Year-end world ranking
1999 World Golf Rankings
Final published week of 1999, December 26, 1999.
Tiger Woods finished world number one.
World number one in 1999
The top of the ranking changed hands 4 times during 1999.
- Tiger WoodsJan 3, 1999 – Mar 21, 1999 · 12 weeks
- David DuvalMar 28, 1999 – Jun 27, 1999 · 14 weeks
- Tiger WoodsJul 4, 1999 – Aug 1, 1999 · 5 weeks
- David DuvalAug 8, 1999 – Aug 8, 1999 · 1 week
- Tiger WoodsAug 15, 1999 – Dec 26, 1999 · 20 weeks · finished the year
- 1Tiger WoodsUSAUSA
- 2David DuvalUSAUSA
- 3Colin MontgomerieSCOSCO
- 4Davis Love IIIUSAUSA
- 5Ernie ElsRSARSA
- 6Lee WestwoodENGENG
- 7Vijay SinghFIJFIJ
- 8Nick PriceZIMZIM
- 9Phil MickelsonUSAUSA
- 10Mark O'MearaUSAUSA
- 11Jim FurykUSAUSA
- 12Sergio GarciaESPESP
- 13Justin LeonardUSAUSA
- 14Hal SuttonUSAUSA
- 15Jesper ParnevikSWESWE
- 16John HustonUSAUSA
- 17Jeff MaggertUSAUSA
- 18Carlos FrancoPARPAR
- 19Darren ClarkeNIRNIR
- 20Fred CouplesUSAUSA
- 21Miguel A JimenezESPESP
- 22Tom LehmanUSAUSA
- 23Chris PerryUSAUSA
- 24David TomsUSAUSA
- 25Steve ElkingtonAUSAUS
- 26Jose M OlazabalESPESP
- 27Steve PateUSAUSA
- 28Jeff SlumanUSAUSA
- 29Steve StrickerUSAUSA
- 30Bob EstesUSAUSA
- 31Tim HerronUSAUSA
- 32Stewart CinkUSAUSA
- 33Retief GoosenRSARSA
- 34Dudley HartUSAUSA
- 35Stuart ApplebyAUSAUS
- 36Masashi OzakiJPNJPN
- 37Glen DayUSAUSA
- 38Thomas BjornDENDEN
- 39Lee JanzenUSAUSA
- 40Brian WattsUSAUSA
- 41Scott HochUSAUSA
- 42Craig ParryAUSAUS
- 43Greg NormanAUSAUS
- 44Paul LawrieSCOSCO
- 45Bob TwayUSAUSA
- 46Naomichi Joe OzakiJPNJPN
- 47Brent GeibergerUSAUSA
- 48Fred FunkUSAUSA
- 49Loren RobertsUSAUSA
- 50Padraig HarringtonIRLIRL
- 51Bernhard LangerGERGER
- 52Billy MayfairUSAUSA
- 53Bob MayUSAUSA
- 54Ted TrybaUSAUSA
- 55Rocco MediateUSAUSA
- 56Andrew MageeUSAUSA
- 57Mike WeirCANCAN
- 58Mark CalcavecchiaUSAUSA
- 59Bill GlassonUSAUSA
- 60Angel CabreraARGARG
- 61Brandt JobeUSAUSA
- 62Shigeki MaruyamaJPNJPN
- 63Olin BrowneUSAUSA
- 64Duffy WaldorfUSAUSA
- 65Dennis PaulsonUSAUSA
- 66John CookUSAUSA
- 67Robert KarlssonSWESWE
- 68Jarmo SandelinSWESWE
- 69Jay HaasUSAUSA
- 70Skip KendallUSAUSA
- 71Paul AzingerUSAUSA
- 72Ian WoosnamWALWAL
- 73Scott VerplankUSAUSA
- 74Greg TurnerNZLNZL
- 75Toshimitsu IzawaJPNJPN
- 76Scott DunlapUSAUSA
- 77Peter O'MalleyAUSAUS
- 78Frank Lickliter-IIUSAUSA
- 79Eduardo RomeroARGARG
- 80Kirk TriplettUSAUSA
- 81Mark JamesENGENG
- 82Andrew ColtartSCOSCO
- 83Kazuhiko HosokawaJPNJPN
- 84David FrostRSARSA
- 85Hidemichi TanakaJPNJPN
- 86Patrik SjolandSWESWE
- 87Notah Begay IIIUSAUSA
- 88Stephen AmesCANCAN
- 89Stephen LeaneyAUSAUS
- 90Tsuyoshi YoneyamaJPNJPN
- 91Jean Van de VeldeFRAFRA
- 92Greg KraftUSAUSA
- 93Craig StadlerUSAUSA
- 94Alex CejkaGERGER
- 95Brandel ChambleeUSAUSA
- 96Brad FaxonUSAUSA
- 97Steve FleschUSAUSA
- 98Tom WatsonUSAUSA
- 99Steve JonesUSAUSA
- 100Frankie MinozaPHIPHI
Biggest climbers of 1999
Movement from their first to their last ranked week of the season, among players who finished inside the top 200.
- Dennis Paulson#786 → #65+721
- Notah Begay III#786 → #87+699
- Jarrod Moseley#786 → #107+679
- Jonathan Kaye#786 → #118+668
- Rich Beem#786 → #126+660
1999 by tour
How many ranked players earned points on each tour that season.