1999 Players Championship

This was the 18th Players Championship held at the TPC at Sawgrass Stadium Course; its 1999 setup measured 7,093 yards (6,486 m),[1] an increase of 143 yards (131 m).

1. Winners of PGA Tour co-sponsored or approved tournaments, whose victories are considered official, since the 1998 Players Championship

Lee Westwood, Mark O'Meara, Davis Love III, Trevor Dodds, David Duval, Tiger Woods, John Cook, Tom Watson, Fred Couples, Stuart Appleby, J. P. Hayes, Lee Janzen, Joe Durant, Olin Browne, Steve Jones, Fred Funk, Steve Pate, Nick Price, Billy Mayfair, Vijay Singh, Phil Mickelson, Jim Furyk, John Huston, Hal Sutton, Jeff Sluman, Rocco Mediate, Payne Stewart, Ernie Els, Jeff Maggert, Gabriel Hjertstedt, Steve Elkington, Tim Herron

2. Those players among the top 125 finishers on the 1998 Official Money List

Justin Leonard, Mark Calcavecchia, Steve Stricker, Jesper Parnevik, Glen Day, Scott Hoch, Scott Verplank, Bob Tway, Tom Lehman, Bob Estes, Andrew Magee, Stewart Cink, Skip Kendall, Steve Flesch, Brandel Chamblee, Chris Perry, Billy Andrade, David Toms, Frank Lickliter, Michael Bradley, Brent Geiberger, Paul Azinger, Tommy Armour III, Dudley Hart, Tom Pernice Jr., Jay Haas, Bob Friend, Kenny Perry, Kirk Triplett, Loren Roberts, Joey Sindelar, Larry Mize, Harrison Frazar, Scott Simpson, Nolan Henke, Kevin Sutherland, Ted Tryba, Len Mattiace, Scott McCarron, Steve Lowery, Jim Carter, Jay Don Blake, Scott Gump, Brad Faxon, Clark Dennis, Willie Wood, John Daly, Bruce Lietzke, Bradley Hughes, Robert Damron, Paul Goydos, Bill Glasson, Craig Stadler, Neal Lancaster, Jerry Kelly, Mike Hulbert, Phil Tataurangi, Brian Watts, Russ Cochran, Peter Jacobsen, Esteban Toledo, Greg Kraft, Lee Porter, Paul Stankowski, Colin Montgomerie, Craig Parry, Dan Forsman, Barry Cheesman, Fuzzy Zoeller, Doug Martin, Duffy Waldorf, J. L. Lewis, Brad Fabel, Mark Wiebe, Omar Uresti, Frank Nobilo, Doug Barron, Lee Rinker, Chris DiMarco, Ben Bates, Jeff Gallagher, Brian Henninger, Tommy Tolles, Tom Byrum, Franklin Langham, Grant Waite, Kevin Wentworth, Larry Rinker, Joe Ozaki, David Sutherland, Mike Reid, Mike Springer, Blaine McCallister

3. Winners of the Players Championship, Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, British Open (only since 1990), and PGA Championship in the last 10 years (1989-1998). Beginning with the 1998 winners of these events, winners will be eligible for five years

Tom Kite, Greg Norman, Nick Faldo, Ian Woosnam, Bernhard Langer, José María Olazábal, Ben Crenshaw, Curtis Strange, Corey Pavin, Wayne Grady, Mark Brooks

4. Winners of the NEC World Series of Golf in the last 10 years (1989-1998). The 1998 winner is eligible for 3 years

David Frost, Tom Purtzer, Fulton Allem

5. Winners of the Tour Championship in the last three years, beginning with the 1998 winner

6. Winner of the World Golf Championship events in the last three years, beginning with the 1999 winners

7.Any player(s), not otherwise eligible, among the top 50 leaders from the Official World Golf Ranking through the Bay Hill Invitational

Darren Clarke, Brandt Jobe, Shigeki Maruyama, Miguel Ángel Jiménez

8. Any players, not otherwise eligibility, who are among the top 10 money-winners from the 1999 Official Money List through the Bay Hill Invitational

9.To complete a field of 144 players, those players, not otherwise eligible, from the 1999 Official Money List below the 10th position through the Bay Hill Invitational, in order of their position on the money list

Carlos Franco

10. The Players Championship Committee may invite a player(s), not otherwise eligible, who is a current inductee of the World Golf Hall of Fame

Seve Ballesteros

Source:[6][7]

• The Players Championship website