Bridgestone Invitational
August 3-7, 2012
Firestone Country Club (South Course)
Akron, Ohio
Winners Share: $1.35 Million
Defending Champion: Adam Scott
Format: 72-holes, stroke play, no cut
The WGC -
Bridgestone Invitational is one of the
annual World Golf Championships and is
well known because of the high amount of
attendance of professional golfers. |
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It
is sanctioned and organized by the
International Federation of PGA Tours
and the prize money is official money on
both the PGA Tour and the PGA European
Tour.
The WGC-Bridgestone
Invitational is a World Golf Championship, which is held
every year. The event was organized in 1999, becoming
the successor of the World Series of Golf. The
Bridgestone Invitational is the final event of the World
Golf Championships, and was previously sponsored by NEC.
It changed sponsor to Bridgestone in 2006 and is held
every year at Firestone Country Club, in Akron, Ohio.
The WGC-Bridgestone Invitational features in the
official money list of both the US PGA Tour and the
European Tour. The tournament's name has been changed a
number of times due to the change in sponsors.
The event has specific
eligibility criteria, and targets the participants in
the Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup. The WGC-Bridgestone
Invitational takes place annually in August and offers a
substantial purse of $8 million. The tournament field
consists of just 84 players, and is an invitation event.
Simply, invitations are sent to the best few dozen
golfers in the World to compete in the event.
The qualification has changed over the years but for a
player to qualify, he must meet at least one of the
required stipulations: have been a playing member in
either the most recent President's or Ryder Cup; be
ranked in the Top 50 in the official World Golf Rankings
one or two weeks prior to the event or win a worldwide
event with an Official World Golf Ranking field strength
of 100 points or more in the last calendar year.
Firestone Country Club South Course
Noted for it's length, the
par-70, 7,283 yard South Course includes a series of
intimidating, long par-4 holes and one of the longest
par 5's anywhere. South Course, known as 'The Monster',
and it's beautiful North and West courses are all rated
so highly, in fact, that Firestone is the only club in
history that can boast that it hosted three PGA Tour
events in a single season.
The South course, is keenly known as The Monster. The
length of the holes is ridiculous. The sixteenth hole is
a 667 par-5 that once crushed Arnold Palmer with a
triple bogey. The North course is well known for the
bodies of water that make it remarkably difficult to
play. The West course is long, but not as difficult as
the treacherous South course.
The World Golf
Championships are a series of three prestigious golf
events featuring the world's best golfers. The events in
the series are designed and sanctioned by the
International Federation of PGA Tours, which consists of
the leading professional golf tours in the world. The
Three tournament start with Accenture Match Play, then
the CA Championship and
the final tournament is the Bridgestone Invitational.
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WGC Bridgestone Invitational Results
2011 WGC Bridgestone Invitational Winner
Australian Adam Scott wins 2011 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in Ohio, by four shots after a commanding final round of 65. Scott had a bogey-free round to finish at 17 under, ahead of Rickie Fowler, who shot a 66, and world number one Luke Donald, also round in 66.
2010 WGC Bridgestone Invitational Winner
Hunter Mahan won his first World Golf Championship title and moved to No. 12 in the Official World Golf Ranking, a big step toward joining the elite in golf. And he won for the second time this year, becoming the fifth player this year with multiple victories on the PGA TOUR. |
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2009 WGC Bridgestone Invitational Winner
Tiger
Woods Wins 2009 WGC-Bridgestone
Invitational - Woods shot his second
consecutive round of 5-under-par 65 and
won for the 70th time in his career with
a 72-hole score of 268, 12 under par.
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