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]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | July 31 – August 3, 2014 |
| 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 | 76 players |
| Cut | None |
| Prize fund | $9,000,000 €6,703,418 |
| Winner's share | $1,530,000 €1,139,580 |
| Champion | |
 Rory McIlroy | |
| 265 (−15) | |
Venue edit
Course layout edit
The South Course was designed by Bert Way and redesigned by Robert Trent Jones in 1960.[2]
| 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 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:
- Asian Tour: Thailand Golf Championship (2013) – Sergio García (already qualified under categories 2 and 4)
- PGA Tour of Australasia: Australian PGA Championship (2013) – Adam Scott (already qualified under categories 1, 2 and 4)
- Japan Golf Tour: Bridgestone Open (2013) – Daisuke Maruyama
- Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship – Yoshitaka Takeya
- Sunshine Tour: Dimension Data Pro-Am – Estanislao Goya
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 edit
First round edit
Thursday, July 31, 2014
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Marc Leishman |
64 | −6 |
| T2 |  Ryan Moore |
65 | −5 |
 Justin Rose
| |||
 Charl Schwartzel
| |||
| T5 |  Graham DeLaet |
67 | −3 |
| Rickie Fowler
| |||
 Francesco Molinari
| |||
| Patrick Reed
| |||
| T9 | Keegan Bradley |
68 | −2 |
 Jamie Donaldson
| |||
 Sergio García
| |||
| Brandt Snedeker
| |||
| Tiger Woods
|
Source:[6]
Second round edit
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]
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergio García |
68-61=129 | −11 |
| 2 | Justin Rose |
65-67=132 | −8 |
| T3 | Marc Leishman |
64-69=133 | −7 |
| Rory McIlroy |
69-64=133 | ||
| T5 | Rickie Fowler |
67-67=134 | −6 |
| Charl Schwartzel |
65-69=134 | ||
| T7 | Keegan Bradley |
68-67=135 | −5 |
| Patrick Reed |
67-68=135 | ||
| T9 | Graham DeLaet |
67-69=136 | −4 |
| Hunter Mahan |
71-65=136 | ||
| Brandt Snedeker |
68-68=136 |
Source:[6]
Third round edit
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.
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergio García |
68-61-67=196 | −14 |
| 2 | Rory McIlroy |
69-64-66=199 | −11 |
| 3 | Marc Leishman |
64-69-68=201 | −9 |
| T4 | Keegan Bradley |
68-67-67=202 | −8 |
| Justin Rose |
65-67-70=202 | ||
| Adam Scott |
69-68-65=202 | ||
| 7 | Brandt Snedeker |
68-68-68=204 | −6 |
| T8 | J. B. Holmes |
69-69-67=205 | −5 |
 Henrik Stenson |
71-66-68=205 | ||
| T10 |  Thomas Bjørn |
69-68-69=206 | −4 |
| Harris English |
69-69-68=206 | ||
| Rickie Fowler |
67-67-72=206 | ||
| Jim Furyk |
69-68-69=206 | ||
 Hideki Matsuyama |
70-71-65=206 | ||
| Ryan Moore |
65-73-68=206 | ||
| Patrick Reed |
67-68-71=206 | ||
| Gary Woodland |
70-68-68=206 |
Source:[6]
Final round edit
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.
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rory McIlroy |
69-64-66-66=265 | −15 | 1,530,000 |
| 2 | Sergio García |
68-61-67-71=267 | −13 | 900,000 |
| 3 | Marc Leishman |
64-69-68-67=268 | −12 | 522,000 |
| T4 | Keegan Bradley |
68-67-67-69=271 | −9 | 308,000 |
| Patrick Reed |
67-68-71-65=271 | |||
| Justin Rose |
65-67-70-69=271 | |||
| Charl Schwartzel |
65-69-73-64=271 | |||
| T8 | Rickie Fowler |
67-67-72-67=273 | −7 | 170,000 |
| Graeme McDowell |
71-70-66-66=273 | |||
| Ryan Moore |
65-73-68-67=273 | |||
| Adam Scott |
69-68-65-71=273 |
Scorecard edit
| 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 |
| 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 |
References edit
- ^ "Rory McIlroy wins WGC Bridgestone Invitational and marches back to world No 1 spot in form of his life". Daily Telegraph. August 4, 2014.
- ^ "Courses". Firestone Country Club. 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
- ^ "How players qualify". Retrieved March 1, 2013.
- ^ Ridenour, Marla (July 29, 2014). "Dustin Johnson withdraws, leaves field at 76". Akron Beacon Journal.
- ^ The 'Strength of Field Rating' is a loose term for what the Official World Golf Ranking calls the 'Total Rating Value' (see Event ranking).
- ^ a b c d e f "WGC-Bridgestone Invitational". ESPN. August 3, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
- ^ Ferguson, Doug (August 1, 2014). "Sergio Garcia shoots 61 to take Firestone lead". Yahoo! Sports. Associated Press.
- ^ a b "Leaderboard: WGC-Bridgestone Invitational". Yahoo! Sports. August 3, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2014.