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
United States Tiger Woods
278 (−6), playoff
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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

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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

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First round

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Place Player Score To par
1   Vijay Singh 67 −4
2   Jim Furyk 68 −3
T3   Bob Estes 69 −2
  Scott Hoch
  Mark James
  Phil Mickelson
  Nick Price
T8   Jeff Maggert 70 −1
  Colin Montgomerie
  Chris Perry
  Jarmo Sandelin

Second round

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Place Player Score To par
T1   Tim Herron 71-66=137 −5
  Chris Perry 70-67=137
T3   Justin Leonard 71-67=138 −4
  Vijay Singh 67-71=138
T5   Fred Funk 71-68=139 −3
  Scott Hoch 69-70=139
  Mark James 69-70=139
  Tom Lehman 72-67=139
T9   Stewart Cink 75-65=140 −2
  Miguel Ángel Jiménez 72-68=140
  Phil Mickelson 69-71=140
  Nick Price 69-71=140
  David Toms 72-68=140
  Lee Westwood 73-67=140
  Tiger Woods 71-69=140

Third round

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Place Player Score To par
T1   Miguel Ángel Jiménez 72-68-69=209 −4
  Chris Perry 70-67-72=209
T3   Tom Lehman 72-67-71=210 −3
  Justin Leonard 71-67-72=210
  Nick Price 69-71-70=210
  Hal Sutton 75-66-69=210
  Tiger Woods 71-69-70=210
T8   Stewart Cink 75-65-71=211 −2
  Scott Hoch 69-70-72=211
  José María Olazábal 73-69-69=211
  David Toms 72-68-71=211
  Lee Westwood 73-67-71=211

Final round

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Place Player Score To par Money ($)
T1   Tiger Woods 71-69-70-68=278 −6 Playoff
  Miguel Ángel Jiménez 72-68-69-69=278
3   Dudley Hart 75-68-70-70=283 −1 300,000
T4   Stewart Cink 75-65-71-73=284 E 176,667
  Nick Price 69-71-70-74=284
  Lee Westwood 73-67-71-73=284
T7   Fred Funk 71-68-74-72=285 +1 135,000
  Sergio García 74-69-69-73=285
  Scott Hoch 69-70-72-74=285
  Chris Perry 70-67-72-76=285

Playoff

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Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Tiger Woods 3 −1 1,000,000
2   Miguel Ángel Jiménez 5 +1 400,000

References

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