The 2012 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 14th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of four World Golf Championships events held in 2012. Keegan Bradley shot a 64 (−6) in the final round to finish with 267 (−13) to win his first WGC event, one stroke ahead of runners-up Jim Furyk and Steve Stricker.[1]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | August 2–5, 2012 |
| Location | Akron, Ohio, U.S. |
| Course(s) | Firestone Country Club South Course |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 7,400 yards (6,767 m) |
| Field | 78 players |
| Cut | None |
| Prize fund | $8,500,000 €6,770,017 |
| Winner's share | $1,400,000 €1,131,130 |
| Champion | |
 Keegan Bradley | |
| 267 (−13) | |
Venue edit
Course layout edit
The South Course was designed by Bert Way and redesigned by Robert Trent Jones in 1960.[2][3]
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yards | 399 | 526 | 442 | 471 | 200 | 469 | 219 | 482 | 494 | 3702 | 410 | 418 | 180 | 471 | 467 | 221 | 667 | 400 | 464 | 3698 | 7400 |
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 70 |
Field edit
The field consisted of players drawn primarily from the Official World Golf Ranking and the winners of the world-wide tournaments with the strongest fields.[4][5]
1. Playing members of the 2011 United States and International Presidents Cup teams.
Robert Allenby, Aaron Baddeley, K. J. Choi (2,3), Jason Day (2,3), Ernie Els (2,3,4), Jim Furyk (2,3), Retief Goosen, Bill Haas (2,3,4), Ryo Ishikawa, Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Matt Kuchar (2,3,4), Kim Kyung-tae, Hunter Mahan (2,3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4), Geoff Ogilvy (2,3), Charl Schwartzel (2,3), Adam Scott (2,3,4), Steve Stricker (2,3,4), David Toms (2,3), Nick Watney (2,3), Bubba Watson (2,3,4), Tiger Woods (2,3,4), Y. E. Yang
- Webb Simpson (2,3,4) did not compete for personal reasons.[6]
2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 23, 2012.[7]
Bae Sang-moon (3), Thomas Bjørn (3,4), Keegan Bradley (3,4), Jonathan Byrd (3), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (3,4), Nicolas Colsaerts (3,4), Luke Donald (3,4), Jason Dufner (3,4), Simon Dyson (3,4), Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (3,4), Rickie Fowler (3,4), Sergio García (3,4), Peter Hanson (3), Freddie Jacobson (3), Zach Johnson (3,4), Martin Kaymer (3,4), Martin Laird (3), Paul Lawrie (3,4), Graeme McDowell (3), Rory McIlroy (3,4), Francesco Molinari (3,4), Kevin Na (3), Louis Oosthuizen (3,4), Carl Pettersson (3,4), Ian Poulter (3,5), Álvaro Quirós (3,4), Justin Rose (3,4), John Senden (3), Brandt Snedeker (3,4), Bo Van Pelt (3), Lee Westwood (3,5), Mark Wilson (3,4)
3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 30, 2012.[8]
4. 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.[9]
Greg Chalmers, Ben Crane, Jamie Donaldson, Branden Grace, Michael Hoey, Thongchai Jaidee, Marc Leishman, Tom Lewis, Joost Luiten, Toshinori Muto, Scott Piercy, Ted Potter Jr., Robert Rock, Marcel Siem, Jeev Milkha Singh, Lee Slattery, Kyle Stanley, Johnson Wagner, Bernd Wiesberger, Danny Willett
5. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours:
- Asian Tour: Thailand Golf Championship (2011)[10] – Lee Westwood, also qualified in categories 2 and 3
- PGA Tour of Australasia: JBWere Masters (2011) – Ian Poulter, also qualified in categories 2 and 3
- Japan Golf Tour: Bridgestone Open (2011) – Toru Taniguchi
- Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship (2012) – Yoshinori Fujimoto
- Sunshine Tour: Dimension Data Pro-Am (2012) – Oliver Bekker
Nine of the field were appearing in their first WGC event: Oliver Bekker, Jamie Donaldson, Yoshinori Fujimoto, Joost Luiten, Toshinori Muto, Scott Piercy, Ted Potter Jr., Marcel Siem and Bernd Wiesberger.
Round summaries edit
First round edit
Thursday, August 2, 2012
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Furyk |
63 | −7 |
| 2 |  Lee Slattery |
65 | −5 |
| T3 |  Rafa Cabrera-Bello |
66 | −4 |
| Ben Crane
| |||
| Luke Donald
| |||
| Simon Dyson
| |||
 John Senden
| |||
| Bubba Watson
| |||
| T9 | Keegan Bradley |
67 | −3 |
| Jason Dufner
| |||
| Sergio García
| |||
 Retief Goosen
| |||
| Bill Haas
| |||
 Kim Kyung-tae
| |||
| Geoff Ogilvy
| |||
| Louis Oosthuizen
| |||
 Carl Pettersson
|
Source:[11]
Second round edit
Friday, August 3, 2012
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Furyk |
63-66=129 | −11 |
| 2 | Rafa Cabrera-Bello |
66-65=131 | −9 |
| 3 | Louis Oosthuizen |
67-65=132 | −8 |
| 4 | Jason Dufner |
67-66=133 | −7 |
| 5 | Kim Kyung-tae |
67-67=134 | −6 |
| T6 | Luke Donald |
66-69=135 | −5 |
| David Toms |
68-67=135 | ||
| T8 | Keegan Bradley |
67-69=136 | −4 |
| John Senden |
66-70=136 | ||
| Lee Slattery |
65-71=136 | ||
| Steve Stricker |
68-68=136 |
Source:[11]
Third round edit
Saturday, August 4, 2012
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Furyk |
63-66-70=199 | −11 |
| 2 | Louis Oosthuizen |
67-65-68=200 | −10 |
| 3 | Keegan Bradley |
67-69-67=203 | −7 |
| T4 |  Rory McIlroy |
70-67-67=204 | −6 |
| Steve Stricker |
68-68-68=204 | ||
| T6 | Justin Rose |
70-69-66=205 | −5 |
| John Senden |
66-70-69=205 | ||
| Bo Van Pelt |
70-69-66=205 | ||
| T9 | Luke Donald |
66-69-71=206 | −4 |
| Jason Dufner |
67-66-73=206 |
Source:[11]
Final round edit
Sunday, August 5, 2012
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keegan Bradley |
67-69-67-64=267 | −13 | 1,400,000 |
| T2 | Jim Furyk |
63-66-70-69=268 | −12 | 665,000 |
| Steve Stricker |
68-68-68-64=268 | |||
| 4 | Louis Oosthuizen |
67-65-68-69=269 | −11 | 365,000 |
| T5 | Rory McIlroy |
70-67-67-68=272 | −8 | 276,500 |
| Justin Rose |
70-69-66-67=272 | |||
| 7 | Jason Dufner |
67-66-73-68=274 | −6 | 210,000 |
| T8 | Aaron Baddeley |
73-66-71-66=276 | −4 | 128,750 |
| K. J. Choi |
71-72-67-66=276 | |||
| Luke Donald |
66-69-71-70=276 | |||
| Matt Kuchar |
70-70-70-66=276 | |||
| Lee Slattery |
65-71-72-68=276 | |||
| David Toms |
68-67-73-68=276 | |||
| Bo Van Pelt |
70-69-66-71=276 | |||
| Tiger Woods |
70-72-68-66=276 |
Source:[11]
Scorecard edit
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 |
| Bradley |
−7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −13 | −13 | −13 |
| Furyk |
−12 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −12 |
| Stricker |
−6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −11 | −12 |
| Oosthuizen |
−11 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 |
| McIlroy |
−6 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 |
| Rose |
−5 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
| Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |
Source:[11]
References edit
- ^ "Keegan Bradley wins after 64". ESPN. Associated Press. August 6, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
- ^ "Courses". Firestone Country Club. 2012. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
- ^ "Inside the course: Firestone Country Club". worldgolfchampionships.com. 2012. Archived from the original on August 1, 2012. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
- ^ "How players qualify". Archived from the original on August 1, 2012. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
- ^ "Past and Future Championships". Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
- ^ Harig, Bob. "Webb Simpson out of Bridgestone". ESPN. Retrieved July 29, 2012.
- ^ Official World Golf Ranking – July 22, 2012
- ^ Official World Golf Ranking – July 29, 2012
- ^ The 'Strength of Field Rating' is a loose term for what the Official World Golf Ranking calls the 'Total Rating Value' (see Event Ranking).
- ^ "Stars to Help Launch Thailand Golf Championship". Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
- ^ a b c d e "WGC-Bridgestone Invitational". ESPN. August 5, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2017.