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
33.503°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
Augusta National is located in the United States
Augusta National
Augusta National
Location in the United States
Augusta National is located in Georgia
Augusta National
Augusta National
Location in Georgia

Course
Main article: Augusta National Golf Club
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
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

First round

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]
T1United States Brandel Chamblee69−3
United States Davis Love III
United States Scott McCarron
Zimbabwe Nick Price
T5United States Lee Janzen70−2
United States Justin Leonard
United States Andrew Magee
Scotland Colin Montgomerie
Spain José María Olazábal
United States Mark O'Meara
United States Jeff Sluman

Second round

Friday, April 9, 1999

PlacePlayerScoreTo par[4]
1Spain José María Olazábal70-66=136−8
2United States Scott McCarron69-68=137−7
T3United States Lee Janzen70-69=139−5
Australia Greg Norman71-68=139
T5United States Davis Love III69-72=141−3
Zimbabwe Nick Price69-72=141
T7United States Brandel Chamblee69-73=142−2
Australia Steve Elkington72-70=142
United States Bill Glasson72-70=142
United States Justin Leonard70-72=142
Germany Bernhard Langer76-66=142
Scotland Colin Montgomerie70-72=142

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

Third round

Saturday, April 10, 1999

PlacePlayerScoreTo par[4]
1Spain José María Olazábal70-66-73=209−7
2Australia Greg Norman71-68-71=210−6
T3United States Davis Love III69-72-70=211−5
United States Steve Pate71-75-65=211
T5South Africa Ernie Els71-72-69=212−4
United States Bob Estes71-72-69=212
Paraguay Carlos Franco72-72-68=212
United States Lee Janzen70-69-73=212
T9Australia Steve Elkington72-70-71=213−3
United States Scott McCarron69-68-76=213
Scotland Colin Montgomerie70-72-71=213
Zimbabwe Nick Price69-72-72=213

Final round

Sunday, April 11, 1999

Final leaderboard
Champion
Silver Cup winner (low amateur)
(a) = amateur
(c) = past champion
Top 10
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1Spain José María Olazábal (c)70-66-73-71=280−8720,000
2United States Davis Love III69-72-70-71=282−6432,000
3Australia Greg Norman71-68-71-73=283−5272,000
T4United States Bob Estes71-72-69-72=284−4176,000
United States Steve Pate71-75-65-73=284
T6United States David Duval71-74-70-70=285−3125,200
Paraguay Carlos Franco72-72-68-73=285
United States Phil Mickelson74-69-71-71=285
Zimbabwe Nick Price69-72-72-72=285
England Lee Westwood75-71-68-71=285

Sources:[5][6]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454343454443545344
Spain Olazábal−7−7−6−5−4−5−5−5−5−6−6−6−7−7−7−8−8−8
United States Love III−5−5−4−3−3−3−4−4−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−6−6−6
Australia Norman−6−6−5−5−4−4−4−5−5−5−6−5−7−6−5−5−5−5
United States Estes−4−4−3−3−3−3−3−4−5−5−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−4
United States Pate−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−4−4−5−5−6−5−4−4
United States Duval−1−3−2−2−2−2−3−4−4−5−3−3−4−3−4−3−2−3
Paraguay Franco−3−4−4−4−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−2−3−2−3−3−3−3
United States Mickelson−2−1EE+2+2+1E−1−1E+1−1−1−2−2−2−3
Zimbabwe Price−4−4−3−3−3−2−3−3−2−2−2−2−2−3−3−3−3−3
England 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

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[7]

References
  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. 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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