2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

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.

2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
Tournament information
DatesAugust 5–8, 2010
LocationAkron, Ohio, U.S.
Course(s)Firestone Country Club
South Course
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length7,400 yards (6,767 m)
Field81 players
CutNone
Prize fund$8,500,000
6,483,924
Winner's share$1,400,000
€1,076,840
Champion
United States Hunter Mahan
268 (−12)
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Akron  is located in the United States
Akron 
Akron 
Firestone CC is located in Ohio
Firestone CC
Firestone CC

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:

Source[6][7]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 5, 2010

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Bubba Watson64−6
T2 Graeme McDowell66−4
Phil Mickelson
Kenny Perry
Adam Scott
T6 Chad Campbell67−3
Sean O'Hair
Jeff Overton
Bo Van Pelt
Camilo Villegas

Source:[8]

Second round

Friday, August 6, 2010

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Retief Goosen67-66=133−7
T2 Justin Leonard68-66=134−6
Phil Mickelson66-68=134
T4 Peter Hanson69-66=135−5
Bo Van Pelt67-68=135
Bubba Watson64-71=135
T7 Paul Casey68-68=136−4
Lucas Glover70-66=136
Miguel Ángel Jiménez69-67=136
Adam Scott66-70=136
Nick Watney68-68=136

Source:[8]

Third round

Saturday, August 7, 2010

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Sean O'Hair67-70-64=201−9
Ryan Palmer70-68-63=201
3 Matt Kuchar69-67-66=202−8
T4 Ernie Els69-70-64=203−7
Peter Hanson69-66-68=203
Justin Leonard68-66-69=203
T7 Hunter Mahan71-67-66=204−6
Jeff Overton67-70-67=204
Bo Van Pelt67-68-69=204
T10 Dustin Johnson72-65-68=205−5
Phil Mickelson66-68-71=205
Katsumasa Miyamoto71-72-62=205
Nick Watney68-68-69=205
Bubba Watson64-71-70=205
Oliver Wilson71-67-67=205

Source:[8]

Final round

Sunday, August 8, 2010

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Hunter Mahan71-67-66-64=268−121,400,000
2 Ryan Palmer70-68-63-69=270−10840,000
T3 Retief Goosen67-66-73-65=271−9412,500
Bo Van Pelt67-68-69-67=271
5 Sean O'Hair67-70-64-71=272−8295,000
T6 Jim Furyk72-68-69-64=273−7227,500
Jeff Overton67-70-67-69=273
8 Peter Hanson69-66-68-71=274−6180,000
T9 Pádraig Harrington69-70-70-66=275−5125,833
Matt Kuchar69-67-66-73=275
Rory McIlroy68-69-69-69=275
Louis Oosthuizen72-70-68-65=275
Adam Scott66-70-72-67=275
Steve Stricker68-71-69-67=275

Source:[8]

Scorecard

Final round

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Par454434344443443544
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

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Source:[8]

References

External links

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