2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

The 2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a golf tournament held August 5–8 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the 12th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of four World Golf Championships events held in 2010.

2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
Tournament information
DatesAugust 5–8, 2010
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)
Field81 players
CutNone
Prize fund$8,500,000
6,483,924
Winner's share$1,400,000
€1,076,840
Champion
Hunter Mahan
268 (−12)
Akron 
Location in the United States
Firestone CC
Location in Ohio

Hunter Mahan won with a score of 64 (−6) on Sunday to finish at 268 (−12), two strokes ahead of runner-up Ryan Palmer.[1]

Field

1. Playing members of the 2009 United States and International Presidents Cup teams.

Ángel Cabrera (3,4), Stewart Cink (2,3,4), Tim Clark (3,4,5), Ernie Els (3,4,5), Jim Furyk (2,3,4,5), Lucas Glover (3,4), Retief Goosen (3,4), Ryo Ishikawa, Zach Johnson (3,4,5), Anthony Kim (2,3,4,5), Justin Leonard (2), Hunter Mahan (2,3,4,5), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4,5), Geoff Ogilvy (3,4,5), Sean O'Hair (3,4), Kenny Perry (2,3,4), Adam Scott (3,4,5), Vijay Singh, Steve Stricker (2,3,4,5), Camilo Villegas (3,4,5), Mike Weir, Tiger Woods (3,4,5), Yang Yong-eun (3,4,5)

(Robert Allenby (3,4,5,6) withdrew prior to the start of the tournament with a knee injury.[2])

2. Playing members of the 2008 United States and European Ryder Cup teams.

Chad Campbell, Paul Casey (3,4), Ben Curtis, Sergio García (3,4), Søren Hansen, Pádraig Harrington (3,4), J. B. Holmes, Miguel Ángel Jiménez (3,4,5), Robert Karlsson (3,4,5), Graeme McDowell (3,4,5), Ian Poulter (3,4,5), Justin Rose (3,4,5), Henrik Stenson (3,4), Boo Weekley, Lee Westwood (3,4,5), Oliver Wilson

3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 26, 2010.[3]

K. J. Choi (4,6), Ben Crane (4,5), Rhys Davies (4), Luke Donald (4,5), Ross Fisher (4,5), Rickie Fowler (4), Peter Hanson, Dustin Johnson (4,5), Martin Kaymer (4,5), Matt Kuchar (4,5), Rory McIlroy (4,5), Edoardo Molinari (4,5), Francesco Molinari (4), Ryan Moore (4,5), Louis Oosthuizen (4,5), Álvaro Quirós (4), Charl Schwartzel (4), Bo Van Pelt (4), Scott Verplank (4), Nick Watney (4)

4. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of August 2, 2010.[4]

Jeff Overton

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.

Stuart Appleby, Jason Bohn, Grégory Bourdy, Jason Day, Simon Dyson, Marcus Fraser, Bill Haas, David Horsey, Michael Jonzon, Simon Khan, James Kingston, Martin Laird, Troy Matteson, Ross McGowan, Alex Norén, Ryan Palmer, Heath Slocum, Bubba Watson

(Carl Pettersson qualified but did not play.[5])

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

Source[6][7]

Past champions in the field

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parPlace
Stewart Cink United States200472697067278−2T19
Vijay Singh Fiji200871737072286+6T58
Tiger Woods United States1999, 2000,
2001, 2005,
2006, 2007, 2009
74727577298+18T78

Source:[8]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 5, 2010

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Bubba Watson United States64−6
T2Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland66−4
Phil Mickelson United States
Kenny Perry United States
Adam Scott Australia
T6Chad Campbell United States67−3
Sean O'Hair United States
Jeff Overton United States
Bo Van Pelt United States
Camilo Villegas Colombia

Source:[8]

Second round

Friday, August 6, 2010

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Retief Goosen South Africa67-66=133−7
T2Justin Leonard United States68-66=134−6
Phil Mickelson United States66-68=134
T4Peter Hanson Sweden69-66=135−5
Bo Van Pelt United States67-68=135
Bubba Watson United States64-71=135
T7Paul Casey England68-68=136−4
Lucas Glover United States70-66=136
Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain69-67=136
Adam Scott Australia66-70=136
Nick Watney United States68-68=136

Source:[8]

Third round

Saturday, August 7, 2010

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Sean O'Hair United States67-70-64=201−9
Ryan Palmer United States70-68-63=201
3Matt Kuchar United States69-67-66=202−8
T4Ernie Els South Africa69-70-64=203−7
Peter Hanson Sweden69-66-68=203
Justin Leonard United States68-66-69=203
T7Hunter Mahan United States71-67-66=204−6
Jeff Overton United States67-70-67=204
Bo Van Pelt United States67-68-69=204
T10Dustin Johnson United States72-65-68=205−5
Phil Mickelson United States66-68-71=205
Katsumasa Miyamoto Japan71-72-62=205
Nick Watney United States68-68-69=205
Bubba Watson United States64-71-70=205
Oliver Wilson England71-67-67=205

Source:[8]

Final round

Sunday, August 8, 2010

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Hunter Mahan United States71-67-66-64=268−121,400,000
2Ryan Palmer United States70-68-63-69=270−10840,000
T3Retief Goosen South Africa67-66-73-65=271−9412,500
Bo Van Pelt United States67-68-69-67=271
5Sean O'Hair United States67-70-64-71=272−8295,000
T6Jim Furyk United States72-68-69-64=273−7227,500
Jeff Overton United States67-70-67-69=273
8Peter Hanson Sweden69-66-68-71=274−6180,000
T9Pádraig Harrington Ireland69-70-70-66=275−5125,833
Matt Kuchar United States69-67-66-73=275
Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland68-69-69-69=275
Louis Oosthuizen South Africa72-70-68-65=275
Adam Scott Australia66-70-72-67=275
Steve Stricker United States68-71-69-67=275

Source:[8]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454434344443443544
Mahan−6−6−7−8−9−9−9−10−11−11−11−11−12−12−12−12−12−12
Palmer−10−9−9−9−9−9−9−9−8−9−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−10
Goosen−4−6−6−6−6−5−5−6−6−6−6−7−7−7−8−9−9−9
Van Pelt−6−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−8−9−8−9−10−10−9−9−9−9
O'Hair−9−10−10−11−11−11−11−10−10−10−9−9−9−8−8−8−8−8
Furyk−1−3−4−4−4−3−3−4−5−5−5−6−7−7−7−6−6−7
Overton−6−6−6−6−7−6−6−5−6−5−5−5−5−6−6−5−6−7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey

Source:[8]

References

  1. "Hunter Mahan wins Bridgestone Invitational victory". BBC Sport. August 8, 2010. Archived from the original on August 12, 2010. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
  2. "Allenby withdraws from the WGC-Bridgestone". NBC Sports. August 4, 2010. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
  3. Official World Golf Ranking – July 25, 2010
  4. Official World Golf Ranking – August 1, 2010
  5. "World's top 80 players to compete at WGC-Bridgestone Invitational". PGA Tour. July 30, 2010. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
  6. 2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational Archived 2010-07-23 at the Wayback Machine - How players qualify
  7. "Pettersson earns invite to WGC-Bridgestone with win at RBC". PGA Tour. July 26, 2010. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
  8. "WGC-Bridgestone Invitational". ESPN. August 8, 2010. Retrieved July 25, 2017.

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