2018 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational


The 2018 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament held August 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.

Venue

Course layout

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 worldwide tournaments with the strongest fields.
;1. Playing members of the 2017 United States and International Presidents Cup teams.
Daniel Berger, Kevin Chappell, Jason Day, Rickie Fowler, Branden Grace, Emiliano Grillo, Charley Hoffman, Dustin Johnson, Kim Si-woo, Kevin Kisner, Brooks Koepka, Matt Kuchar, Anirban Lahiri, Marc Leishman, Hideki Matsuyama, Phil Mickelson, Louis Oosthuizen, Patrick Reed, Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Jhonattan Vegas
Adam Hadwin did not play.
;2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 23, 2018.
Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Patrick Cantlay, Paul Casey, Bryson DeChambeau, Tony Finau, Ross Fisher, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Sergio García, Brian Harman, Tyrrell Hatton, Zach Johnson, Satoshi Kodaira, Li Haotong, Luke List, Rory McIlroy, Francesco Molinari, Kevin Na, Alex Norén, Pat Perez, Ian Poulter, Jon Rahm, Xander Schauffele, Webb Simpson, Cameron Smith, Kyle Stanley, Henrik Stenson, Bubba Watson, Gary Woodland, Tiger Woods
Justin Rose did not play.
;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.'
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:

Past champions in the field

Round summaries

First round

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.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Ian Poulter62−8
T2Rickie Fowler63−7
T2Kyle Stanley63−7
T4Patrick Cantlay64−6
T4Kim Si-woo64−6
T4Jon Rahm64−6
T7Jason Day65−5
T7Anirban Lahiri65−5
T7Marc Leishman65−5
T7Luke List65−5
T7Rory McIlroy65−5
T7Kevin Na65−5
T7Justin Thomas65−5

Second round

Friday, August 3, 2018
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Tommy Fleetwood66-63=129−11
T1Ian Poulter62-67=129−11
T1Justin Thomas65-64=129−11
T4Jason Day65-66=131−9
T4Kyle Stanley63-68=131−9
T6Kim Si-woo64-68=132−8
T6Rory McIlroy65-67=132−8
T8Li Haotong66-67=133−7
T8Luke List65-68=133−7
T10Tony Finau68-66=134−6
T10Marc Leishman65-69=134−6
T10Louis Oosthuizen68-66=134−6
T10Jon Rahm64-70=134−6
T10Webb Simpson69-65=134−6
T10Tiger Woods66-68=134−6

Third round

Saturday, August 4, 2018
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Justin Thomas65-64-67=196−14
T2Rory McIlroy65-67-67=199−11
T2Ian Poulter62-67-70=199−11
4Jason Day65-66-69=200−10
T5Marc Leishman65-69-67=201−9
T5Kyle Stanley63-68-70=201−9
T7Rickie Fowler63-74-65=202−8
T7Jon Rahm64-70-68=202−8
T9Tommy Fleetwood66-63-74=203−7
T9Louis Oosthuizen68-66-69=203−7

Final round

Sunday, August 5, 2018
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parPrize money
1Justin Thomas65-64-67-69=265−151,700,000
2Kyle Stanley63-68-70-68=269−111,072,000
T3Dustin Johnson69-71-66-64=270−10510,000
T3Thorbjørn Olesen71-67-68-64=270−10510,000
5Brooks Koepka66-70-68-67=271−9357,000
T6Patrick Cantlay64-72-68-68=272−8241,375
T6Anirban Lahiri65-70-69-68=272−8241,375
T6Rory McIlroy65-67-67-73=272−8241,375
T6Aaron Wise67-71-67-67=272−8241,375
T10Jason Day65-66-69-73=273−7160,875
T10Tony Finau68-66-71-68=273−7160,875
T10Kim Si-woo64-68-72-69=273−7160,875
T10Ian Poulter62-67-70-74=273−7160,875

Scorecard

Final round
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Par454434344443443544
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
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