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
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 fund$4,000,000
Winner's share$720,000
Champion
José María Olazábal
280 (−8)
Augusta 
Location in the United States
Augusta 
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

John "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.

Nationalities in the field
North America (67)South America (1)Europe (16)Oceania (5)Asia (2)Africa (5)
 United States (67) Paraguay (1) England (2) Australia (4) Japan (2) Namibia (1)
 Northern Ireland (1) Fiji (1) South Africa (3)
 Scotland (2) Zimbabwe (1)
 Wales (1)
 Denmark (1)
 Spain (4)
 Germany (1)
 Sweden (4)

Past champions in the field

Made the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parFinish
José María Olazábal Spain199470667371280−81
Bernhard Langer Germany1985, 199376667273287−1T11
Ian Woosnam Wales199171747172288ET14
Tiger Woods United States199772727075289+1T18
Larry Mize United States198776707272290+223
Fred Couples United States199274717671292+4T27
Mark O'Meara United States199870766978293+5T31
Raymond Floyd United States197674737276295+7T38
Craig Stadler United States198272767077295+7T38
Sandy Lyle Scotland198871777080298+10T48

Missed the cut
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2TotalTo par
Fuzzy Zoeller United States19797277149+5
Charles Coody United States19717774151+7
Tom Watson United States1977, 19817477151+7
Ben Crenshaw United States1984, 19957479153+9
Nick Faldo England1989, 1990, 19968073153+9
Seve Ballesteros Spain1980, 19837878156+12
Gary Player South Africa1961, 1974, 19787979158+14
Tommy Aaron United States19737782159+15
Arnold Palmer United States1958, 1960,
1962, 1964		8378161+17
Gay Brewer United States196780WD
Billy Casper United States197086WD
Doug Ford United States195788WD

Round summaries

First round

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

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par[4]
T1Brandel Chamblee United States69−3
Davis Love III United States
Scott McCarron United States
Nick Price Zimbabwe
T5Lee Janzen United States70−2
Justin Leonard United States
Andrew Magee United States
Colin Montgomerie Scotland
José María Olazábal Spain
Mark O'Meara United States
Jeff Sluman United States

First round suspended by darkness due to earlier rain delays.

Second round

Friday, April 9, 1999

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par[4]
1José María Olazábal Spain70-66=136−8
2Scott McCarron United States69-68=137−7
T3Lee Janzen United States70-69=139−5
Greg Norman Australia71-68=139
T5Davis Love III United States69-72=141−3
Nick Price Zimbabwe69-72=141
T7Brandel Chamblee United States69-73=142−2
Steve Elkington Australia72-70=142
Bill Glasson United States72-70=142
Justin Leonard United States70-72=142
Bernhard Langer Germany76-66=142
Colin Montgomerie Scotland70-72=142

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

Third round

Saturday, April 10, 1999

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par[4]
1José María Olazábal Spain70-66-73=209−7
2Greg Norman Australia71-68-71=210−6
T3Davis Love III United States69-72-70=211−5
Steve Pate United States71-75-65=211
T5Ernie Els South Africa71-72-69=212−4
Bob Estes United States71-72-69=212
Carlos Franco Paraguay72-72-68=212
Lee Janzen United States70-69-73=212
T9Steve Elkington Australia72-70-71=213−3
Scott McCarron United States69-68-76=213
Colin Montgomerie Scotland70-72-71=213
Nick Price Zimbabwe69-72-72=213

Final round

Sunday, April 11, 1999

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1José María Olazábal Spain70-66-73-71=280−8720,000
2Davis Love III United States69-72-70-71=282−6432,000
3Greg Norman Australia71-68-71-73=283−5272,000
T4Bob Estes United States71-72-69-72=284−4176,000
Steve Pate United States71-75-65-73=284
T6David Duval United States71-74-70-70=285−3125,200
Carlos Franco Paraguay72-72-68-73=285
Phil Mickelson United States74-69-71-71=285
Nick Price Zimbabwe69-72-72-72=285
Lee Westwood England75-71-68-71=285

Amateurs: García (+7), McKnight (+9), Kuchar (+11), Immelman (+17).

Scorecard

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

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[5]

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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. "Historic Leaderboards: 1999 Masters". Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
Preceded by
1998 PGA Championship		 Major Championships Succeeded by
1999 U.S. Open

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