1999 PGA Tour

The 1999 PGA Tour season was played from January 7 to November 7. The season consisted of 47 official money events. Tiger Woods led the tour with eight victories and there were nine first-time winners. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.

After caddie Garland Dempsey collapsed at the Western Open in early July, the PGA Tour allowed male caddies, on a trial basis, to wear shorts on extremely hot days.[1][2] Two years earlier, the USGA changed its policy and allowed caddies to wear shorts at the U.S. Open in June 1997.[3][4] The shorts dispute had surfaced at the PGA Championship in August 1996 as a gender equity issue, as female caddies were allowed to wear them, but not males.[5][6]

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1999 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.

DateTournamentLocationWinnerScorePurse ($)1st prize ($)
Jan 10Mercedes ChampionshipsHawaii David Duval (8)266 (−26)2,600,000468,000
Jan 17Sony Open in HawaiiHawaii Jeff Sluman (4)271 (−9)2,600,000468,000
Jan 24Bob Hope Chrysler ClassicCalifornia David Duval (9)334 (−26)3,000,000540,000
Jan 31Phoenix OpenArizona Rocco Mediate (3)273 (−11)3,000,000540,000
Feb 7AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-AmCalifornia Payne Stewart (10)206 (−10)2,800,000504,000
Feb 14Buick InvitationalCalifornia Tiger Woods (8)266 (−22)2,700,000486,000
Feb 21Nissan OpenCalifornia Ernie Els (7)270 (−14)2,800,000504,000
Feb 28Touchstone Energy Tucson OpenArizona Gabriel Hjertstedt (2)276 (−12)2,750,000495,000
Feb 28WGC-Andersen Consulting Match Play ChampionshipCalifornia Jeff Maggert (2)38 holes5,000,0001,000,000
Mar 7Doral-Ryder OpenFlorida Steve Elkington (10)275 (−13)3,000,000540,000
Mar 14Honda ClassicFlorida Vijay Singh (8)277 (−11)2,600,000468,000
Mar 21Bay Hill InvitationalFlorida Tim Herron (3)274 (−14)2,500,000450,000
Mar 28The Players ChampionshipFlorida David Duval (10)285 (−3)5,000,000900,000
Apr 4BellSouth ClassicGeorgia David Duval (11)270 (−18)2,500,000450,000
Apr 11Masters TournamentGeorgia José María Olazábal (5)280 (−8)4,000,000720,000
Apr 18MCI ClassicSouth Carolina Glen Day (1)274 (−10)2,500,000450,000
Apr 25Greater Greensboro Chrysler ClassicNorth Carolina Jesper Parnevik (2)265 (−23)2,600,000468,000
May 2Shell Houston OpenTexas Stuart Appleby (3)279 (−9)2,500,000450,000
May 9Compaq Classic of New OrleansLouisiana Carlos Franco (1)269 (−19)2,600,000468,000
May 16GTE Byron Nelson ClassicTexas Loren Roberts (6)262 (−18)3,000,000540,000
May 23MasterCard ColonialTexas Olin Browne (2)272 (−8)2,800,000504,000
May 30Kemper OpenMaryland Rich Beem (1)274 (−10)2,500,000450,000
Jun 6Memorial TournamentOhio Tiger Woods (9)273 (−15)2,550,000459,000
Jun 14FedEx St. Jude ClassicTennessee Ted Tryba (2)265 (−19)2,500,000450,000
Jun 20U.S. OpenNorth Carolina Payne Stewart (11)279 (−1)3,500,000625,000
Jun 27Buick ClassicNew York Duffy Waldorf (2)276 (−8)2,500,000450,000
Jul 4Motorola Western OpenIllinois Tiger Woods (10)273 (−15)2,500,000450,000
Jul 11Greater Milwaukee OpenWisconsin Carlos Franco (2)264 (−20)2,300,000414,000
Jul 18British OpenScotland Paul Lawrie (1)290 (+6)3,058,500546,805
Jul 25John Deere ClassicIllinois J. L. Lewis (1)261 (−19)2,000,000360,000
Aug 1Canon Greater Hartford OpenConnecticut Brent Geiberger (1)262 (−18)2,500,000450,000
Aug 8Buick OpenMichigan Tom Pernice Jr. (1)270 (−18)2,400,000432,000
Aug 15PGA ChampionshipIllinois Tiger Woods (11)277 (−11)3,500,000630,000
Aug 22Sprint InternationalColorado David Toms (2)47 (Stableford)2,600,000468,000
Aug 29Reno-Tahoe OpenNevada Notah Begay III (1)274 (−14)2,750,000495,000
Aug 29WGC-NEC InvitationalOhio Tiger Woods (12)270 (−10)5,000,0001,000,000
Sep 5Air Canada ChampionshipCanada Mike Weir (1)266 (−18)2,500,000450,000
Sep 12Bell Canadian OpenCanada Hal Sutton (11)275 (−13)2,500,000450,000
Sep 20B.C. OpenNew York Brad Faxon (5)273 (−15)1,600,000288,000
Sep 26Westin Texas OpenTexas Duffy Waldorf (3)270 (−18)2,000,000360,000
Oct 3Buick ChallengeGeorgia David Toms (3)271 (−17)1,800,000324,000
Oct 10Michelob Championship at KingsmillVirginia Notah Begay III (2)274 (−10)2,500,000450,000
Oct 17Las Vegas InvitationalNevada Jim Furyk (4)331 (−29)2,500,000450,000
Oct 24National Car Rental Golf Classic DisneyFlorida Tiger Woods (13)271 (−17)2,500,000450,000
Oct 31The Tour ChampionshipTexas Tiger Woods (14)269 (−15)5,000,000900,000
Nov 1Southern Farm Bureau ClassicMississippi Brian Henninger (2)202 (−14)2,000,000360,000
Nov 7WGC-American Express ChampionshipSpain Tiger Woods (15)278 (−6)5,000,0001,000,000

Source:[7]

Location of tournaments

Leaders

Scoring Average leaders

RankPlayerCountryAverage
1Tiger Woods United States68.43
2David Duval United States69.17
3Davis Love III United States69.37
4Justin Leonard United States69.59
5Hal Sutton United States69.66

Source:[8]

Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)EventsWins
1Tiger Woods United States6,616,585218
2David Duval United States3,641,906214
3Davis Love III United States2,475,328230
4Vijay Singh Fiji2,283,233291
5Chris Perry United States2,145,707310

Source:[9]

Career Money List leaders

RankPlayerCountryEarnings ($)Wins
1Greg Norman Australia12,507,32220
2Davis Love III United States12,487,46313
3Payne Stewart United States11,737,00811
4Nick Price Zimbabwe11,386,23617
5Tiger Woods United States11,315,12815

Source:[10]

Awards
AwardWinnerCountry
Money winner (Arnold Palmer Award)Tiger Woods United States
PGA Player of the YearTiger Woods United States
PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)Tiger Woods United States
Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy)Tiger Woods United States
Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award)Tiger Woods United States
Rookie of the YearCarlos Franco Paraguay
Comeback Player of the YearSteve Pate United States

References
  1. "Golf: PGA Tour; Caddies allowed to wear shorts". New York Times. July 16, 1999. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  2. Smits, Garry (August 10, 1999). "PGA Tour warms up to keeping caddies cool". Florida Times-Union. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  3. White, Joseph (June 13, 1997). "Caddies adjust to wearing of shorts". Lakeland Ledger. Associated Press. p. C7.
  4. Smits, Garry (November 17, 1999). "PGA Tour grants more time in shorts". Florida Times-Union. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  5. Verdi, Bob (August 9, 1996). "At PGA, caddies' protest falls a little short". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
  6. Litke, Jim (August 9, 1996). "Short term problem for caddies". Boca Raton News. Associated Press. p. 2B.
  7. "1999 Schedule". PGA Tour.
  8. "Scoring Average – 1999". PGA Tour.
  9. "Money Leaders – 1999". PGA Tour.
  10. "Career Money Leaders – 1999". PGA Tour.
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