1999 PGA Championship: Tiger Woods wins at Medinah Country Club (No. 3)
Tiger Woods won the 1999 PGA Championship at Medinah Country Club (No. 3) in Medinah, Illinois with 277 (−11), by 1 stroke over Sergio Garcia.
Updated October 23, 2026
See 1999 in Wanamaker Avenue, the PGA Championship room, or every year on the PGA Championship winners list.
- Dates
- August 12, 1999 to August 15, 1999
- Course
- Medinah Country Club (No. 3), Medinah, Illinois
- Edition
- 81st PGA Championship
- Format
- stroke play
- Par
- 72 · 7,401 yards
- Field
- 150
- Made the cut
- 74 (cut at 146)
- Purse
- $3,500,000 · winner's share $630,000
- Champion
- Tiger Woods · age 23 · United States · born Cypress, California
- Champion's title
- 1st PGA Championship
- World ranking
- No. 2
- Winning score
- 70-67-68-72 = 277 (−11) · won by 1 stroke
- Runner-up
- Sergio Garcia
- 54-hole leaders
- Tiger Woods, Mike Weir (205)
- Caddie
- Steve Williams
- Low club professional
- Bruce Zabriski (298)
Winner and runner-up
| Pos. | Player | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 70 | 67 | 68 | 72 | 277 | −11 |
| 2 | Sergio Garcia | 66 | 73 | 68 | 71 | 278 | −10 |
What happened at the 1999 PGA Championship
Sergio Garcia, 19, slashed an open-faced six-iron from against the tree roots on 16 with his eyes closed and chased it up the fairway.
Woods, who had led by five, saved par on 17 with an eight-foot putt after flying his tee shot over the green, which SI called the key shot of the tournament.
How this was built
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's PGA Championship data. A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. Where sources disagree, the organizer's own record is used.
Data: pga.json (the PGA Championship room's data: Tables 1A–1H).