Dates: Friday, May 5th through Sunday, May 7th
Site: TPC at Piper Glen, Charlotte, North Carolina
Course Architect: Arnold Palmer (1989)
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,774
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 378 yds 10 - Par 4 384 yds
2 - Par 5 481 yds 11 - Par 4 425 yds
3 - Par 4 415 yds 12 - Par 3 183 yds
4 - Par 3 189 yds 13 - Par 4 436 yds
5 - Par 4 419 yds 14 - Par 4 389 yds
6 - Par 5 529 yds 15 - Par 4 410 yds
7 - Par 4 374 yds 16 - Par 5 501 yds
8 - Par 3 189 yds 17 - Par 3 142 yds
9 - Par 4 416 yds 18 - Par 5 514 yds
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36 3,390 yds 36 3,384 yds
Annual: 20th
Defending Champion: Bruce Fleisher
Runner-Up: Terry Dill, Jim Holtgrieve
Tournament Record: 203 (B.Murphy, 1995; Lee Trevino, 1994; Don Bies, 1992)
36-Hole Record: 134 (Bob Murphy, 1995; DeWitt Weaver, 1997)
Course Record: 64 (J.C. Snead, 1993)
Total Purse: $1,300,000
Shares: 1st Place - $195,000; 2nd Place - 114,400; 3rd Place - 93,600
1999 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Bruce Fleisher 205 DeWitt Weaver 207
Terry Dill 206 Vicente Fernandez 208
Jim Holtgrieve 206 Kermit Zarley 208
Allen Doyle 207 Tom Jenkins 209
Christy O'Connor 207 Walter Morgan 209
Jay Sigel 209
Past The Home Depot Invitational Winners and Runners-Up
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1999 -- Bruce Fleisher (205) -- Terry Dill, Jim Holtgrieve
1998 -- *Jim Dent (207) -- Bob Charles
1997 -- *Jim Dent (208) -- Lee Trevino, Larry Gilbert
1996 -- Graham Marsh (206) -- Brian Barnes, Tom Wargo
1995 -- Bob Murphy (203) -- Ray Floyd, Larry Ziegler
1994 -- Lee Trevino (203) -- Jim Colbert, Jimmy Powell
1993 -- Mike Hill (204) -- Tom Weiskopf
1992 -- Don Bies (203) -- Lee Trevino
1991 -- Orville Moody (207) -- Dick Hendrickson
1990 -- Bruce Crampton (205) -- Tom Shaw
1989 -- Not Held (Hurricane Hugo)
1988 -- Dave Hill (206) -- Bruce Crampton
1987 -- *#Gary Player (207) -- Bob Charles
1986 -- Bruce Crampton (279) -- Lee Elder, Chi Chi Rodriguez
1985 -- Miller Barber (277) -- Gay Brewer
1984 -- Peter Thomson (281) -- Arnold Palmer
1983 -- Doug Sanders (283) -- Miller Barber
1982 -- Gene Littler (280) -- Miller Barber
1981 -- Miller Barber (282) -- Gene Littler
1980 -- Gene Littler (211) -- Arnold Palmer
* - Won in Playoff
# - Rain Shortened
Note: Formerly called PaineWebber Invitational (1988-95), PaineWebber
World Seniors Invitational (1985-87), WBTV World Seniors
Invitational (1984), World Seniors Invitational (1980-83, 1996).
Top Contenders in the Field
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Bruce Fleisher - Defending champion, 2 wins and 6 top-10's in 11 starts
Jose M. Canizares - 10th in scoring, 14th on money list, two top-five's
Allen Doyle - 6th on money list with one win and five top-10 finishes
Ray Floyd - Has a pair of top-10 results in just six events
Hubert Green - Leads tour in scoring average, 2nd in driving accuracy
John Jacobs - Won last week's event in a playoff over Gil Morgan
John Mahaffey - 5th in greens in regulation, 7th in driving accuracy
Gary McCord - TV funnyman has two top-10's in just five events
Larry Nelson - Leads the tour in eagles, 1 win and three runner-up finishes
Andy North - 2nd in putting, has two top-10's in only four tournaments
Arnold Palmer - Designed the course so he might shoot his age this week
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