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

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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

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First round

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Thursday, August 5, 2010

Place Player Score To par
1   Bubba Watson 64 −6
T2   Graeme McDowell 66 −4
  Phil Mickelson
  Kenny Perry
  Adam Scott
T6   Chad Campbell 67 −3
  Sean O'Hair
  Jeff Overton
  Bo Van Pelt
  Camilo Villegas

Source:[8]

Second round

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Friday, August 6, 2010

Place Player Score To par
1   Retief Goosen 67-66=133 −7
T2   Justin Leonard 68-66=134 −6
  Phil Mickelson 66-68=134
T4   Peter Hanson 69-66=135 −5
  Bo Van Pelt 67-68=135
  Bubba Watson 64-71=135
T7   Paul Casey 68-68=136 −4
  Lucas Glover 70-66=136
  Miguel Ángel Jiménez 69-67=136
  Adam Scott 66-70=136
  Nick Watney 68-68=136

Source:[8]

Third round

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Saturday, August 7, 2010

Place Player Score To par
T1   Sean O'Hair 67-70-64=201 −9
  Ryan Palmer 70-68-63=201
3   Matt Kuchar 69-67-66=202 −8
T4   Ernie Els 69-70-64=203 −7
  Peter Hanson 69-66-68=203
  Justin Leonard 68-66-69=203
T7   Hunter Mahan 71-67-66=204 −6
  Jeff Overton 67-70-67=204
  Bo Van Pelt 67-68-69=204
T10   Dustin Johnson 72-65-68=205 −5
  Phil Mickelson 66-68-71=205
  Katsumasa Miyamoto 71-72-62=205
  Nick Watney 68-68-69=205
  Bubba Watson 64-71-70=205
  Oliver Wilson 71-67-67=205

Source:[8]

Final round

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Sunday, August 8, 2010

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Hunter Mahan 71-67-66-64=268 −12 1,400,000
2   Ryan Palmer 70-68-63-69=270 −10 840,000
T3   Retief Goosen 67-66-73-65=271 −9 412,500
  Bo Van Pelt 67-68-69-67=271
5   Sean O'Hair 67-70-64-71=272 −8 295,000
T6   Jim Furyk 72-68-69-64=273 −7 227,500
  Jeff Overton 67-70-67-69=273
8   Peter Hanson 69-66-68-71=274 −6 180,000
T9   Pádraig Harrington 69-70-70-66=275 −5 125,833
  Matt Kuchar 69-67-66-73=275
  Rory McIlroy 68-69-69-69=275
  Louis Oosthuizen 72-70-68-65=275
  Adam Scott 66-70-72-67=275
  Steve Stricker 68-71-69-67=275

Source:[8]

Scorecard

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Final round

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 5 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 5 4 4
  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

Eagle Birdie Bogey

Source:[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Hunter Mahan wins Bridgestone Invitational victory". BBC Sport. August 8, 2010. Archived from the original on August 12, 2010. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Allenby withdraws from the WGC-Bridgestone". NBC Sports. August 4, 2010. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
  3. ^ Official World Golf Ranking – July 25, 2010
  4. ^ Official World Golf Ranking – August 1, 2010
  5. ^ "World's top 80 players to compete at WGC-Bridgestone Invitational". PGA Tour. July 30, 2010. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
  6. ^ 2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational Archived 2010-07-23 at the Wayback Machine - How players qualify
  7. ^ "Pettersson earns invite to WGC-Bridgestone with win at RBC". PGA Tour. July 26, 2010. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
  8. ^ a b c d e "WGC-Bridgestone Invitational". ESPN. August 8, 2010. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
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