Dates: Thursday, November 9th through Sunday, November 12th
Site: Valderrama Golf Club, Sotogrande, Andalucia, Spain
Course Architect: Robert Trent Jones (1974)
Par: 71
Yardage: 6,830
Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 389 yds 10 - Par 4 390 yds
2 - Par 4 399 yds 11 - Par 5 547 yds
3 - Par 3 173 yds 12 - Par 3 197 yds
4 - Par 5 535 yds 13 - Par 4 403 yds
5 - Par 4 381 yds 14 - Par 4 370 yds
6 - Par 3 163 yds 15 - Par 3 225 yds
7 - Par 4 460 yds 16 - Par 4 422 yds
8 - Par 4 345 yds 17 - Par 5 536 yds
9 - Par 4 441 yds 18 - Par 4 454 yds
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35 3,286 yds 36 3,544 yds
Annual: 2nd
Defending Champion: Tiger Woods
Runner-Up: Miguel Angel Jimenez
Tournament Record: 278 (Tiger Woods, Miguel Angel Jimenez, 1999)
54-Hole Record: 209 (Chris Perry, Miguel Angel Jimenez, 1999)
36-Hole Record: 137 (Chris Perry, Tim Herron, 1999)
18-Hole Record: 65 (Stewart Cink, 1999)
Course Record: 62 (Bernhard Langer, 1994)
Total Purse: $5,000,000
Shares: 1st Place - $1,000,000; 2nd Place - 500,000; 3rd Place - 340,000
1999 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Tiger Woods * 278 Stewart Cink 284
Miguel Angel Jimenez 278 Fred Funk 285
Dudley Hart 283 Sergio Garcia 285
Nick Price 284 Scott Hoch 285
Lee Westwood 284 Chris Perry 285
* - Won in playoff.
Past American Express Championship Winners and Runners-up
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1999 -- *Tiger Woods (278) -- Miguel Angel Jimenez
* - Won in playoff.
Players in the Field
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Robert Allenby Kyi Hla Han Jesper Parnevik
Stuart Appleby Padraig Harrington Lucas Parsons
Thomas Bjorn Dudley Hart Dennis Paulson
Angel Cabrera Nic Henning Chris Perry
Mark Calcavecchia Scott Hoch Nick Price
Michael Campbell Miguel Angel Jimenez Phillip Price
Darren Clarke Bernhard Langer Eduardo Romero
Jose Coceres Franklin Langham Nobuhito Sato
Andrew Coltart Justin Leonard Peter Senior
Chris DiMarco Jeff Maggert Vijay Singh
Ernie Els Shigeki Maruyama Hidemichi Tanaka
Darren Fichardt Bob May David Toms
Steve Flesch Paul McGinley Kirk Triplett
Carlos Franco Rocco Mediate Tjaart Van der Walt
Pierre Fulke Colin Montgomerie Scott Verplank
Sergio Garcia Jose Maria Olazabal Duffy Waldorf
Retief Goosen Gary Orr Mike Weir
Mathias Gronberg Joe Ozaki Lee Westwood
Tiger Woods
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