2006 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational explained

2006 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
Dates:	August 24–27, 2006
Location:	Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Course:	Firestone Country Club
Tour:	PGA Tour European Tour
Par:	70
Yardage:	7,360
Field:	78 players
Cut:	None
Purse:	$7,500,000
Winners Share:	$1,300,000
Score:	270 (−10), playoff
Previous:	2005
Next:	2007

The 2006 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a golf tournament that was contested from August 24–27, 2006 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the eighth WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the second of four World Golf Championships events held in 2006.

World number 1 Tiger Woods won the tournament to retain the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and claim his 11th World Golf Championships title, which was his fifth Invitational title. He won in a playoff over Stewart Cink, who also shot a 10-under-par 270.

Round summaries

First round

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Adam Scott	align=center	63	−7
2	Jason Gore	align=center	65	−5
3	Lucas Glover	align=center	66	−4
T4	Michael Campbell	67	−3
	Luke Donald
	David Howell
	Davis Love III
	David Toms
	Tiger Woods
T10	Olin Browne	68	−2
	Chad Campbell
	Tim Clark
	Chris DiMarco
	Ernie Els
	José María Olazábal
	Kevin Stadler

Second round

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Tiger Woods	align=center	67-64=131	−9
2	Davis Love III	align=center	67-65=132	−8
T3	Jim Furyk	align=center	69-65=134	−6
	Adam Scott	align=center	63-71=134
T5	Ernie Els	align=center	68-67=135	−5
	Lucas Glover	align=center	66-69=135
	Kevin Stadler	align=center	68-67=135
8	Luke Donald	align=center	67-69=136	−4
T9	Stewart Cink	align=center	70-67=137	−3
	Robert Gamez	align=center	70-67=137

Third round

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Stewart Cink	align=center	70-67-64=201	−9
T2	Paul Casey	align=center	69-69-64=202	−8
	Davis Love III	align=center	67-65-70=202
	Tiger Woods	align=center	67-64-71=202
5	Jim Furyk	align=center	69-65-69=203	−7
6	Lucas Glover	align=center	66-69-69=204	−6
T7	Ernie Els	align=center	68-67-70=205	−5
	Adam Scott	63-71-71=205
	Kevin Stadler	68-67-70=205
T10	Thomas Bjørn	72-67-67=206	−4
	Luke Donald	67-69-70=206
	J. J. Henry	70-68-68=206
	David Toms	67-74-65=206

Final round

Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)
T1		67-64-71-68=270	−10	1,300,000
		70-67-64-69=270		750,000
3		69-65-69-68=271	−9	450,000
T4		70-68-70-65=273	−7	246,250
		69-69-64-71=273
		66-69-69-69=273
		67-65-70-71=273
T8		67-69-70-68=274	−6	152,500
		67-74-65-68=274
T10		70-68-68-69=275	−5	120,000
		70-71-69-65=275
		63-71-71-70=275

Scorecard

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	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−8	−9	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10	−10
Cink	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−10	−10
Furyk	−8	−9	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9
Cabrera	−2	−3	−4	−4	−5	−6	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7
Casey	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7
Glover	−6	−7	−7	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7
Love	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−5	−6	−6	−7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

	Double Eagle		Eagle -->		Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey
	Triple bogey+ -->

Source:^[1]

Sudden-death playoff

Player	Score
	18	17	18	17	Total
Tiger Woods	4	4	5	3	16
	4	4	5	4	17

References

1. News: World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational . ESPN . 22 September 2018.

External links

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