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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.
Tournament information | |
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Dates | August 2–5, 2018 |
Location | Akron, Ohio, U.S. 41.008°N 81.508°W |
Course(s) | Firestone Country Club South Course |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 70 |
Length | 7,400 yards (6,767 m) |
Field | 71 players |
Cut | None |
Prize fund | $10,000,000 |
Winner's share | $1,700,000 |
Champion | |
Justin Thomas | |
265 (−15) | |
Location map | |
Location in the United States Location in Ohio | |
The South Course was designed by Bert Way and redesigned by Robert Trent Jones in 1960.[1]
Hole | Yards | Par | Hole | Yards | Par | |
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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 |
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]
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]
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]
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
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Final round
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |
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