1999 WGC-American Express Championship

The 1999 WGC-American Express Championship was a golf tournament that was contested from 4–7 November 1999 at Valderrama Golf Club in Sotogrande, San Roque, Spain. It was the first WGC-American Express Championship tournament, and the third and final event in the inaugural year of the World Golf Championships.

1999 WGC-American Express Championship
Tournament information
Dates4–7 November 1999
LocationSotogrande, San Roque, Spain
Course(s)Valderrama Golf Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length6,830
Field62 players
CutNone
Prize fund$5,000,000
Winner's share$1,000,000
Champion
Tiger Woods
278 (−6), playoff

World number 1, Tiger Woods won the tournament after defeating Miguel Ángel Jiménez in the first extra hole of a playoff. Woods held a four stroke lead going into the 17th hole but hit it into the water on the tough par 5 and ended up scoring a triple bogey that allowed Jiménez to get back in it.

Field

1. Top 50 from the Official World Golf Ranking as of 1 November

Stuart Appleby (2), Stewart Cink, Darren Clarke (3), Glen Day, Steve Elkington, Ernie Els (2,3), Bob Estes (2), Carlos Franco (2), Fred Funk (2), Jim Furyk (2), Sergio García (3), Brent Geiberger (2), Retief Goosen (3), Pádraig Harrington (3), Dudley Hart, Tim Herron (2), Scott Hoch, John Huston (2), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (3), Bernhard Langer (3), Paul Lawrie (3), Tom Lehman (2), Justin Leonard (2), Davis Love III (2), Jeff Maggert (2), Phil Mickelson (2), Colin Montgomerie (3), José María Olazábal, Naomichi Ozaki (6), Craig Parry, Steve Pate (2), Chris Perry (2), Nick Price (2), Loren Roberts (2), Vijay Singh (2), Jeff Sluman (2), Hal Sutton (2), David Toms (2), Bob Tway, Brian Watts, Lee Westwood (3), Tiger Woods (2)

2. Top 30 on the 1999 PGA Tour money list through the Tour Championship

Notah Begay III, Dennis Paulson, Ted Tryba, Duffy Waldorf, Mike Weir

3. Top 20 on the 1999 European Tour Order of Merit through the Volvo Masters

Thomas Bjørn, Ángel Cabrera, Alex Čejka, Mark James, Robert Karlsson, Bob May, Jarrod Moseley (4), Jarmo Sandelin, Jean van de Velde

4. Top 3 on the 1998–99 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit

Rod Pampling, Craig Spence

5. Top 3 on the 1998–99 Southern Africa Tour Order of Merit

Scott Dunlap, David Frost, Richard Kaplan

6. Top 3 on the 1999 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit through the Philip Morris Championship

Kazuhiko Hosokawa

Round summaries

First round

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Vijay Singh67−4
2 Jim Furyk68−3
T3 Bob Estes69−2
Scott Hoch
Mark James
Phil Mickelson
Nick Price
T8 Jeff Maggert70−1
Colin Montgomerie
Chris Perry
Jarmo Sandelin

Second round

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Tim Herron71-66=137−5
Chris Perry70-67=137
T3 Justin Leonard71-67=138−4
Vijay Singh67-71=138
T5 Fred Funk71-68=139−3
Scott Hoch69-70=139
Mark James69-70=139
Tom Lehman72-67=139
T9 Stewart Cink75-65=140−2
Miguel Ángel Jiménez72-68=140
Phil Mickelson69-71=140
Nick Price69-71=140
David Toms72-68=140
Lee Westwood73-67=140
Tiger Woods71-69=140

Third round

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Miguel Ángel Jiménez72-68-69=209−4
Chris Perry70-67-72=209
T3 Tom Lehman72-67-71=210−3
Justin Leonard71-67-72=210
Nick Price69-71-70=210
Hal Sutton75-66-69=210
Tiger Woods71-69-70=210
T8 Stewart Cink75-65-71=211−2
Scott Hoch69-70-72=211
José María Olazábal73-69-69=211
David Toms72-68-71=211
Lee Westwood73-67-71=211

Final round

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
T1 Tiger Woods71-69-70-68=278−6Playoff
Miguel Ángel Jiménez72-68-69-69=278
3 Dudley Hart75-68-70-70=283−1300,000
T4 Stewart Cink75-65-71-73=284E176,667
Nick Price69-71-70-74=284
Lee Westwood73-67-71-73=284
T7 Fred Funk71-68-74-72=285+1135,000
Sergio García74-69-69-73=285
Scott Hoch69-70-72-74=285
Chris Perry70-67-72-76=285

Playoff

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Tiger Woods3−11,000,000
2 Miguel Ángel Jiménez5+1400,000

References

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