2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

The 2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a golf tournament that was contested from August 2–5, 2007 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the ninth WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of three World Golf Championships events held in 2007.

2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
Tournament information
DatesAugust 2–5, 2007
LocationAkron, Ohio, U.S.
Course(s)Firestone Country Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length7,400
Field83 players
CutNone
Prize fund$8,000,000
Winner's share$1,350,000
Champion
Tiger Woods
272 (−8)

World number 1 Tiger Woods won the tournament for a second hat-trick at the Invitational in his career, and claimed his 14th World Golf Championships title, which was his sixth Invitational title. He won over Justin Rose and Rory Sabbatini by eight strokes, with Woods shooting an 8-under-par 272.

Field

1. Playing members of the 2006 United States and European Ryder Cup teams
Chad Campbell, Paul Casey (3,4,5), Stewart Cink (2,3,4), Darren Clarke, Chris DiMarco (2,4), Luke Donald (3,4), Sergio García (3,4), Pádraig Harrington (3,4,5), J. J. Henry, David Howell, Zach Johnson (3,4,5), Robert Karlsson (3,4), Paul McGinley, Phil Mickelson (2,3,4,5), Colin Montgomerie (3,4,5), José María Olazábal (3,4), Henrik Stenson (3,4,5), Vaughn Taylor, David Toms (2,3,4), Scott Verplank (2,3,4,5), Lee Westwood (3,4), Brett Wetterich (3,4), Tiger Woods (2,3,4,5)

2. Playing members of the 2005 United States and International Presidents Cup teams
Stuart Appleby (3,4), Ángel Cabrera (3,4,5), Michael Campbell, Tim Clark (3,4), Fred Funk, Retief Goosen (3,4), Mark Hensby, Trevor Immelman (3,4), Justin Leonard, Peter Lonard, Davis Love III (3,4,5), Nick O'Hern (3,4,5), Kenny Perry, Adam Scott (3,4,5), Vijay Singh (3,4,5), Mike Weir (3,4)

3. Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings two weeks prior to event
Robert Allenby (4), Stephen Ames (4), Aaron Baddeley (4,5), K. J. Choi (4,5), Ernie Els (4,5), Niclas Fasth (4,5), Retief Goosen (4,5), Richard Green (4), Anders Hansen (4,5), Charles Howell III (4,5), Shingo Katayama, Jerry Kelly (4), Arron Oberholser (4), Geoff Ogilvy (4), Rod Pampling (4), Carl Pettersson (4), Ian Poulter (4), John Rollins (4), Andres Romero (4,5), Justin Rose (4,5), Rory Sabbatini (4,5), Richard Sterne (4,5), Steve Stricker (4), Boo Weekley (4,5)

4. Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings one week prior to event

5. 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
Woody Austin, Brian Bateman, Mark Calcavecchia, Joe Durant, Paul Goydos, Anton Haig, Grégory Havret, Charley Hoffman, Raphaël Jacquelin, José Manuel Lara, Liang Wenchong, Hunter Mahan, Troy Matteson, John Senden, Jeev Milkha Singh, Graeme Storm, Nick Watney, Mark Wilson, Yang Yong-eun

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

Round summaries

First round
#PlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Paul Casey England67−3
Hunter Mahan United States
Rory Sabbatini South Africa
T4Stuart Appleby Australia68−2
Mark Calcavecchia United States
Arron Oberholser United States
Boo Weekley United States
Lee Westwood England
Tiger Woods United States
T10Chris DiMarco United States69−1
Paul Goydos United States
Kenny Perry United States
Justin Rose England

Second round
#PlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Rory Sabbatini South Africa67-67=134−6
2Zach Johnson United States71-65=136−4
T3Kenny Perry United States69-69=138−2
Scott Verplank United States70-68=138
Tiger Woods United States68-70=138
T6Chris DiMarco United States69-70=139−1
Davis Love III United States74-65=139
Lee Westwood England68-71=139
T9Mark Calcavecchia United States68-72=140E
Paul Casey England67-73=140
Justin Leonard United States73-67=140
Peter Lonard Australia70-70=140
Hunter Mahan United States67-73=140
John Senden Australia71-69=140

Third round
#PlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Rory Sabbatini South Africa67-67-72=206−4
2Tiger Woods United States68-70-69=207−3
3Kenny Perry United States69-69-71=209−1
T4Stuart Appleby Australia68-74-69=211+1
Aaron Baddeley Australia70-74-67=211
Chris DiMarco United States69-70-72=211
Justin Leonard United States73-67-71=211
Hunter Mahan United States67-73-71=211
Andrés Romero Argentina71-71-69=211
Scott Verplank United States70-68-73=211

Final round
#PlayerCountryScoreTo parWinnings ($)
1Tiger Woods United States68-70-69-65=272−81,350,000
T2Justin Rose England69-72-71-68=280E635,000
Rory Sabbatini South Africa67-67-72-74=280
T4Chris DiMarco United States69-70-72-70=281+1310,000
Peter Lonard Australia70-70-73-68=281
T6Tim Clark South Africa71-70-72-69=282+2202,000
Davis Love III United States74-65-74-69=282
Andrés Romero Argentina71-71-69-71=282
T9Justin Leonard United States73-67-71-72=283+3147,500
Scott Verplank United States70-68-73-72=283

Scorecard
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454434344443443544
Woods−4−5−5−6−6−7−7−7−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−8−8
Rose+1EEE−1−1−1−2−2−2−1−1−1EEEEE
Sabbatini−5−5−5−4−3−3−3−3−1EEEE+1+1+1EE
DiMarco+1E−1E−1−1−1−1+1+1+1EEEEEE+1
Lonard+4+3+4+4+4+4+3+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+1+1+1+1
Perry−2−1−2E−1−1−1−1E+1+1+2+2+4+4+4+4+4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[1]

References
  1. "World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational". ESPN. Retrieved 12 September 2018.

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