2014 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

The 2014 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament held July 31 – August 3 on the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the 16th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of the World Golf Championships events in 2014. Rory McIlroy won the tournament.[1]

2014 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
Tournament information
DatesJuly 31 – August 3, 2014
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)
Field76 players
CutNone
Prize fund$9,000,000
€6,703,418
Winner's share$1,530,000
€1,139,580
Champion
Rory McIlroy
265 (−15)
Akron 
Location in the United States
Firestone CC
Location in Ohio

Venue
Main article: Firestone Country Club

Course layout

The South Course was designed by Bert Way and redesigned by Robert Trent Jones in 1960.[2]

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards399526442471200469219482494370241041818047146722166740046436987400
Par454434344354434435443570

Field

The field consists of players drawn primarily from the Official World Golf Ranking and the winners of the world-wide tournaments with the strongest fields.[3]

1. Playing members of the 2013 United States and International Presidents Cup teams.

Keegan Bradley (2,3), Ángel Cabrera (4), Jason Day (2,3), Brendon de Jonge, Graham DeLaet (2,3), Jason Dufner (2,3,4), Ernie Els, Branden Grace, Bill Haas (2,3), Zach Johnson (2,3,4), Matt Kuchar (2,3,4), Marc Leishman, Hunter Mahan (2,3), Hideki Matsuyama (2,3), Phil Mickelson (2,3), Louis Oosthuizen (4), Charl Schwartzel (2,3), Adam Scott (2,3,4,5), Webb Simpson (2,3,4), Brandt Snedeker (2,3), Jordan Spieth (2,3), Richard Sterne, Steve Stricker (2,3), Tiger Woods (2,3)

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 21, 2014.

Thomas Bjørn (3,4), Jonas Blixt (3), Luke Donald (3,4), Jamie Donaldson (3), Victor Dubuisson (3,4), Harris English (3), Matt Every (3,4), Rickie Fowler (3), Jim Furyk (3), Stephen Gallacher (3,4), Sergio García (3,4,5), Mikko Ilonen (3,4), Thongchai Jaidee (3,4), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (3,4), Martin Kaymer (3,4), Chris Kirk (3,4), Joost Luiten (3), Graeme McDowell (3,4), Rory McIlroy (3,4), Francesco Molinari (3), Ryan Moore (3,4), Kevin Na (3), Ian Poulter (3), Patrick Reed (3,4), Justin Rose (3,4), Henrik Stenson (3,4), Kevin Streelman (3,4), Brendon Todd (3,4), Jimmy Walker (3,4), Bubba Watson (3,4), Lee Westwood (3,4), Gary Woodland (3)

Dustin Johnson (3,4) withdrew prior to the tournament[4]

3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 28, 2014.

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.[5]

Steven Bowditch, Tim Clark, Ben Crane, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Brian Harman, Russell Henley, J. B. Holmes, David Howell, Matt Jones, Pablo Larrazábal, Alexander Lévy, David Lynn, Noh Seung-yul, John Senden, Kevin Stadler, Scott Stallings, Fabrizio Zanotti

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

Nine players were appearing in their first WGC event: Steven Bowditch, Matt Every, Estanislao Goya, Brian Harman, Matt Jones, Alexander Lévy, Yoshitaka Takeya, Brendon Todd and Fabrizio Zanotti.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 31, 2014

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Marc Leishman64−6
T2 Ryan Moore65−5
Justin Rose
Charl Schwartzel
T5 Graham DeLaet67−3
Rickie Fowler
Francesco Molinari
Patrick Reed
T9 Keegan Bradley68−2
Jamie Donaldson
Sergio García
Brandt Snedeker
Tiger Woods

Source:[6]

Second round

Friday, August 1, 2014

Sergio García birdied his last seven holes, tying the course record of 61 (−9), which included a new course record of 27 (−8) on the back nine.[6][7]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Sergio García68-61=129−11
2 Justin Rose65-67=132−8
T3 Marc Leishman64-69=133−7
Rory McIlroy69-64=133
T5 Rickie Fowler67-67=134−6
Charl Schwartzel65-69=134
T7 Keegan Bradley68-67=135−5
Patrick Reed67-68=135
T9 Graham DeLaet67-69=136−4
Hunter Mahan71-65=136
Brandt Snedeker68-68=136

Source:[6]

Third round

Saturday, August 2, 2014

With threatening weather in the forecast, the field went off early in the morning from split tees in threesomes. A weather delay in the early afternoon affected the final several groups, but all rounds were finished.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Sergio García68-61-67=196−14
2 Rory McIlroy69-64-66=199−11
3 Marc Leishman64-69-68=201−9
T4 Keegan Bradley68-67-67=202−8
Justin Rose65-67-70=202
Adam Scott69-68-65=202
7 Brandt Snedeker68-68-68=204−6
T8 J. B. Holmes69-69-67=205−5
Henrik Stenson71-66-68=205
T10 Thomas Bjørn69-68-69=206−4
Harris English69-69-68=206
Rickie Fowler67-67-72=206
Jim Furyk69-68-69=206
Hideki Matsuyama70-71-65=206
Ryan Moore65-73-68=206
Patrick Reed67-68-71=206
Gary Woodland70-68-68=206

Source:[6]

Final round

Sunday, August 3, 2014

The field went off the first tee in conventional pairs on Sunday, but a midday weather delay of over an hour was incurred before half the field teed off.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Rory McIlroy69-64-66-66=265−151,530,000
2 Sergio García68-61-67-71=267−13900,000
3 Marc Leishman64-69-68-67=268−12522,000
T4 Keegan Bradley68-67-67-69=271−9308,000
Patrick Reed67-68-71-65=271
Justin Rose65-67-70-69=271
Charl Schwartzel65-69-73-64=271
T8 Rickie Fowler67-67-72-67=273−7170,000
Graeme McDowell71-70-66-66=273
Ryan Moore65-73-68-67=273
Adam Scott69-68-65-71=273

Source:[6][8]

Scorecard
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454434344443443544
McIlroy−12−13−14−14−15−15−15−14−14−14−15−15−15−15−15−15−15−15
García−14−14−13−13−13−13−13−13−14−14−14−14−14−14−13−13−13−13
Leishman−9−10−11−10−10−9−10−11−11−11−11−12−12−11−11−12−12−12
Bradley−9−9−9−10−10−10−11−11−11−11−12−11−11−10−10−9−9−9
Rose−8−10−10−10−9−8−9−9−9−9−9−10−10−10−9−9−9−9
Scott−8−9−9−9−9−9−9−9−9−10−10−10−10−9−8−7−7−7
Eagle Birdie Bogey

Source:[6][8]

References
  1. "Rory McIlroy wins WGC Bridgestone Invitational and marches back to world No 1 spot in form of his life". Daily Telegraph. August 4, 2014.
  2. "Courses". Firestone Country Club. 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  3. "How players qualify". Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  4. Ridenour, Marla (July 29, 2014). "Dustin Johnson withdraws, leaves field at 76". Akron Beacon Journal.
  5. The 'Strength of Field Rating' is a loose term for what the Official World Golf Ranking calls the 'Total Rating Value' (see Event ranking).
  6. "WGC-Bridgestone Invitational". ESPN. August 3, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  7. Ferguson, Doug (August 1, 2014). "Sergio Garcia shoots 61 to take Firestone lead". Yahoo! Sports. Associated Press.
  8. "Leaderboard: WGC-Bridgestone Invitational". Yahoo! Sports. August 3, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2014.

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