Dates: Thursday, August 24th through Sunday, August 27th
Site: Firestone Country Club (South Course), Akron, Ohio
Course Architect: Robert Trent Jones (1959); Jack Nicklaus (1986)
Par: 70
Yardage: 7,139
Hole-By-Hole: 1 - Par 4 399 yds 10 - Par 4 410 yds
2 - Par 5 497 yds 11 - Par 4 370 yds
3 - Par 4 442 yds 12 - Par 3 178 yds
4 - Par 4 458 yds 13 - Par 4 457 yds
5 - Par 3 200 yds 14 - Par 4 418 yds
6 - Par 4 469 yds 15 - Par 3 221 yds
7 - Par 3 219 yds 16 - Par 5 625 yds
8 - Par 4 450 yds 17 - Par 4 392 yds
9 - Par 4 470 yds 18 - Par 4 464 yds
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35 3,604 yds 35 3,535 yds
Annual: 2nd
Defending Champion: Tiger Woods
Runner-Up: Phil Mickelson
Tournament Record: 270 (Tiger Woods, 1999)
54-Hole Record: 199 (Tiger Woods, 1999)
36-Hole Record: 135 (Paul Lawrie, Carlos Franco, 1999)
Course Record: 61 (Jose Maria Olazabal, 1990)
Total Purse: $5,000,000
Shares: 1st Place - $1,000,000; 2nd Place - 500,000; 3rd Place - 400,000
1999 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Tiger Woods 270 Shigeki Maruyama 277
Phil Mickelson 271 Carlos Franco 278
Craig Parry 275 Sergio Garcia 278
Nick Price 275 Jeff Maggert 278
Ernie Els 276 Jim Furyk 279
Davis Love III 279
Past NEC Invitational Winners and Runners-up
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1999 -- Tiger Woods (270) -- Phil Mickelson
Key Players To Watch
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Finish Last Year
Player 1999
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Tiger Woods Won
Phil Mickelson 2nd
Nick Price T-3
Ernie Els 5th
Shigeki Maruyama 6th
Carlos Franco T-7
Jeff Maggert T-7
Jim Furyk T-10
Davis Love III T-10
Padraig Harrington T-12
Steve Pate T-12
Tom Lehman T-15
Vijay Singh T-15
Hal Sutton T-15
Justin Leonard 20th
Stuart Appleby T-23
Greg Norman T-25
Mark O'Meara T-25
Miguel Angel Jimenez T-27
Colin Montgomerie T-30
Andrew Coltart T-33
Lee Westwood T-33
Darren Clarke T-36
Jose Maria Olazabal 40th
Players in the Field
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Robert Allenby Retief Goosen Mark O'Meara
Stuart Appleby Padraig Harrington Gary Orr
Paul Azinger Miguel Angel Jimenez Steve Pate
Notah Begay III Tom Lehman Nick Price
Thomas Bjorn Justin Leonard Phillip Price
Michael Campbell Davis Love III Loren Roberts
Stewart Cink Jeff Maggert Vijay Singh
Darren Clarke Shigeki Maruyama Hal Sutton
Andrew Coltart Paul McGinley Kirk Triplett
David Duval - WD Phil Mickelson Mike Weir
Steve Elkington - WD Colin Montgomerie Lee Westwood
Ernie Els Greg Norman * Tiger Woods
Carlos Franco Jose Maria Olazabal Ian Woosnam
Jim Furyk
* - Defending champion.
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