2012 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

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
	Keegan Bradley
	267 (−13)
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Akron

Location in the United States

Firestone CC

Location in Ohio

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[]

Course layout[]

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[]

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.

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, 2009	70	72	68	66	276	−4	T8
Adam Scott	Australia	2011	71	70	71	73	285	+5	T45
Hunter Mahan	United States	2010	73	73	69	72	287	+7	T55

Source:^[11]

Round summaries[]

First round[]

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Jim Furyk	United States	63	−7
2	Lee Slattery	England	65	−5
T3	Rafa Cabrera-Bello	Spain	66	−4
	Ben Crane	United States
	Luke Donald	England
	Simon Dyson	England
	John Senden	Australia
	Bubba Watson	United States
T9	Keegan Bradley	United States	67	−3
	Jason Dufner	United States
	Sergio García	Spain
	Retief Goosen	South Africa
	Bill Haas	United States
	Kim Kyung-tae	South Korea
	Geoff Ogilvy	Australia
	Louis Oosthuizen	South Africa
	Carl Pettersson	Sweden

Source:^[11]

Second round[]

Friday, August 3, 2012

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Jim Furyk	United States	63-66=129	−11
2	Rafa Cabrera-Bello	Spain	66-65=131	−9
3	Louis Oosthuizen	South Africa	67-65=132	−8
4	Jason Dufner	United States	67-66=133	−7
5	Kim Kyung-tae	South Korea	67-67=134	−6
T6	Luke Donald	England	66-69=135	−5
T6	David Toms	United States	68-67=135	−5
T8	Keegan Bradley	United States	67-69=136	−4
	John Senden	Australia	66-70=136
	Lee Slattery	England	65-71=136
	Steve Stricker	United States	68-68=136

Source:^[11]

Third round[]

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Jim Furyk	United States	63-66-70=199	−11
2	Louis Oosthuizen	South Africa	67-65-68=200	−10
3	Keegan Bradley	United States	67-69-67=203	−7
T4	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	70-67-67=204	−6
T4	Steve Stricker	United States	68-68-68=204	−6
T6	Justin Rose	England	70-69-66=205	−5
	John Senden	Australia	66-70-69=205
	Bo Van Pelt	United States	70-69-66=205
T9	Luke Donald	England	66-69-71=206	−4
T9	Jason Dufner	United States	67-66-73=206	−4

Source:^[11]

Final round[]

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Keegan Bradley	United States	67-69-67-64=267	−13	1,400,000
T2	Jim Furyk	United States	63-66-70-69=268	−12	665,000
T2	Steve Stricker	United States	68-68-68-64=268	−12	665,000
4	Louis Oosthuizen	South Africa	67-65-68-69=269	−11	365,000
T5	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	70-67-67-68=272	−8	276,500
T5	Justin Rose	England	70-69-66-67=272	−8	276,500
7	Jason Dufner	United States	67-66-73-68=274	−6	210,000
T8	Aaron Baddeley	Australia	73-66-71-66=276	−4	128,750
	K. J. Choi	South Korea	71-72-67-66=276
	Luke Donald	England	66-69-71-70=276
	Matt Kuchar	United States	70-70-70-66=276
	Lee Slattery	England	65-71-72-68=276
	David Toms	United States	68-67-73-68=276
	Bo Van Pelt	United States	70-69-66-71=276
	Tiger Woods	United States	70-72-68-66=276

Source:^[11]

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
Bradley	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13
Furyk	−12	−13	−14	−14	−14	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−14	−14	−12
Stricker	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−10	−11	−12
Oosthuizen	−11	−12	−12	−12	−11	−11	−11	−11	−10	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11
McIlroy	−6	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8
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[]

^ "Keegan Bradley wins after 64". ESPN. Associated Press. August 6, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
^ "Courses". Firestone Country Club. 2012. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
^ "Inside the course: Firestone Country Club". worldgolfchampionships.com. 2012. Archived from the original on August 1, 2012. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
^ "How players qualify". Archived from the original on August 1, 2012. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
^ "Past and Future Championships". Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
^ Harig, Bob. "Webb Simpson out of Bridgestone". ESPN. Retrieved July 29, 2012.
^ Official World Golf Ranking – July 22, 2012
^ Official World Golf Ranking – July 29, 2012
^ The 'Strength of Field Rating' is a loose term for what the Official World Golf Ranking calls the 'Total Rating Value' (see Event Ranking).
^ "Stars to Help Launch Thailand Golf Championship". Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "WGC-Bridgestone Invitational". ESPN. August 5, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2017.

External links[]

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

[kbwasxf-1] "Keegan Bradley wins after 64". ESPN. Associated Press. August 6, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2013.

[2] "Courses". Firestone Country Club. 2012. Retrieved July 23, 2012.

[3] "Inside the course: Firestone Country Club". worldgolfchampionships.com. 2012. Archived from the original on August 1, 2012. Retrieved July 31, 2012.

[4] "How players qualify". Archived from the original on August 1, 2012. Retrieved July 24, 2012.

[5] "Past and Future Championships". Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved July 24, 2012.

[6] Harig, Bob. "Webb Simpson out of Bridgestone". ESPN. Retrieved July 29, 2012.

[7] Official World Golf Ranking – July 22, 2012

[8] Official World Golf Ranking – July 29, 2012

[9] The 'Strength of Field Rating' is a loose term for what the Official World Golf Ranking calls the 'Total Rating Value' (see Event Ranking).

[10] "Stars to Help Launch Thailand Golf Championship". Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved July 24, 2012.

[espnldr-11] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "WGC-Bridgestone Invitational". ESPN. August 5, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2017.

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