The 1999 PGA Tour was the 84th season of the PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States. It was also the 31st season since separating from the PGA of America.

Caddie shorts policy After caddie Garland Dempsey collapsed at the Western Open in early July, the PGA Tour allowed male caddies, on a trial basis, to wear shorts on extremely hot days. Two years earlier, the USGA changed its policy and allowed caddies to wear shorts at the U.S. Open in June 1997.

Schedule The following table lists official events during the 1999 season.

DateTournamentLocationPurse(US$)WinnerOWGRpointsNotes Jan 10 Mercedes Championships Hawaii 2,600,000 David Duval (8) 58 Winners-only event Jan 17 Sony Open in Hawaii Hawaii 2,600,000 Jeff Sluman (4) 50 Jan 24 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic California 3,000,000 David Duval (9) 52 Pro-Am Jan 31 Phoenix Open Arizona 3,000,000 Rocco Mediate (3) 60 Feb 7 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am California 2,800,000 Payne Stewart (10) 60 Pro-Am Feb 14 Buick Invitational California 2,700,000 Tiger Woods (8) 52 Feb 21 Nissan Open California 2,800,000 Ernie Els (7) 66 Feb 28 WGC-Andersen Consulting Match Play Championship California 5,000,000 Jeff Maggert (2) 76 New tournamentWorld Golf Championship Feb 28 Touchstone Energy Tucson Open Arizona 2,750,000 Gabriel Hjertstedt (2) 24 Alternate event Mar 7 Doral-Ryder Open Florida 3,000,000 Steve Elkington (10) 50 Mar 14 Honda Classic Florida 2,600,000 Vijay Singh (8) 52 Mar 21 Bay Hill Invitational Florida 2,500,000 Tim Herron (3) 70 Invitational Mar 28 The Players Championship Florida 5,000,000 David Duval (10) 80 Flagship event Apr 4 BellSouth Classic Georgia 2,500,000 David Duval (11) 54 Apr 11 Masters Tournament Georgia 4,000,000 José María Olazábal (5) 100 Major championship Apr 18 MCI Classic South Carolina 2,500,000 Glen Day (1) 62 Invitational Apr 25 Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic North Carolina 2,600,000 Jesper Parnevik (2) 46 May 2 Shell Houston Open Texas 2,500,000 Stuart Appleby (3) 48 May 9 Compaq Classic of New Orleans Louisiana 2,600,000 Carlos Franco (1) 52 May 16 GTE Byron Nelson Classic Texas 3,000,000 Loren Roberts (6) 58 May 23 MasterCard Colonial Texas 2,800,000 Olin Browne (2) 60 Invitational May 30 Kemper Open Maryland 2,500,000 Rich Beem (1) 48 Jun 6 Memorial Tournament Ohio 2,550,000 Tiger Woods (9) 70 Invitational Jun 14 FedEx St. Jude Classic Tennessee 2,500,000 Ted Tryba (2) 50 Jun 20 U.S. Open North Carolina 3,500,000 Payne Stewart (11) 100 Major championship Jun 27 Buick Classic New York 2,500,000 Duffy Waldorf (2) 54 Jul 4 Motorola Western Open Illinois 2,500,000 Tiger Woods (10) 54 Jul 11 Greater Milwaukee Open Wisconsin 2,300,000 Carlos Franco (2) 26 Jul 18 The Open Championship Scotland £2,000,000 Paul Lawrie (1) 100 Major championship Jul 25 John Deere Classic Illinois 2,000,000 J. L. Lewis (1) 24 Aug 1 Canon Greater Hartford Open Connecticut 2,500,000 Brent Geiberger (1) 48 Aug 8 Buick Open Michigan 2,400,000 Tom Pernice Jr. (1) 58 Aug 15 PGA Championship Illinois 3,500,000 Tiger Woods (11) 100 Major championship Aug 22 Sprint International Colorado 2,600,000 David Toms (2) 64 Aug 29 WGC-NEC Invitational Ohio 5,000,000 Tiger Woods (12) 68 New tournamentWorld Golf Championship Aug 29 Reno–Tahoe Open Nevada 2,750,000 Notah Begay III (1) 32 New tournamentAlternate event Sep 5 Air Canada Championship Canada 2,500,000 Mike Weir (1) 34 Sep 12 Bell Canadian Open Canada 2,500,000 Hal Sutton (11) 48 Sep 20 B.C. Open New York 1,600,000 Brad Faxon (5) 26 Sep 26 Westin Texas Open Texas 2,000,000 Duffy Waldorf (3) 34 Oct 3 Buick Challenge Georgia 1,800,000 David Toms (3) 48 Oct 10 Michelob Championship at Kingsmill Virginia 2,500,000 Notah Begay III (2) 48 Oct 17 Las Vegas Invitational Nevada 2,500,000 Jim Furyk (4) 52 Oct 24 National Car Rental Golf Classic Disney Florida 2,500,000 Tiger Woods (13) 58 Oct 31 The Tour Championship Texas 5,000,000 Tiger Woods (14) 60 Tour Championship Nov 1 Southern Farm Bureau Classic Mississippi 2,000,000 Brian Henninger (2) 24 Alternate event Nov 7 WGC-American Express Championship Spain 5,000,000 Tiger Woods (15) 70 New tournamentWorld Golf Championship

Unofficial events The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

DateTournamentLocationPurse($)Winner(s)NotesAug 3CVS Charity ClassicRhode Island1,000,000 Stuart Appleby and Jeff SlumanNew tournamentTeam eventSep 26Ryder CupMassachusettsn/a Team USATeam eventNov 14Franklin Templeton Shark ShootoutCalifornia1,500,000 Fred Couples and David DuvalTeam eventNov 21World Cup of GolfMalaysia1,300,000 Mark O'Meara and Tiger WoodsTeam eventWorld Cup of Golf Individual Trophy200,000 Tiger WoodsNov 24PGA Grand Slam of GolfHawaii1,000,000 Tiger WoodsLimited-field eventNov 28Skins GameCalifornia1,000,000 Fred CouplesLimited-field eventDec 5JCPenney ClassicFlorida2,000,000 John Daly and Laura DaviesTeam eventDec 12Diners Club MatchesCalifornia400,000 Mark Calcavecchia and Fred CouplesTeam eventDec 19Wendy's 3-Tour ChallengeNevada651,000Senior PGA TourTeam event

Location of tournaments

Money list The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.

Position Player Prize money ($)1 Tiger Woods 6,616,5852 David Duval 3,641,9063 Davis Love III 2,475,3284 Vijay Singh 2,283,2335 Chris Perry 2,145,7076 Hal Sutton 2,127,5787 Payne Stewart 2,077,9508 Justin Leonard 2,020,9919 Jeff Maggert 2,016,46910 David Toms 1,959,672

Awards AwardWinner PGA Tour Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy) Tiger Woods PGA Player of the Year Tiger Woods Rookie of the Year Carlos Franco Scoring leader (PGA Tour – Byron Nelson Award) Tiger Woods Scoring leader (PGA – Vardon Trophy) Tiger Woods Comeback Player of the Year Steve Pate

See also 1999 Nike Tour 1999 Senior PGA Tour

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