Dates: Friday, March 3rd through Sunday, March 5th
Site: Newport Beach Country Club, Newport Beach, California
Course Architect: William Bell (1952), Harry Rainville (1973),
Ted Robinson (1985)
Par: 71
Yardage: 6,584
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 339 Yds 10 - Par 4 429 Yds
2 - Par 4 390 Yds 11 - Par 4 344 Yds
3 - Par 5 549 Yds 12 - Par 4 373 Yds
4 - Par 3 143 Yds 13 - Par 3 170 Yds
5 - Par 4 430 Yds 14 - Par 4 397 Yds
6 - Par 4 418 Yds 15 - Par 5 492 Yds
7 - Par 4 368 Yds 16 - Par 4 437 Yds
8 - Par 3 203 Yds 17 - Par 3 185 Yds
9 - Par 4 407 Yds 18 - Par 5 510 Yds
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35 3,247 Yds 36 3,337 Yds
Annual: 6th
Defending Champion: Gary McCord
Runner-up: Allen Doyle, Al Geiberger, John Jacobs
Tournament Record: 199 (George Archer, 1995)
36-Hole Record: 132 (Tom Wargo, 1995)
Course Record: 62 (Hale Irwin, 1998)
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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Gary McCord * 204 Dana Quigley 205
Allen Doyle 204 George Archer 206
Al Geiberger 204 Bob Duval 207
John Jacobs 204 Walter Hall 207
David Lundstrom 205 Tom Jenkins 207
John Mahaffey 207
Tom McGinnis 207
Chi Chi Rodriguez 207
* - Won in playoff.
Past Toshiba Senior Classic Winners and Runners-Up
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1999 -- *Gary McCord (204) -- Allen Doyle, Al Geiberger, John Jacobs
1998 -- Hale Irwin (200) -- Hubert Green
1997 -- *Bob Murphy (207) -- Jay Sigel
1996 -- Jim Colbert (201) -- Bob Eastwood
1995 -- George Archer (199) -- Dave Stockton, Tom Wargo
* - Won in playoff
Top Contenders in the Field
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Gary McCord - Defending Champion, lost in a playoff last week
George Archer - Won season-opening MasterCard Championship
Bruce Fleisher - Two-time winner already this year, tied for 12th last week
Hale Irwin - Has finished 2nd and 3rd in his two starts this year
Tom Kite - Tied for 12th last week with final round of 65
John Mahaffey - 10th on money list with a pair of top-10's in 4 events
Larry Nelson - Off to a slow start this year with 1 top-10 in 5 tournament
Dana Quigley - Finished 2nd at MasterCard and at GTE Classic
J.C. Snead - Lost in a playoff last week after shooting 66's on weekend
Steve Veriato - Tied for 4th last week with final round of 66
Lanny Wadkins - Won ACE Group classic three weeks ago for 1st Senior win
Tom Wargo - Won last week's LiquidGolf.Com Invitational in a playoff
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