2011 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

2011 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational August 4–7, 2011 Akron, Ohio, U.S. Firestone Country ClubSouth Course PGA TourEuropean Tour 70 7400 yd m 0 76 players None $8,500,000€5,804,071 $1,400,000€972,148 AUS Adam Scott 263 (−17) 2010 2012 USA 1 Akron  bottom 41.008 -81.508 Location in the United States 5 230 USA Ohio 1 Firestone CC 41.008 -81.508 Location in Ohio 5 110 The 2011 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was the 13th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, held August 4–7 at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. Adam Scott was the winner on the South Course, four strokes ahead of Luke Donald and Rickie Fowler.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/14438832.stm Adam Scott wins WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in Ohio August 7, 2011 BBC Sport August 8, 2011https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/uspga/8688153/Tiger-Woods-ex-caddie-Steve-Williams-uses-victory-with-Adam-Scott-at-Bridgestone-to-rub-salt-in-former-employers-wounds.html Tiger Woods' ex-caddie Steve Williams uses victory with Adam Scott at Bridgestone to rub salt in former employer's wounds August 8, 2011 Daily Telegraph August 8, 2011 This tournament was the third of four World Golf Championships events held in 2011. Venue Firestone Country Club Course layout The South Course was designed by Bert Way and redesigned by Robert Trent Jones in 1960.http://www.clubcorp.com/Clubs/Firestone-Country-Club/Golf/Courses Firestone Country Club Courses 2012 July 23, 2012http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/2012/tournaments/r476/07/30/inside.the.course/index.html worldgolfchampionships.com Inside the course: Firestone Country Club 2012 July 31, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120801210656/http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/2012/tournaments/r476/07/30/inside.the.course/index.html August 1, 2012 dead mdy-all Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal Yards399526442471200469219482494370241041818047146722166740046436987400Par454434344354434435443570 Field 1. Playing members of the 2010 United States and European Ryder Cup teams. Stewart Cink, Luke Donald (2,3,4), Rickie Fowler (2,3), Jim Furyk (2,3,4), Peter Hanson (2,3), Pádraig Harrington (5), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (2,3,4), Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Zach Johnson (2,3), Martin Kaymer (2,3,4), Matt Kuchar (2,3,4), Hunter Mahan (2,3,4), Graeme McDowell (2,3,4), Rory McIlroy (2,3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4), Edoardo Molinari (2,3,4), Francesco Molinari (2,3,4), Jeff Overton, Ian Poulter (2,3,4), Steve Stricker (2,3,4), Bubba Watson (2,3,4), Lee Westwood (2,3,4), Tiger Woods (2,3) (Ross Fisher qualified but chose not to play.)Fisher Withdraws From WGC - Bridgestone 2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 25.http://dps.endavadigital.net/owgr/doc/content/archive/2011/owgr30f2011.pdf Official World Golf Ranking – July 24, 2011 February 26, 2013 April 17, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120417143001/http://dps.endavadigital.net/owgr/doc/content/archive/2011/owgr30f2011.pdf dead Robert Allenby (3), Jonathan Byrd (4), Paul Casey (3,4), K. J. Choi (3,4), Darren Clarke (3,4), Jason Day (3), Ernie Els (3,4), Sergio García (3), Retief Goosen (3), Bill Haas (3), Anders Hansen (3), Ryo Ishikawa (3), Robert Karlsson (3,4), Kim Kyung-tae (3,4), Martin Laird (3,4), Matteo Manassero (3,4), Ryan Moore (3), Geoff Ogilvy (3), Louis Oosthuizen (3), Álvaro Quirós (3,4), Justin Rose (3), Charl Schwartzel (3,4), Adam Scott (3,4), Brandt Snedeker (3,4), David Toms (3,4), Bo Van Pelt (3), Nick Watney (3,4), Gary Woodland (3,4), Yang Yong-eun (3) (Tim Clark withdrew with an elbow injury.)http://akronnewsnow.com/sports/itemdetail.asp?ID=46618&section=sports&subsection=golfsports&title=Field_Just_About_Set_For_The_Bridgestone_ Field Just About Set For The Bridgestone 2011-08-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215049/http://akronnewsnow.com/sports/itemdetail.asp?ID=46618&section=sports&subsection=golfsports&title=Field_Just_About_Set_For_The_Bridgestone_ 2016-03-03 dead mdy-all 3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as August 1, 2011.http://dps.endavadigital.net/owgr/doc/content/archive/2011/owgr31f2011.pdf Official World Golf Ranking – July 31, 2011 February 26, 2013 April 17, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120417143005/http://dps.endavadigital.net/owgr/doc/content/archive/2011/owgr31f2011.pdf dead Simon Dyson (4) 4. 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, Arjun Atwal, Aaron Baddeley, Keegan Bradley, Thomas Bjørn, Harrison Frazar, Lucas Glover, Richard Green, Charley Hoffman, Yuta Ikeda (5), Freddie Jacobson, Pablo Larrazábal, Thomas Levet, Alex Norén, Sean O'Hair, D. A. Points, Rory Sabbatini, Heath Slocum, Scott Stallings, Brendan Steele, Jhonattan Vegas, Mark Wilson (Nicolas Colsaerts withdrew with an elbow injury. Thomas Levet withdrew with an injury.http://www.pgatour.com/2011/tournaments/r476/08/02/fantasy.insider/index.html Fantasy Insider: WGC Bridgestone Invitational 2011-08-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20121016144456/http://www.pgatour.com/2011/tournaments/r476/08/02/fantasy.insider/index.html 2012-10-16 dead mdy-all) 5. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours: Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship (2011) – Park Jae-bum Japan Golf Tour: Bridgestone Open (2010) – Yuta Ikeda PGA Tour of Australasia: Australian PGA Championship (2010) – Peter Senior (qualified but chose not to play.) Sunshine Tour: Dimension Data Pro-Am (2011) – Hennie Otto Asian Tour: Iskandar Johor Open (2010) – Pádraig Harrington, also qualified in categories 2 and 3 SourcesBridgestone Invitational - How players qualify https://web.archive.org/web/20100723125016/http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r476/field-qualify/ July 23, 2010Bridgestone Invitational - Field Round summaries First round Thursday, August 4, 2011 Playing in his first competitive round since May due to a leg injury, Tiger Woods shot a 68 (−2). Rory McIlroy, in his first event in America since winning the U.S. Open, also shot 68. Phil Mickelson and Lee Westwood were at 67, but two Australians topped the leaderboard with Adam Scott at 62 (−8) and Jason Day at 63. Nick Watney had the lowest score of the Americans with a 65. Rory Sabbatini, D. A. Points, Stewart Cink, Thomas Bjørn, Brandt Snedeker, Martin Laird, Ryan Moore, Pablo Larrazábal, and Kim Kyung-tae all shot 66.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/14402346.stm Tiger Woods starts well on return in WGC Invitational August 4, 2011 BBC Sport August 8, 2011 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 AUS Adam Scott62−82 AUS Jason Day63−73 USA Nick Watney65−5T4 DEN Thomas Bjørn66−4 USA Stewart Cink KOR Kim Kyung-tae SCO Martin Laird ESP Pablo Larrazábal USA Ryan Moore USA D. A. Points RSA Rory Sabbatini USA Brandt Snedeker Source:http://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard?tournamentId=987 ESPN WGC-Bridgestone Invitational August 7, 2011 July 25, 2017 Second round Friday, August 5, 2011 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Keegan Bradley67-65=132−8 USA Rickie Fowler68-64=132 USA Ryan Moore66-66=132 AUS Adam Scott62-70=132T5 AUS Jason Day63-70=133−7 SWE Robert Karlsson68-65=133 SCO Martin Laird66-67=133T8 SWE Freddie Jacobson68-66=134−6 USA Brandt Snedeker66-68=134T10 JPN Ryo Ishikawa67-68=135−5 RSA Hennie Otto69-66=135 USA Nick Watney65-70=135 Source: Third round Saturday, August 6, 2011 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 AUS Adam Scott62-70-66=198−12T2 AUS Jason Day63-70-66=199−11 JPN Ryo Ishikawa67-68-64=199T4 USA Keegan Bradley67-65-68=200−10 SCO Martin Laird66-67-67=200T6 ENG Luke Donald68-69-64=201−9 USA Rickie Fowler68-64-69=201 SWE Freddie Jacobson68-66-67=2019 USA Zach Johnson70-68-64=202−8T10 NIR Rory McIlroy68-68-67=203−7 USA Steve Stricker71-65-67=203 Source: Final round Sunday, August 7, 2011 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 AUS Adam Scott 62-70-66-65=263 −171,400,000T2 ENG Luke Donald 68-69-64-66=267 −13 665,000 USA Rickie Fowler 68-64-69-66=267T4 AUS Jason Day 63-70-66-69=268 −12 332,500 JPN Ryo Ishikawa 67-68-64-69=268 T6 USA Zach Johnson 70-68-64-68=270 −10215,000 KOR Kim Kyung-tae 66-72-66-66=270 NIR Rory McIlroy 68-68-67-67=270T9 USA David Toms 68-68-68-67=271 −9 152,500 ENG Lee Westwood 67-71-68-65=271 Source: Scorecard Final round Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par454434344 443443544 AUS Scott −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −15 −15 −16 −16 −16 −16 −17 ENG Donald −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −12 −11 −11 −12 −12 −13 USA Fowler −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 AUS Day −12 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −11 −12 −12 −12 JPN Ishikawa −11 −12 −13 −12 −12 −13 −13 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −12 −13 −13 −12 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par BirdieBogey Source: References 2 External links Coverage on the European Tour's official site About eventSeptember 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Firestone Country Club site 41.008 -81.508 type:event title Category:WGC Invitational WGC-Bridgestone Invitational WGC-Bridgestone Invitational WGC-Bridgestone Invitational