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]

1999 Masters Tournament
Tournament information
DatesApril 8–11, 1999
LocationAugusta, Georgia
33°30′11″N 82°01′12″W / 33.503°N 82.020°W / 33.503; -82.020
Course(s)Augusta National Golf Club
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length6,985 yards (6,387 m)
Field96 players, 56 after cut
Cut148 (+4)
Prize fundUS$4,000,000
Winner's share$720,000
Champion
Spain José María Olazábal
280 (−8)
Location map
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Augusta National is located in Georgia
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Course

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HoleNameYardsParHoleNameYardsPar
1Tea Olive410410Camellia4854
2Pink Dogwood575511White Dogwood4554
3Flowering Peach350412Golden Bell1553
4Flowering Crab Apple205313Azalea4855
5Magnolia435414Chinese Fir4054
6Juniper180315Firethorn5005
7Pampas365416Redbud1703
8Yellow Jasmine550517Nandina4254
9Carolina Cherry430418Holly4054
Out3,50036In3,48536
Source:[3]Total6,98572

Field

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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

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

Spider Miller (a)

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

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.

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, April 8, 1999& Friday, April 9, 1999

The first round was suspended by darkness due to earlier rain delays and completed on the following day.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par[4]
T1 Brandel Chamblee69−3
Davis Love III
Scott McCarron
Nick Price
T5 Lee Janzen70−2
Justin Leonard
Andrew Magee
Colin Montgomerie
José María Olazábal
Mark O'Meara
Jeff Sluman

Second round

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Friday, April 9, 1999

PlacePlayerScoreTo par[4]
1 José María Olazábal70-66=136−8
2 Scott McCarron69-68=137−7
T3 Lee Janzen70-69=139−5
Greg Norman71-68=139
T5 Davis Love III69-72=141−3
Nick Price69-72=141
T7 Brandel Chamblee69-73=142−2
Steve Elkington72-70=142
Bill Glasson72-70=142
Justin Leonard70-72=142
Bernhard Langer76-66=142
Colin Montgomerie70-72=142

Amateurs: García (+3), McKnight (+3), Immelman (+4), Kuchar (+4), Kuehne (+8), Miller (+18).

Third round

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Saturday, April 10, 1999

PlacePlayerScoreTo par[4]
1 José María Olazábal70-66-73=209−7
2 Greg Norman71-68-71=210−6
T3 Davis Love III69-72-70=211−5
Steve Pate71-75-65=211
T5 Ernie Els71-72-69=212−4
Bob Estes71-72-69=212
Carlos Franco72-72-68=212
Lee Janzen70-69-73=212
T9 Steve Elkington72-70-71=213−3
Scott McCarron69-68-76=213
Colin Montgomerie70-72-71=213
Nick Price69-72-72=213

Final round

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External videos
Full final round coverage on CBS on YouTube

Sunday, April 11, 1999

Final leaderboard

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Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1 José María Olazábal (c)70-66-73-71=280−8720,000
2 Davis Love III69-72-70-71=282−6432,000
3 Greg Norman71-68-71-73=283−5272,000
T4 Bob Estes71-72-69-72=284−4176,000
Steve Pate71-75-65-73=284
T6 David Duval71-74-70-70=285−3125,200
Carlos Franco72-72-68-73=285
Phil Mickelson74-69-71-71=285
Nick Price69-72-72-72=285
Lee Westwood75-71-68-71=285

Sources:[5][6]

Scorecard

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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

EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogey

Source:[7]

References

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  1. ^ Parascenzo, Marino (April 12, 1999). "Ole! Olazabal". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. B-1.
  2. ^ McCallum, Jack (April 19, 1999). "Basque in Glory". Sports Illustrated. p. 34.
  3. ^ "Hole-by-hole". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. April 6, 2000. p. C7. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
  4. ^ a b c 1999 Results for Masters
  5. ^ "Masters – Past Winners & Results". Augusta National Inc. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  6. ^ "Past results – Masters tournament". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  7. ^ "Historic Leaderboards: 1999 Masters". Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
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