2013 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

2013 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
Tournament information
Dates	August 1–4, 2013
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	73 players
Cut	None
Prize fund	$8,750,000; €6,646,156
Winner's share	$1,500,000; €1,139,341
Champion
	Tiger Woods
	265 (−15)

The 2013 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament played August 1–4 on the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the 15th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of the World Golf Championships (WGC) events held in 2013.

Akron

Location in the United States

Firestone CC

Location in Ohio

Aided by a second round 61 (−9), Tiger Woods won the event for the eighth time, seven strokes ahead of runners-up Keegan Bradley and Henrik Stenson.[1] It was Woods' 18th WGC victory.[2] The win was also the 79th Tour title for Woods.

Venue

Course layout

The South Course, opened in 1929, was designed by Bert Way and redesigned by Robert Trent Jones in 1960.[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]

1. Playing members of the 2012 United States and European Ryder Cup teams.
Keegan Bradley (2,3,4), Nicolas Colsaerts (2,3), Luke Donald (2,3,4), Jason Dufner (2,3), Jim Furyk (2,3), Sergio García (2,3,4), Peter Hanson (2,3,4), Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Zach Johnson (2,3), Martin Kaymer (2,3), Matt Kuchar (2,3,4), Paul Lawrie (2,4), Graeme McDowell (2,3,4), Rory McIlroy (2,3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4), Francesco Molinari (2,3), Ian Poulter (2,3,4), Justin Rose (2,3,4), Webb Simpson (2,3), Brandt Snedeker (2,3,4), Steve Stricker (2,3), Bubba Watson (2,3), Lee Westwood (2,3), Tiger Woods (2,3,4)

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 22, 2013.
Jonas Blixt (3,4), Ángel Cabrera (3), Jason Day (3), Jamie Donaldson (3,4), Ernie Els (3,4), Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (3,4), Rickie Fowler (3), Bill Haas (3,4), Branden Grace (3,4), Billy Horschel (3,4), Martin Laird (3,4), Matteo Manassero (3,4), Hideki Matsuyama (3), Ryan Moore (3,4), Thorbjørn Olesen (3), Scott Piercy (3), Carl Pettersson (3), Charl Schwartzel (3,4,5), Adam Scott (3,4), Henrik Stenson (3), Richard Sterne (3), Kevin Streelman (3,4), Bo Van Pelt (3), Nick Watney (3,4)

Louis Oosthuizen (3,4) withdrew with a neck injury.[5]
Hunter Mahan (3) withdrew after the birth of his first child the prior week.[6]

3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 29, 2013.
David Lynn

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.[7]
Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Bae Sang-moon, Paul Casey, Ken Duke, Harris English, Derek Ernst, Tommy Gainey, Stephen Gallacher, Brian Gay, Russell Henley, Mikko Ilonen, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Shane Lowry, John Merrick, D. A. Points, Richie Ramsay, Brett Rumford, Michael Thompson, Boo Weekley, Chris Wood

Peter Senior and Jordan Spieth did not play.[8][9]

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

Asian Tour: Thailand Golf Championship (2012) – Charl Schwartzel, also qualified in categories 2, 3, and 4
PGA Tour of Australasia: Australian PGA Championship (2012) – Daniel Popovic
Japan Golf Tour: Bridgestone Open (2012) – Toru Taniguchi
Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship (2013) – Satoshi Kodaira
Sunshine Tour: Dimension Data Pro-Am (2013) – Jaco van Zyl

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	66	61	68	70	265	−15	1
Keegan Bradley	United States	2012	66	68	71	67	272	−8	T2
Adam Scott	Australia	2011	73	68	66	71	278	−2	T14

Source:[10]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Webb Simpson	United States	64	−6
2	Henrik Stenson	Sweden	65	−5
T3	Keegan Bradley	United States	66	−4
	Ryan Moore	United States
	Chris Wood	England
	Tiger Woods	United States
T7	Luke Donald	England	67	−3
	Jason Dufner	United States
	Rickie Fowler	United States
	Jim Furyk	United States
	Bill Haas	United States
	Bubba Watson	United States

Source:[10]

Second round

Friday, August 2, 2013

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Tiger Woods	United States	66-61=127	−13
T2	Keegan Bradley	United States	66-68=134	−6
T2	Chris Wood	England	66-68=134	−6
T4	Bill Haas	United States	67-68=135	−5
T4	Henrik Stenson	Sweden	65-70=135	−5
T6	Luke Donald	England	67-69=136	−4
	Jason Dufner	United States	67-69=136
	Jim Furyk	United States	67-69=136
	Bubba Watson	United States	67-69=136
10	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	Thailand	69-68=137	−3

Source:[10]

Third round

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Tiger Woods	United States	66-61-68=195	−15
2	Henrik Stenson	Sweden	65-70-67=202	−8
3	Jason Dufner	United States	67-69-67=203	−7
T4	Luke Donald	England	67-69-68=204	−6
	Bill Haas	United States	67-68-69=204
	Chris Wood	England	66-68-70=204
T7	Keegan Bradley	United States	66-68-71=205	−5
T7	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Spain	71-69-65=205	−5
T9	Zach Johnson	United States	69-70-68=207	−3
T9	Adam Scott	Australia	73-68-66=207	−3

Source:[10]

Final round

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Tiger Woods	United States	66-61-68-70=265	−15	1,500,000
T2	Keegan Bradley	United States	66-68-71-67=272	−8	692,500
T2	Henrik Stenson	Sweden	65-70-67-70=272	−8	692,500
T4	Jason Dufner	United States	67-69-67-71=274	−6	312,667
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Spain	71-69-65-69=274
	Zach Johnson	United States	69-70-68-67=274
T7	Bill Haas	United States	67-68-69-71=275	−5	205,000
T7	Chris Wood	England	66-68-70-71=275	−5	205,000
T9	Luke Donald	England	67-69-68-72=276	−4	145,750
	Jim Furyk	United States	67-69-72-68=276
	Martin Kaymer	Germany	74-67-69-66=276
	Richard Sterne	South Africa	70-68-70-68=276

Source:[10]

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	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−16	−16	−16	−16	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15
Bradley	−5	−6	−5	−5	−6	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8
Stenson	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8
Dufner	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6
Jiménez	−5	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6
Johnson	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−4	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−6	−6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

	Birdie		Bogey

Source:[10]

References

"Tiger Woods wraps up eighth win at Firestone and looks ahead to US PGA". The Guardian. August 4, 2013. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
"Tiger wins 79th tour event by 7 shots". ESPN. Associated Press. August 4, 2013. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
"Courses". Firestone Country Club. 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
"How players qualify". Retrieved March 1, 2013.
Betscher, Fatiha (July 2013). "Oosthuizen Neck Injury To Force Him Out Of Bridgestone Invitational & PGA Championship". Golf, by Tour Miss. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
Singer, Mike (July 29, 2013). "Mahan withdraws from Bridgestone, opts to be with newborn baby". CBS Sports. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
The 'Strength of Field Rating' is a loose term for what the Official World Golf Ranking calls the 'Total Rating Value' (see Event Ranking).
Rogers, Tim (July 29, 2013). "WGC-Bridgestone Invitational officials wait on Hunter Mahan; field currently at 74 golfers". Cleveland.com. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
Hoggard, Rex (July 27, 2013). "Spieth skipping Bridgestone to prep for PGA, FedEx Cup". Golf Channel. Retrieved July 29, 2013.
"WGC-Bridgestone Invitational". ESPN. August 4, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2017.

External links

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[1] "Tiger Woods wraps up eighth win at Firestone and looks ahead to US PGA". The Guardian. August 4, 2013. Retrieved August 6, 2013.

[2] "Tiger wins 79th tour event by 7 shots". ESPN. Associated Press. August 4, 2013. Retrieved August 6, 2013.

[3] "Courses". Firestone Country Club. 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2013.

[4] "How players qualify". Retrieved March 1, 2013.

[5] Betscher, Fatiha (July 2013). "Oosthuizen Neck Injury To Force Him Out Of Bridgestone Invitational & PGA Championship". Golf, by Tour Miss. Retrieved July 29, 2013.

[6] Singer, Mike (July 29, 2013). "Mahan withdraws from Bridgestone, opts to be with newborn baby". CBS Sports. Retrieved July 29, 2013.

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

[8] Rogers, Tim (July 29, 2013). "WGC-Bridgestone Invitational officials wait on Hunter Mahan; field currently at 74 golfers". Cleveland.com. Retrieved July 29, 2013.

[9] Hoggard, Rex (July 27, 2013). "Spieth skipping Bridgestone to prep for PGA, FedEx Cup". Golf Channel. Retrieved July 29, 2013.

[espnldr-10] "WGC-Bridgestone Invitational". ESPN. August 4, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2017.

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