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2006 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

Coordinates: 41°00′29″N 81°30′29″W / 41.008°N 81.508°W / 41.008; -81.508
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2006 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
Tournament information
DatesAugust 24–27, 2006
LocationAkron, Ohio, U.S.
Course(s)Firestone Country Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length7,360
Field78 players
CutNone
Prize fund$7,500,000
Winner's share$1,300,000
Champion
United States Tiger Woods
270 (−10), playoff
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The 2006 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a golf tournament that was contested from August 24–27, 2006 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the eighth WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the second of four World Golf Championships events held in 2006.

World number 1 Tiger Woods won the tournament to retain the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and claim his 11th World Golf Championships title, which was his fifth Invitational title. He won in a playoff over Stewart Cink, who also shot a 10-under-par 270.

Round summaries

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First round

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Place Player Score To par
1 Australia Adam Scott 63 −7
2 United States Jason Gore 65 −5
3 United States Lucas Glover 66 −4
T4 New Zealand Michael Campbell 67 −3
England Luke Donald
England David Howell
United States Davis Love III
United States David Toms
United States Tiger Woods
T10 United States Olin Browne 68 −2
United States Chad Campbell
South Africa Tim Clark
United States Chris DiMarco
South Africa Ernie Els
Spain José María Olazábal
United States Kevin Stadler

Second round

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Place Player Score To par
1 United States Tiger Woods 67-64=131 −9
2 United States Davis Love III 67-65=132 −8
T3 United States Jim Furyk 69-65=134 −6
Australia Adam Scott 63-71=134
T5 South Africa Ernie Els 68-67=135 −5
United States Lucas Glover 66-69=135
United States Kevin Stadler 68-67=135
8 England Luke Donald 67-69=136 −4
T9 United States Stewart Cink 70-67=137 −3
United States Robert Gamez 70-67=137

Third round

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Place Player Score To par
1 United States Stewart Cink 70-67-64=201 −9
T2 England Paul Casey 69-69-64=202 −8
United States Davis Love III 67-65-70=202
United States Tiger Woods 67-64-71=202
5 United States Jim Furyk 69-65-69=203 −7
6 United States Lucas Glover 66-69-69=204 −6
T7 South Africa Ernie Els 68-67-70=205 −5
Australia Adam Scott 63-71-71=205
United States Kevin Stadler 68-67-70=205
T10 Denmark Thomas Bjørn 72-67-67=206 −4
England Luke Donald 67-69-70=206
United States J. J. Henry 70-68-68=206
United States David Toms 67-74-65=206

Final round

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Place Player Score To par Winnings ($)
T1 United States Tiger Woods 67-64-71-68=270 −10 1,300,000
United States Stewart Cink 70-67-64-69=270 750,000
3 United States Jim Furyk 69-65-69-68=271 −9 450,000
T4 Argentina Ángel Cabrera 70-68-70-65=273 −7 246,250
England Paul Casey 69-69-64-71=273
United States Lucas Glover 66-69-69-69=273
United States Davis Love III 67-65-70-71=273
T8 England Luke Donald 67-69-70-68=274 −6 152,500
United States David Toms 67-74-65-68=274
T10 United States J. J. Henry 70-68-68-69=275 −5 120,000
United States Arron Oberholser 70-71-69-65=275
Australia Adam Scott 63-71-71-70=275

Scorecard

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Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 5 4 4
United States Woods −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −8 −9 −9 −10 −11 −11 −11 −10 −10 −10
United States Cink −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −10 −10
United States Furyk −8 −9 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −10 −9 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9
Argentina Cabrera −2 −3 −4 −4 −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7
England Casey −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7
United States Glover −6 −7 −7 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7
United States Love −6 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −5 −6 −6 −7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[1]

Sudden-death playoff

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Player Score
18 17 18 17 Total
Tiger Woods 4 4 5 3 16
Stewart Cink 4 4 5 4 17

References

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  1. ^ "World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational". ESPN. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
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