1999 Open Championship

December 2020 August 2013 1999 Open Championship Open_Championship_1999_Annual_Cover.png 280px Front cover of the 1999 Open Annual 15–18 July 1999 Angus, Scotland Carnoustie Golf LinksChampionship Course The R&A PGA TourEuropean TourJapan Golf Tour 71 7361 yd 156 players, 73 after cut 154 (+12) £2,000,000 €2,850,260$3,058,500 £350,000 €490,000$577,500 SCO Paul Lawrie 290 (+6), playoff 1998 2000 UK Scotland 1 Carnoustie 56.497 -2.717 Location in Scotland 5 240 The 1999 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 128th Open Championship, held from 15 to 18 July at the Carnoustie Golf Links in Angus, Scotland. Paul Lawrie won his only major championship in a playoff over Jean van de Velde and Justin Leonard.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XVNWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vesDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4924%2C5297721 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon (Los Angeles Times) Bonk Thomas Gift-wrapped Claret Jug to Lawrie 19 July 1999 1B Lawrie, down by ten strokes at the start of the fourth round,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2NRYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=H_IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4888%2C7665845 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington (Washington Post) Shapiro Leonard Out of darkness, it's Lawrie 19 July 1999 C1 completed the biggest final round comeback in major championship history,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-udRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FXADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4882%2C6656874 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press Ferguson Doug A Scottish fairy tale 19 July 1999 B1https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JktPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qgMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3972%2C1503895 Toledo Blade Ohio (New York Times) Brown Clifton Van de Velde self-destructs, Lawrie wins 19 July 1999 23 headlined by van de Velde's triple-bogey at the last hole.https://www.si.com/vault/1999/07/26/264126/down-the-drain-the-128th-british-open-will-be-remembered-more-for-the-way-it-was-lost-by-jean-van-de-velde-than-for-how-it-was-won-by-paul-lawrie Sports Illustrated Garrity John Down the drain 26 July 1999 Course layout Carnoustie Golf Links - Championship Course HoleNameYardsPar HoleNameYardsPar1Cup4074 10South America46642Gulley462411Dyke38343Jockie's Burn342412Southward Ho47944Hillocks412413Whins16935Brae411414Spectacles51556Long ^578515Lucky Slap47247Plantation412416Barry Burn25038Short183317Island45949Railway474418Home4874Out3,68136In3,68035Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pVxIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ngMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4177%2C4542179 Toledo Blade Ohio Associated Press 128th Open Championship: course map 15 July 1999 32Total7,36171 ^ The 6th hole was renamed Hogan's Alley in 2003 Lengths of the course for previous Opens (since 1950):http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx The Open Championship Media guide 2011 31, 203 2 July 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120418224641/http://www.theopen.com/~/media/The%20Open/Information/Media_Guide.ashx 18 April 2012 1975: 7065 yd, par 72 1968: 7252 yd, par 72 1953: 7200 yd 5, par 72 1937: 7200 yd 5, par 72 1931: 6701 yd, par 72 Round summaries First round Thursday, 15 July 1999 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 AUS Rod Pampling71ET2 USA Scott Dunlap72+1 GER Bernhard LangerT4 USA Dudley Hart73+2 SCO Paul Lawrie USA Justin Leonard ZWE Mark McNulty USA Len Mattiace USA Steve Pate USA Hal Sutton Second round Friday, 16 July 1999 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 FRA Jean van de Velde75-68=143+12 ARG Ángel Cabrera75-69=144+23 SWE Jesper Parnevik74-71=145+3T4 AUS Greg Norman76-70=146+4 SWE Patrik Sjöland74-72=146 USA Tiger Woods74-72=146T7 AUS Bradley Hughes76-71=147+5 SCO Paul Lawrie73-74=147 USA Justin Leonard73-74=147 USA Len Mattiace73-74=147 USA Brian Watts74-73=147 Amateurs: Donald (+14), Gribben (+18), Storm (+19), Scotland (+21). Third round Saturday, 17 July 1999 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 FRA Jean van de Velde75-68-70=213ET2 USA Justin Leonard73-74-71=218+5 AUS Craig Parry76-75-67=218T4 SCO Andrew Coltart74-74-72=220+7 ZAF David Frost80-69-71=220 USA Tiger Woods74-72-74=220T7 ARG Ángel Cabrera75-69-77=221+8 AUS Greg Norman76-70-75=221T9 GER Bernhard Langer72-77-73=222 +9 ESP Miguel Ángel Martín74-76-72=222 USA Len Mattiace73-74-75=222 SCO Colin Montgomerie74-76-72=222 NZL Frank Nobilo76-76-70=222 Final round Sunday, 18 July 1999 Paul Lawrie completed the biggest final round comeback in major championship and PGA Tour history by coming back from 10 strokes behind in the final round, and winning the subsequent three-man playoff. Jean van de Velde started the day with a five-stroke lead over Craig Parry and Justin Leonard, but trailed Parry by a stroke at the 12th hole, as Parry was −3 for the day through 11, while Van de Velde was +3. However, Parry could not escape the thick rough on the 12th hole on his way to a triple bogey while Van de Velde regained sole possession of the lead with a bogey. Parry then bogeyed 13, drove into the fairway bunker at 14 to deny himself a birdie chance, and missed a two-foot (0.6 m) putt on 17 en route to a double bogey. He holed a bunker shot on 18 to finish one stroke out of the playoff. In the meantime, Leonard tied van de Velde for the lead with a birdie on 14, but made bogeys at 15 and 18 as his second shot landed in the Barry Burn as Van de Velde birdied 14 - leaving him three strokes behind, tied with Lawrie in the clubhouse at 6-over-par. Ángel Cabrera had a chance to join the clubhouse lead but narrowly missed a birdie putt on 18. After the birdie on 14, Van de Velde missed the next three greens but got up-and-down each time to give himself a three stroke lead going into 18. Van de Velde's collapse Van de Velde, who was in control through the latter half of the championship, held a seemingly insurmountable three-stroke lead going into the 72nd hole.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DjEjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Sy8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4535%2C7109188 Great Scot! It's Lawrie Logan Joe 19 July 1999 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 1C Despite the three-stroke lead van de Velde had going into the final hole, his name had not already been engraved into the Claret Jug, according to engraver Alex Harvey: "No, I didn't start engraving the Jug with his name. I've got to wait until the secretary hands me a slip of paper with the winner's name on it, and they always wait until the last putt is dropped."http://www.golf.com/tour-and-news/le-crying-shame Le Crying Shame 17 July 2007 Golf Magazine Van de Velde teed off with a driver, which was heavily criticised by the ABC broadcast team, and pushed his shot far to the right, over the water bordering the right side of the 18th fairway, and onto the 17th hole. He later claimed that he thought the lead was only two strokes, which is why he chose not to go with a safe club, such as an iron.October 2018 Choosing not to simply lay up with a wedge, van de Velde went for the green on his second shot with a two iron. His second shot came to rest in an area of knee-deep rough after his ball bounced backward 50 yards off the grandstand next to the 18th green and off a rock in the Barry Burn. Had the ball stayed in the grandstand he would have been able to drop without penalty. Then the thick Carnoustie grass stifled him again, as his third shot went into the burn in front of the green. Van de Velde took his shoes and socks off and entered the burn, considering an attempt to play the ball from the water. He decided against it and instead took a drop (fourth stroke), at which point he hit his fifth shot into one of the deep greenside bunkers. He pitched out safely and holed the six-foot putt on his seventh shot for a triple-bogey, which would trigger a three-man playoff between van de Velde, Lawrie, and Leonard.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JktPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qgMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6506%2C1518352 Decisions cost Frenchman Dahlberg Tim 19 July 1999 Toledo Blade Associated Press Ohio 27https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/golf/397813.stm Lawrie wins dramatic Open 19 July 1999 BBC News 20 April 2012 Van de Velde's play on this hole is still widely considered to be the worst "choke" in golfing history, and some have even used the term "pulling a van de Velde" to describe similar events.http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/19903725 Romero pulls a Van de Velde one hole early 22 July 2007 NBC Sports 20 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120410192700/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/19903725 10 April 2012 dead https://www.golfdigest.com/story/golf-garrigus-shedloski-0704 Shedloski: The Reclamation of Robert Garrigus Shedloski Dave Golf Digest 27 June 2011 2019-12-09https://www.masslive.com/golf/2012/01/meltdown_on_72nd_hole_wipes_out_kyle_stanleys_four-shot_lead_chance_to_win_at_torrey_pines.html Meltdown on 72nd hole wipes out Kyle Stanley's four-shot lead, chance to win at Torrey Pines Associated Press 25 March 2019 MassLive.com 2019-12-09 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)T1 SCO Paul Lawrie 73-74-76-67=290 +6 Playoff USA Justin Leonard 73-74-71-72=290 FRA Jean van de Velde 75-68-70-77=290 T4 ARG Ángel Cabrera 75-69-77-70=291 +7 100,000 AUS Craig Parry 76-75-67-73=2916 AUS Greg Norman 76-70-75-72=293 +9 70,000T7 RSA David Frost 80-69-71-74=294 +10 50,000 USA Davis Love III 74-74-77-69=294 USA Tiger Woods 74-72-74-74=294T10 USA Hal Sutton 73-78-72-72=295 +11 34,800 USA Scott Dunlap 72-77-76-70=295 USA Jim Furyk 78-71-76-70=295 RSA Retief Goosen 76-75-73-71=295 SWE Jesper Parnevik 74-71-78-72=295 Source:http://www.databasegolf.com/tourneys/tournament_byyear.htm?yr=1999&tid=8 databasegolf.com 1999 Open Championship results 2 July 2012https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-udRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FXADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6938%2C6665281 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Results: British Open 19 July 1999 B-3https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DjEjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Sy8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=5606%2C7118789 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Anatomy of the final round 19 July 1999 3C Scorecard Final round Hole 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 101112131415161718Par444445434 444354344SCO Lawrie +10+10+9+9+10+9+9+8+8+8+8+7+8+7+7+7+6+6USA Leonard +5+5+5+5+5+4+4+4+4+5+5+5+5+4+5+5+5+6FRA van de Velde E+1+2+2+2+2+2+3+2+2+3+4+4+3+3+3+3+6ARG Cabrera +8+8+7+7+7+7+7+7+7+7+6+6+7+7+7+7+7+7AUS Parry +5+5+4+4+4+4+4+3+3+2+2+5+6+6+6+6+8+7 AUS Norman +8 +8 +8 +9 +10 +10 +10 +10 +10 +10 +10 +9 +9 +8 +8 +8 +8 +9 RSA Frost +8 +10 +9 +10 +12 +11 +10 +10 +10 +10 +10 +11 +10 +9 +9 +10 +10 +10 USA Love +12 +11 +11 +10 +10 +10 +9 +10 +11 +12 +11 +12 +11 +10 +10 +11 +11 +10 USA Woods +7 +7 +7 +7 +7 +7 +7 +7 +7 +7 +7 +9 +9 +8 +9 +9 +9 +10 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par BirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+ Source:http://www.espn.com/golfonline/british99/scorecards/round4.html ESPN Final-round scorecards 28 September 2018 Playoff The four-hole aggregate playoff was played on the final four holes (#15-18), three par fours and one par three (#16). All three players hit poor drives on the first playoff hole. Van de Velde was forced to take an unplayable and took double bogey to fall one stroke behind Lawrie and Leonard who both had bogeys. All three players missed the green on the second playoff hole and took bogeys. On the third playoff hole, Van de Velde made birdie to briefly create a three-way tie, but Lawrie followed with a birdie of his own to take a one-stroke lead into the final playoff hole. On the final playoff hole, Van de Velde found the rough and Leonard found the water en route to bogeys while Lawrie hit a 4-iron to four feet for a clinching birdie and the championship. PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (£)1 SCO Paul Lawrie 5-4-3-3=15 E350,000T2 USA Justin Leonard 5-4-4-5=18 +3 185,000 FRA Jean van de Velde 6-4-3-5=18 Scorecard Hole 15  16  17  18 Par4344SCO Lawrie +1+2+1EUSA Leonard +1+2+2+3FRA van de Velde +2+3+2+3 Cumulative playoff scores, relative to par Source: References External links Carnoustie 1999 (Official site) 128th Open Championship - Carnoustie (European Tour) 1999 56.497 -2.717 type:event title Category:The Open Championship Category:Golf tournaments in Scotland Category:Sport in Angus, Scotland Open Championship Open Championship Open Championship Category:Carnoustie