1999 Players Championship

The 1999 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held March 25–28 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 (−3) remains the highest at the Stadium Course, the venue since 1982. The lowest is 264 (−24) 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 7093 yd, an increase of 143 yd.

Field
1. Winners of PGA Tour co-sponsored or approved tournaments, whose victories are considered official, since the 1998 Players Championship


 * Stuart Appleby
 * Olin Browne
 * John Cook
 * Fred Couples
 * Trevor Dodds
 * Joe Durant
 * David Duval
 * Steve Elkington
 * Ernie Els
 * Fred Funk
 * Jim Furyk
 * Tim Herron
 * Gabriel Hjertstedt
 * John Huston
 * Lee Janzen
 * Steve Jones
 * Davis Love III
 * Jeff Maggert
 * Billy Mayfair
 * Rocco Mediate
 * Phil Mickelson
 * Mark O'Meara
 * J. P. Hayes
 * Steve Pate
 * Nick Price
 * Vijay Singh
 * Jeff Sluman
 * Payne Stewart
 * Hal Sutton
 * Tom Watson
 * Lee Westwood
 * Tiger Woods

2. Those players among the top 125 finishers on the 1998 Official Money List


 * Billy Andrade
 * Tommy Armour III
 * Paul Azinger
 * Doug Barron
 * Ben Bates
 * Michael Bradley
 * Tom Byrum
 * Mark Calcavecchia
 * Jim Carter
 * Brandel Chamblee
 * Barry Cheesman
 * Stewart Cink
 * Russ Cochran
 * John Daly
 * Robert Damron
 * Glen Day
 * Clark Dennis
 * Chris DiMarco
 * Jay Don Blake
 * Bob Estes
 * Brad Fabel
 * Brad Faxon
 * Steve Flesch
 * Dan Forsman
 * Harrison Frazar
 * Bob Friend
 * Jeff Gallagher
 * Brent Geiberger
 * Bill Glasson
 * Paul Goydos
 * Scott Gump
 * Jay Haas
 * Dudley Hart
 * Nolan Henke
 * Brian Henninger
 * Scott Hoch
 * Bradley Hughes
 * Mike Hulbert
 * Peter Jacobsen
 * Jerry Kelly
 * Skip Kendall
 * Greg Kraft
 * Neal Lancaster
 * Franklin Langham
 * Tom Lehman
 * Justin Leonard
 * J. L. Lewis
 * Frank Lickliter
 * Bruce Lietzke
 * Steve Lowery
 * Andrew Magee
 * Doug Martin
 * Len Mattiace
 * Blaine McCallister
 * Scott McCarron
 * Larry Mize
 * Colin Montgomerie
 * Frank Nobilo
 * Joe Ozaki
 * Jesper Parnevik
 * Craig Parry
 * Tom Pernice Jr.
 * Chris Perry
 * Kenny Perry
 * Lee Porter
 * Mike Reid
 * Lee Rinker
 * Larry Rinker
 * Loren Roberts
 * Scott Simpson
 * Joey Sindelar
 * Mike Springer
 * Craig Stadler
 * Paul Stankowski
 * Steve Stricker
 * David Sutherland
 * Kevin Sutherland
 * Phil Tataurangi
 * Esteban Toledo
 * Tommy Tolles
 * David Toms
 * Kirk Triplett
 * Ted Tryba
 * Bob Tway
 * Omar Uresti
 * Scott Verplank
 * Grant Waite
 * Duffy Waldorf
 * Brian Watts
 * Kevin Wentworth
 * Mark Wiebe
 * Willie Wood
 * Fuzzy Zoeller

3. Winners of the Players Championship, Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, British Open (only since 1990), and PGA Championship in the last 10 years (1989-1998)


 * Mark Brooks
 * Ben Crenshaw
 * Nick Faldo
 * Wayne Grady
 * Tom Kite
 * Bernhard Langer
 * Greg Norman
 * José María Olazábal
 * Corey Pavin
 * Curtis Strange
 * Ian Woosnam

4. Winners of the NEC World Series of Golf in the last 10 years (1989-1998)


 * Fulton Allem
 * David Frost
 * Tom Purtzer

5. Winners of the Tour Championship in the last three years, beginning with the 1998 winner

6. Winner of the World Golf Championship events in the last three years, beginning with the 1999 winners

7. Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 50 leaders from the Official World Golf Ranking through the Bay Hill Invitational


 * Darren Clarke
 * Miguel Ángel Jiménez
 * Brandt Jobe
 * Shigeki Maruyama

8. Any players, not otherwise eligibility, who are among the top 10 money-winners from the 1999 Official Money List through the Bay Hill Invitational

9. To complete a field of 144 players, those players, not otherwise eligible, from the 1999 Official Money List below the 10th position through the Bay Hill Invitational, in order of their position on the money list
 * Carlos Franco

10. The Players Championship Committee may invite a player(s), not otherwise eligible, who is a current inductee of the World Golf Hall of Fame
 * Seve Ballesteros

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First round
Thursday, March 25, 1999

Second round
Friday, March 26, 1999 Source:

Third round
Saturday, March 27, 1999 Source:

Final round
Sunday, March 28, 1999 Source: