2009 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

2009 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
Tournament information
Dates	August 6–9, 2009
Location	Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Course(s)	Firestone Country Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour; European Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	7,400 yards (6,767 m)
Field	80 players
Cut	None
Prize fund	$8.5 million
Winner's share	$1.4 million
Champion
	Tiger Woods
	268 (−12)
	← 2008 2010 →

Akron

Location in the United States

Firestone CC

Location in Ohio

The 2009 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament held August 6–9 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the eleventh WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of four World Golf Championships events held in 2009.

World number 1 Tiger Woods won his 16th World Golf Championships title, which was his seventh Invitational title.^[1] This was his fourth Invitational title in as many starts, as he won three consecutive (2005, 2006, 2007) and missed the 2008 edition due to recuperation after leg surgery. He shot 268 (−12), four strokes ahead of runners-up Robert Allenby and Pádraig Harrington. This was Woods' 10th Invitational appearance and had yet to finish out of the top five;^[1] he was second in 2004 and fourth twice (2002, 2003).

Field[]

1. Playing members of the 2008 United States and European Ryder Cup teams
Chad Campbell, Paul Casey (3,4,5), Stewart Cink (2,3,4,5), Ben Curtis (3,4), Jim Furyk (2,3,4), Sergio García (3,4,5), Søren Hansen (3,4), Pádraig Harrington (3,4,5), J. B. Holmes, Miguel Ángel Jiménez (3,4), Anthony Kim (3,4), Justin Leonard (3,4), Hunter Mahan (2,3,4), Graeme McDowell (3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4,5), Kenny Perry (3,4,5), Ian Poulter (3,4), Justin Rose, Henrik Stenson (3,4,5), Steve Stricker (2,3,4,5), Boo Weekley, Lee Westwood (3,4), Oliver Wilson (3,4)

Robert Karlsson (3,4,5) did not play.

2. Playing members of the 2007 United States and International Presidents Cup teams
Stuart Appleby, Woody Austin, Ángel Cabrera (3,4,5), K. J. Choi, Ernie Els (3,4), Lucas Glover (3,4,5), Retief Goosen (3,4,5), Charles Howell III, Trevor Immelman, Zach Johnson (3,4,5), Geoff Ogilvy (3,4,5), Nick O'Hern, Rory Sabbatini (3,4,5), Adam Scott (3,4), Vijay Singh (3,4,5), David Toms (3,4), Scott Verplank, Mike Weir (3,4), Tiger Woods (3,4,5)

3. Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings two weeks prior to event
Robert Allenby (4), Tim Clark (4,5), Luke Donald (4), Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (4,5), Ross Fisher (4), Brian Gay (4,5), Mathew Goggin (4), Dustin Johnson (5), Shingo Katayama (4), Martin Kaymer (4,5), Søren Kjeldsen (4,5), Davis Love III (4,5), Rory McIlroy (4,5), Sean O'Hair (4,5), Álvaro Quirós (4,5), Jeev Milkha Singh (4,5), Camilo Villegas (4,5), Nick Watney (4,5)

4. Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings one week prior to event
Thongchai Jaidee (5)

5. Winners of Federation tournaments since the prior year's tournament with an Official World Golf Ranking Strength of Field Rating of 115 points or more
Cameron Beckman, Christian Cévaër, Darren Clarke, Nick Dougherty, Nathan Green, Grégory Havret, Anthony Kang, Jerry Kelly, Danny Lee, Shane Lowry, Prayad Marksaeng, Pat Perez, Carl Pettersson, Richard Sterne, Marc Turnesa, Yang Yong-eun

Lin Wen-tang did not play.

6. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours:

Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship (2009) – Yuji Igarashi
PGA Tour of Australasia: Australian PGA Championship (2008) – Geoff Ogilvy, already qualified through categories 2, 3, 4, and 5
Sunshine Tour: Vodacom Championship (2009) – Anders Hansen
Asian Tour: Volvo Masters of Asia (2008) – Lam Chih Bing

Past champions in the field[]

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Place
Tiger Woods	United States	1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007	68	70	65	65	268	−12	1
Stewart Cink	United States	2004	69	69	68	68	274	−6	T6
Vijay Singh	Fiji	2008	70	73	67	71	281	+1	T29

Source:^[2]

Round summaries[]

First round[]

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	64	−6
T2	Tim Clark	South Africa	66	−4
	Prayad Marksaeng	Thailand
	Scott Verplank	United States
T5	Zach Johnson	United States	67	−3
	Ian Poulter	England
	Steve Stricker	United States
T8	Robert Allenby	Australia	68	−2
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Spain
	Sergio García	Spain
	Danny Lee	New Zealand
	Hunter Mahan	United States
	Tiger Woods	United States

Source:^[2]

Second round[]

Friday, August 7, 2009

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	64-69=133	−7
2	Tim Clark	South Africa	66-68=134	−6
3	Scott Verplank	United States	66-69=135	−5
T4	Jerry Kelly	United States	71-65=136	−4
	Prayad Marksaeng	Thailand	66-70=136
	Steve Stricker	United States	67-69=136
T7	Robert Allenby	Australia	68-69=137	−3
	Woody Austin	United States	69-68=137
	Zach Johnson	United States	67-70=137
	Hunter Mahan	United States	68-69=137
	Álvaro Quirós	Spain	72-65=137
	Mike Weir	Canada	71-66=137

Source:^[2]

Third round[]

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	64-69-67=200	−10
2	Tiger Woods	United States	68-70-65=203	−7
3	Jerry Kelly	United States	71-65-69=205	−5
T4	Robert Allenby	Australia	68-69-69=206	−4
	Woody Austin	United States	69-68-69=206
	Ángel Cabrera	Argentina	70-68-68=206
	Stewart Cink	United States	69-69-68=206
	Lucas Glover	United States	69-69-68=206
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Spain	68-72-66=206
	Zach Johnson	United States	67-70-69=206
	Kenny Perry	United States	69-71-66=206
	Mike Weir	Canada	71-66-69=206
	Oliver Wilson	England	69-69-68=206

Source:^[2]

Final round[]

Sunday, August 9, 2009

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Tiger Woods	United States	68-70-65-65=268	−12	1,400,000
T2	Robert Allenby	Australia	68-69-69-66=272	−8	665,000
T2	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	64-69-67-72=272	−8	665,000
T4	Ángel Cabrera	Argentina	70-68-68-67=273	−7	332,000
T4	Hunter Mahan	United States	68-69-70-66=273	−7	332,000
T6	Stewart Cink	United States	69-69-68-68=274	−6	214,333
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Spain	68-72-66-68=274
	Steve Stricker	United States	67-69-71-67=274
9	Lee Westwood	England	69-71-70-65=275	−5	160,000
10	Mike Weir	Canada	71-66-69-70=276	−4	145,000

Source:^[2]

Scorecard[]

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
Woods	−7	−9	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−11	−10	−10	−11	−11	−12
Allenby	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−7	−8
Harrington	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−8	−8	−8
Cabrera	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7
Mahan	−3	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−5	−5	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

	Eagle		Birdie		Bogey		Triple bogey+

Source:^[2]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Tiger wins second straight event". ESPN. Associated Press. August 10, 2009. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "WGC-Bridgestone Invitational". ESPN. August 9, 2009. Retrieved July 25, 2017.

External links[]

Full results

Coordinates: 41°00′29″N 81°30′29″W / 41.008°N 81.508°W / 41.008; -81.508

[twsstr-1] "Tiger wins second straight event". ESPN. Associated Press. August 10, 2009. Retrieved July 25, 2017.

[espnldr-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "WGC-Bridgestone Invitational". ESPN. August 9, 2009. Retrieved July 25, 2017.

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