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The 1999 Open Championship (British Open) was a golf tournament held from [[July 15]]-[[July 18|18]], [[1999]] at the [[Carnoustie Golf Links]] in [[Angus]], [[Scotland]]. [[Paul Lawrie]] won his first major championship in a playoff over [[Jean Van de Velde]] and [[Justin Leonard]]. The event was headlined by Van de Velde's triple-bogey collapse at the final hole when he came to the hole with a three stroke lead.
The '''1999 Open Championship''' was the 128th [[Open Championship]] held from [[July 15]]-[[July 18|18]], [[1999]] at the [[Carnoustie Golf Links]] in [[Angus]], [[Scotland]]. [[Paul Lawrie]] won his first major championship in a playoff over [[Jean Van de Velde]] and [[Justin Leonard]]. The event was headlined by Van de Velde's triple-bogey collapse at the final hole when he came to the hole with a three stroke lead.


==Final leaderboard==
==Final leaderboard==

Revision as of 17:35, 23 June 2008

1999 Open Championship
File:Open championship.jpg
Tournament information
DatesJuly 15 - 18, 1999
LocationScotland Angus, Scotland
Course(s)Carnoustie Golf Links
Tour(s)PGA Tour
PGA European Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length7,361
Field152 players, 73 after cut
Cut154 (+12)
Prize fund£2,000,000
$3,058,503
Winner's share£350,000
$577,500
Champion
Paul Lawrie
290 (+6), playoff

The 1999 Open Championship was the 128th Open Championship held from July 15-18, 1999 at the Carnoustie Golf Links in Angus, Scotland. Paul Lawrie won his first major championship in a playoff over Jean Van de Velde and Justin Leonard. The event was headlined by Van de Velde's triple-bogey collapse at the final hole when he came to the hole with a three stroke lead.

Final leaderboard

# Player Country Score To par Winnings (£)
1 Paul Lawrie*  Scotland 73-74-76-67=290 +6 350,000
T2 Jean Van de Velde  France 75-68-70-77=290 +6 185,000
Justin Leonard  United States 73-74-71-72=290
T4 Ángel Cabrera  Argentina 75-69-77-70=291 +7 100,000
Craig Parry  Australia 76-75-67-73=291
6 Greg Norman  Australia 76-70-75-72=293 +9 70,000
T7 David Frost  South Africa 80-69-71-74=294 +10 50,000
Tiger Woods  United States 74-72-74-74=294
Davis Love III  United States 74-74-77-69=294
T10 Hal Sutton  United States 73-78-72-72=295 +11 34,800
Scott Dunlap  United States 72-77-76-70=295
Jim Furyk  United States 78-71-76-70=295
Retief Goosen  South Africa 76-75-73-71=295
Jasper Parnevik  Sweden 74-71-78-72=295

*Lawrie defeated Van de Velde and Leonard in a four-hole playoff

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