2018 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

The 2018 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 20th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of the World Golf Championships events in 2018.

2018 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
Tournament information
DatesAugust 2–5, 2018
LocationAkron, Ohio, U.S.
41°00′29″N 81°30′29″W / 41.008°N 81.508°W / 41.008; -81.508
Course(s)Firestone Country Club
South Course
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length7,400 yards (6,767 m)
Field71 players
CutNone
Prize fund$10,000,000
Winner's share$1,700,000
Champion
United States Justin Thomas
265 (−15)
Location map
Firestone CC is located in the United States
Firestone CC
Firestone CC
Location in the United States
Firestone CC is located in Ohio
Firestone CC
Firestone CC
Location in Ohio
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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.[1]

Hole Yards Par   Hole Yards Par
1 399 4 10 410 4
2 526 5 11 418 4
3 442 4 12 180 3
4 471 4 13 471 4
5 200 3 14 467 4
6 469 4 15 221 3
7 219 3 16 667 5
8 482 4 17 400 4
9 494 4 18 464 4
Out 3,702 35 In 3,698 35
Source:[2] Total 7,400 70

Field

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The field consisted of players drawn primarily from the Official World Golf Ranking and the winners of the worldwide tournaments with the strongest fields.[3]

1. Playing members of the 2017 United States and International Presidents Cup teams.

Daniel Berger (2,3), Kevin Chappell (2,3), Jason Day (2,3,4), Rickie Fowler (2,3), Branden Grace (2,3,4), Emiliano Grillo, Charley Hoffman (2,3), Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Kim Si-woo, Kevin Kisner (2,3), Brooks Koepka (2,3,4), Matt Kuchar (2,3), Anirban Lahiri, Marc Leishman (2,3,4), Hideki Matsuyama (2,3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4), Louis Oosthuizen (2,3), Patrick Reed (2,3,4), Charl Schwartzel (2,3), Adam Scott, Jordan Spieth (2,3), Justin Thomas (2,3,4), Jhonattan Vegas

Adam Hadwin did not play.[4]

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 23, 2018.

Kiradech Aphibarnrat (3), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (3), Patrick Cantlay (3,4), Paul Casey (3,4), Bryson DeChambeau (3,4), Tony Finau (3), Ross Fisher (3), Matt Fitzpatrick (3,4), Tommy Fleetwood (3,4), Sergio García (3,4), Brian Harman (3), Tyrrell Hatton (3,4), Zach Johnson, Satoshi Kodaira (3,4), Li Haotong (3,4), Luke List (3), Rory McIlroy (3,4), Francesco Molinari (3,4), Kevin Na (3,4), Alex Norén (3,4), Pat Perez (3,4), Ian Poulter (3,4), Jon Rahm (3,4), Xander Schauffele (3,4), Webb Simpson (3,4), Cameron Smith (3,5), Kyle Stanley (3), Henrik Stenson (3,4), Bubba Watson (3,4), Gary Woodland (3,4), Tiger Woods (3)

Justin Rose (3,4,5) did not play.[4]

3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 30, 2018.

An Byeong-hun

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]

Alexander Björk, Austin Cook, Paul Dunne, Patton Kizzire, Russell Knox, Andrew Landry, Thorbjørn Olesen, Wade Ormsby, Ted Potter Jr., Shubhankar Sharma, Brendan Steele, Brandon Stone, Aaron Wise

5. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, August 2, 2018

Ian Poulter shot an 8-under-par 62 to lead by one stroke over Rickie Fowler and Kyle Stanley. Defending champion Hideki Matsuyama was 5 strokes back at −3. Tiger Woods, eight-time winner of the event, was 4 strokes back at −4. His last PGA Tour win was at the 2013 event. The scoring average of 68.37 was the lowest opening round of a PGA Tour event this season.[6]

Place Player Score To par
1   Ian Poulter 62 −8
T2   Rickie Fowler 63 −7
  Kyle Stanley
T4   Patrick Cantlay 64 −6
  Kim Si-woo
  Jon Rahm
T7   Jason Day 65 −5
  Anirban Lahiri
  Marc Leishman
  Luke List
  Rory McIlroy
  Kevin Na
  Justin Thomas

Second round

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Friday, August 3, 2018

Place Player Score To par
T1   Tommy Fleetwood 66-63=129 −11
  Ian Poulter 62-67=129
  Justin Thomas 65-64=129
T4   Jason Day 65-66=131 −9
  Kyle Stanley 63-68=131
T6   Kim Si-woo 64-68=132 −8
  Rory McIlroy 65-67=132
T8   Li Haotong 66-67=133 −7
  Luke List 65-68=133
T10   Tony Finau 68-66=134 −6
  Marc Leishman 65-69=134
  Louis Oosthuizen 68-66=134
  Jon Rahm 64-70=134
  Webb Simpson 69-65=134
  Tiger Woods 66-68=134

Third round

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Saturday, August 4, 2018

Place Player Score To par
1   Justin Thomas 65-64-67=196 −14
T2   Rory McIlroy 65-67-67=199 −11
  Ian Poulter 62-67-70=199
4   Jason Day 65-66-69=200 −10
T5   Marc Leishman 65-69-67=201 −9
  Kyle Stanley 63-68-70=201
T7   Rickie Fowler 63-74-65=202 −8
  Jon Rahm 64-70-68=202
T9   Tommy Fleetwood 66-63-74=203 −7
  Louis Oosthuizen 68-66-69=203

Final round

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Sunday, August 5, 2018

Place Player Score To par Prize money (US$)
1   Justin Thomas 65-64-67-69=265 −15 1,700,000
2   Kyle Stanley 63-68-70-68=269 −11 1,072,000
T3   Dustin Johnson 69-71-66-64=270 −10 510,000
  Thorbjørn Olesen 71-67-68-64=270
5   Brooks Koepka 66-70-68-67=271 −9 357,000
T6   Patrick Cantlay 64-72-68-68=272 −8 241,375
  Anirban Lahiri 65-70-69-68=272
  Rory McIlroy 65-67-67-73=272
  Aaron Wise 67-71-67-67=272
T10   Jason Day 65-66-69-73=273 −7 160,875
  Tony Finau 68-66-71-68=273
  Kim Si-woo 64-68-72-69=273
  Ian Poulter 62-67-70-74=273

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
  Thomas −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15
  Stanley −9 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 −11 −12 −11 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11
  Johnson −5 −6 −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −10
  Olesen −4 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10
  Koepka −6 −7 −7 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −7 −6 −7 −7 −8 −9 −8 −9 −9 −9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

References

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  1. ^ "Golf Courses at Firestone Country Club". Invited Clubs. Archived from the original on August 4, 2022. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  2. ^ "World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational: Course". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on March 19, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  3. ^ "2018 Qualifiers for majors, The Players, WGCs". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
  4. ^ a b Beall, Joel (August 1, 2018). "Justin Rose withdraws from WGC-Bridgestone Invitational with back injury". Golf Digest.
  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. ^ "Motivated Ian Poulter holds first-round lead at Bridgestone Invitational". ESPN. August 2, 2018.
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