2018 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

The 2018 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament held August 2–5 on the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the 20th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of the World Golf Championships events in 2018.

2018 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
Tournament information
DatesAugust 2–5, 2018
LocationAkron, Ohio, U.S.
41.008°N 81.508°W / 41.008; -81.508
Course(s)Firestone Country Club
South Course
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length7,400 yards (6,767 m)
Field71 players
CutNone
Prize fund$10,000,000
Winner's share$1,700,000
Champion
Justin Thomas
265 (−15)
Location map
Firestone CC
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.[1]

HoleYardsPar HoleYardsPar
13994104104
25265114184
34424121803
44714134714
52003144674
64694152213
72193166675
84824174004
94944184644
Out3,70235In3,69835
Source:[2]Total7,40070

Field

The field consisted of players drawn primarily from the Official World Golf Ranking and the winners of the worldwide tournaments with the strongest fields.[3]

1. Playing members of the 2017 United States and International Presidents Cup teams.

Daniel Berger (2,3), Kevin Chappell (2,3), Jason Day (2,3,4), Rickie Fowler (2,3), Branden Grace (2,3,4), Emiliano Grillo, Charley Hoffman (2,3), Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Kim Si-woo, Kevin Kisner (2,3), Brooks Koepka (2,3,4), Matt Kuchar (2,3), Anirban Lahiri, Marc Leishman (2,3,4), Hideki Matsuyama (2,3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4), Louis Oosthuizen (2,3), Patrick Reed (2,3,4), Charl Schwartzel (2,3), Adam Scott, Jordan Spieth (2,3), Justin Thomas (2,3,4), Jhonattan Vegas

Adam Hadwin did not play.[4]

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 23, 2018.

Kiradech Aphibarnrat (3), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (3), Patrick Cantlay (3,4), Paul Casey (3,4), Bryson DeChambeau (3,4), Tony Finau (3), Ross Fisher (3), Matt Fitzpatrick (3,4), Tommy Fleetwood (3,4), Sergio García (3,4), Brian Harman (3), Tyrrell Hatton (3,4), Zach Johnson, Satoshi Kodaira (3,4), Li Haotong (3,4), Luke List (3), Rory McIlroy (3,4), Francesco Molinari (3,4), Kevin Na (3,4), Alex Norén (3,4), Pat Perez (3,4), Ian Poulter (3,4), Jon Rahm (3,4), Xander Schauffele (3,4), Webb Simpson (3,4), Cameron Smith (3,5), Kyle Stanley (3), Henrik Stenson (3,4), Bubba Watson (3,4), Gary Woodland (3,4), Tiger Woods (3)

Justin Rose (3,4,5) did not play.[4]

3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 30, 2018.

An Byeong-hun

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]

Alexander Björk, Austin Cook, Paul Dunne, Patton Kizzire, Russell Knox, Andrew Landry, Thorbjørn Olesen, Wade Ormsby, Ted Potter Jr., Shubhankar Sharma, Brendan Steele, Brandon Stone, Aaron Wise

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 2, 2018

Ian Poulter shot an 8-under-par 62 to lead by one stroke over Rickie Fowler and Kyle Stanley. Defending champion Hideki Matsuyama was 5 strokes back at −3. Tiger Woods, eight-time winner of the event, was 4 strokes back at −4. His last PGA Tour win was at the 2013 event. The scoring average of 68.37 was the lowest opening round of a PGA Tour event this season.[6]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Ian Poulter62−8
T2 Rickie Fowler63−7
Kyle Stanley
T4 Patrick Cantlay64−6
Kim Si-woo
Jon Rahm
T7 Jason Day65−5
Anirban Lahiri
Marc Leishman
Luke List
Rory McIlroy
Kevin Na
Justin Thomas

Second round

Friday, August 3, 2018

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Tommy Fleetwood66-63=129−11
Ian Poulter62-67=129
Justin Thomas65-64=129
T4 Jason Day65-66=131−9
Kyle Stanley63-68=131
T6 Kim Si-woo64-68=132−8
Rory McIlroy65-67=132
T8 Li Haotong66-67=133−7
Luke List65-68=133
T10 Tony Finau68-66=134−6
Marc Leishman65-69=134
Louis Oosthuizen68-66=134
Jon Rahm64-70=134
Webb Simpson69-65=134
Tiger Woods66-68=134

Third round

Saturday, August 4, 2018

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Justin Thomas65-64-67=196−14
T2 Rory McIlroy65-67-67=199−11
Ian Poulter62-67-70=199
4 Jason Day65-66-69=200−10
T5 Marc Leishman65-69-67=201−9
Kyle Stanley63-68-70=201
T7 Rickie Fowler63-74-65=202−8
Jon Rahm64-70-68=202
T9 Tommy Fleetwood66-63-74=203−7
Louis Oosthuizen68-66-69=203

Final round

Sunday, August 5, 2018

PlacePlayerScoreTo parPrize money (US$)
1 Justin Thomas65-64-67-69=265−151,700,000
2 Kyle Stanley63-68-70-68=269−111,072,000
T3 Dustin Johnson69-71-66-64=270−10510,000
Thorbjørn Olesen71-67-68-64=270
5 Brooks Koepka66-70-68-67=271−9357,000
T6 Patrick Cantlay64-72-68-68=272−8241,375
Anirban Lahiri65-70-69-68=272
Rory McIlroy65-67-67-73=272
Aaron Wise67-71-67-67=272
T10 Jason Day65-66-69-73=273−7160,875
Tony Finau68-66-71-68=273
Kim Si-woo64-68-72-69=273
Ian Poulter62-67-70-74=273

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454434344443443544
Thomas−14−15−15−15−15−14−14−14−14−14−14−14−15−15−15−15−15−15
Stanley−9−8−8−8−9−9−9−10−10−11−11−12−11−10−10−11−11−11
Johnson−5−6−7−8−8−9−9−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−10
Olesen−4−5−5−4−4−4−5−5−6−6−7−7−7−8−9−9−10−10
Koepka−6−7−7−5−5−6−6−7−7−6−7−7−8−9−8−9−9−9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

References
  1. "Golf Courses at Firestone Country Club". Invited Clubs. Archived from the original on August 4, 2022. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  2. "World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational: Course". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on March 19, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  3. "2018 Qualifiers for majors, The Players, WGCs". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
  4. Beall, Joel (August 1, 2018). "Justin Rose withdraws from WGC-Bridgestone Invitational with back injury". Golf Digest.
  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. "Motivated Ian Poulter holds first-round lead at Bridgestone Invitational". ESPN. August 2, 2018.
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