Dates: Thursday, August 24th through Sunday, August 27th
Site: Walnut Hills Country Club, East Lansing, Michigan
Course Architect: Joseph Rosemont, Jerry Matthews (1921)
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,191
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 373 yds 10 - Par 4 375 yds
2 - Par 3 152 yds 11 - Par 5 506 yds
3 - Par 4 402 yds 12 - Par 4 329 yds
4 - Par 3 159 yds 13 - Par 3 171 yds
5 - Par 5 511 yds 14 - Par 5 440 yds
6 - Par 5 460 yds 15 - Par 4 397 yds
7 - Par 4 344 yds 16 - Par 3 175 yds
8 - Par 4 362 yds 17 - Par 4 286 yds
9 - Par 4 385 yds 18 - Par 4 364 yds
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36 3,148 yds 36 3,043 yds
Annual: 9th
1999 Champion: Dottie Pepper
Runner-Up: Kelli Kuehne
Tournament Record: 265 (Lisa Walters, 1998)
54-Hole Record: 199 (Lisa Walters, 1998)
36-Hole Record: 130 (Beth Daniel, 1994; Dottie Pepper, 1999)
Course Record: 63 (Beth Daniel, 1994; Dale Eggeling, 1995; Tracy Hanson,
Meg Mallon, 1996, Dottie Pepper, 1999)
Total Purse: $750,000
Shares: 1st Place - $112,500; 2nd Place - 69,819; 3rd Place - 50,949
1999 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Dottie Pepper 270 Donna Andrews 277
Kelli Kuehne 272 Vickie Odegard 278
Rosie Jones 275 Eva Dahllof 278
Karrie Webb 275 Helen Alfredsson 278
Beth Daniel 276 Mi Hyun Kim 279
Past Oldsmobile Classic Winners and Runners-Up
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1999 -- Dottie Pepper (270) -- Kelli Kuehne
1998 -- Lisa Walters (265) -- Donna Andrews
1997 -- Pat Hurst (279) -- Juli Inkster
1996 -- *Michelle McGann (272) -- Liselotte Neumann
1995 -- Dale Eggeling (274) -- Meg Mallon, Annika Sorenstam, Elaine Crosby
1994 -- Beth Daniel (268) -- Lisa Kiggens
1993 -- Jane Geddes (277) -- Tammie Green, Trish Johnson, Alice Ritzman
1992 -- Barb Mucha (276) -- Dottie Pepper
* - Won in Playoff.
Top Contenders in the Field
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V.Goetze-Ackerman - Finished 8th last week at Women's British Open
Brandie Burton - 25th on money list with two runner-up finishes
Beth Daniel - Has made 14 of 18 cuts with four top-10 finishes
Dorothy Delasin - Won Giant Eagle LPGA Classic in a playoff for 1st win
Rachel Hetherington - Has three top-10's this year, 27th on money list
Becky Iverson - 24th on money list, tied for 2nd last week in Europe
Cristie Kerr - Has a pair of runner-up finishes, 11th on money list
Kelli Kuehne - 28th on money list, only two top-10's, 13 of 17 cuts made
Meg Mallon - 3rd on money list with 2 wins and 6 top-five finishes
Michelle McGann - Finished tied for 10th last week at Women's British Open
Karrie Webb - Five-time winner this year, 1st on money list, 14 top-10's
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