2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

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]

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
Shane Lowry
269 (−11)
Akron 
Location in the United States
Firestone CC
Location in Ohio

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards399526442471200469219482494370241041818047146722166740046436987400
Par454434344354434435443570

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)

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

PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parPlace
Keegan Bradley United States201269706971279−1T17
Adam Scott Australia201172697173285+5T45
Hunter Mahan United States201074797270295+1572

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]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Danny Lee New Zealand65−5
T2Jim Furyk United States66−4
Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland
T4Rickie Fowler United States67−3
Justin Rose England
T6Paul Casey England68−2
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

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jim Furyk United States66-66=132−8
T2Dustin Johnson United States69-67=136−4
Shane Lowry Ireland70-66=136
Bubba Watson United States70-66=136
T5Danny Lee New Zealand65-72=137−3
Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland66-71=137
Henrik Stenson Sweden68-69=137
T8Jason Day Australia69-69=138−2
Sergio García Spain71-67=138
Brooks Koepka United States69-69=138
Patrick Reed United States71-67=138
Justin Rose England67-71=138
Webb Simpson United States68-70=138
Jordan Spieth United States70-68=138
Robert Streb United States68-70=138
Lee Westwood England68-70=138

Source:[11]

Third round

Saturday, August 8, 2015

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Jim Furyk United States66-66-69=201−9
Justin Rose England67-71-63=201
3Shane Lowry Ireland70-66-67=203−7
T4Steven Bowditch Australia73-69-63=205−5
Ian Poulter England68-72-65=205
Henrik Stenson Sweden68-69-68=205
Bubba Watson United States70-66-69=205
T8Brooks Koepka United States69-69-68=206−4
Graeme McDowell Northern Ireland66-71-69=206
Robert Streb United States68-70-68=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.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Shane Lowry Ireland70-66-67-66=269−111,570,000
2Bubba Watson United States70-66-69-66=271−9930,000
T3Jim Furyk United States66-66-69-72=273−7470,000
Justin Rose England67-71-63-72=273
5Robert Streb United States68-70-68-68=274−6330,000
T6Brooks Koepka United States69-69-68-69=275−5219,000
Danny Lee New Zealand65-72-70-68=275
David Lingmerth Sweden70-71-66-68=275
Henrik Stenson Sweden68-69-68-70=275
T10Rickie Fowler United States67-72-70-67=276−4149,500
Jordan Spieth United States70-68-72-66=276

Source:[8][13]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole  1  234  5    6    7    8    9  101112131415161718
Par454434344443443544
Lowry−7−8−8−8−8−8−8−9−9−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−11
Watson−5−6−5−5−5−5−5−6−7−8−8−8−9−9−8−8−9−9
Rose−9−9−9−8−8−8−7−7−8−7−7−7−7−7−7−8−8−7
Furyk−9−10−10−10−9−9−9−8−8−8−9−8−8−8−8−8−8−7
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

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  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. "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. "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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