2016 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational


The 2016 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament played June 30 – July 3 on the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the 18th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of the World Golf Championships events in 2016.
The event was played more than a month earlier than usual, due to the 2016 Summer Olympics. It was only sanctioned by the PGA Tour, because it ran opposite the Open de France the European Tour did not co-sanction the tournament this year.
Dustin Johnson won his first WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and third WGC overall.

Venue

Course layout

The South Course was designed by Bert Way and redesigned by Robert Trent Jones in 1960.
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards399526442471200469219482494370241041818047146722166740046436987400
Par454434344354434435443570

Field

The field consisted of players drawn primarily from the Official World Golf Ranking and the winners of the worldwide tournaments with the strongest fields.
1. Playing members of the 2015 United States and International Presidents Cup teams.
Steven Bowditch, Jason Day, Rickie Fowler, Branden Grace, Bill Haas, J. B. Holmes, Dustin Johnson, Zach Johnson, Chris Kirk, Matt Kuchar, Anirban Lahiri, Danny Lee, Marc Leishman, Hideki Matsuyama, Phil Mickelson, Louis Oosthuizen, Patrick Reed, Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott, Jordan Spieth, Jimmy Walker, Bubba Watson
2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of June 20, 2016.
An Byeong-hun, Daniel Berger, Paul Casey, Kevin Chappell, Harris English, Jim Furyk, Emiliano Grillo, Charley Hoffman, Kim Kyung-tae, Kevin Kisner, Søren Kjeldsen, Russell Knox, Brooks Koepka, David Lingmerth, Shane Lowry, William McGirt, Kevin Na, Scott Piercy, Justin Rose, Brandt Snedeker, Justin Thomas
3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of June 27, 2016.
Kiradech Aphibarnrat
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.
Jason Dufner, Marcus Fraser, Fabián Gómez, James Hahn, Jim Herman, Billy Hurley III, Andrew Johnston, Matt Jones, Smylie Kaufman, Davis Love III, Song Young-han, Brian Stuard, Vaughn Taylor
5. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours:

Past champions in the field

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 30, 2016
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1William McGirt64−6
T2Jason Day67−3
T2Emiliano Grillo67−3
T2Jimmy Walker67−3
T5Rickie Fowler68−2
T5Charley Hoffman68−2
T5Anirban Lahiri68−2
T5Jordan Spieth68−2
T9Harris English69−1
T9Branden Grace69−1
T9Billy Hurley III69−1
T9Dustin Johnson69−1
T9Kevin Kisner69−1
T9Matt Kuchar69−1
T9Scott Piercy69−1
T9Justin Rose69−1
T9Vaughn Taylor69−1

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Second round

Friday, July 1, 2016
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Jason Day67-69=136−4
2David Lingmerth70-67=137−3
T3Emiliano Grillo67-71=138−2
T3William McGirt64-74=138−2
T3Scott Piercy69-69=138−2
T6Kevin Kisner69-70=139−1
T6Adam Scott71-68=139−1
T6Jordan Spieth68-71=139−1
T6Justin Thomas70-69=139−1
T10Kevin Na71-69=140E
T10Song Young-han70-70=140E
T10Brian Stuard71-69=140E
T10Jimmy Walker67-73=140E

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Third round

Saturday, July 2, 2016
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Jason Day67-69-69=205−5
T1Scott Piercy69-69-67=205−5
3David Lingmerth70-67-69=206−4
4Brian Stuard71-69-67=207−3
T5Dustin Johnson69-73-66=208−2
T5William McGirt64-74-70=208−2
T5Charl Schwartzel72-69-67=208−2
T8Emiliano Grillo67-71-71=209−1
T8Justin Thomas70-69-70=209−1
T10Kevin Chappell71-70-69=210E
T10Jordan Spieth68-71-71=210E

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Final round

Sunday, July 3, 2016
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Dustin Johnson69-73-66-66=274−61,620,000
2Scott Piercy69-69-67-70=275−51,018,000
T3Kevin Chappell71-70-69-67=277−3449,250
T3Jason Day67-69-69-72=277−3449,250
T3Matt Kuchar69-72-70-66=277−3449,250
T3Jordan Spieth68-71-71-67=277−3449,250
T7David Lingmerth70-67-69-72=278−2233,333
T7William McGirt64-74-70-70=278−2233,333
T7Charl Schwartzel72-69-67-70=278−2233,333
T10Rickie Fowler68-73-72-67=280E167,750
T10Branden Grace69-72-71-68=280E167,750
T10Zach Johnson72-74-69-65=280E167,750
T10Adam Scott71-68-73-68=280E167,750

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Scorecard

Final round
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Par454434344443443544
Johnson−2−3−2−2−3−4−4−4−4−4−4−4−5−6−6−6−7−6
Piercy−5−5−5−5−5−5−5−6−5−6−6−5−4−5−4−4−4−5
ChappellE−2−3−3−3−3−4−5−5−5−4−4−5−4−3−3−3−3
Day−5−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−6−7−7−7−7−7−6−4−4−3
Kuchar+1EEEEEEE−1−1−1−1−1−1−1−2−2−3
SpiethEE+1+1+1E−1−1−1−1−2−3−3−3−3−3−3−3
Lingmerth−4−4−4−4−4−5−4−4−4−4−4−4−3−3−3−2−2−2
McGirt−2−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−3−2−2−2
Schwartzel−2−2−2−1−1E−1−1−1−1−2−2−2−2−2−2−2−2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogey

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