany | 1985, 1993 | 76 | 66 | 72 | 73 | 287 | −1 | T11 |
Ian Woosnam | Wales | 1991 | 71 | 74 | 71 | 72 | 288 | E | T14 |
Tiger Woods | United States | 1997 | 72 | 72 | 70 | 75 | 289 | +1 | T18 |
Larry Mize | United States | 1987 | 76 | 70 | 72 | 72 | 290 | +2 | 23 |
Fred Couples | United States | 1992 | 74 | 71 | 76 | 71 | 292 | +4 | T27 |
Mark O'Meara | United States | 1998 | 70 | 76 | 69 | 78 | 293 | +5 | T31 |
Raymond Floyd | United States | 1976 | 74 | 73 | 72 | 76 | 295 | +7 | T38 |
Craig Stadler | United States | 1982 | 72 | 76 | 70 | 77 | 295 | +7 | T38 |
Sandy Lyle | Scotland | 1988 | 71 | 77 | 70 | 80 | 298 | +10 | T48 |
Missed the cut
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | Total | To par |
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Fuzzy Zoeller | United States | 1979 | 72 | 77 | 149 | +5 |
Charles Coody | United States | 1971 | 77 | 74 | 151 | +7 |
Tom Watson | United States | 1977, 1981 | 74 | 77 | 151 | +7 |
Ben Crenshaw | United States | 1984, 1995 | 74 | 79 | 153 | +9 |
Nick Faldo | England | 1989, 1990, 1996 | 80 | 73 | 153 | +9 |
Seve Ballesteros | Spain | 1980, 1983 | 78 | 78 | 156 | +12 |
Gary Player | South Africa | 1961, 1974, 1978 | 79 | 79 | 158 | +14 |
Tommy Aaron | United States | 1973 | 77 | 82 | 159 | +15 |
Arnold Palmer | United States | 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964 | 83 | 78 | 161 | +17 |
Gay Brewer | United States | 1967 | 80 | WD | ||
Billy Casper | United States | 1970 | 86 | WD | ||
Doug Ford | United States | 1957 | 88 | WD |
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, April 8, 1999 & Friday, April 9, 1999
First round suspended by darkness due to earlier rain delays.
Second round
Friday, April 9, 1999
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par[4] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | José María Olazábal | Spain | 70-66=136 | −8 |
2 | Scott McCarron | United States | 69-68=137 | −7 |
T3 | Lee Janzen | United States | 70-69=139 | −5 |
Greg Norman | Australia | 71-68=139 | ||
T5 | Davis Love III | United States | 69-72=141 | −3 |
Nick Price | Zimbabwe | 69-72=141 | ||
T7 | Brandel Chamblee | United States | 69-73=142 | −2 |
Steve Elkington | Australia | 72-70=142 | ||
Bill Glasson | United States | 72-70=142 | ||
Justin Leonard | United States | 70-72=142 | ||
Bernhard Langer | Germany | 76-66=142 | ||
Colin Montgomerie | Scotland | 70-72=142 |
Amateurs: García (+3), McKnight (+3), Immelman (+4), Kuchar (+4), Kuehne (+8), Miller (+18).
Third round
Saturday, April 10, 1999
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par[4] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | José María Olazábal | Spain | 70-66-73=209 | −7 |
2 | Greg Norman | Australia | 71-68-71=210 | −6 |
T3 | Davis Love III | United States | 69-72-70=211 | −5 |
Steve Pate | United States | 71-75-65=211 | ||
T5 | Ernie Els | South Africa | 71-72-69=212 | −4 |
Bob Estes | United States | 71-72-69=212 | ||
Carlos Franco | Paraguay | 72-72-68=212 | ||
Lee Janzen | United States | 70-69-73=212 | ||
T9 | Steve Elkington | Australia | 72-70-71=213 | −3 |
Scott McCarron | United States | 69-68-76=213 | ||
Colin Montgomerie | Scotland | 70-72-71=213 | ||
Nick Price | Zimbabwe | 69-72-72=213 |
Final round
Sunday, April 11, 1999
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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1 | José María Olazábal | Spain | 70-66-73-71=280 | −8 | 720,000 |
2 | Davis Love III | United States | 69-72-70-71=282 | −6 | 432,000 |
3 | Greg Norman | Australia | 71-68-71-73=283 | −5 | 272,000 |
T4 | Bob Estes | United States | 71-72-69-72=284 | −4 | 176,000 |
Steve Pate | United States | 71-75-65-73=284 | |||
T6 | David Duval | United States | 71-74-70-70=285 | −3 | 125,200 |
Carlos Franco | Paraguay | 72-72-68-73=285 | |||
Phil Mickelson | United States | 74-69-71-71=285 | |||
Nick Price | Zimbabwe | 69-72-72-72=285 | |||
Lee Westwood | England | 75-71-68-71=285 |
Amateurs: García (+7), McKnight (+9), Kuchar (+11), Immelman (+17).
Scorecard
Final round
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey
Source:[5]
References
- Parascenzo, Marino (April 12, 1999). "Ole! Olazabal". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. B-1.
- McCallum, Jack (April 19, 1999). "Basque in Glory". Sports Illustrated. p. 34.
- "Hole-by-hole". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. April 6, 2000. p. C7. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
- 1999 Results for Masters
- "Historic Leaderboards: 1999 Masters". Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
External links
- Masters.com – Past winners and results
- About.com – 1999 Masters Tournament
- Augusta.com – 1999 Masters leaderboard and scorecards
- Full results
Preceded by 1998 PGA Championship |
Major Championships | Succeeded by 1999 U.S. Open |