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
PGA Assistants' Championship was reduced to 54 holes in 1969 and was not contested again. Since the championship restarted in 1981 it has been sponsored by Dorset Foods (1981–82), Footjoy (1983–84), Wilson Sporting Goods. (1985), Peugeot Talbot (1986–87), Peugeot (1988–92), Standard Life (1994), Reebok (1995–97), Maxfli (1999–2001), Powerade (2004), Powerade in association with FootJoy (2005–2014) and Galvin Green (2015–2017). PGA Assistants' Championship The PGA Assistants' Championship is a golf tournament for golf club assistant professionals. It is held by the British PGA. The Championship traces its origin back to the PGA's first major assistants' tournament at Bushey Hall Golf Club in October 1910.