2008 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

2008 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational July 31 – August 3, 2008 Akron, Ohio, U.S. Firestone Country Club PGA TourEuropean Tour 70 7,400 80 players None $8,000,000 $1,350,000 FJI Vijay Singh 270 (−10) 2007 2009 The 2008 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a golf tournament that was contested from July 31 – August 3, 2008 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the tenth WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of three World Golf Championships events held in 2008. Vijay Singh won the tournament, and claimed his first World Golf Championships title. He shot a 10-under par 270 to win over Stuart Appleby and Lee Westwood by one stroke. Field 1. Playing members of the 2007 United States and International Presidents Cup teams Stuart Appleby (3,4), Woody Austin (3,4), Ángel Cabrera (3,4,5), K. J. Choi (3,4,5), Stewart Cink (2,3,4,5), Ernie Els (3,4,5), Jim Furyk (2,3,4), Lucas Glover, Retief Goosen (3,4), Charles Howell III, Trevor Immelman (3,4), Zach Johnson (2,3,4), Hunter Mahan (3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4,5), Geoff Ogilvy (3,4,5), Nick O'Hern, Rory Sabbatini (3,4), Adam Scott (3,4,5), Vijay Singh (3,4), Steve Stricker (3,4,5), David Toms (2), Scott Verplank (2,3,4) Mike Weir (3,4,5) and Tiger Woods (2,3,4,5) did not play. 2. Playing members of the 2006 United States and European Ryder Cup teams Chad Campbell, Paul Casey (3,4), Darren Clarke (5), Chris DiMarco, Sergio García (3,4,5), Pádraig Harrington (3,4,5), J. J. Henry, David Howell, Robert Karlsson (3,4), Paul McGinley, Colin Montgomerie, Henrik Stenson (3,4), Vaughn Taylor, Lee Westwood (3,4,5) Luke Donald (3,4), José María Olazábal, and Brett Wetterich did not play. 3. Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings two weeks prior to event Robert Allenby (4), Stephen Ames (4,5), Aaron Baddeley (4), Tim Clark (4), Niclas Fasth (4), Richard Green (4), Søren Hansen (4,5), Trevor Immelman (4,5), Freddie Jacobson (4), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (4,5), Martin Kaymer (4,5), Anthony Kim (4,5), Justin Leonard (4,5), Graeme McDowell (4,5), Rocco Mediate (4), Sean O'Hair (4,5), Rod Pampling (4), Kenny Perry (4,5), Ian Poulter (4,5), Andrés Romero (4,5), Justin Rose (4,5), Brandt Snedeker (4), Boo Weekley (4,5), Oliver Wilson (4) 4. Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings one week prior to event 5. 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 Mark Brown, Daniel Chopra, Nick Dougherty, Richard Finch, Ross Fisher, Steve Flesch, J. B. Holmes, Brendan Jones, James Kingston, Pablo Larrazábal, Peter Lonard, Steve Lowery, Craig Parry, Chez Reavie, Brett Rumford, Scott Strange, D. J. Trahan, Johnson Wagner, Steve Webster 6. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours: Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship (2008) – Hidemasa Hoshino PGA Tour of Australasia: Australian PGA Championship (2007) – Peter Lonard, qualified in category 5 Sunshine Tour: Vodacom Championship (2008) – James Kingston, qualified in category 5 Asian Tour: Volvo Masters of Asia (2007) – Prayad Marksaeng Round summaries First round PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 ZAF Retief Goosen66−4T2 SWE Daniel Chopra67−3 ZAF Tim Clark USA Zach Johnson FJI Vijay SinghT6 USA Chad Campbell68−2 USA Stewart Cink USA Chris DiMarco USA Jim Furyk USA Charles Howell III USA Justin Leonard USA Rocco Mediate USA Phil Mickelson USA Sean O'Hair USA Chez Reavie USA Brandt Snedeker AUS Scott Strange USA Steve Stricker ENG Steve Webster Second round PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 FJI Vijay Singh67-66=133−72 USA Phil Mickelson68-66=134−6T3 USA Zach Johnson67-68=135−5 AUS Peter Lonard69-66=135 USA Sean O'Hair68-67=135 ENG Lee Westwood70-65=135T7 AUS Stuart Appleby70-66=136−4 USA Stewart Cink68-68=136 ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez70-66=136 ZAF Rory Sabbatini69-67=136 USA D. J. Trahan69-67=136 Third round PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 USA Phil Mickelson68-66-68=202−8 FJI Vijay Singh67-66-69=202 ENG Lee Westwood70-65-67=2024 AUS Stuart Appleby70-66-67=203−75 ZAF Retief Goosen66-71-68=205−5T6 NIR Darren Clarke70-71-65=206−4 USA Chris DiMarco68-70-68=206 ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez70-66-70=206 ZAF Rory Sabbatini69-67-70=206 USA D. J. Trahan69-67-70=206 Final round PlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)1 FJI Vijay Singh 67-66-69-68=270 −10 1,350,000T2 AUS Stuart Appleby 70-66-67-68=271 −9 635,000 ENG Lee Westwood 70-65-67-69=271T4 ZAF Retief Goosen 66-71-68-67=272 −8 310,000 USA Phil Mickelson 68-66-68-70=272T6 NIR Darren Clarke 70-71-65-67=273 −7 220,000 AUS Peter Lonard 69-66-72-66=273T8 ENG Paul Casey 70-71-68-65=274 −6 162,500 USA D. J. Trahan 69-67-70-68=274T10 ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez 70-66-70-69=275 −5 133,000 USA Hunter Mahan 71-66-70-68=275 Scorecard Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par454434344 443443544 FJI Singh −8 −9 −10 −11 −11 −12 −12 −11 −11 −11 −10 −11 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 AUS Appleby −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −9 −9 ENG Westwood −9 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −7 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 ZAF Goosen −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 USA Mickelson −8 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −10 −10 −9 −8 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Double Eagle Eagle -->BirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+ --> Source:http://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard?tournamentId=440 ESPN World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational 14 August 2018 References External links Full results 41.008 -81.508 type:event title Category:WGC Invitational WGC-Bridgestone Invitational WGC-Bridgestone Invitational WGC-Bridgestone Invitational WGC-Bridgestone Invitational