2018 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

The 2018 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament held August 2–5 on the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the 20th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of the World Golf Championships events in 2018.

2018 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
Tournament information
DatesAugust 2–5, 2018
LocationAkron, Ohio, U.S.
41.008°N 81.508°W / 41.008; -81.508
Course(s)Firestone Country Club
South Course
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length7,400 yards (6,767 m)
Field71 players
CutNone
Prize fund$10,000,000
Winner's share$1,700,000
Champion
Justin Thomas
265 (−15)
Location Map
Firestone CC
Location in the United States
Firestone CC
Location in Ohio

Venue

Course layout

The South Course was designed by Bert Way and redesigned by Robert Trent Jones in 1960.[1]

HoleYardsPar HoleYardsPar
13994104104
25265114184
34424121803
44714134714
52003144674
64694152213
72193166675
84824174004
94944184644
Out3,70235In3,69835
Source:[2]Total7,40070

Field

The field consisted of players drawn primarily from the Official World Golf Ranking and the winners of the worldwide tournaments with the strongest fields.[3]

1. Playing members of the 2017 United States and International Presidents Cup teams.

Daniel Berger (2,3), Kevin Chappell (2,3), Jason Day (2,3,4), Rickie Fowler (2,3), Branden Grace (2,3,4), Emiliano Grillo, Charley Hoffman (2,3), Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Kim Si-woo, Kevin Kisner (2,3), Brooks Koepka (2,3,4), Matt Kuchar (2,3), Anirban Lahiri, Marc Leishman (2,3,4), Hideki Matsuyama (2,3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4), Louis Oosthuizen (2,3), Patrick Reed (2,3,4), Charl Schwartzel (2,3), Adam Scott, Jordan Spieth (2,3), Justin Thomas (2,3,4), Jhonattan Vegas

Adam Hadwin did not play.[4]

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 23, 2018.

Kiradech Aphibarnrat (3), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (3), Patrick Cantlay (3,4), Paul Casey (3,4), Bryson DeChambeau (3,4), Tony Finau (3), Ross Fisher (3), Matthew Fitzpatrick (3,4), Tommy Fleetwood (3,4), Sergio García (3,4), Brian Harman (3), Tyrrell Hatton (3,4), Zach Johnson, Satoshi Kodaira (3,4), Li Haotong (3,4), Luke List (3), Rory McIlroy (3,4), Francesco Molinari (3,4), Kevin Na (3,4), Alex Norén (3,4), Pat Perez (3,4), Ian Poulter (3,4), Jon Rahm (3,4), Xander Schauffele (3,4), Webb Simpson (3,4), Cameron Smith (3,5), Kyle Stanley (3), Henrik Stenson (3,4), Bubba Watson (3,4), Gary Woodland (3,4), Tiger Woods (3)

Justin Rose (3,4,5) did not play.[4]

3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 30, 2018.

An Byeong-hun

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.[5]

Alexander Björk, Austin Cook, Paul Dunne, Patton Kizzire, Russell Knox, Andrew Landry, Thorbjørn Olesen, Wade Ormsby, Ted Potter Jr., Shubhankar Sharma, Brendan Steele, Brandon Stone, Aaron Wise

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

Nationalities in the field

North America (32)South America (2)Europe (17)Oceania (5)Asia (10)Africa (5)
 United States (32) Argentina (1) England (6) Australia (5) China (1) South Africa (5)
 Venezuela (1) Northern Ireland (1) India (2)
 Scotland (1) Japan (4)
 Ireland (1) South Korea (2)
 Denmark (1) Thailand (1)
 Italy (1)
 Spain (3)
 Sweden (3)

Past champions in the field

PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parPlace
Dustin Johnson United States201669716664270−10T3
Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland201465676773272−8T6
Tiger Woods United States1999, 2000, 2001,
2005, 2006, 2007,
2009, 2013
66687373280ET31
Hideki Matsuyama Japan201767727072281+1T39
Adam Scott Australia201168756774284+4T57

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 2, 2018

Ian Poulter shot an 8-under-par 62 to lead by one stroke over Rickie Fowler and Kyle Stanley. Defending champion Hideki Matsuyama was 5 strokes back at −3. Tiger Woods, eight-time winner of the event, was 4 strokes back at −4. His last PGA Tour win was at the 2013 event. The scoring average of 68.37 was the lowest opening round of a PGA Tour event this season.[6]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Ian Poulter England62−8
T2Rickie Fowler United States63−7
Kyle Stanley United States
T4Patrick Cantlay United States64−6
Kim Si-woo South Korea
Jon Rahm Spain
T7Jason Day Australia65−5
Anirban Lahiri India
Marc Leishman Australia
Luke List United States
Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland
Kevin Na United States
Justin Thomas United States

Second round

Friday, August 3, 2018

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Tommy Fleetwood England66-63=129−11
Ian Poulter England62-67=129
Justin Thomas United States65-64=129
T4Jason Day Australia65-66=131−9
Kyle Stanley United States63-68=131
T6Kim Si-woo South Korea64-68=132−8
Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland65-67=132
T8Li Haotong China66-67=133−7
Luke List United States65-68=133
T10Tony Finau United States68-66=134−6
Marc Leishman Australia65-69=134
Louis Oosthuizen South Africa68-66=134
Jon Rahm Spain64-70=134
Webb Simpson United States69-65=134
Tiger Woods United States66-68=134

Third round

Saturday, August 4, 2018

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Justin Thomas United States65-64-67=196−14
T2Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland65-67-67=199−11
Ian Poulter England62-67-70=199
4Jason Day Australia65-66-69=200−10
T5Marc Leishman Australia65-69-67=201−9
Kyle Stanley United States63-68-70=201
T7Rickie Fowler United States63-74-65=202−8
Jon Rahm Spain64-70-68=202
T9Tommy Fleetwood England66-63-74=203−7
Louis Oosthuizen South Africa68-66-69=203

Final round

Sunday, August 5, 2018

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parPrize money (US$)
1Justin Thomas United States65-64-67-69=265−151,700,000
2Kyle Stanley United States63-68-70-68=269−111,072,000
T3Dustin Johnson United States69-71-66-64=270−10510,000
Thorbjørn Olesen Denmark71-67-68-64=270
5Brooks Koepka United States66-70-68-67=271−9357,000
T6Patrick Cantlay United States64-72-68-68=272−8241,375
Anirban Lahiri India65-70-69-68=272
Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland65-67-67-73=272
Aaron Wise United States67-71-67-67=272
T10Jason Day Australia65-66-69-73=273−7160,875
Tony Finau United States68-66-71-68=273
Kim Si-woo South Korea64-68-72-69=273
Ian Poulter England62-67-70-74=273

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454434344443443544
Thomas−14−15−15−15−15−14−14−14−14−14−14−14−15−15−15−15−15−15
Stanley−9−8−8−8−9−9−9−10−10−11−11−12−11−10−10−11−11−11
Johnson−5−6−7−8−8−9−9−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−10
Olesen−4−5−5−4−4−4−5−5−6−6−7−7−7−8−9−9−10−10
Koepka−6−7−7−5−5−6−6−7−7−6−7−7−8−9−8−9−9−9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

References

  1. "Courses". Firestone Country Club. 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  2. "WGC Bridgestone Invitational – Course". PGA Tour. 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  3. "2018 Qualifiers for majors, The Players, WGCs". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
  4. Beall, Joel (August 1, 2018). "Justin Rose withdraws from WGC-Bridgestone Invitational with back injury". Golf Digest.
  5. The 'Strength of Field Rating' is a loose term for what the Official World Golf Ranking calls the 'Total Rating Value' (see Event ranking).
  6. "Motivated Ian Poulter holds first-round lead at Bridgestone Invitational". ESPN. August 2, 2018.
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