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2018 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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2018 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
Tournament information
DatesAugust 2–5, 2018
LocationAkron, Ohio, U.S.
41°00′29″N 81°30′29″W / 41.008°N 81.508°W / 41.008; -81.508
Course(s)Firestone Country Club
South Course
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length7,400 yards (6,767 m)
Field71 players
CutNone
Prize fund$10,000,000
Winner's share$1,700,000
Champion
United States Justin Thomas
265 (−15)
Location map
Firestone CC is located in the United States
Firestone CC
Firestone CC
Location in the United States
Firestone CC is located in Ohio
Firestone CC
Firestone CC
Location in Ohio
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The 2018 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament held August 2–5 on the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the 20th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of the World Golf Championships events in 2018.

Venue

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Course layout

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The South Course was designed by Bert Way and redesigned by Robert Trent Jones in 1960.[1]

Hole Yards Par   Hole Yards Par
1 399 4 10 410 4
2 526 5 11 418 4
3 442 4 12 180 3
4 471 4 13 471 4
5 200 3 14 467 4
6 469 4 15 221 3
7 219 3 16 667 5
8 482 4 17 400 4
9 494 4 18 464 4
Out 3,702 35 In 3,698 35
Source:[2] Total 7,400 70

Field

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The field consisted of players drawn primarily from the Official World Golf Ranking and the winners of the worldwide tournaments with the strongest fields.[3]

1. Playing members of the 2017 United States and International Presidents Cup teams.

Daniel Berger (2,3), Kevin Chappell (2,3), Jason Day (2,3,4), Rickie Fowler (2,3), Branden Grace (2,3,4), Emiliano Grillo, Charley Hoffman (2,3), Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Kim Si-woo, Kevin Kisner (2,3), Brooks Koepka (2,3,4), Matt Kuchar (2,3), Anirban Lahiri, Marc Leishman (2,3,4), Hideki Matsuyama (2,3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4), Louis Oosthuizen (2,3), Patrick Reed (2,3,4), Charl Schwartzel (2,3), Adam Scott, Jordan Spieth (2,3), Justin Thomas (2,3,4), Jhonattan Vegas

Adam Hadwin did not play.[4]

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 23, 2018.

Kiradech Aphibarnrat (3), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (3), Patrick Cantlay (3,4), Paul Casey (3,4), Bryson DeChambeau (3,4), Tony Finau (3), Ross Fisher (3), Matt Fitzpatrick (3,4), Tommy Fleetwood (3,4), Sergio García (3,4), Brian Harman (3), Tyrrell Hatton (3,4), Zach Johnson, Satoshi Kodaira (3,4), Li Haotong (3,4), Luke List (3), Rory McIlroy (3,4), Francesco Molinari (3,4), Kevin Na (3,4), Alex Norén (3,4), Pat Perez (3,4), Ian Poulter (3,4), Jon Rahm (3,4), Xander Schauffele (3,4), Webb Simpson (3,4), Cameron Smith (3,5), Kyle Stanley (3), Henrik Stenson (3,4), Bubba Watson (3,4), Gary Woodland (3,4), Tiger Woods (3)

Justin Rose (3,4,5) did not play.[4]

3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 30, 2018.

An Byeong-hun

4. Tournament winners, whose victories are considered official, of tournaments from the Federation Tours since the prior season's Bridgestone Invitational with an Official World Golf Ranking Strength of Field Rating of 115 points or more.[5]

Alexander Björk, Austin Cook, Paul Dunne, Patton Kizzire, Russell Knox, Andrew Landry, Thorbjørn Olesen, Wade Ormsby, Ted Potter Jr., Shubhankar Sharma, Brendan Steele, Brandon Stone, Aaron Wise

5. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, August 2, 2018

Ian Poulter shot an 8-under-par 62 to lead by one stroke over Rickie Fowler and Kyle Stanley. Defending champion Hideki Matsuyama was 5 strokes back at −3. Tiger Woods, eight-time winner of the event, was 4 strokes back at −4. His last PGA Tour win was at the 2013 event. The scoring average of 68.37 was the lowest opening round of a PGA Tour event this season.[6]

Place Player Score To par
1 England Ian Poulter 62 −8
T2 United States Rickie Fowler 63 −7
United States Kyle Stanley
T4 United States Patrick Cantlay 64 −6
South Korea Kim Si-woo
Spain Jon Rahm
T7 Australia Jason Day 65 −5
India Anirban Lahiri
Australia Marc Leishman
United States Luke List
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
United States Kevin Na
United States Justin Thomas

Second round

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Friday, August 3, 2018

Place Player Score To par
T1 England Tommy Fleetwood 66-63=129 −11
England Ian Poulter 62-67=129
United States Justin Thomas 65-64=129
T4 Australia Jason Day 65-66=131 −9
United States Kyle Stanley 63-68=131
T6 South Korea Kim Si-woo 64-68=132 −8
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 65-67=132
T8 China Li Haotong 66-67=133 −7
United States Luke List 65-68=133
T10 United States Tony Finau 68-66=134 −6
Australia Marc Leishman 65-69=134
South Africa Louis Oosthuizen 68-66=134
Spain Jon Rahm 64-70=134
United States Webb Simpson 69-65=134
United States Tiger Woods 66-68=134

Third round

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Saturday, August 4, 2018

Place Player Score To par
1 United States Justin Thomas 65-64-67=196 −14
T2 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 65-67-67=199 −11
England Ian Poulter 62-67-70=199
4 Australia Jason Day 65-66-69=200 −10
T5 Australia Marc Leishman 65-69-67=201 −9
United States Kyle Stanley 63-68-70=201
T7 United States Rickie Fowler 63-74-65=202 −8
Spain Jon Rahm 64-70-68=202
T9 England Tommy Fleetwood 66-63-74=203 −7
South Africa Louis Oosthuizen 68-66-69=203

Final round

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Sunday, August 5, 2018

Place Player Score To par Prize money (US$)
1 United States Justin Thomas 65-64-67-69=265 −15 1,700,000
2 United States Kyle Stanley 63-68-70-68=269 −11 1,072,000
T3 United States Dustin Johnson 69-71-66-64=270 −10 510,000
Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen 71-67-68-64=270
5 United States Brooks Koepka 66-70-68-67=271 −9 357,000
T6 United States Patrick Cantlay 64-72-68-68=272 −8 241,375
India Anirban Lahiri 65-70-69-68=272
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 65-67-67-73=272
United States Aaron Wise 67-71-67-67=272
T10 Australia Jason Day 65-66-69-73=273 −7 160,875
United States Tony Finau 68-66-71-68=273
South Korea Kim Si-woo 64-68-72-69=273
England Ian Poulter 62-67-70-74=273

Scorecard

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Final round

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 Thomas −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15
United States Stanley −9 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 −11 −12 −11 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11
United States Johnson −5 −6 −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −10
Denmark Olesen −4 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10
United States Koepka −6 −7 −7 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −7 −6 −7 −7 −8 −9 −8 −9 −9 −9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

References

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  1. ^ "Golf Courses at Firestone Country Club". Invited Clubs. Archived from the original on August 4, 2022. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  2. ^ "World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational: Course". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on March 19, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  3. ^ "2018 Qualifiers for majors, The Players, WGCs". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
  4. ^ a b Beall, Joel (August 1, 2018). "Justin Rose withdraws from WGC-Bridgestone Invitational with back injury". Golf Digest.
  5. ^ The 'Strength of Field Rating' is a loose term for what the Official World Golf Ranking calls the 'Total Rating Value' (see Event ranking).
  6. ^ "Motivated Ian Poulter holds first-round lead at Bridgestone Invitational". ESPN. August 2, 2018.
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