Tournament information | |
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Dates | August 18–21, 2005 |
Location | Akron, Ohio, U.S. |
Course(s) | Firestone Country Club |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 70 |
Length | 7,360 |
Field | 72 players |
Cut | None |
Prize fund | $7,500,000 |
Winner's share | $1,300,000 |
Champion | |
Tiger Woods | |
274 (−6) | |
The 2005 WGC-NEC Invitational was a golf tournament that was contested from August 18–21, 2005 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the seventh WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the second of four World Golf Championships events held in 2005.
World number 1 Tiger Woods won the tournament to claim his ninth World Golf Championships title, which was his fourth Invitational title. He won by one shot over Chris DiMarco, at 6-under-par 274.