2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational August 2–5, 2007 Akron, Ohio, U.S. Firestone Country Club PGA TourEuropean Tour 70 7,400 83 players None $8,000,000 $1,350,000 USA Tiger Woods 272 (−8) 2006 2008 The 2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a golf tournament that was contested from August 2–5, 2007 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the ninth WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of three World Golf Championships events held in 2007. World number 1 Tiger Woods won the tournament for a second hat-trick at the Invitational in his career, and claimed his 14th World Golf Championships title, which was his sixth Invitational title. He won over Justin Rose and Rory Sabbatini by eight strokes, with Woods shooting an 8-under-par 272. Field 1. Playing members of the 2006 United States and European Ryder Cup teams Chad Campbell, Paul Casey (3,4,5), Stewart Cink (2,3,4), Darren Clarke, Chris DiMarco (2,4), Luke Donald (3,4), Sergio García (3,4), Pádraig Harrington (3,4,5), J. J. Henry, David Howell, Zach Johnson (3,4,5), Robert Karlsson (3,4), Paul McGinley, Phil Mickelson (2,3,4,5), Colin Montgomerie (3,4,5), José María Olazábal (3,4), Henrik Stenson (3,4,5), Vaughn Taylor, David Toms (2,3,4), Scott Verplank (2,3,4,5), Lee Westwood (3,4), Brett Wetterich (3,4), Tiger Woods (2,3,4,5) Jim Furyk (2,3,4,5) did not play. 2. Playing members of the 2005 United States and International Presidents Cup teams Stuart Appleby (3,4), Ángel Cabrera (3,4,5), Michael Campbell, Tim Clark (3,4), Fred Funk, Retief Goosen (3,4), Mark Hensby, Trevor Immelman (3,4), Justin Leonard, Peter Lonard, Davis Love III (3,4,5), Nick O'Hern (3,4,5), Kenny Perry, Adam Scott (3,4,5), Vijay Singh (3,4,5), Mike Weir (3,4) Fred Couples did not play. 3. Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings two weeks prior to event Robert Allenby (4), Stephen Ames (4), Aaron Baddeley (4,5), K. J. Choi (4,5), Ernie Els (4,5), Niclas Fasth (4,5), Retief Goosen (4,5), Richard Green (4), Anders Hansen (4,5), Charles Howell III (4,5), Shingo Katayama, Jerry Kelly (4), Arron Oberholser (4), Geoff Ogilvy (4), Rod Pampling (4), Carl Pettersson (4), Ian Poulter (4), John Rollins (4), Andres Romero (4,5), Justin Rose (4,5), Rory Sabbatini (4,5), Richard Sterne (4,5), Steve Stricker (4), Boo Weekley (4,5) 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 Woody Austin, Brian Bateman, Mark Calcavecchia, Joe Durant, Paul Goydos, Anton Haig, Grégory Havret, Charley Hoffman, Raphaël Jacquelin, José Manuel Lara, Liang Wenchong, Hunter Mahan, Troy Matteson, John Senden, Jeev Milkha Singh, Graeme Storm, Nick Watney, Mark Wilson, Yang Yong-eun 6. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours: Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship (2007) – Shingo Katayama, qualified in category 3 PGA Tour of Australasia: Australian PGA Championship (2006) – Nick O'Hern, qualified in categories 2, 3, 4, and 5 Sunshine Tour: Vodacom Championship (2007) – Richard Sterne, qualified in categories 3, 4, and 5 Asian Tour: Volvo Masters of Asia (2006) – Thongchai Jaidee Round summaries First round PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 ENG Paul Casey67−3 USA Hunter Mahan ZAF Rory SabbatiniT4 AUS Stuart Appleby68−2 USA Mark Calcavecchia USA Arron Oberholser USA Boo Weekley ENG Lee Westwood USA Tiger WoodsT10 USA Chris DiMarco69−1 USA Paul Goydos USA Kenny Perry ENG Justin Rose Second round PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 ZAF Rory Sabbatini67-67=134−62 USA Zach Johnson71-65=136−4T3 USA Kenny Perry69-69=138−2 USA Scott Verplank70-68=138 USA Tiger Woods68-70=138T6 USA Chris DiMarco69-70=139−1 USA Davis Love III74-65=139 ENG Lee Westwood68-71=139T9 USA Mark Calcavecchia68-72=140E ENG Paul Casey67-73=140 USA Justin Leonard73-67=140 AUS Peter Lonard70-70=140 USA Hunter Mahan67-73=140 AUS John Senden71-69=140 Third round PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 ZAF Rory Sabbatini67-67-72=206−42 USA Tiger Woods68-70-69=207−33 USA Kenny Perry69-69-71=209−1T4 AUS Stuart Appleby68-74-69=211+1 AUS Aaron Baddeley70-74-67=211 USA Chris DiMarco69-70-72=211 USA Justin Leonard73-67-71=211 USA Hunter Mahan67-73-71=211 ARG Andrés Romero71-71-69=211 USA Scott Verplank70-68-73=211 Final round PlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)1 USA Tiger Woods 68-70-69-65=272 −8 1,350,000T2 ENG Justin Rose 69-72-71-68=280 E 635,000 ZAF Rory Sabbatini 67-67-72-74=280T4 USA Chris DiMarco 69-70-72-70=281 +1 310,000 AUS Peter Lonard 70-70-73-68=281T6 ZAF Tim Clark 71-70-72-69=282 +2 202,000 USA Davis Love III 74-65-74-69=282 ARG Andrés Romero 71-71-69-71=282T9 USA Justin Leonard 73-67-71-72=283 +3 147,500 USA Scott Verplank 70-68-73-72=283 Scorecard Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par454434344 443443544 USA Woods −4 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 ENG Rose +1 E E E −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 E E E E E RSA Sabbatini −5 −5 −5 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −1 E E E E +1 +1 +1 E E USA DiMarco +1 E −1 E −1 −1 −1 −1 +1 +1 +1 E E E E E E +1 AUS Lonard +4 +3 +4 +4 +4 +4 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1 USA Perry −2 −1 −2 E −1 −1 −1 −1 E +1 +1 +2 +2 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Double Eagle Eagle -->BirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+ --> Source:http://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard?tournamentId=324 ESPN World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational 12 September 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