2012 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | August 2–5, 2012 |
| Location | Akron, Ohio, U.S. |
| Course(s) | Firestone Country Club South Course |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 7,400 yards (6,767 m) |
| Field | 78 players |
| Cut | None |
| Prize fund | $8,500,000 €6,770,017 |
| Winner's share | $1,400,000 €1,131,130 |
| Champion | |
| United States Keegan Bradley | |
| 267 (−13) | |
The 2012 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 14th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of four World Golf Championships events held in 2012. Keegan Bradley shot a 64 (−6) in the final round to finish with 267 (−13) to win his first WGC event, one stroke ahead of runners-up Jim Furyk and Steve Stricker.[1]
Venue
[edit | edit source]Course layout
[edit | edit source]The South Course was designed by Bert Way and redesigned by Robert Trent Jones in 1960.[2][3]
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yards | 399 | 526 | 442 | 471 | 200 | 469 | 219 | 482 | 494 | 3702 | 410 | 418 | 180 | 471 | 467 | 221 | 667 | 400 | 464 | 3698 | 7400 |
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 70 |
Field
[edit | edit source]The field consisted of players drawn primarily from the Official World Golf Ranking and the winners of the world-wide tournaments with the strongest fields.[4][5]
1. Playing members of the 2011 United States and International Presidents Cup teams.
Robert Allenby, Aaron Baddeley, K. J. Choi (2,3), Jason Day (2,3), Ernie Els (2,3,4), Jim Furyk (2,3), Retief Goosen, Bill Haas (2,3,4), Ryo Ishikawa, Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Matt Kuchar (2,3,4), Kim Kyung-tae, Hunter Mahan (2,3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4), Geoff Ogilvy (2,3), Charl Schwartzel (2,3), Adam Scott (2,3,4), Steve Stricker (2,3,4), David Toms (2,3), Nick Watney (2,3), Bubba Watson (2,3,4), Tiger Woods (2,3,4), Y. E. Yang
- Webb Simpson (2,3,4) did not compete for personal reasons.[6]
2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 23, 2012.[7]
Bae Sang-moon (3), Thomas Bjørn (3,4), Keegan Bradley (3,4), Jonathan Byrd (3), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (3,4), Nicolas Colsaerts (3,4), Luke Donald (3,4), Jason Dufner (3,4), Simon Dyson (3,4), Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (3,4), Rickie Fowler (3,4), Sergio García (3,4), Peter Hanson (3), Freddie Jacobson (3), Zach Johnson (3,4), Martin Kaymer (3,4), Martin Laird (3), Paul Lawrie (3,4), Graeme McDowell (3), Rory McIlroy (3,4), Francesco Molinari (3,4), Kevin Na (3), Louis Oosthuizen (3,4), Carl Pettersson (3,4), Ian Poulter (3,5), Álvaro Quirós (3,4), Justin Rose (3,4), John Senden (3), Brandt Snedeker (3,4), Bo Van Pelt (3), Lee Westwood (3,5), Mark Wilson (3,4)
3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 30, 2012.[8]
4. Tournament winners of worldwide events since the prior year's tournament with an Official World Golf Ranking Strength of Field Rating of 115 points or more.[9]
Greg Chalmers, Ben Crane, Jamie Donaldson, Branden Grace, Michael Hoey, Thongchai Jaidee, Marc Leishman, Tom Lewis, Joost Luiten, Toshinori Muto, Scott Piercy, Ted Potter Jr., Robert Rock, Marcel Siem, Jeev Milkha Singh, Lee Slattery, Kyle Stanley, Johnson Wagner, Bernd Wiesberger, Danny Willett
5. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours:
- Asian Tour: Thailand Golf Championship (2011)[10] – Lee Westwood, also qualified in categories 2 and 3
- PGA Tour of Australasia: JBWere Masters (2011) – Ian Poulter, also qualified in categories 2 and 3
- Japan Golf Tour: Bridgestone Open (2011) – Toru Taniguchi
- Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship (2012) – Yoshinori Fujimoto
- Sunshine Tour: Dimension Data Pro-Am (2012) – Oliver Bekker
Nine of the field were appearing in their first WGC event: Oliver Bekker, Jamie Donaldson, Yoshinori Fujimoto, Joost Luiten, Toshinori Muto, Scott Piercy, Ted Potter Jr., Marcel Siem and Bernd Wiesberger.
Round summaries
[edit | edit source]First round
[edit | edit source]Thursday, August 2, 2012
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Source:[11]
Second round
[edit | edit source]Friday, August 3, 2012
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Jim Furyk | 63-66=129 | −11 |
| 2 | Spain Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 66-65=131 | −9 |
| 3 | South Africa Louis Oosthuizen | 67-65=132 | −8 |
| 4 | United States Jason Dufner | 67-66=133 | −7 |
| 5 | South Korea Kim Kyung-tae | 67-67=134 | −6 |
| T6 | England Luke Donald | 66-69=135 | −5 |
| United States David Toms | 68-67=135 | ||
| T8 | United States Keegan Bradley | 67-69=136 | −4 |
| Australia John Senden | 66-70=136 | ||
| England Lee Slattery | 65-71=136 | ||
| United States Steve Stricker | 68-68=136 |
Source:[11]
Third round
[edit | edit source]Saturday, August 4, 2012
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Jim Furyk | 63-66-70=199 | −11 |
| 2 | South Africa Louis Oosthuizen | 67-65-68=200 | −10 |
| 3 | United States Keegan Bradley | 67-69-67=203 | −7 |
| T4 | Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy | 70-67-67=204 | −6 |
| United States Steve Stricker | 68-68-68=204 | ||
| T6 | England Justin Rose | 70-69-66=205 | −5 |
| Australia John Senden | 66-70-69=205 | ||
| United States Bo Van Pelt | 70-69-66=205 | ||
| T9 | England Luke Donald | 66-69-71=206 | −4 |
| United States Jason Dufner | 67-66-73=206 |
Source:[11]
Final round
[edit | edit source]Sunday, August 5, 2012
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Keegan Bradley | 67-69-67-64=267 | −13 | 1,400,000 |
| T2 | United States Jim Furyk | 63-66-70-69=268 | −12 | 665,000 |
| United States Steve Stricker | 68-68-68-64=268 | |||
| 4 | South Africa Louis Oosthuizen | 67-65-68-69=269 | −11 | 365,000 |
| T5 | Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy | 70-67-67-68=272 | −8 | 276,500 |
| England Justin Rose | 70-69-66-67=272 | |||
| 7 | United States Jason Dufner | 67-66-73-68=274 | −6 | 210,000 |
| T8 | Australia Aaron Baddeley | 73-66-71-66=276 | −4 | 128,750 |
| South Korea K. J. Choi | 71-72-67-66=276 | |||
| England Luke Donald | 66-69-71-70=276 | |||
| United States Matt Kuchar | 70-70-70-66=276 | |||
| England Lee Slattery | 65-71-72-68=276 | |||
| United States David Toms | 68-67-73-68=276 | |||
| United States Bo Van Pelt | 70-69-66-71=276 | |||
| United States Tiger Woods | 70-72-68-66=276 |
Source:[11]
Scorecard
[edit | edit source]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 Bradley | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −13 | −13 | −13 |
| United States Furyk | −12 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −12 |
| United States Stricker | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −11 | −12 |
| South Africa Oosthuizen | −11 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 |
| Northern Ireland McIlroy | −6 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 |
| England Rose | −5 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
| Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |
Source:[11]
References
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- ^ Official World Golf Ranking – July 22, 2012
- ^ Official World Golf Ranking – July 29, 2012
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External links
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