1999 WGC-Andersen Consulting Match Play Championship | |
Dates: | February 24–28, 1999 |
Location: | Carlsbad, California |
Course: | La Costa Resort and Spa |
Tour: | PGA Tour European Tour |
Par: | 72 |
Yardage: | 7,022 |
Field: | 64 players |
Purse: | $5,000,000 |
Winners Share: | $1,000,000 |
Score: | def. Andrew Magee after 38 holes |
Next: | 2000 |
The 1999 WGC-Andersen Consulting Match Play Championship was a golf tournament that was played from February 24–28, 1999 at La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California. It was the first WGC-Andersen Consulting Match Play Championship and the first of three World Golf Championships events held in 1999.
Jeff Maggert won his first World Golf Championships event at the match-play, by defeating Andrew Magee on the 38th hole in the 36 hole final that went extra holes.
The Championship was a single elimination match play event. The field consisted of the top 64 players available from the Official World Golf Ranking as of the February 14 ranking, seeded according to those rankings.[1]
Jumbo Osaki (ranked #13) chose not to play and was replaced by Nick Faldo (#65).[2]
Place | US ($)[3] | |
---|---|---|
Champion | 1,000,000 | |
Runner-up | 500,000 | |
Third place | 400,000 | |
Fourth place | 300,000 | |
Losing quarter-finalists x 4 | 150,000 | |
Losing third round x 8 | 75,000 | |
Losing second round x 16 | 50,000 | |
Losing first round x 32 | 25,000 | |
Total | $5,000,000 |