2013 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational explained

2013 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
Dates:	August 1–4, 2013
Location:	Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Course:	Firestone Country Club South Course
Tour:	PGA Tour European Tour
Par:	70
Yardage:	7400yd
Field:	73 players
Cut:	None
Purse:	$8,750,000 €6,646,156
Winners Share:	$1,500,000 €1,139,341
Champion:	Tiger Woods
Score:	265 (−15)
Previous:	2012
Next:	2014

The 2013 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament played August 1–4 on the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the 15th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of the World Golf Championships (WGC) events held in 2013.

Aided by a second round 61 (−9), Tiger Woods won the event for the eighth time, seven strokes ahead of runners-up Keegan Bradley and Henrik Stenson.^[1] It was Woods' 18th WGC victory.^[2] The win was also the 79th Tour title for Woods.

Venue

See main article: Firestone Country Club.

Course layout

The South Course, opened in 1929, was designed by Bert Way and redesigned by Robert Trent Jones in 1960.^[3]

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	399	526	442	471	200	469	219	482	494	3702	410	418	180	471	467	221	667	400	464	3698	7400
Par	4	5	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	35	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	4	4	35	70

Field

The field consisted of players drawn primarily from the Official World Golf Ranking and the winners of the world-wide tournaments with the strongest fields.^[4]

1. Playing members of the 2012 United States and European Ryder Cup teams.
Keegan Bradley (2,3,4), Nicolas Colsaerts (2,3), Luke Donald (2,3,4), Jason Dufner (2,3), Jim Furyk (2,3), Sergio García (2,3,4), Peter Hanson (2,3,4), Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Zach Johnson (2,3), Martin Kaymer (2,3), Matt Kuchar (2,3,4), Paul Lawrie (2,4), Graeme McDowell (2,3,4), Rory McIlroy (2,3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4), Francesco Molinari (2,3), Ian Poulter (2,3,4), Justin Rose (2,3,4), Webb Simpson (2,3), Brandt Snedeker (2,3,4), Steve Stricker (2,3), Bubba Watson (2,3), Lee Westwood (2,3), Tiger Woods (2,3,4)

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 22, 2013.
Jonas Blixt (3,4), Ángel Cabrera (3), Jason Day (3), Jamie Donaldson (3,4), Ernie Els (3,4), Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (3,4), Rickie Fowler (3), Bill Haas (3,4), Branden Grace (3,4), Billy Horschel (3,4), Martin Laird (3,4), Matteo Manassero (3,4), Hideki Matsuyama (3), Ryan Moore (3,4), Thorbjørn Olesen (3), Scott Piercy (3), Carl Pettersson (3), Charl Schwartzel (3,4,5), Adam Scott (3,4), Henrik Stenson (3), Richard Sterne (3), Kevin Streelman (3,4), Bo Van Pelt (3), Nick Watney (3,4)

• Louis Oosthuizen (3,4) withdrew with a neck injury.^[5]
• Hunter Mahan (3) withdrew after the birth of his first child the prior week.^[6]

3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 29, 2013.
David Lynn

4. Tournament winners, whose victories are considered official, of tournaments from the Federation Tours since the prior season's Bridgestone Invitational with an Official World Golf Ranking Strength of Field Rating of 115 points or more.^[7]
Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Bae Sang-moon, Paul Casey, Ken Duke, Harris English, Derek Ernst, Tommy Gainey, Stephen Gallacher, Brian Gay, Russell Henley, Mikko Ilonen, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Shane Lowry, John Merrick, D. A. Points, Richie Ramsay, Brett Rumford, Michael Thompson, Boo Weekley, Chris Wood

• Peter Senior and Jordan Spieth did not play.^{[8] [9]}

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

• Asian Tour

Thailand Golf Championship (2012) – Charl Schwartzel, also qualified in categories 2, 3, and 4

• PGA Tour of Australasia

Australian PGA Championship (2012) – Daniel Popovic

• Japan Golf Tour

Bridgestone Open (2012) – Toru Taniguchi

• Japan Golf Tour

Japan Golf Tour Championship (2013) – Satoshi Kodaira

• Sunshine Tour

Dimension Data Pro-Am (2013) – Jaco van Zyl

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Place	Player	Score	To par
1		64	−6
2		65	−5
align=center rowspan=4	T3		align=center rowspan=4	66	align=center rowspan=4	−4
Ryan Moore
Chris Wood
Tiger Woods
align=center rowspan=6	T7		align=center rowspan=6	67	align=center rowspan=6	−3
Jason Dufner
Rickie Fowler
Jim Furyk
Bill Haas
Bubba Watson

Source:^[10]

Second round

Friday, August 2, 2013

Place	Player	Score	To par
1		66-61=127	−13
align=center rowspan=2	T2		66-68=134	align=center rowspan=2	−6
	66-68=134
align=center rowspan=2	T4		67-68=135	align=center rowspan=2	−5
	65-70=135
align=center rowspan=4	T6		67-69=136	align=center rowspan=4	−4
	67-69=136
	67-69=136
	67-69=136
10		69-68=137	−3

Source:^[10]

Third round

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Place	Player	Score	To par
1		66-61-68=195	−15
2		65-70-67=202	−8
3		67-69-67=203	−7
align=center rowspan=3	T4		67-69-68=204	align=center rowspan=3	−6
	67-68-69=204
	66-68-70=204
align=center rowspan=2	T7		66-68-71=205	align=center rowspan=2	−5
	71-69-65=205
align=center rowspan=2	T9		69-70-68=207	align=center rowspan=2	−3
	73-68-66=207

Source:^[10]

Final round

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Tiger Woods	66-61-68-70=265	−15	1,500,000
align=center rowspan=2	T2		66-68-71-67=272	align=center rowspan=2	−8	align=center rowspan=2	692,500
	65-70-67-70=272
align=center rowspan=3	T4		67-69-67-71=274	align=center rowspan=3	−6	align=center rowspan=3	312,667
	71-69-65-69=274
	69-70-68-67=274
align=center rowspan=2	T7		67-68-69-71=275	align=center rowspan=2	−5	align=center rowspan=2	205,000
	66-68-70-71=275
align=center rowspan=4	T9		67-69-68-72=276	align=center rowspan=4	−4	align=center rowspan=4	145,750
	67-69-72-68=276
	74-67-69-66=276
	70-68-70-68=276

Source:^[10]

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
Woods	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−16	−16	−16	−16	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15
Bradley	−5	−6	−5	−5	−6	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8
Stenson	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8
Dufner	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6
Jiménez	−5	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6
Johnson	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−4	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−6	−6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Double Eagle

Eagle -->

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

Triple bogey+ -->

Source:^[10]

External links

• • Coverage on European Tour's official site
• Firestone Country Club site

41.008°N -81.508°W

Notes and References

1. News: Tiger Woods wraps up eighth win at Firestone and looks ahead to US PGA . August 4, 2013 . The Guardian . August 6, 2013 .
2. News: Tiger wins 79th tour event by 7 shots . August 4, 2013 . ESPN . Associated Press . August 6, 2013.
3. Web site: Courses. Firestone Country Club. 2013. March 1, 2013.
4. Web site: How players qualify . March 1, 2013.
5. Web site: Oosthuizen Neck Injury To Force Him Out Of Bridgestone Invitational & PGA Championship . Golf, by Tour Miss . July 2013 . Fatiha . Betscher . July 29, 2013.
6. News: Mahan withdraws from Bridgestone, opts to be with newborn baby . Mike . Singer . CBS Sports . July 29, 2013 . July 29, 2013.
7. The 'Strength of Field Rating' is a loose term for what the Official World Golf Ranking calls the 'Total Rating Value' (see Event Ranking).
8. Web site: WGC-Bridgestone Invitational officials wait on Hunter Mahan; field currently at 74 golfers . Cleveland.com . Tim . Rogers . July 29, 2013 . July 29, 2013.
9. News: Spieth skipping Bridgestone to prep for PGA, FedEx Cup . Golf Channel . Rex . Hoggard . July 27, 2013 . July 29, 2013.
10. News: WGC-Bridgestone Invitational . ESPN . August 4, 2013 . July 25, 2017.