1999 WGC-American Express Championship

August 2023 1999 WGC-American Express Championship 4–7 November 1999 Sotogrande, San Roque, Spain Valderrama Golf Club PGA TourEuropean Tour 71 6,830 62 players None $5,000,000 $1,000,000 USA Tiger Woods 278 (−6), playoff 2000 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. 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) Payne Stewart (2) died in a plane crash on 25 October. Fred Couples, David Duval (2), Lee Janzen, Mark O'Meara, Masashi Ozaki, Jesper Parnevik, and Steve Stricker did not play. 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 John Bickerton did not play. 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 Shigeki Maruyama did not play. Round summaries First round PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 FIJ Vijay Singh67−42 USA Jim Furyk68−3T3 USA Bob Estes69−2 USA Scott Hoch ENG Mark James USA Phil Mickelson ZWE Nick PriceT8 USA Jeff Maggert70−1 SCO Colin Montgomerie USA Chris Perry SWE Jarmo Sandelin Second round PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Tim Herron71-66=137−5 USA Chris Perry70-67=137T3 USA Justin Leonard71-67=138−4 FIJ Vijay Singh67-71=138T5 USA Fred Funk71-68=139−3 USA Scott Hoch69-70=139 ENG Mark James69-70=139 USA Tom Lehman72-67=139T9 USA Stewart Cink75-65=140−2 ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez72-68=140 USA Phil Mickelson69-71=140 ZWE Nick Price69-71=140 USA David Toms72-68=140 ENG Lee Westwood73-67=140 USA Tiger Woods71-69=140 Third round PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez72-68-69=209−4 USA Chris Perry70-67-72=209T3 USA Tom Lehman72-67-71=210−3 USA Justin Leonard71-67-72=210 ZWE Nick Price69-71-70=210 USA Hal Sutton75-66-69=210 USA Tiger Woods71-69-70=210T8 USA Stewart Cink75-65-71=211 −2 USA Scott Hoch69-70-72=211 ESP José María Olazábal73-69-69=211 USA David Toms72-68-71=211 ENG Lee Westwood73-67-71=211 Final round PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)T1 USA Tiger Woods 71-69-70-68=278 −6 Playoff ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez 72-68-69-69=278 3 USA Dudley Hart 75-68-70-70=283 −1 300,000T4 USA Stewart Cink 75-65-71-73=284 E 176,667 ZWE Nick Price 69-71-70-74=284 ENG Lee Westwood 73-67-71-73=284T7 USA Fred Funk 71-68-74-72=285 +1 135,000 ESP Sergio García 74-69-69-73=285 USA Scott Hoch 69-70-72-74=285 USA Chris Perry 70-67-72-76=285 Playoff PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA Tiger Woods 3 −11,000,0002 ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez 5 +1400,000 Played on the par-4 18th hole,ScorecardJimenez makes bogeyTiger Makes Bridie References External links Full results 36 17 09 N 5 20 02 W type:event title 1999 1999 WGC Category:1999 in golf Category:1999 in Spanish sport Category:November 1999 sports events in Europe