WGC-NEC Invitational

The WGC-NEC Invitational is one of the annual World Golf Championships for male professional golfers. It is sanctioned and organized by the International Federation of PGA Tours and the prize money is official money on both the PGA TOUR and the PGA European Tour. The event was established in 1999, and was a successor to the "World Series of Golf", which was also sponsored by NEC.

The WGC-NEC Invitational

The current event has a field of about seventy-five players, which is roughly half that for a standard professional golf event. Basically, invitations are issued to the top few dozen golfers in the world. The specific eligibility criteria are as follows.

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• Playing members of the last named United States and International Presidents Cup teams.
• Playing members of the last named United States and European Ryder Cup teams.
• If not otherwise eligible, players ranked among the top 50, including any players tied for 50th place, on the Official World Golf Rankings as of Monday of tournament week.
• If not otherwise eligible, tournament winners of worldwide events since the prior year's NEC Invitational with an Official World Golf Ranking Strength of Field Rating of 100 points or more.
• If not otherwise eligible, the winner of one selected tournament from each of the following tours: PGA Tour of Australasia, Sunshine Tour, Asian Tour and Japan Golf Tour.

All of the events up to 2004 were held in the United States, all of them except the 2002 edition at Firestone Country Club.

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