| PLAYER | EARNINGS | COMMENT |
| 1. Tiger Woods | $4,716,585 | Winner of six of his last nine starts, including his second major at the PGA Championship. Re-established himself as the best player in the world. First player with six wins in a season since Tom Watson in 1980. |
| 2. David Duval | $3,538,706 | Phenomenal start to his season with four wins before The Masters, including a nine-stroke win at the Mercedes Championship and a final-round 59 at the Bob Hope Desert Classic. Hasn't won since April, however. |
| 4. Vijay Singh | $2,070,900 | Singh had one victory this season, but he was second only to Woods with eight top-five finishes. Fifth-place finish at Disney put him over $2 million mark for second consecutive season. |
| 5. Hal Sutton | $1,923,244 | Winner of this event last year and fifth on the money list in 1998, Sutton has been even better in 1999. He won the Canadian Open in September, then was Team USA's best player at the Ryder Cup. The deadliest iron player in the game right now. |
| 6. Jeff Maggert | $1,891,969 | Won $1 million and the first World Golf Championship title at the Andersen Consulting Match Play event in February, but hasn't done much since. Did play well while the rest of the team struggled during the first two days at the Ryder Cup. |
| 7. Davis Love III | $1,865,328 | Love set a new standard this year for earnings without a victory, but he came close. He had three seconds -- including The Masters -- and two thirds among his 12 top-10 finishes. This is only the second time since 1990 he hasn't won in a season. |
| 8. Justin Leonard | $1,805,991 | Like Love, Leonard went the entire season without a victory -- even in the Ryder Cup where his 45-footer for birdie will be remembered as the shot of the event. His best effort came at Carnoustie, where he lost a playoff in the British Open. |
| 9. Chris Perry | $1,770,707 | Perry joined Love with 12 top-10 finishes without a victory this season. He took over the old role held by Maggert and Jim Furyk -- a model of consistency who can't slam the door. He had two seconds, a third and four fourths. |
| 10. David Toms | $1,744,672 | Since the PGA Championship, nobody except Woods has played better. Toms held off Duval to win the Sprint International, then won the Buick Challenge a month later. Toms also had a second, third and fourth this season. |
| 11. Carlos Franco | $1,732,884 | Franco grabbed the last spot at last year's Q-School, then promptly ran away from any other contenders for rookie of the year. He won in New Orleans in May and Milwaukee in July and played better than anybody at the Dunhill Cup. |
| 12. Jim Furyk | $1,631,393 | Not as consistent as in past years, Furyk had eight top-10 finishes nonetheless. He won at Las Vegas for the third time in five years and seemed to get more comfortable after changing caddies early in the season. |
| 13. Steve Pate | $1,603,710 | Pate easily could have won twice this year, falling victim to Duval's final-round 59 at the Bob Hope Desert Classic and losing a playoff to Loren Roberts at the Byron Nelson Classic. He played well as a wild card at the Ryder Cup. |
| 14. Phil Mickelson | $1,599,431 | The longest current streak of years with a win -- six -- could come to an end if Mickelson doesn't win this week. He lost a duel with Stewart on Sunday at the U.S. Open, reduced his schedule because of the birth of his first child, but didn't have a typical Mickelson season. |
| 15. Ernie Els | $1,495,506 | Like Mickelson, Els' year was bigger off the course where he also became a new father for the first time. He finished in the top 20 on both the U.S. and European tour money lists, but after winning at Riviera in February didn't make much of a splash. |
| 16. Ted Tryba | $1,414,136 | Tryba's breakthrough year included a win at Memphis, three seconds and a third. He shot 61 at Riviera and showed the ability to go low at any course. A long player with an unorthodox swing, the putter is the club that lets him down. |
| 17. Jeff Sluman | $1,407,992 | Started the year with a bang, then didn't do much the rest of the way. He won the first full-field event of the year in Hawaii, then was second at both Hilton Head and the Colonial. Easily the best year of his career, however. |
| 18. Mike Weir | $1,370,389 | The medalist at Q-School last winter, Weir made the most of his opportunity. After coming close a couple of times -- including the PGA Championship -- Weir got his first win in his native Canada. The lefty had seven top-10 finishes. |
| 19. Fred Funk | $1,326,381 | Funk had a solid summer in which he finished second three times -- at the Colonial, Air Canada and B.C. Open, where he let Brad Faxon back into the tournament, then lost a playoff to him. The most accurate driver on tour. |
| 20. John Huston | $1,305,887 | Huston played well early in the year, finishing third at the Bob Hope, Andersen Consulting Match Play and BellSouth -- all before The Masters. He pretty much disappeared after that, until a tie for fifth last week at Disney. |
| 21. Nick Price | $1,304,736 | Price played his way into the top 30 by playing well in some big events. He was third at The Players Championship and NEC Invitational, and fifth at both The Masters and PGA Championship. |
| 22. Tim Herron | $1,298,868 | Lumpy had three big tournaments to reach this event, winning a playoff with Tom Lehman to win at Bay Hill, and finishing second at both the Colonial and at Memphis. The big hitter wasn't consistent much of the time, especially with his short game. |
| 23. Tom Lehman | $1,290,614 | Mr. Close Call. Lehman had four runner-up finishes during the year, losing a playoff to Herron at Bay Hill, and was second at Memphis, Milwaukee and the Buick Open. He forced his way onto the Ryder Cup team as a wild card with that effort. |
| 24. Stuart Appleby | $1,238,974 | Appleby caught Sutton on Sunday to win at Houston, then finished second to Toms at the Buick Challenge last month to secure his spot in this field. Appleby has taken the title of top Australian player from Greg Norman and Steve Elkington. |
| 25. Dennis Paulson | $1,180,014 | A year ago, Paulson was on the Nike Tour. The former long-drive champion cashed in in 1999. His seven top-10 finishes included a pair of seconds at the Canadian Open and the Buick Classic, where he lost a playoff to Duffy Waldorf. |
| 26. Bob Estes | $1,178,618 | Missed out on a Ryder Cup berth by one putt at the PGA Championship. He had nine top-10 finishes during the year, but never cracked the top three anywhere. He was fourth at The Masters and sixth at the PGA Championship. |
| 27. Brent Geiberger | $1,169,909 | Geiberger broke through with his first career win at Hartford, and added a pair of third-place finishes at the Western Open and Texas Open. Geiberger is a streaky putter who seems capable of many wins in the future. |
| 28. Loren Roberts | $1,135,495 | The Boss of the Moss, Roberts makes up for being the shortest player off the tee with one of the best putting strokes in the game. He beat Pate in a playoff at the Byron Nelson Classic for his only win among seven top-10 finishes. |
| 29. Notah Begay III | $1,121,864 | A 1998 Nike Tour graduate, Begay had just two top-10 finishes this year -- but both were victories. He won the watered-down Reno-Tahoe Open, but proved it wasn't a fluke last month with a playoff win at Kingsmill. |
| 30. Duffy Waldorf | $1,093,034 | Just like Begay, Waldorf's only two top-10 finishes this year were victories, both coming in playoffs. He rallied to catch Paulson at the Buick Open in June, then beat Tryba to win the Texas Open last month. |