The 1999 PGA Championship was the 81st PGA Championship, held August 12–15 at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Illinois, a suburb northwest of Chicago. Tiger Woods, 23, won his first PGA Championship and second major, one stroke ahead of runner-up Sergio García, age 19.[2]

1999 PGA Championship
Tournament information
DatesAugust 12–15, 1999
LocationMedinah, Illinois
Course(s)Medinah Country Club
Course No. 3
Organized byPGA of America
Tour(s)PGA Tour
PGA European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,401 yards (6,767 m)
Field148 players, 74 after cut[1]
Cut146 (+2)
Prize fund$3,500,000
3,028,228
Winner's share$630,000
€545,522
Champion
United States Tiger Woods
277 (−11)
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Medinah is located in the United States
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Medinah  is located in Illinois
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At the time, many (including noted commentator Gary McCord) predicted the start of a long rivalry between Woods and García.[2] The teenage García's outgoing antics during the tournament had captured the attention of many golf fans, but his sole major title came over seventeen years later at the Masters in 2017. Mike Weir, the co-leader with Woods after 54 holes, shot 80 in the final round and tied for tenth.[2]

Although this was the first PGA Championship at Medinah, it was the fourth major; the U.S. Open was held at Course No. 3 in 1949, 1975, and 1990. The PGA Championship returned seven years later in 2006, also won by Woods, and Medinah hosted the Ryder Cup in 2012.

Course layout edit

Course No. 3

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 388 188 415 447 530 449 588 206 439 3,650 582 407 468 219 583 389 452 206 445 3,751 7,401
Par 4 3 4 4 5 4 5 3 4 36 5 4 4 3 5 4 4 3 4 36 72

Source:[3]

Previous course lengths for major championships:

Round summaries edit

First round edit

Thursday, August 12, 1999

Place Player Score To par
1   Sergio García 66 −6
T2   Jay Haas 68 −4
  J. P. Hayes
  Mike Weir
T5   Stewart Cink 69 −3
  Brandt Jobe
  Jerry Kelly
  Corey Pavin
  Brian Watts
T10   Mark Brooks 70 −2
  David Duval
  Hale Irwin
  Mark James
  Miguel Ángel Jiménez
  Robert Karlsson
  Tom Lehman
  Chris Perry
  Nick Price
  Loren Roberts
  Ted Tryba
  Lee Westwood
  Tiger Woods
  Bruce Zabriski

Source:[4][5]

Second round edit

Friday, August 13, 1999

Place Player Score To par
1   Jay Haas 68-67=135 −9
2   Mike Weir 68-68=136 −8
3   Tiger Woods 70-67=137 −7
4   Lee Westwood 70-68=138 −6
T5   Stewart Cink 69-70=139 −5
  Sergio García 66-73=139
  Hale Irwin 70-69=139
  Skip Kendall 74-65=139
T9   Miguel Ángel Jiménez 70-70=140 −4
  Brian Watts 69-71=140

Source:[4][6]

Third round edit

Saturday, August 14, 1999

Place Player Score To par
T1   Mike Weir 68-68-69=205 −11
  Tiger Woods 70-67-68=205
T3   Stewart Cink 69-70-68=207 −9
  Sergio García 66-73-68=207
T5   Jim Furyk 71-70-69=210 −6
  Jay Haas 68-67-75=210
  Skip Kendall 74-65-71=210
  Nick Price 70-71-69=210
T9   Brandt Jobe 69-74-69=212 −4
  Colin Montgomerie 72-70-70=212
  Greg Turner 73-69-70=212
  Brian Watts 69-71-72=212
  Lee Westwood 70-68-74=212

Source:[4][7]

Final round edit

Sunday, August 15, 1999

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Tiger Woods 70-67-68-72=277 −11 630,000
2   Sergio García 66-73-68-71=278 −10 378,000
T3   Stewart Cink 69-70-68-73=280 −8 203,000
  Jay Haas 68-67-75-70=280
5   Nick Price 70-71-69-71=281 −7 129,000
T6   Bob Estes 71-70-72-69=282 −6 112,000
  Colin Montgomerie 72-70-70-70=282
T8   Steve Pate 72-70-73-69=284 −4 96,500
  Jim Furyk 71-70-69-74=284
T10   David Duval 70-71-72-72=285 −3 72,167
  Corey Pavin 69-74-71-71=285
  Chris Perry 70-73-71-71=285
  Miguel Ángel Jiménez 70-70-75-70=285
  Jesper Parnevik 72-70-73-70=285
  Mike Weir 68-68-69-80=285

Source:[8]

Scorecard edit

Final round

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 3 4 4 5 4 5 3 4 5 4 4 3 5 4 4 3 4
  Woods −11 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −14 −12 −12 −12 −11 −11 −11
  García −9 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −10 −10 −10 −10
  Cink −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −8 −8 −7 −8 −7 −8 −8 −8
  Haas −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8
  Price −6 −7 −7 −8 −8 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −10 −9 −9 −9 −7 −7 −7
  Estes −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −6 −6 −7 −8 −8 −7 −6 −6
  Montgomerie −4 −4 −5 −5 −6 −5 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −5 −5 −6
  Furyk −6 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4
  Pate −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −5 −5 −4 −4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[9]

References edit

  1. ^ "Tournament Info for: 1999 PGA Championship". PGA.com. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c Shipnuck, Alan (August 23, 1999). "A new twist". Sports Illustrated. p. 32.
  3. ^ "81st PGA Championship: course". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. August 12, 1999. p. C6.
  4. ^ a b c "Win No. 11: 1999 PGA Championship". Archived from the original on April 10, 2009. Retrieved August 14, 2009.
  5. ^ "Garcia birdies 3 of last 5 holes for 2-shot lead at PGA". CNN. August 13, 1999.
  6. ^ "Haas posts 67, grabs PGA lead; Woods, Weir in hunt". CNN. August 13, 1999.
  7. ^ "Woods, Weir lead PGA by two strokes at 11 under". CNN. August 15, 1999.
  8. ^ "1999 PGA Championship". databasegolf.com. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
  9. ^ "Final-round scorecards". ESPN. Retrieved August 21, 2015.

External links edit

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