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.