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1999 Masters Tournament

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Location
  
Cut
  
148 (+4)

Dates
  
8 Apr 1999 – 11 Apr 1999

Par
  
72

Length
  
6,985 yards (6,387 m)

Winner's share
  
$720,000

Prize fund
  
4 million USD


Field
  
96 players, 56 after cut

Tours
  
PGA TOUR, PGA European Tour, Japan Golf Tour

Similar
  
1998 Masters Tournament, 1995 Masters Tournament, 2002 Masters Tournament, 1996 Masters Tournament, 1993 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.

Contents

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

  • George Archer, Jack Burke, Jr., Bob Goalby, Herman Keiser, Byron Nelson, Jack Nicklaus (10), Gene Sarazen, Sam Snead, and Art Wall, Jr. did not play.
  • 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 were playing in their first Masters, as were Thomas Bjørn, Brandel Chamblee, Glen Day, Trevor Dodds, Joe Durant, J. P. Hayes, Brandt Jobe, Frank Lickliter, and Brian Watts.

    First round

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

    First round suspended by darkness due to earlier rain delays.

    Second round

    Friday, April 9, 1999

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

    Third round

    Saturday, April 10, 1999

    Final round

    Sunday, April 11, 1999

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

    Scorecard

    Final round

    Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
    Source:

    References

    1999 Masters Tournament Wikipedia


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