1999 WGC-NEC Invitational

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{{Infobox individual golf tournament

| name = 1999 WGC-NEC Invitational

| image =

| dates = August 26–29, 1999

| location = Akron, Ohio, U.S.

| course = Firestone Country Club

| tour = PGA Tour
European Tour

| par = 70

| yardage = 7,139

| field = 41 players

| cut = None

| purse = $5,000,000

| winners_share = $1,000,000

| champion = {{flagicon|USA}} Tiger Woods

| score = 270 (−10)

| previous =

| next = 2000

}}

The 1999 WGC-NEC Invitational was a golf tournament that was contested from August 26–29, 1999 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the first WGC-NEC Invitational tournament, and was the second of the three World Golf Championships that were held in the series' inaugural year. The Invitational succeeded the World Series of Golf which had been played at Firestone from 1976 until 1998.

World number 1 Tiger Woods won the tournament, shooting a 62 (-8) in the third round on his way to a one-stroke victory over Phil Mickelson.

Field

Round summaries

=First round=

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!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par

align=center|1{{flagicon|USA}} Tiger Woodsalign=center |66align=center|−4
rowspan="6" align=center|T2{{flagicon|USA}} David Duvalrowspan="6" align=center |67rowspan="6" align=center|−3
{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Furyk
{{flagicon|ESP}} Sergio García
{{flagicon|SCO}} Paul Lawrie
{{flagicon|USA}} Tom Lehman
{{flagicon|ZWE}} Nick Price
rowspan="4" align=center|T8{{flagicon|USA}} Mark Calcavecchiarowspan="4" align=center|68rowspan="4" align=center|−2
{{flagicon|PAR}} Carlos Franco
{{flagicon|USA}} Scott Hoch
{{flagicon|USA}} Davis Love III

=Second round=

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!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par

rowspan="2" align=center|T1{{flagicon|PAR}} Carlos Francoalign=center |68-67=135rowspan="2" align=center|−5
{{flagicon|SCO}} Paul Lawriealign=center |67-68=135
rowspan="3" align=center|T3{{flagicon|USA}} Phil Mickelsonalign=center |69-67=136rowspan="3" align=center|−4
{{flagicon|ZWE}} Nick Pricealign=center |67-69=136
{{flagicon|USA}} Hal Suttonalign=center |69-67=136
rowspan="6" align=center|T6{{flagicon|USA}} Mark Calcavecchiaalign=center |68-69=137rowspan="6" align=center|−3
{{flagicon|ESP}} Sergio Garcíaalign=center |67-70=137
{{flagicon|USA}} Davis Love IIIalign=center |68-69=137
{{flagicon|AUS}} Craig Parryalign=center |71-66=137
{{flagicon|USA}} Payne Stewartalign=center |70-67=137
{{flagicon|USA}} Tiger Woodsalign=center |66-71=137

=Third round=

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!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par

align=center|1{{flagicon|USA}} Tiger Woodsalign=center |66-71-62=199align=center|−11
rowspan="2" align=center|T2{{flagicon|USA}} Fred Couplesalign=center |71-70-63=204rowspan="2" align=center|−6
{{flagicon|ZWE}} Nick Pricealign=center |67-69-68=204
align=center|4{{flagicon|PAR}} Carlos Francoalign=center |68-67-70=205align=center|−5
rowspan="5" align=center|T5{{flagicon|ESP}} Sergio Garcíaalign=center |67-70-69=206rowspan="5" align=center|−4
{{flagicon|USA}} Tom Lehmanalign=center |67-72-67=206
{{flagicon|USA}} Phil Mickelsonalign=center |69-67-70=206
{{flagicon|AUS}} Craig Parryalign=center |71-66-69=206
{{flagicon|USA}} Payne Stewartalign=center |70-67-69=206
rowspan="3" align=center|T10{{flagicon|USA}} Ernie Elsalign=center|71-69-67=207rowspan="3" align=center|−3
{{flagicon|USA}} Davis Love IIIalign=center|68-69-70=207
{{flagicon|USA}} Jeff Maggertalign=center|71-67-69=207

=Final round=

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!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Winnings ($)

align="center"|1{{flagicon|USA}} Tiger Woods66-71-62-71=270align=center|−10align="right"|1,000,000
align="center"|2{{flagicon|USA}} Phil Mickelson69-67-70-65=271align=center|−9align="right"|510,000
rowspan="2" align="center"|T3{{flagicon|AUS}} Craig Parry71-66-69-69=275rowspan="2" align=center|−5rowspan="2" align="right"|327,500
{{flagicon|ZWE}} Nick Price67-69-68-71=275
align="center"|5{{flagicon|ZAF}} Ernie Els71-69-67-69=276align=center|−4align="right"|234,000
align="center"|6{{flagicon|JPN}} Shigeki Maruyama72-67-70-68=277align=center|−3align="right"|179,000
rowspan="3" align="center"|T7{{flagicon|PRY}} Carlos Franco68-67-70-73=278rowspan="3" align="center"|−2rowspan="3" align="right"|154,000
{{flagicon|ESP}} Sergio García67-70-69-72=278
{{flagicon|USA}} Jeff Maggert71-67-69-71=278
rowspan="2" align="center"|T10{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Furyk67-72-69-71=279rowspan="2" align=center|−1rowspan="2" align="right"|129,000
{{flagicon|USA}} Davis Love III68-69-70-72=279