2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

Golf tournament September 2018 2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational August 6–9, 2015 Akron, Ohio, U.S. Firestone Country ClubSouth Course PGA TourEuropean Tour 70 7400 yd 0 77 players None $9,250,000€8,323,589 $1,570,000€1,412,760 IRL Shane Lowry 269 (−11) 2014 2016 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 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.https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/golf/33843668 Shane Lowry wins WGC-Bridgestone Invitational title in Ohio August 10, 2015 BBC Sport August 10, 2015https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/aug/09/shane-lowry-wins-bridestone-invitational-akron-bubba-watson-justin-rose Shane Lowry fights off Bubba Watson to win Bridgestone Invitational August 10, 2015 The Guardian August 10, 2015 Course layout Firestone Country Club Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal Yards399526442471200469219482494370241041818047146722166740046436987400Par454434344354434435443570 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 2013 March 1, 2013 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.http://www.pgatour.com/fantasy/major-qualifiers.html 2014–15 Qualifiers for majors, The Players, WGCs PGA Tour Rob Bolton December 21, 2014 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) Rory McIlroy (2,3,4) withdrew due to an ankle injury.http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/bridgestone-invitational/news/2015/07/29/mcilroy-kirk-miss-bridgestone-invitational.html McIlroy, Kirk to miss Bridgestone Invitational due to injury World Golf Championships July 29, 2015 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) Chris Kirk (3,4) withdrew due to a hand injury. 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.The 'Strength of Field Rating' is a loose term for what the Official World Golf Ranking calls the 'Total Rating Value' (see Event ranking). 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 Alex Norén withdrew due to a rib injury.http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2015/tournamentid=2015060/news/newsid=266772.html Warren just secures Bridgestone debut PGA European Tour August 3, 2015 5. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours: Asian Tour: Thailand Golf Championship (2014) – Lee Westwood, already qualified under categories 1, 2, 3, and 4 PGA Tour of Australasia: BetEasy Masters (2014) – Nick Cullen Japan Golf Tour: Bridgestone Open (2014) – Koumei Oda Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship – Liang Wenchong Sunshine Tour: Dimension Data Pro-Am – Branden Grace, already qualified under categories 2, 3, and 4 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. 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.http://www.espn.co.uk/golf/story/_/id/13390256/danny-lee-takes-1-shot-lead-bridgestone-invitational Danny Lee leads Graeme McDowell by 1 shot at Bridgestone Invitational August 7, 2015 ESPN Associated Press August 12, 2015 The greens were firm and difficult and only 21 golfers in the field of 77 managed under-par rounds.https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/2015/08/06/pga-firestone-greens-star-wgc-bridgestone-first-round/31254407/ Treacherous, firm Firestone greens highlight WGC-Bridgestone first round Steve DiMeglio USA Today August 6, 2015 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 NZL Danny Lee 65 −5T2 USA Jim Furyk 66 −4 NIR Graeme McDowellT4 USA Rickie Fowler 67 −3 ENG Justin RoseT6 ENG Paul Casey 68 −2 FRA Victor Dubuisson JPN Koumei Oda ENG Ian Poulter USA Webb Simpson SWE Henrik Stenson USA Robert Streb ENG Lee Westwood Second round Friday, August 7, 2015 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Jim Furyk 66-66=132 −8T2 USA Dustin Johnson 69-67=136 −4 IRL Shane Lowry 70-66=136 USA Bubba Watson 70-66=136T5 NZL Danny Lee 65-72=137 −3 NIR Graeme McDowell 66-71=137 SWE Henrik Stenson 68-69=137T8 AUS Jason Day 69-69=138 −2 ESP Sergio García 71-67=138 USA Brooks Koepka 69-69=138 USA Patrick Reed 71-67=138 ENG Justin Rose 67-71=138 USA Webb Simpson 68-70=138 USA Jordan Spieth 70-68=138 USA Robert Streb 68-70=138 ENG Lee Westwood 68-70=138 Source:https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/golf/33833260 Bridgestone Invitational: Jim Furyk takes four-shot halfway lead August 8, 2015 BBC Sport August 12, 2015 Third round Saturday, August 8, 2015 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Jim Furyk 66-66-69=201 −9 ENG Justin Rose 67-71-63=2013 IRL Shane Lowry 70-66-67=203 −7T4 AUS Steven Bowditch 73-69-63=205 −5 ENG Ian Poulter 68-72-65=205 SWE Henrik Stenson 68-69-68=205 USA Bubba Watson 70-66-69=205T8 USA Brooks Koepka 69-69-68=206 −4 NIR Graeme McDowell 66-71-69=206 USA Robert Streb 68-70-68=206 Source:https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/13401258/justin-rose-jim-furyk-share-bridgestone-invitational-lead Justin Rose finishes with 40-foot birdie putt to tie Jim Furyk at Firestone August 8, 2015 ESPN Associated Press August 12, 2015 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. PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 IRL Shane Lowry 70-66-67-66=269 −11 1,570,0002 USA Bubba Watson 70-66-69-66=271 −9 930,000T3 USA Jim Furyk 66-66-69-72=273 −7 470,000 ENG Justin Rose 67-71-63-72=273 5 USA Robert Streb 68-70-68-68=274 −6 330,000T6 USA Brooks Koepka 69-69-68-69=275 −5 219,000 NZL Danny Lee 65-72-70-68=275 SWE David Lingmerth 70-71-66-68=275 SWE Henrik Stenson 68-69-68-70=275T10 USA Rickie Fowler 67-72-70-67=276 −4 149,500 USA Jordan Spieth 70-68-72-66=276 Source:https://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard?tournamentId=2256 ESPN WGC-Bridgestone Invitational August 9, 2015 July 25, 2017https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2015/aug/09/wgc-bridgestone-invitational-final-round-live 2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational: final round, as it happened August 9, 2015 The Guardian Scott Murray August 12, 2015 Scorecard Final round Hole  1  234  5    6    7    8     9  101112131415161718Par454434344 443443544 IRL Lowry −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11USA Watson −5 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −8 −8 −9 −9ENG Rose −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −7USA Furyk −9 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 USA 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 BirdieBogey Source References External links http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/bridgestone-invitational.html Coverage on European Tour's official site Firestone Country Club site 41.008 -81.508 type:event title Category:WGC Invitational WGC-Bridgestone Invitational WGC-Bridgestone Invitational WGC-Bridgestone Invitational