Dates: Friday, July 28th through Sunday, July 30th
Site: Meadow Brook Club, Jericho, New York
Course Architect: Dick Wilson (1955)
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,842
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 5 537 Yds 10 - Par 5 506 Yds
2 - Par 4 389 Yds 11 - Par 4 400 Yds
3 - Par 5 478 Yds 12 - Par 4 434 Yds
4 - Par 3 195 Yds 13 - Par 4 412 Yds
5 - Par 4 430 Yds 14 - Par 4 340 Yds
6 - Par 4 388 Yds 15 - Par 3 209 Yds
7 - Par 3 181 Yds 16 - Par 4 401 Yds
8 - Par 4 373 Yds 17 - Par 5 585 Yds
9 - Par 4 417 Yds 18 - Par 3 167 Yds
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36 3,388 Yds 36 3,454 Yds
Annual: 13th
Defending Champion: Bruce Fleisher
Runner-Up: Allen Doyle
Tournament Record: 200 (Lee Trevino, 1994)
36-Hole Record: 133 (Ray Floyd, 1996; Bruce Fleisher, 1999)
Course Record: 64 (Jose Maria Canizares, 1997; Bruce Fleisher, 1999)
Total Purse: $1,500,000
Shares: 1st Place - $225,000; 2nd Place - 132,000; 3rd Place - 108,000
1999 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Bruce Fleisher 206 Tom Shaw 209
Allen Doyle 208 Jim Thorpe 209
Jose Maria Canizares 209 Hugh Baiocchi 210
Ray Floyd 209 John Jacobs 210
Joe Inman 209 David Lundstrom 210
Gil Morgan 210
Dana Quigley 210
Past Lightpath Long Island Classic Winners and Runners-Up
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1999 -- Bruce Fleisher (206) -- Allen Doyle
1998 -- Gary Player (204) -- Walter Hall, J.C. Snead
1997 -- *Dana Quigley (204) -- Jay Sigel
1996 -- John Bland (202) -- Jim Colbert
1995 -- Lee Trevino (202) -- Bud Allin
1994 -- Lee Trevino (200) -- Jim Colbert
1993 -- Ray Floyd (208) -- Bob Betley, Bob Charles, Harold Henning,
Bruce Lehnhard, Walt Zembriski
1992 -- George Archer (205) -- Jim Albus
1991 -- George Archer (204) -- Jim Colbert, Larry Laoretti
1990 -- George Archer (208) -- Frank Beard, Charles Coody
1989 -- *#Butch Baird (183) -- Frank Beard, Don Bies, Orville Moody
1988 -- Don Bies (202) -- Bob Charles
* - Won in playoff.
# - Rain shortened.
Note: Formerly called The Northville Invitational (1988), Northville
Long Island Classic (1989-98).
Top Contenders in the Field
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Bruce Fleisher - Defending champion, three wins and four runner-up finishes
Jim Colbert - 20th on money list with 6 top-10's, tied for 5th last week
Allen Doyle - Has recorded eight top-10's this year with one win
Ray Floyd - Won two weeks ago at FORD PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP
Tom Kite - Two-time winner in 2000, 6th on money list, 9th in putting
Gil Morgan - Won last week's Instinet Classic for second win of the year
Larry Nelson - Has 11 top-five finishes with two victories in 2000
Andy North - Has posted two top-10 finishes in just 10 tournaments
Dana Quigley - Has competed in 24 events with 1 win and 4 seconds
Doug Tewell - Has a pair of wins this season, 7th on money list
Lee Trevino - Won earlier this year for 29th career Senior win
Lanny Wadkins - 37th on money list with only one top-10 (a win)
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