The 1999 WGC-American Express Championship was a golf tournament that was contested from 4–7 November 1999 at

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, San Roque, Spain. It was the first

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tournament, and the third and final event in the inaugural year of the World Golf Championships. World number 1, Tiger Woods won the tournament after defeating Miguel Ángel Jiménez in the first extra hole of a playoff. Woods held a four stroke lead going into the 17th hole but hit it into the water on the tough par 5 and ended up scoring a triple bogey that allowed Jiménez to get back in it.

Field

;1. Top 50 from the

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as of 1 November Stuart Appleby (2),

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, Darren Clarke (3),

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, Steve Elkington, Ernie Els (2,3), Bob Estes (2), Carlos Franco (2), Fred Funk (2), Jim Furyk (2), Sergio García (3),

Brent Geiberger Brent Andrew Geiberger (born May 22, 1968) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour. He is the son of golfer Al Geiberger. Early life Geiberger was born in Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara ( es, Santa Bárbar ...

(2), Retief Goosen (3), Pádraig Harrington (3), Dudley Hart, Tim Herron (2),

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(2), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (3), Bernhard Langer (3), Paul Lawrie (3), Tom Lehman (2), Justin Leonard (2), Davis Love III (2), Jeff Maggert (2), Phil Mickelson (2), Colin Montgomerie (3), José María Olazábal, Naomichi Ozaki (6), Craig Parry,

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(2), Chris Perry (2), Nick Price (2), Loren Roberts (2), Vijay Singh (2), Jeff Sluman (2),

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(2), David Toms (2), Bob Tway, Brian Watts,

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(3), Tiger Woods (2) *'' Payne Stewart (2) died in a plane crash on 25 October.'' *''

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, David Duval (2), Lee Janzen, Mark O'Meara, Masashi Ozaki, Jesper Parnevik, and Steve Stricker did not play.'' ;2. Top 30 on the

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PGA Tour money list through the Tour Championship

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, Mike Weir ;3. Top 20 on the

European Tour Order of Merit through the

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Thomas Bjørn, Ángel Cabrera,

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, Mark James, Robert Karlsson, Bob May,

Jarrod Moseley Jarrod James Moseley (born 6 October 1972) is an Australian professional golfer. Career Moseley was born in Mandurah, Western Australia. He turned professional in 1997. He won the PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit in 1998/99, having won t ...

(4), Jarmo Sandelin, Jean van de Velde *''

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did not play.'' ;4. Top 3 on the 1998–99 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit Rod Pampling, Craig Spence ;5. Top 3 on the 1998–99

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Order of Merit Scott Dunlap,

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, Richard Kaplan ;6. Top 3 on the 1999 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit through the Philip Morris Championship Kazuhiko Hosokawa *''

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did not play.''

Round summaries

First round

Second round

Third round

Final round

Playoff

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References

External links

Full results
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