2009 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

2009 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational August 6–9, 2009 Akron, Ohio, U.S. Firestone Country Club PGA TourEuropean Tour 70 7400 yd 0 80 players None $8.5 million $1.4 million USA Tiger Woods 268 (−12) 2008 2010 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 2009 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament held August 6–9 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the eleventh WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of four World Golf Championships events held in 2009. World number 1 Tiger Woods won his 16th World Golf Championships title, which was his seventh Invitational title.http://www.espn.com/golf/news/story?id=4387567 ESPN Associated Press Tiger wins second straight event August 10, 2009 July 25, 2017 This was his fourth Invitational title in as many starts, as he won three consecutive (2005, 2006, 2007) and missed the 2008 edition due to recuperation after leg surgery. He shot 268 (−12), four strokes ahead of runners-up Robert Allenby and Pádraig Harrington. This was Woods' 10th Invitational appearance and had yet to finish out of the top five; he was second in 2004 and fourth twice (2002, 2003). Field 1. Playing members of the 2008 United States and European Ryder Cup teams Chad Campbell, Paul Casey (3,4,5), Stewart Cink (2,3,4,5), Ben Curtis (3,4), Jim Furyk (2,3,4), Sergio García (3,4,5), Søren Hansen (3,4), Pádraig Harrington (3,4,5), J. B. Holmes, Miguel Ángel Jiménez (3,4), Anthony Kim (3,4), Justin Leonard (3,4), Hunter Mahan (2,3,4), Graeme McDowell (3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4,5), Kenny Perry (3,4,5), Ian Poulter (3,4), Justin Rose, Henrik Stenson (3,4,5), Steve Stricker (2,3,4,5), Boo Weekley, Lee Westwood (3,4), Oliver Wilson (3,4) Robert Karlsson (3,4,5) did not play. 2. Playing members of the 2007 United States and International Presidents Cup teams Stuart Appleby, Woody Austin, Ángel Cabrera (3,4,5), K. J. Choi, Ernie Els (3,4), Lucas Glover (3,4,5), Retief Goosen (3,4,5), Charles Howell III, Trevor Immelman, Zach Johnson (3,4,5), Geoff Ogilvy (3,4,5), Nick O'Hern, Rory Sabbatini (3,4,5), Adam Scott (3,4), Vijay Singh (3,4,5), David Toms (3,4), Scott Verplank, Mike Weir (3,4), Tiger Woods (3,4,5) 3. Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings two weeks prior to event Robert Allenby (4), Tim Clark (4,5), Luke Donald (4), Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (4,5), Ross Fisher (4), Brian Gay (4,5), Mathew Goggin (4), Dustin Johnson (5), Shingo Katayama (4), Martin Kaymer (4,5), Søren Kjeldsen (4,5), Davis Love III (4,5), Rory McIlroy (4,5), Sean O'Hair (4,5), Álvaro Quirós (4,5), Jeev Milkha Singh (4,5), Camilo Villegas (4,5), Nick Watney (4,5) 4. Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings one week prior to event Thongchai Jaidee (5) 5. Winners of Federation tournaments since the prior year's tournament with an Official World Golf Ranking Strength of Field Rating of 115 points or more Cameron Beckman, Christian Cévaër, Darren Clarke, Nick Dougherty, Nathan Green, Grégory Havret, Anthony Kang, Jerry Kelly, Danny Lee, Shane Lowry, Prayad Marksaeng, Pat Perez, Carl Pettersson, Richard Sterne, Marc Turnesa, Yang Yong-eun Lin Wen-tang did not play. 6. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours: Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship (2009) – Yuji Igarashi PGA Tour of Australasia: Australian PGA Championship (2008) – Geoff Ogilvy, already qualified through categories 2, 3, 4, and 5 Sunshine Tour: Vodacom Championship (2009) – Anders Hansen Asian Tour: Volvo Masters of Asia (2008) – Lam Chih Bing Round summaries First round Thursday, August 6, 2009 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 IRL Pádraig Harrington64−6T2 ZAF Tim Clark66−4 THA Prayad Marksaeng USA Scott VerplankT5 USA Zach Johnson67−3 ENG Ian Poulter USA Steve StrickerT8 AUS Robert Allenby68−2 ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez ESP Sergio García NZL Danny Lee USA Hunter Mahan USA Tiger Woods Source:http://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard?tournamentId=552 ESPN WGC-Bridgestone Invitational August 9, 2009 July 25, 2017 Second round Friday, August 7, 2009 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 IRL Pádraig Harrington64-69=133−72 ZAF Tim Clark66-68=134−63 USA Scott Verplank66-69=135−5T4 USA Jerry Kelly71-65=136−4 THA Prayad Marksaeng66-70=136 USA Steve Stricker67-69=136T7 AUS Robert Allenby68-69=137−3 USA Woody Austin69-68=137 USA Zach Johnson67-70=137 USA Hunter Mahan68-69=137 ESP Álvaro Quirós72-65=137 CAN Mike Weir71-66=137 Source: Third round Saturday, August 8, 2009 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 IRL Pádraig Harrington64-69-67=200−102 USA Tiger Woods68-70-65=203−73 USA Jerry Kelly71-65-69=205−5T4 AUS Robert Allenby68-69-69=206−4 USA Woody Austin69-68-69=206 ARG Ángel Cabrera70-68-68=206 USA Stewart Cink69-69-68=206 USA Lucas Glover69-69-68=206 ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez68-72-66=206 USA Zach Johnson67-70-69=206 USA Kenny Perry69-71-66=206 CAN Mike Weir71-66-69=206 ENG Oliver Wilson69-69-68=206 Source: Final round Sunday, August 9, 2009 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 USA Tiger Woods 68-70-65-65=268 −12 1,400,000T2 AUS Robert Allenby 68-69-69-66=272 −8 665,000 IRL Pádraig Harrington 64-69-67-72=272T4 ARG Ángel Cabrera 70-68-68-67=273 −7 332,000 USA Hunter Mahan 68-69-70-66=273T6 USA Stewart Cink 69-69-68-68=274 −6 214,333 ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez 68-72-66-68=274 USA Steve Stricker 67-69-71-67=2749 ENG Lee Westwood 69-71-70-65=275 −5 160,00010 CAN Mike Weir 71-66-69-70=276 −4 145,000 Source: Scorecard Final round Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par454434344 443443544 USA Woods −7 −9 −9 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −11 −10 −10 −11 −11 −12 AUS Allenby −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −7 −8 IRL Harrington −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −8 −8 −8 ARG Cabrera −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 USA Mahan −3 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par EagleBirdieBogeyTriple bogey+ Source: References External links Full results 41.008 -81.508 type:event title Category:WGC Invitational WGC-Bridgestone Invitational WGC-Bridgestone Invitational WGC-Bridgestone Invitational