2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational explained

2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
Dates:August 2–5, 2007
Location:Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Course:Firestone Country Club
Tour:PGA Tour
European Tour
Par:70
Yardage:7,400
Field:83 players
Cut:None
Purse:$8,000,000
Winners Share:$1,350,000
Score:272 (−8)
Previous:2006
Next:2008

The 2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a golf tournament that was contested from August 2–5, 2007 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the ninth WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of three World Golf Championships events held in 2007.

World number 1 Tiger Woods won the tournament for a second hat-trick at the Invitational in his career, and claimed his 14th World Golf Championships title, which was his sixth Invitational title. He won over Justin Rose and Rory Sabbatini by eight strokes, with Woods shooting an 8-under-par 272.

Field

1. Playing members of the 2006 United States and European Ryder Cup teams
Chad Campbell, Paul Casey (3,4,5), Stewart Cink (2,3,4), Darren Clarke, Chris DiMarco (2,4), Luke Donald (3,4), Sergio García (3,4), Pádraig Harrington (3,4,5), J. J. Henry, David Howell, Zach Johnson (3,4,5), Robert Karlsson (3,4), Paul McGinley, Phil Mickelson (2,3,4,5), Colin Montgomerie (3,4,5), José María Olazábal (3,4), Henrik Stenson (3,4,5), Vaughn Taylor, David Toms (2,3,4), Scott Verplank (2,3,4,5), Lee Westwood (3,4), Brett Wetterich (3,4), Tiger Woods (2,3,4,5)

2. Playing members of the 2005 United States and International Presidents Cup teams
Stuart Appleby (3,4), Ángel Cabrera (3,4,5), Michael Campbell, Tim Clark (3,4), Fred Funk, Retief Goosen (3,4), Mark Hensby, Trevor Immelman (3,4), Justin Leonard, Peter Lonard, Davis Love III (3,4,5), Nick O'Hern (3,4,5), Kenny Perry, Adam Scott (3,4,5), Vijay Singh (3,4,5), Mike Weir (3,4)

3. Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings two weeks prior to event
Robert Allenby (4), Stephen Ames (4), Aaron Baddeley (4,5), K. J. Choi (4,5), Ernie Els (4,5), Niclas Fasth (4,5), Retief Goosen (4,5), Richard Green (4), Anders Hansen (4,5), Charles Howell III (4,5), Shingo Katayama, Jerry Kelly (4), Arron Oberholser (4), Geoff Ogilvy (4), Rod Pampling (4), Carl Pettersson (4), Ian Poulter (4), John Rollins (4), Andres Romero (4,5), Justin Rose (4,5), Rory Sabbatini (4,5), Richard Sterne (4,5), Steve Stricker (4), Boo Weekley (4,5)

4. Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings one week prior to event

5. 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
Woody Austin, Brian Bateman, Mark Calcavecchia, Joe Durant, Paul Goydos, Anton Haig, Grégory Havret, Charley Hoffman, Raphaël Jacquelin, José Manuel Lara, Liang Wenchong, Hunter Mahan, Troy Matteson, John Senden, Jeev Milkha Singh, Graeme Storm, Nick Watney, Mark Wilson, Yang Yong-eun

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

Japan Golf Tour Championship (2007) – Shingo Katayama, qualified in category 3

Australian PGA Championship (2006) – Nick O'Hern, qualified in categories 2, 3, 4, and 5

Vodacom Championship (2007) – Richard Sterne, qualified in categories 3, 4, and 5

Volvo Masters of Asia (2006) – Thongchai Jaidee

Round summaries

First round

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Paul Casey67−3
Hunter Mahan
Rory Sabbatini
T4 Stuart Appleby68−2
Mark Calcavecchia
Arron Oberholser
Boo Weekley
Lee Westwood
Tiger Woods
T10 Chris DiMarco69−1
Paul Goydos
Kenny Perry
Justin Rose

Second round

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Rory Sabbatinialign=center 67-67=134−6
2 Zach Johnsonalign=center 71-65=136−4
T3 Kenny Perryalign=center 69-69=138−2
Scott Verplankalign=center 70-68=138
Tiger Woodsalign=center 68-70=138
T6 Chris DiMarcoalign=center 69-70=139−1
Davis Love IIIalign=center 74-65=139
Lee Westwoodalign=center 68-71=139
T9 Mark Calcavecchiaalign=center 68-72=140E
Paul Caseyalign=center 67-73=140
Justin Leonardalign=center 73-67=140
Peter Lonardalign=center 70-70=140
Hunter Mahanalign=center 67-73=140
John Sendenalign=center 71-69=140

Third round

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Rory Sabbatinialign=center 67-67-72=206−4
2 Tiger Woodsalign=center 68-70-69=207−3
3 Kenny Perryalign=center 69-69-71=209−1
T4 Stuart Applebyalign=center 68-74-69=211+1
Aaron Baddeleyalign=center 70-74-67=211
Chris DiMarcoalign=center 69-70-72=211
Justin Leonardalign=center 73-67-71=211
Hunter Mahan67-73-71=211
Andrés Romero71-71-69=211
Scott Verplankalign=center 70-68-73=211

Final round

PlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)
1 Tiger Woods 68-70-69-65=272 −8 1,350,000
T2 69-72-71-68=280 E 635,000
67-67-72-74=280
T4 69-70-72-70=281 +1 310,000
70-70-73-68=281
T6 71-70-72-69=282 +2 202,000
74-65-74-69=282
71-71-69-71=282
T9 73-67-71-72=283 +3 147,500
70-68-73-72=283

Scorecard

Hole1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718
Par454434344443443544
Woods −4 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8
Rose +1 E E E −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 E E E E E
Sabbatini −5 −5 −5 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −1 E E E E +1 +1 +1 E E
DiMarco +1 E −1 E −1 −1 −1 −1 +1 +1 +1 E E E E E E +1
Lonard +4 +3 +4 +4 +4 +4 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1
Perry −2 −1 −2 E −1 −1 −1 −1 E +1 +1 +2 +2 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Double Eagle Eagle -->BirdieBogeyDouble bogey
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External links

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Notes and References

  1. News: World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational . ESPN . 12 September 2018.