1999 Masters Tournament prize money
José María Olazábal won the 1999 Masters Tournament on 11 April 1999 and took $720,000. Below is every one of the twenty cheques paid that week, in finishing order, down to the $9,980 Olin Browne collected for finishing T52.
Every cheque at the 1999 Masters Tournament
11 April 1999
| PLACE | PLAYER | COUNTRY | TO PAR | TOTAL | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | José María Olazábal | ESP | -8 | 280 | $720,000 |
| 2 | Davis Love III | USA | -6 | 282 | $432,000 |
| T4 | Bob Estes | USA | -4 | 284 | $176,000 |
| T6 | Carlos Franco | PAR | -3 | 285 | $125,200 |
| T6 | Lee Westwood | ENG | -3 | 285 | $125,200 |
| T6 | Phil Mickelson | USA | -3 | 285 | $125,200 |
| T11 | Bernhard Langer | GER | -1 | 287 | $92,000 |
| T14 | Jim Furyk | USA | 0 | 288 | $70,000 |
| T18 | Justin Leonard | USA | 1 | 289 | $52,160 |
| T18 | Tiger Woods | USA | 1 | 289 | $52,160 |
| T24 | Vijay Singh | FIJ | 3 | 291 | $35,200 |
| T27 | Ernie Els | RSA | 4 | 292 | $29,000 |
| T27 | Fred Couples | USA | 4 | 292 | $29,000 |
| T27 | Stewart Cink | USA | 4 | 292 | $29,000 |
| T31 | Tom Lehman | USA | 5 | 293 | $23,720 |
| T38 | Steve Stricker | USA | 7 | 295 | $17,200 |
| T44 | Jay Haas | USA | 9 | 297 | $14,000 |
| T44 | Tim Herron | USA | 9 | 297 | $14,000 |
| T52 | John Daly | USA | 12 | 300 | $9,980 |
| T52 | Olin Browne | USA | 12 | 300 | $9,980 |
The top of the ladder
The fifteen biggest cheques of the week took $2,115,840 between them, against $65,160 shared by the other five players paid.
The twenty cheques above come to $2,181,000 between them. We hold 26 players for the week in all, so six of them took no money: a missed cut, a withdrawal or an amateur place. A place written as T4 is a tie, and everyone tied for it was paid the same.
The other Masters Tournament years
29 editions, 1998 to 2026
The 1998 ladder is the edition before this one. The 2000 ladder is the one after, won by Vijay Singh. The Masters Tournament roll of honour carries every champion and what each win paid.
The rest of the 1999 golf year
37 other tournaments we hold a 1999 prize list for, in the order they were played.
The biggest cheque of 1999 was the $1,000,000 paid at the World Golf Championships-Workday Championship at The Concession, won by Tiger Woods.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the 1999 Masters Tournament?
José María Olazábal, on 11 April 1999. The win paid $720,000.
How much did the 1999 Masters Tournament pay out?
The twenty cheques on this page come to $2,181,000 between them, from $720,000 at the top down to $9,980.
What was the smallest cheque at the 1999 Masters Tournament?
$9,980, which Olin Browne collected for finishing T52.
How many players were paid at the 1999 Masters Tournament?
twenty. We hold 26 players for that week in all, so six of them took no money: a missed cut, a withdrawal or an amateur place.
Where to next
The rest of the golf money
Golf tournament prize money carries the roll of honour for every event we hold, and golf earnings ranks the players by what they have won across their careers. Where a field is paid for every round it survives rather than once at the end, see Champions League prize money, and for a single event that pays a whole field on one night, World Championship darts prize money.