1999 Senior PGA Tour

{{Infobox golf season

| year = 1999

| tour = Senior PGA Tour

| regular_season = {{Start date|1999|1|22}} – {{end date|1999|11|7}}

| no_of_events = 39

| most_wins = {{flagicon|USA}} Bruce Fleisher (7)

| honor1 = Money list

| honoree1 = {{flagicon|USA}} Bruce Fleisher

| honor2 = Player of the Year

| honoree2 = {{flagicon|USA}} Bruce Fleisher

| honor3 = Rookie of the Year

| honoree3 = {{flagicon|USA}} Bruce Fleisher

| prevseason = 1998

| nextseason = 2000

}}

The 1999 Senior PGA Tour was the 20th season of the Senior PGA Tour, the main professional golf tour in the United States for men aged 50 and over.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 1999 season.{{cite web |title=2000 Senior PGA Tour Media Guide |url=https://pgatourmedia.pgatourhq.com/static-assets/page/header/files/2000_champions.pdf |publisher=PGA Tour |access-date=2 December 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://svrns8web1.pgatourhq.com/Tour/WebTemplate/media.nsf/2c47cc31e412bc4985256e6e00287832/3b11341dae1ad9b38525753e005e561b/$FILE/2004-mg-ct.pdf |title=2004 Champions Tour Media Guide {{!}} Tournament Chronology |publisher=PGA Tour |access-date=2 December 2023 |pages=219–233 (5-21–5-35 in document) |archive-date=April 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407071856/https://svrns8web1.pgatourhq.com/Tour/WebTemplate/media.nsf/2c47cc31e412bc4985256e6e00287832/3b11341dae1ad9b38525753e005e561b/$FILE/2004-mg-ct.pdf}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%" !Date !Tournament !Location !Purse (US$) !Winner{{efn\|The number in parentheses after each winner's name is the number of Senior PGA Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Senior PGA Tour members.}} !Notes
Jan 24	MasterCard Championship	Hawaii	align=right\|1,100,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} John Jacobs (2)
Feb 7	Royal Caribbean Classic	Florida	align=right\|1,000,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Bruce Fleisher (1)
Feb 14	American Express Invitational	Florida	align=right\|1,200,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Bruce Fleisher (2)
Feb 21	GTE Classic	Florida	align=right\|1,200,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Larry Nelson (4)
Feb 28	ACE Group Classic	Florida	align=right\|1,200,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Allen Doyle (1)
Mar 14	Toshiba Senior Classic	California	align=right\|1,200,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Gary McCord (1)
Mar 28	Emerald Coast Classic	Florida	align=right\|1,100,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Bob Duval (1)
style="background:#e5d1cb;" \|Apr 4	The Tradition	Arizona	align=right\|1,500,000	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Graham Marsh (6)	Senior PGA Tour major championship
style="background:#e5d1cb;" \|Apr 18	PGA Seniors' Championship	Florida	align=right\|1,750,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Allen Doyle (2)	Senior major championship
Apr 25	Home Depot Invitational	North Carolina	align=right\|1,200,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Bruce Fleisher (3)
May 2	Bruno's Memorial Classic	Alabama	align=right\|1,200,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Larry Nelson (5)
May 9	Nationwide Championship	Georgia	align=right\|1,400,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Hale Irwin (21)
May 16	Las Vegas Senior Classic	Nevada	align=right\|1,400,000	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Vicente Fernández (3)
May 23	Bell Atlantic Classic	Pennsylvania	align=right\|1,100,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Tom Jenkins (1)
May 30	Boone Valley Classic	Missouri	align=right\|1,400,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Hale Irwin (22)
Jun 6	Cadillac NFL Golf Classic	New Jersey	align=right\|1,100,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Allen Doyle (3)
Jun 13	BellSouth Senior Classic	Tennessee	align=right\|1,400,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Bruce Fleisher (4)
Jun 20	Southwestern Bell Dominion	Texas	align=right\|1,100,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} John Mahaffey (1)
style="background:#e5d1cb;" \|Jun 27	Ford Senior Players Championship	Michigan	align=right\|2,000,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Hale Irwin (23)	Senior PGA Tour major championship
Jul 4	State Farm Senior Classic	Maryland	align=right\|1,300,000	{{flagicon\|IRL}} Christy O'Connor Jnr (1)
style="background:#e5d1cb;" \|Jul 11	U.S. Senior Open	Iowa	align=right\|1,500,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Dave Eichelberger (4)	Senior major championship
Jul 18	Ameritech Senior Open	Illinois	align=right\|1,300,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Hale Irwin (24)
style="background:#e5d1cb;" \| Jul 25	Senior British Open	Northern Ireland	align=right\|£560,000	{{flagicon\|IRL}} Christy O'Connor Jnr (2)	Senior major championship{{efn\|Unofficial money event at the time, but retrospectively counted as an official win.}}
Jul 25	Coldwell Banker Burnet Classic	Minnesota	align=right\|1,500,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Hale Irwin (25)
Aug 1	Novell Utah Showdown	Utah	align=right\|1,350,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Dave Eichelberger (5)
Aug 8	Lightpath Long Island Classic	New York	align=right\|1,200,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Bruce Fleisher (5)
Aug 15	Foremost Insurance Championship	Michigan	align=right\|1,000,000	{{flagicon\|IRL}} Christy O'Connor Jnr (3)
Aug 22	BankBoston Classic	Massachusetts	align=right\|1,200,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Tom McGinnis (1)
Aug 29	AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship	Canada	align=right\|1,350,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jim Ahern (1)
Sep 5	TD Waterhouse Championship	Missouri	align=right\|1,200,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Allen Doyle (4)
Sep 12	Comfort Classic	Indiana	align=right\|1,200,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Gil Morgan (14)
Sep 19	Bank One Championship	Texas	align=right\|1,300,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Tom Watson (1)	New tournament
Sep 26	Kroger Senior Classic	Ohio	align=right\|1,400,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Gil Morgan (15)
Oct 3	Vantage Championship	North Carolina	align=right\|1,500,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Fred Gibson (1)
Oct 10	The Transamerica	California	align=right\|1,100,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Bruce Fleisher (6)
Oct 17	Raley's Gold Rush Classic	California	align=right\|1,000,000	{{flagicon\|AUS}} David Graham (5)
Oct 24	EMC Kaanapali Classic	Hawaii	align=right\|1,000,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Bruce Fleisher (7)
Oct 31	Pacific Bell Senior Classic	California	align=right\|1,200,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Joe Inman (2)
style="background:thistle;" \|Nov 7	Ingersoll-Rand Senior Tour Championship	South Carolina	align=right\|2,000,000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Gary McCord (2)	Tour Championship

=Unofficial events=

The following events were sanctioned by the Senior PGA Tour, but did not carry official money, nor were wins official.

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"

!Date!!Tournament!!Location!!Purse
($)!!Winners!!Notes

Dec 5

Office Depot Father/Son Challenge

Florida

align=right|860,000

{{flagicon|USA}} Jack Nicklaus and
son Gary Nicklaus

Team event

Money list

The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.{{cite web |url=http://www.pgatour.com/champions/stats/stat.109.1999.html |title=1999 Money list |publisher=PGA Tour |access-date=2 December 2023 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160304074615/http://www.pgatour.com/champions/stats/stat.109.1999.html |archive-date=4 March 2016}}

class="wikitable" ! Position !! Player !! Prize money ($)
align=center\|1	{{flagicon\|USA}} Bruce Fleisher	align=center\|2,515,705
align=center\|2	{{flagicon\|USA}} Hale Irwin	align=center\|2,025,232
align=center\|3	{{flagicon\|USA}} Allen Doyle	align=center\|1,911,640
align=center\|4	{{flagicon\|USA}} Larry Nelson	align=center\|1,513,524
align=center\|5	{{flagicon\|USA}} Gil Morgan	align=center\|1,493,282

Awards

class="wikitable" !Award!!Winner!!{{abbr\|Ref.\|Reference(s)}}
Player of the Year (Jack Nicklaus Trophy)	{{flagicon\|USA}} Bruce Fleisher	{{cite news \|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/107394616/ \|title=Fleisher sweeps top Senior awards \|newspaper=The Indianapolis Star \|page=33 \|location=Indianapolis, Indiana \|date=8 December 1999 \|access-date=2 December 2023 \|via=Newspapers.com \|url-access=subscription}}
Rookie of the Year	{{flagicon\|USA}} Bruce Fleisher
Scoring leader (Byron Nelson Award)	{{flagicon\|USA}} Bruce Fleisher	{{cite web \|url=https://www.pgatour.com/pgatour-champions/stats/detail/108 \|title=1999 Scoring average \|publisher=PGA Tour \|access-date=1 December 2023}}
Comeback Player of the Year	{{flagicon\|USA}} Tom Jenkins

Notes

References

External links

{{official site|https://www.pgatour.com/pgatour-champions}}

Category:PGA Tour Champions seasons

Senior PGA Tour

class="wikitable" ! Position !! Player !! Prize money ($)
align=center\|1	{{flagicon\|USA}} Bruce Fleisher	align=center\|2,515,705
align=center\|2	{{flagicon\|USA}} Hale Irwin	align=center\|2,025,232
align=center\|3	{{flagicon\|USA}} Allen Doyle	align=center\|1,911,640
align=center\|4	{{flagicon\|USA}} Larry Nelson	align=center\|1,513,524
align=center\|5	{{flagicon\|USA}} Gil Morgan	align=center\|1,493,282