2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational


The 2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament held August 6–9 on the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the 17th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of the World Golf Championships events in 2015. Shane Lowry shot a final-round 66 to win his first WGC event, two strokes ahead of runner-up Bubba Watson.

Course layout

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards399526442471200469219482494370241041818047146722166740046436987400
Par454434344354434435443570

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

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 2014 United States and European Ryder Cup teams.
Thomas Bjørn, Keegan Bradley, Jamie Donaldson, Victor Dubuisson, Rickie Fowler, Jim Furyk, Stephen Gallacher, Sergio García, Zach Johnson, Martin Kaymer, Matt Kuchar, Hunter Mahan, Graeme McDowell, Phil Mickelson, Ian Poulter, Patrick Reed, Justin Rose, Webb Simpson, Jordan Spieth, Henrik Stenson, Jimmy Walker, Bubba Watson, Lee Westwood
2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 27, 2015.
Paul Casey, Jason Day, Branden Grace, Bill Haas, Russell Henley, Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes, Billy Horschel, Thongchai Jaidee, Dustin Johnson, Kevin Kisner, Brooks Koepka, Anirban Lahiri, Marc Leishman, Shane Lowry, Hideki Matsuyama, Francesco Molinari, Ryan Moore, Kevin Na, Louis Oosthuizen, Ryan Palmer, Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott, Brandt Snedeker, Brendon Todd, Bernd Wiesberger, Danny Willett, Gary Woodland
3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of August 3, 2015.
Marc Warren, Robert Streb
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.
An Byeong-hun, Bae Sang-moon, Steven Bowditch, Andrew Dodt, Matt Every, Fabián Gómez, James Hahn, Pádraig Harrington, Mikko Ilonen, Søren Kjeldsen, Pablo Larrazábal, Danny Lee, David Lingmerth, David Lipsky, Joost Luiten, Ben Martin, Troy Merritt, Marcel Siem, Gary Stal, Camilo Villegas, Oliver Wilson
5. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours:
Notably missing from the field is former number 1 player Tiger Woods, who is outside the top 200 in the world rankings and whose last tournament win was his eighth title at the 2013 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.

Nationalities in the field

Past champions in the field

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 6, 2015
Danny Lee shot a 5-under-par 65 to take the lead by one stroke over Jim Furyk and Graeme McDowell. The greens were firm and difficult and only 21 golfers in the field of 77 managed under-par rounds.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Danny Lee65−5
T2Jim Furyk66−4
T2Graeme McDowell66−4
T4Rickie Fowler67−3
T4Justin Rose67−3
T6Paul Casey68−2
T6Victor Dubuisson68−2
T6Koumei Oda68−2
T6Ian Poulter68−2
T6Webb Simpson68−2
T6Henrik Stenson68−2
T6Robert Streb68−2
T6Lee Westwood68−2

Second round

Friday, August 7, 2015
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jim Furyk66-66=132−8
T2Dustin Johnson69-67=136−4
T2Shane Lowry70-66=136−4
T2Bubba Watson70-66=136−4
T5Danny Lee65-72=137−3
T5Graeme McDowell66-71=137−3
T5Henrik Stenson68-69=137−3
T8Jason Day69-69=138−2
T8Sergio García71-67=138−2
T8Brooks Koepka69-69=138−2
T8Patrick Reed71-67=138−2
T8Justin Rose67-71=138−2
T8Webb Simpson68-70=138−2
T8Jordan Spieth70-68=138−2
T8Robert Streb68-70=138−2
T8Lee Westwood68-70=138−2

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Third round

Saturday, August 8, 2015
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Jim Furyk66-66-69=201−9
T1Justin Rose67-71-63=201−9
3Shane Lowry70-66-67=203−7
T4Steven Bowditch73-69-63=205−5
T4Ian Poulter68-72-65=205−5
T4Henrik Stenson68-69-68=205−5
T4Bubba Watson70-66-69=205−5
T8Brooks Koepka69-69-68=206−4
T8Graeme McDowell66-71-69=206−4
T8Robert Streb68-70-68=206−4

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Final round

Sunday, August 9, 2015
Shane Lowry's 66 overtook third round co-leaders Justin Rose and Jim Furyk, who each carded 72. Runner-up Bubba Watson also shot 66 and finished two strokes behind Lowry.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Shane Lowry70-66-67-66=269−111,570,000
2Bubba Watson70-66-69-66=271−9930,000
T3Jim Furyk66-66-69-72=273−7470,000
T3Justin Rose67-71-63-72=273−7470,000
5Robert Streb68-70-68-68=274−6330,000
T6Brooks Koepka69-69-68-69=275−5219,000
T6Danny Lee65-72-70-68=275−5219,000
T6David Lingmerth70-71-66-68=275−5219,000
T6Henrik Stenson68-69-68-70=275−5219,000
T10Rickie Fowler67-72-70-67=276−4149,500
T10Jordan Spieth70-68-72-66=276−4149,500

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Scorecard

Final round
Hole 1 234 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718
Par454434344443443544
Lowry−7−8−8−8−8−8−8−9−9−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−11
Watson−5−6−5−5−5−5−5−6−7−8−8−8−9−9−8−8−9−9
Rose−9−9−9−8−8−8−7−7−8−7−7−7−7−7−7−8−8−7
Furyk−9−10−10−10−9−9−9−8−8−8−9−8−8−8−8−8−8−7
Streb−3−4−5−4−4−4−4−4−3−3−3−3−4−4−5−6−6−6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
BirdieBogey

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