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.

1999 WGC-American Express Championship
Tournament information
Dates4–7 November 1999
LocationSotogrande, San Roque, Spain
Course(s)Valderrama Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length6,830
Field62 players
CutNone
Prize fund$5,000,000
Winner's share$1,000,000
Champion
Tiger Woods
278 (–6), playoff

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

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Vijay Singh Fiji67–4
2Jim Furyk United States68–3
T3Bob Estes United States69–2
Scott Hoch United States
Mark James England
Phil Mickelson United States
Nick Price Zimbabwe
T8Jeff Maggert United States70–1
Colin Montgomerie Scotland
Chris Perry United States
Jarmo Sandelin Sweden

Second round

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Tim Herron United States71-66=137–5
Chris Perry United States70-67=137
T3Justin Leonard United States71-67=138–4
Vijay Singh Fiji67-71=138
T5Fred Funk United States71-68=139–3
Scott Hoch United States69-70=139
Mark James England69-70=139
Tom Lehman United States72-67=139
T9Stewart Cink United States75-65=140–2
Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain72-68=140
Phil Mickelson United States69-71=140
Nick Price Zimbabwe69-71=140
David Toms United States72-68=140
Lee Westwood England73-67=140
Tiger Woods United States71-69=140

Third round

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain72-68-69=209–4
Chris Perry United States70-67-72=209
T3Tom Lehman United States72-67-71=210–3
Justin Leonard United States71-67-72=210
Nick Price Zimbabwe69-71-70=210
Hal Sutton United States75-66-69=210
Tiger Woods United States71-69-70=210
T8Stewart Cink United States75-65-71=211–2
Scott Hoch United States69-70-72=211
José María Olazábal Spain73-69-69=211
David Toms United States72-68-71=211
Lee Westwood England73-67-71=211

Final round

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
T1Tiger Woods United States71-69-70-68=278–6Playoff
Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain72-68-69-69=278
3Dudley Hart United States75-68-70-70=283–1300,000
T4Stewart Cink United States75-65-71-73=284E176,667
Nick Price Zimbabwe69-71-70-74=284
Lee Westwood England73-67-71-73=284
T7Fred Funk United States71-68-74-72=285+1135,000
Sergio García Spain74-69-69-73=285
Scott Hoch United States69-70-72-74=285
Chris Perry United States70-67-72-76=285

Playoff

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Tiger Woods United States3−11,000,000
2Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain5+1400,000

References

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