2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational explained

2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
Dates:	August 5–8, 2010
Location:	Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Course:	Firestone Country Club South Course
Tour:	PGA Tour European Tour
Par:	70
Yardage:	7400yd
Field:	81 players
Cut:	None
Purse:	$8,500,000 €6,483,924
Winners Share:	$1,400,000 €1,076,840
Champion:	Hunter Mahan
Score:	268 (−12)
Previous:	2009
Next:	2011

The 2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a golf tournament held August 5–8 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the 12th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of four World Golf Championships events held in 2010.

Hunter Mahan won with a score of 64 (−6) on Sunday to finish at 268 (−12), two strokes ahead of runner-up Ryan Palmer.^[1]

Field

1. Playing members of the 2009 United States and International Presidents Cup teams.

Ángel Cabrera (3,4), Stewart Cink (2,3,4), Tim Clark (3,4,5), Ernie Els (3,4,5), Jim Furyk (2,3,4,5), Lucas Glover (3,4), Retief Goosen (3,4), Ryo Ishikawa, Zach Johnson (3,4,5), Anthony Kim (2,3,4,5), Justin Leonard (2), Hunter Mahan (2,3,4,5), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4,5), Geoff Ogilvy (3,4,5), Sean O'Hair (3,4), Kenny Perry (2,3,4), Adam Scott (3,4,5), Vijay Singh, Steve Stricker (2,3,4,5), Camilo Villegas (3,4,5), Mike Weir, Tiger Woods (3,4,5), Yang Yong-eun (3,4,5)

(Robert Allenby (3,4,5,6) withdrew prior to the start of the tournament with a knee injury.^[2])

2. Playing members of the 2008 United States and European Ryder Cup teams.

Chad Campbell, Paul Casey (3,4), Ben Curtis, Sergio García (3,4), Søren Hansen, Pádraig Harrington (3,4), J. B. Holmes, Miguel Ángel Jiménez (3,4,5), Robert Karlsson (3,4,5), Graeme McDowell (3,4,5), Ian Poulter (3,4,5), Justin Rose (3,4,5), Henrik Stenson (3,4), Boo Weekley, Lee Westwood (3,4,5), Oliver Wilson

3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 26, 2010.^[3]

K. J. Choi (4,6), Ben Crane (4,5), Rhys Davies (4), Luke Donald (4,5), Ross Fisher (4,5), Rickie Fowler (4), Peter Hanson, Dustin Johnson (4,5), Martin Kaymer (4,5), Matt Kuchar (4,5), Rory McIlroy (4,5), Edoardo Molinari (4,5), Francesco Molinari (4), Ryan Moore (4,5), Louis Oosthuizen (4,5), Álvaro Quirós (4), Charl Schwartzel (4), Bo Van Pelt (4), Scott Verplank (4), Nick Watney (4)

4. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of August 2, 2010.^[4]

Jeff Overton

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.

Stuart Appleby, Jason Bohn, Grégory Bourdy, Jason Day, Simon Dyson, Marcus Fraser, Bill Haas, David Horsey, Michael Jonzon, Simon Khan, James Kingston, Martin Laird, Troy Matteson, Ross McGowan, Alex Norén, Ryan Palmer, Heath Slocum, Bubba Watson

(Carl Pettersson qualified but did not play.^[5])

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

• Japan Golf Tour

Japan Golf Tour Championship (2010) – Katsumasa Miyamoto

• Japan Golf Tour

Bridgestone Open (2009) – Yuta Ikeda

• PGA Tour of Australasia

Australian PGA Championship (2009) – Robert Allenby, also qualified in categories 1, 3, 4 and 5

• Sunshine Tour

Vodacom Championship (2010) – Hennie Otto

• Asian Tour

Iskandar Johor Open (2009) – K. J. Choi, also qualified in categories 3 and 4

Source^{[6] [7]}

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Bubba Watson	align=center	64	−6
T2	Graeme McDowell	66	−4
	Phil Mickelson
	Kenny Perry
	Adam Scott
T6	Chad Campbell	67	−3
	Sean O'Hair
	Jeff Overton
	Bo Van Pelt
	Camilo Villegas

Source:^[8]

Second round

Friday, August 6, 2010

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Retief Goosen	67-66=133	−7
T2	Justin Leonard	68-66=134	−6
	Phil Mickelson	66-68=134
T4	Peter Hanson	69-66=135	−5
	Bo Van Pelt	67-68=135
	Bubba Watson	64-71=135
T7	Paul Casey	68-68=136	−4
	Lucas Glover	70-66=136
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	69-67=136
	Adam Scott	66-70=136
	Nick Watney	68-68=136

Source:^[8]

Third round

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Sean O'Hair	67-70-64=201	−9
	Ryan Palmer	70-68-63=201
3	Matt Kuchar	69-67-66=202	−8
T4	Ernie Els	69-70-64=203	−7
	Peter Hanson	69-66-68=203
	Justin Leonard	68-66-69=203
T7	Hunter Mahan	71-67-66=204	−6
	Jeff Overton	67-70-67=204
	Bo Van Pelt	67-68-69=204
T10	Dustin Johnson	72-65-68=205	−5
	Phil Mickelson	66-68-71=205
	Katsumasa Miyamoto	71-72-62=205
	Nick Watney	68-68-69=205
	Bubba Watson	64-71-70=205
	Oliver Wilson	71-67-67=205

Source:^[8]

Final round

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Hunter Mahan	71-67-66-64=268	−12	1,400,000
2		70-68-63-69=270	−10	840,000
T3		67-66-73-65=271	−9	412,500
		67-68-69-67=271
5		67-70-64-71=272	−8	295,000
T6		72-68-69-64=273	−7	227,500
		67-70-67-69=273
8		69-66-68-71=274	−6	180,000
T9		69-70-70-66=275	−5	125,833
		69-67-66-73=275
		68-69-69-69=275
		72-70-68-65=275
		66-70-72-67=275
		68-71-69-67=275

Source:^[8]

Scorecard

Final round

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
Mahan	−6	−6	−7	−8	−9	−9	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12
Palmer	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−8	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10
Goosen	−4	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−8	−9	−9	−9
Van Pelt	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−8	−9	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9
O'Hair	−9	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8
Furyk	−1	−3	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−7
Overton	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−6	−6	−5	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−5	−6	−7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Double Eagle -->

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Triple bogey+ -->

Source:^[8]

External links

• Coverage from the European Tour's official site
• About event

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Hunter Mahan wins Bridgestone Invitational victory . August 8, 2010 . BBC Sport . August 9, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100812052739/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8896197.stm . August 12, 2010 . live.
2. Web site: Allenby withdraws from the WGC-Bridgestone . NBC Sports . August 4, 2010 . March 14, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121009125535/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/32194675/ns/sports-player_news/ . October 9, 2012 . dead .
3. http://dps.endavadigital.net/owgr/doc/content/archive/2010/owgr30f2010.pdf Official World Golf Ranking – July 25, 2010
4. http://dps.endavadigital.net/owgr/doc/content/archive/2010/owgr31f2010.pdf Official World Golf Ranking – August 1, 2010
5. Web site: World's top 80 players to compete at WGC-Bridgestone Invitational . PGA Tour . July 30, 2010 . March 14, 2013.
6. http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r476/field-qualify/ 2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
7. Web site: Pettersson earns invite to WGC-Bridgestone with win at RBC . PGA Tour . July 26, 2010 . March 14, 2013.
8. News: WGC-Bridgestone Invitational . ESPN . August 8, 2010 . July 25, 2017.