2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

The 2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a golf tournament that was contested from August 2–5, 2007 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the ninth WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of three World Golf Championships events held in 2007.

2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
Tournament information
DatesAugust 2–5, 2007
LocationAkron, Ohio, U.S.
Course(s)Firestone Country Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length7,400
Field83 players
CutNone
Prize fund$8,000,000
Winner's share$1,350,000
Champion
United States Tiger Woods
272 (−8)
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World number 1 Tiger Woods won the tournament for a second hat-trick at the Invitational in his career, and claimed his 14th World Golf Championships title, which was his sixth Invitational title. He won over Justin Rose and Rory Sabbatini by eight strokes, with Woods shooting an 8-under-par 272.

Field

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1. Playing members of the 2006 United States and European Ryder Cup teams
Chad Campbell, Paul Casey (3,4,5), Stewart Cink (2,3,4), Darren Clarke, Chris DiMarco (2,4), Luke Donald (3,4), Sergio García (3,4), Pádraig Harrington (3,4,5), J. J. Henry, David Howell, Zach Johnson (3,4,5), Robert Karlsson (3,4), Paul McGinley, Phil Mickelson (2,3,4,5), Colin Montgomerie (3,4,5), José María Olazábal (3,4), Henrik Stenson (3,4,5), Vaughn Taylor, David Toms (2,3,4), Scott Verplank (2,3,4,5), Lee Westwood (3,4), Brett Wetterich (3,4), Tiger Woods (2,3,4,5)

2. Playing members of the 2005 United States and International Presidents Cup teams
Stuart Appleby (3,4), Ángel Cabrera (3,4,5), Michael Campbell, Tim Clark (3,4), Fred Funk, Retief Goosen (3,4), Mark Hensby, Trevor Immelman (3,4), Justin Leonard, Peter Lonard, Davis Love III (3,4,5), Nick O'Hern (3,4,5), Kenny Perry, Adam Scott (3,4,5), Vijay Singh (3,4,5), Mike Weir (3,4)

3. Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings two weeks prior to event
Robert Allenby (4), Stephen Ames (4), Aaron Baddeley (4,5), K. J. Choi (4,5), Ernie Els (4,5), Niclas Fasth (4,5), Retief Goosen (4,5), Richard Green (4), Anders Hansen (4,5), Charles Howell III (4,5), Shingo Katayama, Jerry Kelly (4), Arron Oberholser (4), Geoff Ogilvy (4), Rod Pampling (4), Carl Pettersson (4), Ian Poulter (4), John Rollins (4), Andres Romero (4,5), Justin Rose (4,5), Rory Sabbatini (4,5), Richard Sterne (4,5), Steve Stricker (4), Boo Weekley (4,5)

4. Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings one week prior to event

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
Woody Austin, Brian Bateman, Mark Calcavecchia, Joe Durant, Paul Goydos, Anton Haig, Grégory Havret, Charley Hoffman, Raphaël Jacquelin, José Manuel Lara, Liang Wenchong, Hunter Mahan, Troy Matteson, John Senden, Jeev Milkha Singh, Graeme Storm, Nick Watney, Mark Wilson, Yang Yong-eun

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

Round summaries

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First round

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Place Player Score To par
T1   Paul Casey 67 −3
  Hunter Mahan
  Rory Sabbatini
T4   Stuart Appleby 68 −2
  Mark Calcavecchia
  Arron Oberholser
  Boo Weekley
  Lee Westwood
  Tiger Woods
T10   Chris DiMarco 69 −1
  Paul Goydos
  Kenny Perry
  Justin Rose

Second round

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Place Player Score To par
1   Rory Sabbatini 67-67=134 −6
2   Zach Johnson 71-65=136 −4
T3   Kenny Perry 69-69=138 −2
  Scott Verplank 70-68=138
  Tiger Woods 68-70=138
T6   Chris DiMarco 69-70=139 −1
  Davis Love III 74-65=139
  Lee Westwood 68-71=139
T9   Mark Calcavecchia 68-72=140 E
  Paul Casey 67-73=140
  Justin Leonard 73-67=140
  Peter Lonard 70-70=140
  Hunter Mahan 67-73=140
  John Senden 71-69=140

Third round

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Place Player Score To par
1   Rory Sabbatini 67-67-72=206 −4
2   Tiger Woods 68-70-69=207 −3
3   Kenny Perry 69-69-71=209 −1
T4   Stuart Appleby 68-74-69=211 +1
  Aaron Baddeley 70-74-67=211
  Chris DiMarco 69-70-72=211
  Justin Leonard 73-67-71=211
  Hunter Mahan 67-73-71=211
  Andrés Romero 71-71-69=211
  Scott Verplank 70-68-73=211

Final round

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Place Player Score To par Winnings ($)
1   Tiger Woods 68-70-69-65=272 −8 1,350,000
T2   Justin Rose 69-72-71-68=280 E 635,000
  Rory Sabbatini 67-67-72-74=280
T4   Chris DiMarco 69-70-72-70=281 +1 310,000
  Peter Lonard 70-70-73-68=281
T6   Tim Clark 71-70-72-69=282 +2 202,000
  Davis Love III 74-65-74-69=282
  Andrés Romero 71-71-69-71=282
T9   Justin Leonard 73-67-71-72=283 +3 147,500
  Scott Verplank 70-68-73-72=283

Scorecard

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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
  Woods −4 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8
  Rose +1 E E E −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 E E E E E
  Sabbatini −5 −5 −5 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −1 E E E E +1 +1 +1 E E
  DiMarco +1 E −1 E −1 −1 −1 −1 +1 +1 +1 E E E E E E +1
  Lonard +4 +3 +4 +4 +4 +4 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1
  Perry −2 −1 −2 E −1 −1 −1 −1 E +1 +1 +2 +2 +4 +4 +4 +4 +4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[1]

References

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  1. ^ "World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational". ESPN. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
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