2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

The 2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a golf tournament that was contested from August 2–5, 2007 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the ninth WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of three World Golf Championships events held in 2007.

2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
Tournament information
DatesAugust 2–5, 2007
LocationAkron, Ohio, U.S.
Course(s)Firestone Country Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length7,400
Field83 players
CutNone
Prize fund$8,000,000
Winner's share$1,350,000
Champion
Tiger Woods
272 (−8)

World number 1 Tiger Woods won the tournament for a second hat-trick at the Invitational in his career, and claimed his 14th World Golf Championships title, which was his sixth Invitational title. He won over Justin Rose and Rory Sabbatini by eight strokes, with Woods shooting an 8-under-par 272.

Field

1. Playing members of the 2006 United States and European Ryder Cup teams
Chad Campbell, Paul Casey (3,4,5), Stewart Cink (2,3,4), Darren Clarke, Chris DiMarco (2,4), Luke Donald (3,4), Sergio García (3,4), Pádraig Harrington (3,4,5), J. J. Henry, David Howell, Zach Johnson (3,4,5), Robert Karlsson (3,4), Paul McGinley, Phil Mickelson (2,3,4,5), Colin Montgomerie (3,4,5), José María Olazábal (3,4), Henrik Stenson (3,4,5), Vaughn Taylor, David Toms (2,3,4), Scott Verplank (2,3,4,5), Lee Westwood (3,4), Brett Wetterich (3,4), Tiger Woods (2,3,4,5)

2. Playing members of the 2005 United States and International Presidents Cup teams
Stuart Appleby (3,4), Ángel Cabrera (3,4,5), Michael Campbell, Tim Clark (3,4), Fred Funk, Retief Goosen (3,4), Mark Hensby, Trevor Immelman (3,4), Justin Leonard, Peter Lonard, Davis Love III (3,4,5), Nick O'Hern (3,4,5), Kenny Perry, Adam Scott (3,4,5), Vijay Singh (3,4,5), Mike Weir (3,4)

3. Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings two weeks prior to event
Robert Allenby (4), Stephen Ames (4), Aaron Baddeley (4,5), K. J. Choi (4,5), Ernie Els (4,5), Niclas Fasth (4,5), Retief Goosen (4,5), Richard Green (4), Anders Hansen (4,5), Charles Howell III (4,5), Shingo Katayama, Jerry Kelly (4), Arron Oberholser (4), Geoff Ogilvy (4), Rod Pampling (4), Carl Pettersson (4), Ian Poulter (4), John Rollins (4), Andres Romero (4,5), Justin Rose (4,5), Rory Sabbatini (4,5), Richard Sterne (4,5), Steve Stricker (4), Boo Weekley (4,5)

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
Woody Austin, Brian Bateman, Mark Calcavecchia, Joe Durant, Paul Goydos, Anton Haig, Grégory Havret, Charley Hoffman, Raphaël Jacquelin, José Manuel Lara, Liang Wenchong, Hunter Mahan, Troy Matteson, John Senden, Jeev Milkha Singh, Graeme Storm, Nick Watney, Mark Wilson, Yang Yong-eun

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

Round summaries

First round
PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Paul Casey67−3
Hunter Mahan
Rory Sabbatini
T4 Stuart Appleby68−2
Mark Calcavecchia
Arron Oberholser
Boo Weekley
Lee Westwood
Tiger Woods
T10 Chris DiMarco69−1
Paul Goydos
Kenny Perry
Justin Rose

Second round
PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Rory Sabbatini67-67=134−6
2 Zach Johnson71-65=136−4
T3 Kenny Perry69-69=138−2
Scott Verplank70-68=138
Tiger Woods68-70=138
T6 Chris DiMarco69-70=139−1
Davis Love III74-65=139
Lee Westwood68-71=139
T9 Mark Calcavecchia68-72=140E
Paul Casey67-73=140
Justin Leonard73-67=140
Peter Lonard70-70=140
Hunter Mahan67-73=140
John Senden71-69=140

Third round
PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Rory Sabbatini67-67-72=206−4
2 Tiger Woods68-70-69=207−3
3 Kenny Perry69-69-71=209−1
T4 Stuart Appleby68-74-69=211+1
Aaron Baddeley70-74-67=211
Chris DiMarco69-70-72=211
Justin Leonard73-67-71=211
Hunter Mahan67-73-71=211
Andrés Romero71-71-69=211
Scott Verplank70-68-73=211

Final round
PlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)
1 Tiger Woods68-70-69-65=272−81,350,000
T2 Justin Rose69-72-71-68=280E635,000
Rory Sabbatini67-67-72-74=280
T4 Chris DiMarco69-70-72-70=281+1310,000
Peter Lonard70-70-73-68=281
T6 Tim Clark71-70-72-69=282+2202,000
Davis Love III74-65-74-69=282
Andrés Romero71-71-69-71=282
T9 Justin Leonard73-67-71-72=283+3147,500
Scott Verplank70-68-73-72=283

Scorecard
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454434344443443544
Woods−4−5−5−6−6−7−7−7−7−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−8−8
Rose+1EEE−1−1−1−2−2−2−1−1−1EEEEE
Sabbatini−5−5−5−4−3−3−3−3−1EEEE+1+1+1EE
DiMarco+1E−1E−1−1−1−1+1+1+1EEEEEE+1
Lonard+4+3+4+4+4+4+3+2+2+2+2+2+2+2+1+1+1+1
Perry−2−1−2E−1−1−1−1E+1+1+2+2+4+4+4+4+4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[1]

References
  1. "World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational". ESPN. Retrieved 12 September 2018.

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