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Sunday 29 August 1999PGA Tour · European TourYear in Review
Woods wins WGC-NEC Invitational
Firestone Country Club, Akron, Ohio · Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 August 1999 · Tiger Woods’s win no. 12 on the PGA Tour · purse $5,000,000 USD · NEC
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 02 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 58° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R123°/17°C · wind 10 km/h S, gusts 22 · 6.4 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R224°/17°C · wind 12 km/h WNW, gusts 25 · 0.1 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R329°/18°C · wind 11 km/h W, gusts 28 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R423°/14°C · wind 22 km/h NNW, gusts 48 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Phil Mickelson USA · 271birdied five of the first seven holes in a closing 65 to cut a big lead to one, but failed to birdie the 16th and his chip at the 18th ran past the left edge ASAP Sports transcript: Phil Mickelson, WGC NEC Invitational, August 29, 1999
41 started, 41 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
WGC-NEC Invitational
Firestone Country Club (South Course), Firestone Country Club, Akron, Ohio
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Tiger Woods
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
29 August 1999
I can tell you one thing, I am not against playing with a big lead. I love it.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
29 August 1999
It means that I'm a million richer, and that feels pretty good.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
29 August 1999
That's happened a couple times this year, and I need to get a little tougher on the last few holes. I'm disappointed with the way I've finished tournaments this year.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 66 · 71 · 62 · 71 | 270 | −10 |
| 2 | Phil Mickelson | 69 · 67 · 70 · 65 | 271 | −9 |
| T3 | Craig Parry | 71 · 66 · 69 · 69 | 275 | −5 |
| T3 | Nick Price | 67 · 69 · 68 · 71 | 275 | −5 |
| 5 | Ernie Els | 71 · 69 · 67 · 69 | 276 | −4 |
| 6 | Shigeki Maruyama | 72 · 67 · 70 · 68 | 277 | −3 |
| T7 | Carlos Franco | 68 · 67 · 70 · 73 | 278 | −2 |
| T7 | Sergio García | 67 · 70 · 69 · 72 | 278 | −2 |
| T7 | Jeff Maggert | 71 · 67 · 69 · 71 | 278 | −2 |
| T10 | Jim Furyk | 67 · 72 · 69 · 71 | 279 | −1 |
| T10 | Davis Love III | 68 · 69 · 70 · 72 | 279 | −1 |
The golfer
born 1975-12-30, Cypress, California, U.S.; USA; turned pro 1996; age 23 that week; tour wins to date: 12; majors to date: 2; world No. 1 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table / event page rankFrom).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet