2011 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

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2011 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
Tournament information
Dates August 4–7, 2011
Location Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Course(s) Firestone Country Club
South Course
Tour(s) PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Par 70
Length 7,400 yards (6,767 m)
Field 76 players
Cut None
Prize fund $8,500,000
€5,804,071
Winner's share $1,400,000
€972,148
Champion
Australia Adam Scott
263 (−17)

The 2011 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was the 13th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, held August 4–7 at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. Adam Scott was the winner on the South Course, four strokes ahead of Luke Donald and Rickie Fowler.[1][2] This tournament was the third of four World Golf Championships events held in 2011.

Venue

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Main article: Firestone Country Club

Course layout

The South Course was designed by Bert Way and redesigned by Robert Trent Jones in 1960.[3][4]

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 399 526 442 471 200 469 219 482 494 3702 410 418 180 471 467 221 667 400 464 3698 7400
Par 4 5 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 35 4 4 3 4 4 3 5 4 4 35 70

Field

Firestone CC is located in USA
Firestone CC
Firestone CC
Location in the United States

1. Playing members of the 2010 United States and European Ryder Cup teams.
Stewart Cink, Luke Donald (2,3,4), Rickie Fowler (2,3), Jim Furyk (2,3,4), Peter Hanson (2,3), Pádraig Harrington (5), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (2,3,4), Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Zach Johnson (2,3), Martin Kaymer (2,3,4), Matt Kuchar (2,3,4), Hunter Mahan (2,3,4), Graeme McDowell (2,3,4), Rory McIlroy (2,3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4), Edoardo Molinari (2,3,4), Francesco Molinari (2,3,4), Jeff Overton, Ian Poulter (2,3,4), Steve Stricker (2,3,4), Bubba Watson (2,3,4), Lee Westwood (2,3,4), Tiger Woods (2,3)

(Ross Fisher qualified but chose not to play.)[5]

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 25.[6]
Robert Allenby (3), Jonathan Byrd (4), Paul Casey (3,4), K. J. Choi (3,4), Darren Clarke (3,4), Jason Day (3), Ernie Els (3,4), Sergio García (3), Retief Goosen (3), Bill Haas (3), Anders Hansen (3), Ryo Ishikawa (3), Robert Karlsson (3,4), Kim Kyung-tae (3,4), Martin Laird (3,4), Matteo Manassero (3,4), Ryan Moore (3), Geoff Ogilvy (3), Louis Oosthuizen (3), Álvaro Quirós (3,4), Justin Rose (3), Charl Schwartzel (3,4), Adam Scott (3,4), Brandt Snedeker (3,4), David Toms (3,4), Bo Van Pelt (3), Nick Watney (3,4), Gary Woodland (3,4), Y. E. Yang (3)

(Tim Clark withdrew with an elbow injury.)[7]

3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as August 1, 2011.[8]
Simon Dyson (4)

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.
Stuart Appleby, Arjun Atwal, Aaron Baddeley, Keegan Bradley, Thomas Bjørn, Harrison Frazar, Lucas Glover, Richard Green, Charley Hoffman, Yuta Ikeda (5), Fredrik Jacobson, Pablo Larrazábal, Thomas Levet, Alexander Norén, Sean O'Hair, D. A. Points, Rory Sabbatini, Heath Slocum, Scott Stallings, Brendan Steele, Jhonattan Vegas, Mark Wilson

(Nicolas Colsaerts withdrew with an elbow injury.[7] Thomas Levet withdrew with an injury.[9])

5. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours:

Sources[10][11]

Past champions in the field

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Place
Hunter Mahan  United States 2010 71 69 72 69 281 +1 T37
Tiger Woods  United States 1999, 2000,
2001, 2005,
2006, 2007, 2009		 68 71 72 70 281 +1 T37
Stewart Cink  United States 2004 66 70 71 75 282 +2 T45
Darren Clarke  Northern Ireland 2003 77 74 69 72 292 +12 T68

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Playing in his first competitive round since May due to a leg injury, Tiger Woods shot a 68 (−2). Rory McIlroy, in his first event in America since the U.S. Open, also shot 68. Phil Mickelson and Lee Westwood both shot 67, but two Australians topped the leaderboard with Adam Scott at 62 (−8) and Jason Day at 63. Nick Watney had the lowest score of the Americans with a 65. Rory Sabbatini, D. A. Points, Stewart Cink, Thomas Bjørn, Brandt Snedeker, Martin Laird, Ryan Moore, Pablo Larrazábal, and Kim Kyung-Tae all shot 66.[12]

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Adam Scott  Australia 62 −8
2 Jason Day  Australia 63 −7
3 Nick Watney  United States 65 −5
T4 Thomas Bjørn  Denmark 66 −4
Stewart Cink  United States
Kim Kyung-tae  South Korea
Martin Laird  Scotland
Pablo Larrazábal  Spain
Ryan Moore  United States
D. A. Points  United States
Rory Sabbatini  South Africa
Brandt Snedeker  United States

Second round

Friday, August 5, 2011

Place Player Country Score To par
T1 Keegan Bradley  United States 67-65=132 −8
Rickie Fowler  United States 68-64=132
Ryan Moore  United States 66-66=132
Adam Scott  Australia 62-70=132
T5 Jason Day  Australia 63-70=133 −7
Robert Karlsson  Sweden 68-65=133
Martin Laird  Scotland 66-67=133
T8 Fredrik Jacobson  Sweden 68-66=134 −6
Brandt Snedeker  United States 66-68=134
T10 Ryo Ishikawa  Japan 67-68=135 −5
Hennie Otto  South Africa 69-66=135
Nick Watney  United States 65-70=135

Third round

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Place Player Country Score To par
1 Adam Scott  Australia 62-70-66=198 −12
T2 Jason Day  Australia 63-70-66=199 −11
Ryo Ishikawa  Japan 67-68-64=199
T4 Keegan Bradley  United States 67-65-68=200 −10
Martin Laird  Scotland 66-67-67=200
T6 Luke Donald  England 68-69-64=201 −9
Rickie Fowler  United States 68-64-69=201
Fredrik Jacobson  Sweden 68-66-66=201
9 Zach Johnson  United States 70-68-64=202 −8
T10 Rory McIlroy  Northern Ireland 68-68-67=203 −7
Steve Stricker  United States 71-65-67=203

Final round

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Place Player Country Score To par Money ($)
1 Adam Scott  Australia 62-70-66-65=263 −17 1,400,000
T2 Luke Donald  England 68-69-64-66=267 −13 665,000
Rickie Fowler  United States 68-64-69-66=267
T4 Jason Day  Australia 63-70-66-69=268 −12 332,500
Ryo Ishikawa  Japan 67-68-64-69=268
T6 Zach Johnson  United States 70-68-64-68=270 −10 215,000
Kim Kyung-tae  South Korea 66-72-66-66=270
Rory McIlroy  Northern Ireland 68-68-67-67=270
T9 David Toms  United States 68-68-68-67=271 −9 152,500
Lee Westwood  England 67-71-68-65=271

Scorecard

Final round

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 5 4 4
Australia Scott −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −15 −15 −16 −16 −16 −16 −17
England Donald −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −12 −11 −11 −12 −12 −13
United States Fowler −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13
Australia Day −12 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −11 −12 −12 −12
Japan Ishikawa −11 −12 −13 −12 −12 −13 −13 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −12 −13 −13 −12

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source:[13]

References

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  5. ↑ Fisher Withdraws From WGC - Bridgestone
  6. ↑ Official World Golf Ranking – July 24, 2011
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Field Just About Set For The Bridgestone
  8. ↑ Official World Golf Ranking – July 31, 2011
  9. ↑ Fantasy Insider: WGC Bridgestone Invitational
  10. ↑ Bridgestone Invitational - How players qualify
  11. ↑ Bridgestone Invitational - Field
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