2012 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

September 2018 2012 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational August 2–5, 2012 Akron, Ohio, U.S. Firestone Country ClubSouth Course PGA TourEuropean Tour 70 7400 yd 0 78 players None $8,500,000€6,770,017 $1,400,000€1,131,130 USA Keegan Bradley 267 (−13) 2011 2013 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 2012 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 14th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of four World Golf Championships events held in 2012. Keegan Bradley shot a 64 (−6) in the final round to finish with 267 (−13) to win his first WGC event, one stroke ahead of runners-up Jim Furyk and Steve Stricker.https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/8237231/keegan-bradley-takes-wgc-bridgestone-invitational-jim-furyk-collapse ESPN Associated Press Keegan Bradley wins after 64 August 6, 2012 February 22, 2013 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 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.worldgolfchampionships.com/tournaments/r476/field-qualify/ How players qualify July 24, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120801063505/http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/tournaments/r476/field-qualify/ August 1, 2012 dead mdy-all http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/wgc/pastfuturechampionships/index.html Past and Future Championships July 24, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120717053919/http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/wgc/pastfuturechampionships/index.html July 17, 2012 dead mdy-all 1. Playing members of the 2011 United States and International Presidents Cup teams. Robert Allenby, Aaron Baddeley, K. J. Choi (2,3), Jason Day (2,3), Ernie Els (2,3,4), Jim Furyk (2,3), Retief Goosen, Bill Haas (2,3,4), Ryo Ishikawa, Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Matt Kuchar (2,3,4), Kim Kyung-tae, Hunter Mahan (2,3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4), Geoff Ogilvy (2,3), Charl Schwartzel (2,3), Adam Scott (2,3,4), Steve Stricker (2,3,4), David Toms (2,3), Nick Watney (2,3), Bubba Watson (2,3,4), Tiger Woods (2,3,4), Y. E. Yang Webb Simpson (2,3,4) did not compete for personal reasons.https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/8206935/webb-simpson-bridgestone-invitational-wife-expecting Webb Simpson out of Bridgestone ESPN Bob Harig 29 July 2012 2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 23, 2012.Official World Golf Ranking – July 22, 2012 Bae Sang-moon (3), Thomas Bjørn (3,4), Keegan Bradley (3,4), Jonathan Byrd (3), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (3,4), Nicolas Colsaerts (3,4), Luke Donald (3,4), Jason Dufner (3,4), Simon Dyson (3,4), Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (3,4), Rickie Fowler (3,4), Sergio García (3,4), Peter Hanson (3), Freddie Jacobson (3), Zach Johnson (3,4), Martin Kaymer (3,4), Martin Laird (3), Paul Lawrie (3,4), Graeme McDowell (3), Rory McIlroy (3,4), Francesco Molinari (3,4), Kevin Na (3), Louis Oosthuizen (3,4), Carl Pettersson (3,4), Ian Poulter (3,5), Álvaro Quirós (3,4), Justin Rose (3,4), John Senden (3), Brandt Snedeker (3,4), Bo Van Pelt (3), Lee Westwood (3,5), Mark Wilson (3,4) 3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 30, 2012.Official World Golf Ranking – July 29, 2012 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.The 'Strength of Field Rating' is a loose term for what the Official World Golf Ranking calls the 'Total Rating Value' (see Event Ranking). Greg Chalmers, Ben Crane, Jamie Donaldson, Branden Grace, Michael Hoey, Thongchai Jaidee, Marc Leishman, Tom Lewis, Joost Luiten, Toshinori Muto, Scott Piercy, Ted Potter Jr., Robert Rock, Marcel Siem, Jeev Milkha Singh, Lee Slattery, Kyle Stanley, Johnson Wagner, Bernd Wiesberger, Danny Willett 5. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours: Asian Tour: Thailand Golf Championship (2011)http://www.asiantour.com/news.aspx?sid=20110802164604501176 https://archive.today/20130117075915/http://www.asiantour.com/news.aspx?sid=20110802164604501176 dead January 17, 2013 Stars to Help Launch Thailand Golf Championship July 24, 2012 – Lee Westwood, also qualified in categories 2 and 3 PGA Tour of Australasia: JBWere Masters (2011) – Ian Poulter, also qualified in categories 2 and 3 Japan Golf Tour: Bridgestone Open (2011) – Toru Taniguchi Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship (2012) – Yoshinori Fujimoto Sunshine Tour: Dimension Data Pro-Am (2012) – Oliver Bekker Nine of the field were appearing in their first WGC event: Oliver Bekker, Jamie Donaldson, Yoshinori Fujimoto, Joost Luiten, Toshinori Muto, Scott Piercy, Ted Potter Jr., Marcel Siem and Bernd Wiesberger. Round summaries First round Thursday, August 2, 2012 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Jim Furyk 63 −72 ENG Lee Slattery 65 −5T3 ESP Rafa Cabrera-Bello 66 −4 USA Ben Crane ENG Luke Donald ENG Simon Dyson AUS John Senden USA Bubba WatsonT9 USA Keegan Bradley 67 −3 USA Jason Dufner ESP Sergio García ZAF Retief Goosen USA Bill Haas KOR Kim Kyung-tae AUS Geoff Ogilvy ZAF Louis Oosthuizen SWE Carl Pettersson Source:http://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard?tournamentId=1019 ESPN WGC-Bridgestone Invitational August 5, 2012 July 25, 2017 Second round Friday, August 3, 2012 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Jim Furyk 63-66=129 −112 ESP Rafa Cabrera-Bello 66-65=131 −93 ZAF Louis Oosthuizen 67-65=132 −84 USA Jason Dufner 67-66=133 −75 KOR Kim Kyung-tae 67-67=134 −6T6 ENG Luke Donald 66-69=135 −5 USA David Toms 68-67=135T8 USA Keegan Bradley 67-69=136 −4 AUS John Senden 66-70=136 ENG Lee Slattery 65-71=136 USA Steve Stricker 68-68=136 Source: Third round Saturday, August 4, 2012 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Jim Furyk 63-66-70=199 −112 ZAF Louis Oosthuizen 67-65-68=200 −103 USA Keegan Bradley 67-69-67=203 −7T4 NIR Rory McIlroy 70-67-67=204 −6 USA Steve Stricker 68-68-68=204T6 ENG Justin Rose 70-69-66=205 −5 AUS John Senden 66-70-69=205 USA Bo Van Pelt 70-69-66=205T9 ENG Luke Donald 66-69-71=206 −4 USA Jason Dufner 67-66-73=206 Source: Final round Sunday, August 5, 2012 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA Keegan Bradley 67-69-67-64=267 −13 1,400,000T2 USA Jim Furyk 63-66-70-69=268 −12 665,000 USA Steve Stricker 68-68-68-64=2684 ZAF Louis Oosthuizen 67-65-68-69=269 −11 365,000T5 NIR Rory McIlroy 70-67-67-68=272 −8 276,500 ENG Justin Rose 70-69-66-67=2727 USA Jason Dufner 67-66-73-68=274 −6 210,000T8 AUS Aaron Baddeley73-66-71-66=276−4 128,750 KOR K. J. Choi71-72-67-66=276 ENG Luke Donald66-69-71-70=276 USA Matt Kuchar70-70-70-66=276 ENG Lee Slattery65-71-72-68=276 USA David Toms68-67-73-68=276 USA Bo Van Pelt70-69-66-71=276 USA Tiger Woods70-72-68-66=276 Source: Scorecard Final round Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par454434344 443443544 USA Bradley −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −10 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 USA Furyk −12 −13 −14 −14 −14 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −12 USA Stricker −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −11 −12 RSA Oosthuizen −11 −12 −12 −12 −11 −11 −11 −11 −10 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 NIR McIlroy −6 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 ENG Rose −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par BirdieBogeyDouble bogey Source: References 2 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 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational