1999 PGA Championship: Tiger's First

The 1999 PGA Championship was the 81st edition of the tournament, and the site of Tiger Woods' second win in a major.

Winner: Tiger Woods, 277

Where it was played: Medinah Country Club (No. 3 Course) in Medinah, Illinois

Tournament dates: August 12-15, 1999

Leader after first round: Sergio Garcia, 66

Leader after second round: Jay Haas, 135

Leader after third round: Mike Weir and Tiger Woods, 205

Notable Notes: Tiger Woods outlasted Sergio Garcia in the final round to win his first major since the 1997 Masters (and his second overall). Woods was 23 years old at the time and Garcia only 19. Woods shot 72 in the final round to Garcia's 71, winning by one stroke.

The final round included Garcia's famous recovery shot with his ball up against a tree, after which he ran and hopped up the fairway:

Final Scores

Tiger Woods 70-67-68-72-277
Sergio Garcia 66-73-68-71-278
Stewart Cink 69-70-68-73-280
Jay Haas 68-67-75-70-280
Nick Price 70-71-69-71-281
Bob Estes 71-70-72-69-282
Colin Montgomerie 72-70-70-70-282
Steve Pate 72-70-73-69-284
Jim Furyk 71-70-69-74-284
David Duval 70-71-72-72-285
Corey Pavin 69-74-71-71-285
Chris Perry 70-73-71-71-285
Miguel Angel Jimenez 70-70-75-70-285
Jesper Parnevik 72-70-73-70-285
Mike Weir 68-68-69-80-285
Gabriel Hjertstedt 72-70-73-72-287
Mark Brooks 70-73-70-74-287
Brandt Jobe 69-74-69-75-287
Greg Turner 73-69-70-75-287
Lee Westwood 70-68-74-75-287
Skip Kendall 74-65-71-78-288
David Frost 75-68-74-71-288
Scott Hoch 71-71-75-71-288
J.L. Lewis 73-70-74-71-288
Kevin Wentworth 72-70-72-74-288
Carlos Franco 72-71-71-75-289
Jerry Kelly 69-74-71-75-289
Fred Couples 73-69-75-72-289
Hal Sutton 72-73-73-71-289
Jean Van de Velde 74-70-75-70-289
Ted Tryba 70-72-76-72-290
Mark James 70-74-79-67-290
Paul Goydos 73-70-71-76-290
Tom Lehman 70-74-76-71-291
Billy Mayfair 75-69-75-72-291
Scott Verplank 73-72-73-73-291
Steve Flesch 73-71-72-75-291
Paul Lawrie 73-72-72-74-291
Kenny Perry 74-69-72-76-291
Lanny Wadkins 72-69-74-76-291
Paul Azinger 77-69-71-75-292
Nick Faldo 71-71-75-75-292
Hale Irwin 70-69-78-75-292
Robert Karlsson 70-76-73-73-292
Chris DiMarco 74-71-74-73-292
Angel Cabrera 73-73-74-72-292
Duffy Waldorf 74-71-70-77-292
Brian Watts 69-71-72-80-292
Kirk Triplett 73-70-70-80-293
Rocco Mediate 71-72-78-72-293
Vijay Singh 74-70-77-72-293
Olin Browne 73-72-74-74-293
Davis Love III 71-72-75-75-293
J.P. Hayes 68-76-76-74-294
Andrew Magee 72-72-77-73-294
Jeff Sluman 72-73-73-76-294
Phil Mickelson 72-72-74-77-295
Bob Tway 73-71-80-71-295
Payne Stewart 75-71-75-74-295
Greg Kraft 74-70-75-76-295
Mark O'Meara 72-74-73-76-295
Bernhard Langer 71-75-74-76-296
Mark Calcavecchia 71-75-76-74-296
Brad Faxon 72-73-77-74-296
Andrew Coltart 72-74-80-71-297
Mike Reid 72-74-76-75-297
Alexander Cejka 71-73-75-78-297
Bruce Zabriski 70-75-77-76-298
Scott Dunlap 74-72-71-81-298
Rich Beem 72-73-78-76-299
Thomas Bjorn 73-73-78-75-299
Joe Ozaki 73-73-78-75-299
Fred Funk 75-69-76-80-300

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