1999 PGA Championship 1999 PGA Championship The 1999 PGA Championship was the 81st PGA Championship, held August 12–15 at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Illinois, a suburb northwest of Chicago. Tiger Woods, 23, won his first PGA Championship and second major, one stroke ahead of runner-up Sergio García, age 19. At the time, many (including noted commentator Gary McCord) predicted the start of a long rivalry between Woods and García. The teenage García's outgoing antics during the tournament had captured the attention of many golf fans, but his sole major title came over seventeen years later at the Masters in 2017. Mike
US Pro Golf Tour US Pro Golf Tour The US Pro Golf Tour was a developmental men's professional golf tour in the United States owned by Greens Worldwide Incorporated. Early in 2007, the tour was suspended due to financial problems, leaving hundreds of players out of pocket having paid thousands of dollars in membership and tournament entry fees. The highest level of men's professional golf in the United States is the PGA Tour, with the second level being the Nationwide Tour, which is the PGA Tour's official developmental tour. Below that sat the US Pro Golf Tour, which ran alongside rival third level tours