2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

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2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
Tournament information
DatesAugust 6–9, 2015
LocationAkron, Ohio, U.S.
Course(s)Firestone Country Club
South Course
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length7,400 yards (6,767 m)
Field77 players
CutNone
Prize fund$9,250,000
€8,323,589
Winner's share$1,570,000
€1,412,760
Champion
Republic of Ireland Shane Lowry
269 (−11)
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Akron  is located in the United States
Akron 
Akron 
Location in the United States
Firestone CC is located in Ohio
Firestone CC
Firestone CC
Location in Ohio

The 2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament held August 6–9 on the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the 17th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of the World Golf Championships events in 2015. Shane Lowry shot a final-round 66 to win his first WGC event, two strokes ahead of runner-up Bubba Watson.[1][2]

Course layout[]

Main article: Firestone Country Club
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

The South Course was designed by Bert Way and redesigned by Robert Trent Jones in 1960.[3]

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]

1. Playing members of the 2014 United States and European Ryder Cup teams.

Thomas Bjørn, Keegan Bradley (2,3), Jamie Donaldson (2,3), Victor Dubuisson (2,3), Rickie Fowler (2,3,4), Jim Furyk (2,3,4), Stephen Gallacher, Sergio García (2,3), Zach Johnson (2,3,4), Martin Kaymer (2,3), Matt Kuchar (2,3), Hunter Mahan (2,3,4), Graeme McDowell, Phil Mickelson (2,3), Ian Poulter (2,3), Patrick Reed (2,3,4), Justin Rose (2,3,4), Webb Simpson (2,3), Jordan Spieth (2,3,4), Henrik Stenson (2,3,4), Jimmy Walker (2,3,4), Bubba Watson (2,3,4), Lee Westwood (2,3,4,5)

  • Rory McIlroy (2,3,4) withdrew due to an ankle injury.[5]

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 27, 2015.

Paul Casey (3,4), Jason Day (3,4), Branden Grace (3,4,5), Bill Haas (3,4), Russell Henley, Charley Hoffman (3), J. B. Holmes (3,4), Billy Horschel (3,4), Thongchai Jaidee (3), Dustin Johnson (3,4), Kevin Kisner (3), Brooks Koepka (3,4), Anirban Lahiri (4), Marc Leishman (3), Shane Lowry (3), Hideki Matsuyama (3), Francesco Molinari (3), Ryan Moore (3,4), Kevin Na (3), Louis Oosthuizen (3), Ryan Palmer (3), Charl Schwartzel (3), Adam Scott (3), Brandt Snedeker (3,4), Brendon Todd (3), Bernd Wiesberger (3,4), Danny Willett (3,4), Gary Woodland (3)

3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of August 3, 2015.

Marc Warren, Robert Streb (4)

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.[6]

An Byeong-hun, Bae Sang-moon, Steven Bowditch, Andrew Dodt, Matt Every, Fabián Gómez, James Hahn, Pádraig Harrington, Mikko Ilonen, Søren Kjeldsen, Pablo Larrazábal, Danny Lee, David Lingmerth, David Lipsky, Joost Luiten, Ben Martin, Troy Merritt, Marcel Siem, Gary Stal, Camilo Villegas, Oliver Wilson

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

Notably missing from the field is former number 1 player Tiger Woods, who is outside the top 200 in the world rankings and whose last tournament win was his eighth title at the 2013 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.

Nationalities in the field[]

North America (32) South America (2) Europe (26) Oceania (7) Asia (7) Africa (3)
 United States (32)  Argentina (1)  England (6)  Australia (6)  China (1)  South Africa (3)
 Colombia (1)  Northern Ireland (1)  New Zealand (1)  India (1)
 Scotland (2)  Japan (2)
 Wales (1)  South Korea (2)
 Ireland (2)  Thailand (1)
 Austria (1)
 Denmark (2)
 Finland (1)
 France (2)
 Germany (2)
 Italy (1)
 Netherlands (1)
 Spain (2)
 Sweden (2)

Past champions in the field[]

Player Country Year won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Place
Keegan Bradley  United States 2012 69 70 69 71 279 −1 T17
Adam Scott  Australia 2011 72 69 71 73 285 +5 T45
Hunter Mahan  United States 2010 74 79 72 70 295 +15 72

Source:[8]

Round summaries[]

First round[]

Thursday, August 6, 2015

Danny Lee shot a 5-under-par 65 to take the lead by one stroke over Jim Furyk and Graeme McDowell.[9] The greens were firm and difficult and only 21 golfers in the field of 77 managed under-par rounds.[10]

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Danny Lee  New Zealand 65 −5
T2 Jim Furyk  United States 66 −4
Graeme McDowell  Northern Ireland
T4 Rickie Fowler  United States 67 −3
Justin Rose  England
T6 Paul Casey  England 68 −2
Victor Dubuisson  France
Koumei Oda  Japan
Ian Poulter  England
Webb Simpson  United States
Henrik Stenson  Sweden
Robert Streb  United States
Lee Westwood  England

Second round[]

Friday, August 7, 2015

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Jim Furyk  United States 66-66=132 −8
T2 Dustin Johnson  United States 69-67=136 −4
Shane Lowry  Ireland 70-66=136
Bubba Watson  United States 70-66=136
T5 Danny Lee  New Zealand 65-72=137 −3
Graeme McDowell  Northern Ireland 66-71=137
Henrik Stenson  Sweden 68-69=137
T8 Jason Day  Australia 69-69=138 −2
Sergio García  Spain 71-67=138
Brooks Koepka  United States 69-69=138
Patrick Reed  United States 71-67=138
Justin Rose  England 67-71=138
Webb Simpson  United States 68-70=138
Jordan Spieth  United States 70-68=138
Robert Streb  United States 68-70=138
Lee Westwood  England 68-70=138

Source:[11]

Third round[]

Saturday, August 8, 2015

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Jim Furyk  United States 66-66-69=201 −9
Justin Rose  England 67-71-63=201
3 Shane Lowry  Ireland 70-66-67=203 −7
T4 Steven Bowditch  Australia 73-69-63=205 −5
Ian Poulter  England 68-72-65=205
Henrik Stenson  Sweden 68-69-68=205
Bubba Watson  United States 70-66-69=205
T8 Brooks Koepka  United States 69-69-68=206 −4
Graeme McDowell  Northern Ireland 66-71-69=206
Robert Streb  United States 68-70-68=206

Source:[12]

Final round[]

Sunday, August 9, 2015

Shane Lowry's 66 (−4) overtook third round co-leaders Justin Rose and Jim Furyk, who each carded 72 (+2). Runner-up Bubba Watson also shot 66 and finished two strokes behind Lowry.

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Shane Lowry  Ireland 70-66-67-66=269 −11 1,570,000
2 Bubba Watson  United States 70-66-69-66=271 −9 930,000
T3 Jim Furyk  United States 66-66-69-72=273 −7 470,000
Justin Rose  England 67-71-63-72=273
5 Robert Streb  United States 68-70-68-68=274 −6 330,000
T6 Brooks Koepka  United States 69-69-68-69=275 −5 219,000
Danny Lee  New Zealand 65-72-70-68=275
David Lingmerth  Sweden 70-71-66-68=275
Henrik Stenson  Sweden 68-69-68-70=275
T10 Rickie Fowler  United States 67-72-70-67=276 −4 149,500
Jordan Spieth  United States 70-68-72-66=276

Source:[8][13]

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
Republic of Ireland Lowry −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11
United States Watson −5 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −8 −8 −9 −9
England Rose −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −7
United States Furyk −9 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7
United States Streb −3 −4 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −5 −6 −6 −6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey

Source[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Shane Lowry wins WGC-Bridgestone Invitational title in Ohio". BBC Sport. August 10, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "Shane Lowry fights off Bubba Watson to win Bridgestone Invitational". The Guardian. August 10, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  3. ^ "Courses". Firestone Country Club. 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  4. ^ Bolton, Rob (December 21, 2014). "2014–15 Qualifiers for majors, The Players, WGCs". PGA Tour.
  5. ^ a b "McIlroy, Kirk to miss Bridgestone Invitational due to injury". World Golf Championships. July 29, 2015.
  6. ^ The 'Strength of Field Rating' is a loose term for what the Official World Golf Ranking calls the 'Total Rating Value' (see Event ranking).
  7. ^ "Warren just secures Bridgestone debut". PGA European Tour. August 3, 2015.
  8. ^ a b c "WGC-Bridgestone Invitational". ESPN. August 9, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  9. ^ "Danny Lee leads Graeme McDowell by 1 shot at Bridgestone Invitational". ESPN. Associated Press. August 7, 2015. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  10. ^ DiMeglio, Steve (August 6, 2015). "Treacherous, firm Firestone greens highlight WGC-Bridgestone first round". USA Today.
  11. ^ "Bridgestone Invitational: Jim Furyk takes four-shot halfway lead". BBC Sport. August 8, 2015. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  12. ^ "Justin Rose finishes with 40-foot birdie putt to tie Jim Furyk at Firestone". ESPN. Associated Press. August 8, 2015. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  13. ^ Murray, Scott (August 9, 2015). "2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational: final round, as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved August 12, 2015.

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