1999 PGA Championship

Tournament information
Dates	August 12–15, 1999
Location	Medinah, Illinois
Course(s)	Medinah Country Club Course No. 3
Organized by	PGA of America
Tour(s)	PGA Tour PGA European Tour Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,401 yards (6,767 m)
Field	148 players, 74 after cut[1]
Cut	146 (+2)
Prize fund	$3,500,000 €3,028,228
Winner's share	$630,000 €545,522
Champion
Tiger Woods
277 (−11)
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Medinah

Location in the United States

Medinah 

Location in Illinois

The 1999 PGA Championship was the 81st PGA Championship, held August 12–15 at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Illinois, a suburb northwest of Chicago. Tiger Woods, 23, won his first PGA Championship and second major, one stroke ahead of runner-up Sergio García, age 19.^[2]

At the time, many (including noted commentator Gary McCord) predicted the start of a long rivalry between Woods and García.^[2] The teenage García's outgoing antics during the tournament had captured the attention of many golf fans, but his sole major title came over seventeen years later at the Masters in 2017. Mike Weir, the co-leader with Woods after 54 holes, shot 80 in the final round and tied for tenth.^[2]

Although this was the first PGA Championship at Medinah, it was the fourth major; the U.S. Open was held at Course No. 3 in 1949, 1975, and 1990. The PGA Championship returned seven years later in 2006, also won by Woods, and Medinah hosted the Ryder Cup in 2012.

Course layout

Course No. 3

Source:^[3]

Previous course lengths for major championships:

• 7,195 yards (6,579 m), par 72 - 1990 U.S. Open
• 7,032 yards (6,430 m), par 71 - 1975 U.S. Open
• 6,981 yards (6,383 m), par 71 - 1949 U.S. Open

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 12, 1999

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Sergio García	66	−6
T2	Jay Haas	68	−4
	J. P. Hayes
	Mike Weir
T5	Stewart Cink	69	−3
	Brandt Jobe
	Jerry Kelly
	Corey Pavin
	Brian Watts
T10	Mark Brooks	70	−2
	David Duval
	Hale Irwin
	Mark James
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez
	Robert Karlsson
	Tom Lehman
	Chris Perry
	Nick Price
	Loren Roberts
	Ted Tryba
	Lee Westwood
	Tiger Woods
	Bruce Zabriski

Source:^[4][5]

Second round

Friday, August 13, 1999

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Jay Haas	68-67=135	−9
2	Mike Weir	68-68=136	−8
3	Tiger Woods	70-67=137	−7
4	Lee Westwood	70-68=138	−6
T5	Stewart Cink	69-70=139	−5
	Sergio García	66-73=139
	Hale Irwin	70-69=139
	Skip Kendall	74-65=139
T9	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	70-70=140	−4
	Brian Watts	69-71=140

Source:^[4][6]

Third round

Saturday, August 14, 1999

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Mike Weir	68-68-69=205	−11
	Tiger Woods	70-67-68=205
T3	Stewart Cink	69-70-68=207	−9
	Sergio García	66-73-68=207
T5	Jim Furyk	71-70-69=210	−6
	Jay Haas	68-67-75=210
	Skip Kendall	74-65-71=210
	Nick Price	70-71-69=210
T9	Brandt Jobe	69-74-69=212	−4
	Colin Montgomerie	72-70-70=212
	Greg Turner	73-69-70=212
	Brian Watts	69-71-72=212
	Lee Westwood	70-68-74=212

Source:^[4][7]

Final round

Sunday, August 15, 1999

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Tiger Woods	70-67-68-72=277	−11	630,000
2	Sergio García	66-73-68-71=278	−10	378,000
T3	Stewart Cink	69-70-68-73=280	−8	203,000
	Jay Haas	68-67-75-70=280
5	Nick Price	70-71-69-71=281	−7	129,000
T6	Bob Estes	71-70-72-69=282	−6	112,000
	Colin Montgomerie	72-70-70-70=282
T8	Steve Pate	72-70-73-69=284	−4	96,500
	Jim Furyk	71-70-69-74=284
T10	David Duval	70-71-72-72=285	−3	72,167
	Corey Pavin	69-74-71-71=285
	Chris Perry	70-73-71-71=285
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	70-70-75-70=285
	Jesper Parnevik	72-70-73-70=285
	Mike Weir	68-68-69-80=285

Source:^[8]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	3	4	4	5	4	5	3	4	5	4	4	3	5	4	4	3	4
Woods	−11	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−15	−14	−12	−12	−12	−11	−11	−11
García	−9	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−10	−10	−10	−10
Cink	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−8	−8	−7	−8	−7	−8	−8	−8
Haas	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8
Price	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−10	−9	−9	−9	−7	−7	−7
Estes	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−6	−6	−7	−8	−8	−7	−6	−6
Montgomerie	−4	−4	−5	−5	−6	−5	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−5	−5	−6
Furyk	−6	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4
Pate	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−4	−5	−5	−4	−4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Source:^[9]