| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 4–7 November 1999 |
| Location | Sotogrande, San Roque, Spain |
| Course(s) | Valderrama Golf Club |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 6,830 |
| Field | 62 players |
| Cut | None |
| Prize fund | $5,000,000 |
| Winner's share | $1,000,000 |
| Champion | |
 Tiger Woods | |
| 278 (−6), playoff | |
The 1999 WGC-American Express Championship was a golf tournament that was contested from 4–7 November 1999 at Valderrama Golf Club in Sotogrande, San Roque, Spain. It was the first WGC-American Express Championship 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 Official World Golf Ranking as of 1 November
Stuart Appleby (2), Stewart Cink, Darren Clarke (3), Glen Day, Steve Elkington, Ernie Els (2,3), Bob Estes (2), Carlos Franco (2), Fred Funk (2), Jim Furyk (2), Sergio García (3), Brent Geiberger (2), Retief Goosen (3), Pádraig Harrington (3), Dudley Hart, Tim Herron (2), Scott Hoch, John Huston (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, Steve Pate (2), Chris Perry (2), Nick Price (2), Loren Roberts (2), Vijay Singh (2), Jeff Sluman (2), Hal Sutton (2), David Toms (2), Bob Tway, Brian Watts, Lee Westwood (3), Tiger Woods (2)
- Payne Stewart (2) died in a plane crash on 25 October.
- Fred Couples, David Duval (2), Lee Janzen, Mark O'Meara, Masashi Ozaki, Jesper Parnevik, and Steve Stricker did not play.
- 2. Top 30 on the 1999 PGA Tour money list through the Tour Championship
Notah Begay III, Dennis Paulson, Ted Tryba, Duffy Waldorf, Mike Weir
- 3. Top 20 on the 1999 European Tour Order of Merit through the Volvo Masters
Thomas Bjørn, Ángel Cabrera, Alex Čejka, Mark James, Robert Karlsson, Bob May, Jarrod Moseley (4), Jarmo Sandelin, Jean van de Velde
- John Bickerton did not play.
- 4. Top 3 on the 1998–99 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
- 5. Top 3 on the 1998–99 Southern Africa Tour Order of Merit
Scott Dunlap, David Frost, Richard Kaplan
- 6. Top 3 on the 1999 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit through the Philip Morris Championship
- Shigeki Maruyama did not play.
Round summaries
First round
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Vijay Singh | 67 | −4 |
| 2 | Jim Furyk | 68 | −3 |
| T3 | Bob Estes | 69 | −2 |
| Scott Hoch | |||
 Mark James | |||
| Phil Mickelson | |||
 Nick Price | |||
| T8 | Jeff Maggert | 70 | −1 |
 Colin Montgomerie | |||
| Chris Perry | |||
 Jarmo Sandelin |
Second round
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Tim Herron | 71-66=137 | −5 |
| Chris Perry | 70-67=137 | ||
| T3 | Justin Leonard | 71-67=138 | −4 |
| Vijay Singh | 67-71=138 | ||
| T5 | Fred Funk | 71-68=139 | −3 |
| Scott Hoch | 69-70=139 | ||
| Mark James | 69-70=139 | ||
| Tom Lehman | 72-67=139 | ||
| T9 | Stewart Cink | 75-65=140 | −2 |
 Miguel Ángel Jiménez | 72-68=140 | ||
| Phil Mickelson | 69-71=140 | ||
| Nick Price | 69-71=140 | ||
| David Toms | 72-68=140 | ||
| Lee Westwood | 73-67=140 | ||
| Tiger Woods | 71-69=140 |
Third round
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez | 72-68-69=209 | −4 |
| Chris Perry | 70-67-72=209 | ||
| T3 | Tom Lehman | 72-67-71=210 | −3 |
| Justin Leonard | 71-67-72=210 | ||
| Nick Price | 69-71-70=210 | ||
| Hal Sutton | 75-66-69=210 | ||
| Tiger Woods | 71-69-70=210 | ||
| T8 | Stewart Cink | 75-65-71=211 | −2 |
| Scott Hoch | 69-70-72=211 | ||
| José María Olazábal | 73-69-69=211 | ||
| David Toms | 72-68-71=211 | ||
| Lee Westwood | 73-67-71=211 |
Final round
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Tiger Woods | 71-69-70-68=278 | −6 | Playoff |
| Miguel Ángel Jiménez | 72-68-69-69=278 | |||
| 3 | Dudley Hart | 75-68-70-70=283 | −1 | 300,000 |
| T4 | Stewart Cink | 75-65-71-73=284 | E | 176,667 |
| Nick Price | 69-71-70-74=284 | |||
| Lee Westwood | 73-67-71-73=284 | |||
| T7 | Fred Funk | 71-68-74-72=285 | +1 | 135,000 |
| Sergio García | 74-69-69-73=285 | |||
| Scott Hoch | 69-70-72-74=285 | |||
| Chris Perry | 70-67-72-76=285 |
Playoff
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 3 | −1 | 1,000,000 |
| 2 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez | 5 | +1 | 400,000 |