| 2005 WGC-NEC Invitational | |
| Dates: | August 18–21, 2005 |
| Location: | Akron, Ohio, U.S. |
| Course: | Firestone Country Club |
| Tour: | PGA Tour European Tour |
| Par: | 70 |
| Yardage: | 7,360 |
| Field: | 72 players |
| Cut: | None |
| Purse: | $7,500,000 |
| Winners Share: | $1,300,000 |
| Score: | 274 (−6) |
| Previous: | 2004 |
| Next: | 2006 |
The 2005 WGC-NEC Invitational was a golf tournament that was contested from August 18–21, 2005 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the seventh WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the second of four World Golf Championships events held in 2005.
World number 1 Tiger Woods won the tournament to claim his ninth World Golf Championships title, which was his fourth Invitational title. He won by one shot over Chris DiMarco, at 6-under-par 274.
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Vijay Singh | 66 | −4 |
 Henrik Stenson | |||
 Tiger Woods | |||
| T4 | Chris DiMarco | 67 | −3 |
| Nick Dougherty | |||
| Davis Love III | |||
| T7 |  Stuart Appleby | 68 | −2 |
 Sergio García | |||
| Nick O'Hern | |||
| T10 | Luke Donald | 69 | −1 |
| Phil Mickelson | |||
| Chris Riley |
| Place | Player | Score | To par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Luke Donald | align=center | 69-67=136 | −4 |
| Tiger Woods | align=center | 66-70=136 | ||
| T3 | Thomas Bjørn | align=center | 70-67=137 | −3 |
| Chris DiMarco | align=center | 67-70=137 | ||
 Paul McGinley | align=center | 71-66=137 | ||
| Vijay Singh | align=center | 66-71=137 | ||
| Henrik Stenson | align=center | 66-71=137 | ||
| T8 | Stuart Appleby | align=center | 68-70=138 | −2 |
| Sergio García | align=center | 68-70=138 | ||
| David Howell | align=center | 70-68=138 | ||
| Justin Leonard | align=center | 72-66=138 | ||
| David Toms | align=center | 71-67=138 |
| Place | Player | Score | To par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Kenny Perry | align=center | 70-69-64=203 | −7 |
| Tiger Woods | align=center | 66-70-67=203 | ||
| 3 | Paul McGinley | align=center | 71-66-67=204 | −6 |
| T4 | Stuart Appleby | align=center | 68-70-67=205 | −5 |
| Sergio García | align=center | 68-70-67=205 | ||
| 6 | José María Olazábal | align=center | 72-68-66=206 | −4 |
| T7 | Chris DiMarco | align=center | 67-70-70=207 | −3 |
| Ryan Palmer | 72-68-67=207 | |||
| David Toms | 71-67-69=207 | |||
| T10 | David Howell | 70-68-70=208 | −2 | |
| Lee Westwood | 73-72-63=208 |
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Winnings ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 66-70-67-71=274 | −6 | 1,300,000 |
| 2 | 67-70-70-68=275 | −5 | 750,000 | |
| T3 | 71-66-67-72=276 | −4 | 353,667 | |
| 72-68-67-69=276 | ||||
| 66-71-72-67=276 | ||||
| T6 | 69-67-74-67=277 | −3 | 200,000 | |
| 70-68-70-69=277 | ||||
| 70-69-64-74=277 | ||||
| T9 | 70-70-69-69=278 | −2 | 135,000 | |
| 70-72-68-68=278 | ||||
| 72-68-66-72=278 | ||||
| 71-67-69-71=278 |
| 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 | |
| Woods | −7 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −5 | −6 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −6 | |
| DiMarco | −3 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −6 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −5 | −5 | |
| McGinley | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −5 | −5 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −4 | −4 | |
| Palmer | −3 | −3 | −3 | −2 | −2 | −3 | −3 | −2 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −4 | |
| Singh | −1 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | |
| Perry | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −5 | −4 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | |
| Appleby | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −3 | −1 | −2 | −2 | −1 | −1 | −1 | |
| García | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −2 | −2 | −3 | −2 | −1 |
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