2008 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational explained

2008 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
Dates:	July 31 – August 3, 2008
Location:	Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Course:	Firestone Country Club
Tour:	PGA Tour European Tour
Par:	70
Yardage:	7,400
Field:	80 players
Cut:	None
Purse:	$8,000,000
Winners Share:	$1,350,000
Score:	270 (−10)
Previous:	2007
Next:	2009

The 2008 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a golf tournament that was contested from July 31 – August 3, 2008 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the tenth WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of three World Golf Championships events held in 2008.

Vijay Singh won the tournament, and claimed his first World Golf Championships title. He shot a 10-under par 270 to win over Stuart Appleby and Lee Westwood by one stroke.

Field

1. Playing members of the 2007 United States and International Presidents Cup teams
Stuart Appleby (3,4), Woody Austin (3,4), Ángel Cabrera (3,4,5), K. J. Choi (3,4,5), Stewart Cink (2,3,4,5), Ernie Els (3,4,5), Jim Furyk (2,3,4), Lucas Glover, Retief Goosen (3,4), Charles Howell III, Trevor Immelman (3,4), Zach Johnson (2,3,4), Hunter Mahan (3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4,5), Geoff Ogilvy (3,4,5), Nick O'Hern, Rory Sabbatini (3,4), Adam Scott (3,4,5), Vijay Singh (3,4), Steve Stricker (3,4,5), David Toms (2), Scott Verplank (2,3,4)

• Mike Weir (3,4,5) and Tiger Woods (2,3,4,5) did not play.

2. Playing members of the 2006 United States and European Ryder Cup teams
Chad Campbell, Paul Casey (3,4), Darren Clarke (5), Chris DiMarco, Sergio García (3,4,5), Pádraig Harrington (3,4,5), J. J. Henry, David Howell, Robert Karlsson (3,4), Paul McGinley, Colin Montgomerie, Henrik Stenson (3,4), Vaughn Taylor, Lee Westwood (3,4,5)

• Luke Donald (3,4), José María Olazábal, and Brett Wetterich did not play.

3. Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings two weeks prior to event
Robert Allenby (4), Stephen Ames (4,5), Aaron Baddeley (4), Tim Clark (4), Niclas Fasth (4), Richard Green (4), Søren Hansen (4,5), Trevor Immelman (4,5), Freddie Jacobson (4), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (4,5), Martin Kaymer (4,5), Anthony Kim (4,5), Justin Leonard (4,5), Graeme McDowell (4,5), Rocco Mediate (4), Sean O'Hair (4,5), Rod Pampling (4), Kenny Perry (4,5), Ian Poulter (4,5), Andrés Romero (4,5), Justin Rose (4,5), Brandt Snedeker (4), Boo Weekley (4,5), Oliver Wilson (4)

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
Mark Brown, Daniel Chopra, Nick Dougherty, Richard Finch, Ross Fisher, Steve Flesch, J. B. Holmes, Brendan Jones, James Kingston, Pablo Larrazábal, Peter Lonard, Steve Lowery, Craig Parry, Chez Reavie, Brett Rumford, Scott Strange, D. J. Trahan, Johnson Wagner, Steve Webster

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

• Japan Golf Tour

Japan Golf Tour Championship (2008) – Hidemasa Hoshino

• PGA Tour of Australasia

Australian PGA Championship (2007) – Peter Lonard, qualified in category 5

• Sunshine Tour

Vodacom Championship (2008) – James Kingston, qualified in category 5

• Asian Tour

Volvo Masters of Asia (2007) – Prayad Marksaeng

Round summaries

First round

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Retief Goosen	align=center	66	−4
T2	Daniel Chopra	67	−3
	Tim Clark
	Zach Johnson
	Vijay Singh
T6	Chad Campbell	68	−2
	Stewart Cink
	Chris DiMarco
	Jim Furyk
	Charles Howell III
	Justin Leonard
	Rocco Mediate
	Phil Mickelson
	Sean O'Hair
	Chez Reavie
	Brandt Snedeker
	Scott Strange
	Steve Stricker
	Steve Webster

Second round

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Vijay Singh	align=center	67-66=133	−7
2	Phil Mickelson	align=center	68-66=134	−6
T3	Zach Johnson	align=center	67-68=135	−5
	Peter Lonard	align=center	69-66=135
	Sean O'Hair	align=center	68-67=135
	Lee Westwood	align=center	70-65=135
T7	Stuart Appleby	align=center	70-66=136	−4
	Stewart Cink	align=center	68-68=136
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	align=center	70-66=136
	Rory Sabbatini	align=center	69-67=136
	D. J. Trahan	align=center	69-67=136

Third round

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Phil Mickelson	align=center	68-66-68=202	−8
	Vijay Singh	align=center	67-66-69=202
	Lee Westwood	align=center	70-65-67=202
4	Stuart Appleby	align=center	70-66-67=203	−7
5	Retief Goosen	align=center	66-71-68=205	−5
T6	Darren Clarke	align=center	70-71-65=206	−4
	Chris DiMarco	align=center	68-70-68=206
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	align=center	70-66-70=206
	Rory Sabbatini	align=center	69-67-70=206
	D. J. Trahan	69-67-70=206

Final round

Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)
1	Vijay Singh	67-66-69-68=270	−10	1,350,000
T2		70-66-67-68=271	−9	635,000
		70-65-67-69=271
T4		66-71-68-67=272	−8	310,000
		68-66-68-70=272
T6		70-71-65-67=273	−7	220,000
		69-66-72-66=273
T8		70-71-68-65=274	−6	162,500
		69-67-70-68=274
T10		70-66-70-69=275	−5	133,000
		71-66-70-68=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
Singh	−8	−9	−10	−11	−11	−12	−12	−11	−11	−11	−10	−11	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10
Appleby	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−9	−9
Westwood	−9	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−7	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9
Goosen	−5	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8
Mickelson	−8	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10	−9	−8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

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

Source:^[1]

External links

• Full results

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Notes and References

1. News: World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational . ESPN . 14 August 2018.