2014 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

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]

2014 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
Tournament information
DatesJuly 31 – August 3, 2014
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)
Field76 players
CutNone
Prize fund$9,000,000
6,703,418
Winner's share$1,530,000
€1,139,580
Champion
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
265 (−15)
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Akron  is located in the United States
Akron 
Akron 
Firestone CC is located in Ohio
Firestone CC
Firestone CC

Venue

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Course layout

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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

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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:

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

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First round

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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

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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

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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

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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

Source:[6][8]

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
  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

Source:[6][8]

References

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  1. ^ "Rory McIlroy wins WGC Bridgestone Invitational and marches back to world No 1 spot in form of his life". Daily Telegraph. August 4, 2014.
  2. ^ "Courses". Firestone Country Club. 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  3. ^ "How players qualify". Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  4. ^ Ridenour, Marla (July 29, 2014). "Dustin Johnson withdraws, leaves field at 76". Akron Beacon Journal.
  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. ^ a b c d e f "WGC-Bridgestone Invitational". ESPN. August 3, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  7. ^ Ferguson, Doug (August 1, 2014). "Sergio Garcia shoots 61 to take Firestone lead". Yahoo! Sports. Associated Press.
  8. ^ a b "Leaderboard: WGC-Bridgestone Invitational". Yahoo! Sports. August 3, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
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