2012 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational


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 in the final round to finish with 267 to win his first WGC event, one stroke ahead of runners-up Jim Furyk and Steve Stricker.

Venue

Course layout

The South Course was designed by Bert Way and redesigned by Robert Trent Jones in 1960.
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Yards399526442471200469219482494370241041818047146722166740046436987400
Par454434344354434435443570

Field

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.
1. Playing members of the 2011 United States and International Presidents Cup teams.
Robert Allenby, Aaron Baddeley, K. J. Choi, Jason Day, Ernie Els, Jim Furyk, Retief Goosen, Bill Haas, Ryo Ishikawa, Dustin Johnson, Matt Kuchar, Kim Kyung-tae, Hunter Mahan, Phil Mickelson, Geoff Ogilvy, Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott, Steve Stricker, David Toms, Nick Watney, Bubba Watson, Tiger Woods, Y. E. Yang
2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 23, 2012.
Bae Sang-moon, Thomas Bjørn, Keegan Bradley, Jonathan Byrd, Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Nicolas Colsaerts, Luke Donald, Jason Dufner, Simon Dyson, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Rickie Fowler, Sergio García, Peter Hanson, Fredrik Jacobson, Zach Johnson, Martin Kaymer, Martin Laird, Paul Lawrie, Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy, Francesco Molinari, Kevin Na, Louis Oosthuizen, Carl Pettersson, Ian Poulter, Álvaro Quirós, Justin Rose, John Senden, Brandt Snedeker, Bo Van Pelt, Lee Westwood, Mark Wilson
3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 30, 2012.
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.
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:
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.

Past champions in the field

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 2, 2012
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jim Furyk63−7
2Lee Slattery65−5
T3Rafael Cabrera-Bello66−4
T3Ben Crane66−4
T3Luke Donald66−4
T3Simon Dyson66−4
T3John Senden66−4
T3Bubba Watson66−4
T9Keegan Bradley67−3
T9Jason Dufner67−3
T9Sergio García67−3
T9Retief Goosen67−3
T9Bill Haas67−3
T9Kim Kyung-tae67−3
T9Geoff Ogilvy67−3
T9Louis Oosthuizen67−3
T9Carl Pettersson67−3

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Second round

Friday, August 3, 2012
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jim Furyk63-66=129−11
2Rafael Cabrera-Bello66-65=131−9
3Louis Oosthuizen67-65=132−8
4Jason Dufner67-66=133−7
5Kim Kyung-tae67-67=134−6
T6Luke Donald66-69=135−5
T6David Toms68-67=135−5
T8Keegan Bradley67-69=136−4
T8John Senden66-70=136−4
T8Lee Slattery65-71=136−4
T8Steve Stricker68-68=136−4

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Third round

Saturday, August 4, 2012
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jim Furyk63-66-70=199−11
2Louis Oosthuizen67-65-68=200−10
3Keegan Bradley67-69-67=203−7
T4Rory McIlroy70-67-67=204−6
T4Steve Stricker68-68-68=204−6
T6Justin Rose70-69-66=205−5
T6John Senden66-70-69=205−5
T6Bo Van Pelt70-69-66=205−5
T9Luke Donald66-69-71=206−4
T9Jason Dufner67-66-73=206−4

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Final round

Sunday, August 5, 2012
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Keegan Bradley67-69-67-64=267−131,400,000
T2Jim Furyk63-66-70-69=268−12665,000
T2Steve Stricker68-68-68-64=268−12665,000
4Louis Oosthuizen67-65-68-69=269−11365,000
T5Rory McIlroy70-67-67-68=272−8276,500
T5Justin Rose70-69-66-67=272−8276,500
7Jason Dufner67-66-73-68=274−6210,000
T8Aaron Baddeley73-66-71-66=276−4128,750
T8K. J. Choi71-72-67-66=276−4128,750
T8Luke Donald66-69-71-70=276−4128,750
T8Matt Kuchar70-70-70-66=276−4128,750
T8Lee Slattery65-71-72-68=276−4128,750
T8David Toms68-67-73-68=276−4128,750
T8Bo Van Pelt70-69-66-71=276−4128,750
T8Tiger Woods70-72-68-66=276−4128,750

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Scorecard

Final round
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Par454434344443443544
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
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