2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational explained

2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
Dates:August 6–9, 2015
Location:Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Course:Firestone Country Club
South Course
Tour:PGA Tour
European Tour
Par:70
Yardage:7400yd
Field:77 players
Cut:None
Purse:$9,250,000
€8,323,589
Winners Share:$1,570,000
€1,412,760
Champion: Shane Lowry
Score:269 (−11)
Previous:2014
Next:2016

The 2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament held August 6–9 on the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the 17th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of the World Golf Championships events in 2015. Shane Lowry shot a final-round 66 to win his first WGC event, two strokes ahead of runner-up Bubba Watson.[1] [2]

Course layout

See main article: Firestone Country Club.

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards399526442471200469219482494370241041818047146722166740046436987400
Par454434344354434435443570
The South Course was designed by Bert Way and redesigned by Robert Trent Jones in 1960.[3]

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 2014 United States and European Ryder Cup teams.

Thomas Bjørn, Keegan Bradley (2,3), Jamie Donaldson (2,3), Victor Dubuisson (2,3), Rickie Fowler (2,3,4), Jim Furyk (2,3,4), Stephen Gallacher, Sergio García (2,3), Zach Johnson (2,3,4), Martin Kaymer (2,3), Matt Kuchar (2,3), Hunter Mahan (2,3,4), Graeme McDowell, Phil Mickelson (2,3), Ian Poulter (2,3), Patrick Reed (2,3,4), Justin Rose (2,3,4), Webb Simpson (2,3), Jordan Spieth (2,3,4), Henrik Stenson (2,3,4), Jimmy Walker (2,3,4), Bubba Watson (2,3,4), Lee Westwood (2,3,4,5)

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 27, 2015.

Paul Casey (3,4), Jason Day (3,4), Branden Grace (3,4,5), Bill Haas (3,4), Russell Henley, Charley Hoffman (3), J. B. Holmes (3,4), Billy Horschel (3,4), Thongchai Jaidee (3), Dustin Johnson (3,4), Kevin Kisner (3), Brooks Koepka (3,4), Anirban Lahiri (4), Marc Leishman (3), Shane Lowry (3), Hideki Matsuyama (3), Francesco Molinari (3), Ryan Moore (3,4), Kevin Na (3), Louis Oosthuizen (3), Ryan Palmer (3), Charl Schwartzel (3), Adam Scott (3), Brandt Snedeker (3,4), Brendon Todd (3), Bernd Wiesberger (3,4), Danny Willett (3,4), Gary Woodland (3)

3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of August 3, 2015.

Marc Warren, Robert Streb (4)

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.[6]

An Byeong-hun, Bae Sang-moon, Steven Bowditch, Andrew Dodt, Matt Every, Fabián Gómez, James Hahn, Pádraig Harrington, Mikko Ilonen, Søren Kjeldsen, Pablo Larrazábal, Danny Lee, David Lingmerth, David Lipsky, Joost Luiten, Ben Martin, Troy Merritt, Marcel Siem, Gary Stal, Camilo Villegas, Oliver Wilson

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

Thailand Golf Championship (2014) – Lee Westwood, already qualified under categories 1, 2, 3, and 4

BetEasy Masters (2014) – Nick Cullen

Bridgestone Open (2014) – Koumei Oda

Japan Golf Tour Championship – Liang Wenchong

Dimension Data Pro-Am – Branden Grace, already qualified under categories 2, 3, and 4

Notably missing from the field is former number 1 player Tiger Woods, who is outside the top 200 in the world rankings and whose last tournament win was his eighth title at the 2013 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 6, 2015

Danny Lee shot a 5-under-par 65 to take the lead by one stroke over Jim Furyk and Graeme McDowell.[8] The greens were firm and difficult and only 21 golfers in the field of 77 managed under-par rounds.[9]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 65 −5
T2 66 −4
Graeme McDowell
T4 67 −3
Justin Rose
T6 68 −2
Victor Dubuisson
Koumei Oda
Ian Poulter
Webb Simpson
Henrik Stenson
Robert Streb
Lee Westwood

Second round

Friday, August 7, 2015

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 66-66=132 −8
T2 69-67=136 −4
70-66=136
70-66=136
T5 65-72=137 −3
66-71=137
68-69=137
T8 69-69=138 −2
71-67=138
69-69=138
71-67=138
67-71=138
68-70=138
70-68=138
68-70=138
68-70=138
Source:[10]

Third round

Saturday, August 8, 2015

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 66-66-69=201 −9
67-71-63=201
3 70-66-67=203 −7
T4 73-69-63=205 −5
68-72-65=205
68-69-68=205
70-66-69=205
T8 69-69-68=206 −4
66-71-69=206
68-70-68=206
Source:[11]

Final round

Sunday, August 9, 2015

Shane Lowry's 66 (−4) overtook third round co-leaders Justin Rose and Jim Furyk, who each carded 72 (+2). Runner-up Bubba Watson also shot 66 and finished two strokes behind Lowry.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Shane Lowry 70-66-67-66=269 −11 1,570,000
2 70-66-69-66=271 −9 930,000
align=center rowspan=2T3 66-66-69-72=273 align=center rowspan=2−7 align=center rowspan=2470,000
67-71-63-72=273
5 68-70-68-68=274 −6 330,000
align=center rowspan=4T6 69-69-68-69=275 align=center rowspan=4−5 align=center rowspan=4219,000
65-72-70-68=275
70-71-66-68=275
68-69-68-70=275
align=center rowspan=2T10 67-72-70-67=276 align=center rowspan=2−4 align=center rowspan=2149,500
70-68-72-66=276
Source:[12] [13]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole  1  234  5    6    7    8    9  101112131415161718
Par454434344443443544
Lowry −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11
Watson −5 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −8 −8 −9 −9
Rose −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −7
Furyk −9 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7
Streb −3 −4 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −5 −6 −6 −6
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Double EagleEagle -->BirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+ -->
Source[12]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. News: Shane Lowry wins WGC-Bridgestone Invitational title in Ohio . August 10, 2015 . BBC Sport . August 10, 2015.
  2. News: Shane Lowry fights off Bubba Watson to win Bridgestone Invitational . August 10, 2015 . The Guardian . August 10, 2015.
  3. Web site: Courses . Firestone Country Club . 2013 . March 1, 2013.
  4. Web site: 2014–15 Qualifiers for majors, The Players, WGCs . PGA Tour . Rob . Bolton . December 21, 2014.
  5. Web site: McIlroy, Kirk to miss Bridgestone Invitational due to injury . World Golf Championships . July 29, 2015.
  6. The 'Strength of Field Rating' is a loose term for what the Official World Golf Ranking calls the 'Total Rating Value' (see Event ranking).
  7. Web site: Warren just secures Bridgestone debut . PGA European Tour . August 3, 2015.
  8. News: Danny Lee leads Graeme McDowell by 1 shot at Bridgestone Invitational . August 7, 2015 . ESPN . Associated Press . August 12, 2015.
  9. News: Treacherous, firm Firestone greens highlight WGC-Bridgestone first round . Steve . DiMeglio . USA Today . August 6, 2015.
  10. News: Bridgestone Invitational: Jim Furyk takes four-shot halfway lead . August 8, 2015 . BBC Sport . August 12, 2015.
  11. News: Justin Rose finishes with 40-foot birdie putt to tie Jim Furyk at Firestone . August 8, 2015 . ESPN . Associated Press . August 12, 2015.
  12. News: WGC-Bridgestone Invitational . ESPN . August 9, 2015 . July 25, 2017.
  13. News: 2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational: final round, as it happened . August 9, 2015 . The Guardian . Scott . Murray . August 12, 2015.

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