1999 Players Championship

The 1999 Players Championship was a golf tournament in Florida on the PGA Tour, held at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, southeast of Jacksonville. It was the 26th Players Championship.
David Duval won his only Players Championship, two strokes head of runner-up Scott Gump. The victory moved him to number one in the Official [World Golf Ranking], ahead of Tiger Woods, who finished six strokes back in a tie for tenth place.
Duval's father Bob, age 52, won the same day at the Emerald Coast Classic near Pensacola for his first victory on the Senior Tour. Both led entering the final round.
Duval's winning score of 285 remains the highest at the Stadium Course, the venue since 1982. The lowest is by Greg Norman in 1994.
Defending champion Justin Leonard finished nine strokes back, in a tie for 23rd place.

Venue

This was the 18th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course; its 1999 setup measured, an increase of.

Field

1. Winners of PGA Tour co-sponsored or approved tournaments, whose victories are considered official, since the 1998 Players Championship

2. Those players among the top 125 finishers on the 1998 Official Money List

3. Winners of the Players Championship, Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, British Open, and PGA Championship in the last 10 years

4. Winners of the NEC World Series of Golf in the last 10 years

5. Winners of the Tour Championship in the last three years, beginning with the 1998 winner
6. Winner of the World Golf Championship events in the last three years, beginning with the 1999 winners
7. Any player, not otherwise eligible, among the top 50 leaders from the Official World Golf Ranking through the Bay Hill Invitational

8. Any players, not otherwise eligibility, who are among the top 10 money-winners from the 1999 Official Money List through the Bay Hill Invitational
9. To complete a field of 144 players, those players, not otherwise eligible, from the 1999 Official Money List below the 10th position through the Bay Hill Invitational, in order of their position on the money list

Carlos Franco

10. The Players Championship Committee may invite a player, not otherwise eligible, who is a current inductee of the World Golf Hall of Fame

Seve Ballesteros

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 25, 1999

Place

Player

Score

To par

Second round

Friday, March 26, 1999