2018 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | August 2–5, 2018 |
| Location | Akron, Ohio, U.S. 41°00′29′′N 81°30′29′′W / 41.008°N 81.508°W / 41.008; -81.508 |
| 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ドル |
| Champion | |
| United States Justin Thomas | |
| 265 (−15) | |
| Location map | |
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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.
Venue
[edit ]Course layout
[edit ]The South Course was designed by Bert Way and redesigned by Robert Trent Jones in 1960.[1]
| Hole | Yards | Par | Hole | Yards | Par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
Field
[edit ]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]
- 1. Playing members of the 2017 United States and International Presidents Cup teams.
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]
- 2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 23, 2018.
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]
- 3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 30, 2018.
- 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.[5]
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
- Asian Tour: Indonesian Masters (2017) – Justin Rose , also qualified under categories 2, 3 and 4
- PGA Tour of Australasia: Australian PGA Championship (2017) – Cameron Smith , also qualified under categories 2 and 3
- Japan Golf Tour: Bridgestone Open (2017) – Ryuko Tokimatsu
- Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship (2018) – Kodai Ichihara
- Sunshine Tour: Dimension Data Pro-Am – Jaco Ahlers
Round summaries
[edit ]First round
[edit ]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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England Ian Poulter | 62 | −8 |
| T2 | United States Rickie Fowler | 63 | −7 |
| United States Kyle Stanley | |||
| T4 | United States Patrick Cantlay | 64 | −6 |
| South Korea Kim Si-woo | |||
| Spain Jon Rahm | |||
| T7 | Australia Jason Day | 65 | −5 |
| India Anirban Lahiri | |||
| Australia Marc Leishman | |||
| United States Luke List | |||
| Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy | |||
| United States Kevin Na | |||
| United States Justin Thomas |
Second round
[edit ]Friday, August 3, 2018
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | England Tommy Fleetwood | 66-63=129 | −11 |
| England Ian Poulter | 62-67=129 | ||
| United States Justin Thomas | 65-64=129 | ||
| T4 | Australia Jason Day | 65-66=131 | −9 |
| United States Kyle Stanley | 63-68=131 | ||
| T6 | South Korea Kim Si-woo | 64-68=132 | −8 |
| Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy | 65-67=132 | ||
| T8 | China Li Haotong | 66-67=133 | −7 |
| United States Luke List | 65-68=133 | ||
| T10 | United States Tony Finau | 68-66=134 | −6 |
| Australia Marc Leishman | 65-69=134 | ||
| South Africa Louis Oosthuizen | 68-66=134 | ||
| Spain Jon Rahm | 64-70=134 | ||
| United States Webb Simpson | 69-65=134 | ||
| United States Tiger Woods | 66-68=134 |
Third round
[edit ]Saturday, August 4, 2018
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Justin Thomas | 65-64-67=196 | −14 |
| T2 | Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy | 65-67-67=199 | −11 |
| England Ian Poulter | 62-67-70=199 | ||
| 4 | Australia Jason Day | 65-66-69=200 | −10 |
| T5 | Australia Marc Leishman | 65-69-67=201 | −9 |
| United States Kyle Stanley | 63-68-70=201 | ||
| T7 | United States Rickie Fowler | 63-74-65=202 | −8 |
| Spain Jon Rahm | 64-70-68=202 | ||
| T9 | England Tommy Fleetwood | 66-63-74=203 | −7 |
| South Africa Louis Oosthuizen | 68-66-69=203 |
Final round
[edit ]Sunday, August 5, 2018
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Prize money (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Justin Thomas | 65-64-67-69=265 | −15 | 1,700,000 |
| 2 | United States Kyle Stanley | 63-68-70-68=269 | −11 | 1,072,000 |
| T3 | United States Dustin Johnson | 69-71-66-64=270 | −10 | 510,000 |
| Denmark Thorbjørn Olesen | 71-67-68-64=270 | |||
| 5 | United States Brooks Koepka | 66-70-68-67=271 | −9 | 357,000 |
| T6 | United States Patrick Cantlay | 64-72-68-68=272 | −8 | 241,375 |
| India Anirban Lahiri | 65-70-69-68=272 | |||
| Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy | 65-67-67-73=272 | |||
| United States Aaron Wise | 67-71-67-67=272 | |||
| T10 | Australia Jason Day | 65-66-69-73=273 | −7 | 160,875 |
| United States Tony Finau | 68-66-71-68=273 | |||
| South Korea Kim Si-woo | 64-68-72-69=273 | |||
| England Ian Poulter | 62-67-70-74=273 |
Scorecard
[edit ]Final round
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| United States Thomas | −14 | −15 | −15 | −15 | −15 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −15 | −15 | −15 | −15 | −15 | −15 |
| United States Stanley | −9 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −11 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 |
| United States Johnson | −5 | −6 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −10 |
| Denmark Olesen | −4 | −5 | −5 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 |
| United States 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
References
[edit ]- ^ "Golf Courses at Firestone Country Club". Invited Clubs. Archived from the original on August 4, 2022. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
- ^ "World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational: Course". PGA Tour. Archived from the original on March 19, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ^ "2018 Qualifiers for majors, The Players, WGCs". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
- ^ a b Beall, Joel (August 1, 2018). "Justin Rose withdraws from WGC-Bridgestone Invitational with back injury". Golf Digest.
- ^ The 'Strength of Field Rating' is a loose term for what the Official World Golf Ranking calls the 'Total Rating Value' (see Event ranking).
- ^ "Motivated Ian Poulter holds first-round lead at Bridgestone Invitational". ESPN. August 2, 2018.