2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

The 2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a golf tournament held August 5–8 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the 12th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of four World Golf Championships events held in 2010.

2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

Tournament information
Dates	August 5–8, 2010
Location	Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Course(s)	Firestone Country Club South Course
Tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	7,400 yards (6,767 m)
Field	81 players
Cut	None
Prize fund	$8,500,000 €6,483,924
Winner's share	$1,400,000 €1,076,840
Champion
Hunter Mahan
268 (−12)

Akron 

Location in the United States

Firestone CC

Location in Ohio

Hunter Mahan won with a score of 64 (−6) on Sunday to finish at 268 (−12), two strokes ahead of runner-up Ryan Palmer.[1]

Field

1. Playing members of the 2009 United States and International Presidents Cup teams.

Ángel Cabrera (3,4), Stewart Cink (2,3,4), Tim Clark (3,4,5), Ernie Els (3,4,5), Jim Furyk (2,3,4,5), Lucas Glover (3,4), Retief Goosen (3,4), Ryo Ishikawa, Zach Johnson (3,4,5), Anthony Kim (2,3,4,5), Justin Leonard (2), Hunter Mahan (2,3,4,5), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4,5), Geoff Ogilvy (3,4,5), Sean O'Hair (3,4), Kenny Perry (2,3,4), Adam Scott (3,4,5), Vijay Singh, Steve Stricker (2,3,4,5), Camilo Villegas (3,4,5), Mike Weir, Tiger Woods (3,4,5), Yang Yong-eun (3,4,5)

(Robert Allenby (3,4,5,6) withdrew prior to the start of the tournament with a knee injury.[2])

2. Playing members of the 2008 United States and European Ryder Cup teams.

Chad Campbell, Paul Casey (3,4), Ben Curtis, Sergio García (3,4), Søren Hansen, Pádraig Harrington (3,4), J. B. Holmes, Miguel Ángel Jiménez (3,4,5), Robert Karlsson (3,4,5), Graeme McDowell (3,4,5), Ian Poulter (3,4,5), Justin Rose (3,4,5), Henrik Stenson (3,4), Boo Weekley, Lee Westwood (3,4,5), Oliver Wilson

3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 26, 2010.[3]

K. J. Choi (4,6), Ben Crane (4,5), Rhys Davies (4), Luke Donald (4,5), Ross Fisher (4,5), Rickie Fowler (4), Peter Hanson, Dustin Johnson (4,5), Martin Kaymer (4,5), Matt Kuchar (4,5), Rory McIlroy (4,5), Edoardo Molinari (4,5), Francesco Molinari (4), Ryan Moore (4,5), Louis Oosthuizen (4,5), Álvaro Quirós (4), Charl Schwartzel (4), Bo Van Pelt (4), Scott Verplank (4), Nick Watney (4)

4. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of August 2, 2010.[4]

Jeff Overton

5. Tournament winners of worldwide events since the prior year's tournament with an Official World Golf Ranking Strength of Field Rating of 115 points or more.

Stuart Appleby, Jason Bohn, Grégory Bourdy, Jason Day, Simon Dyson, Marcus Fraser, Bill Haas, David Horsey, Michael Jonzon, Simon Khan, James Kingston, Martin Laird, Troy Matteson, Ross McGowan, Alex Norén, Ryan Palmer, Heath Slocum, Bubba Watson

(Carl Pettersson qualified but did not play.[5])

6. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours:

• Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship (2010) – Katsumasa Miyamoto
• Japan Golf Tour: Bridgestone Open (2009) – Yuta Ikeda
• PGA Tour of Australasia: Australian PGA Championship (2009) – Robert Allenby, also qualified in categories 1, 3, 4 and 5
• Sunshine Tour: Vodacom Championship (2010) – Hennie Otto
• Asian Tour: Iskandar Johor Open (2009) – K. J. Choi, also qualified in categories 3 and 4

Source[6][7]

Past champions in the field

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Place
Stewart Cink	United States	2004	72	69	70	67	278	−2	T19
Vijay Singh	Fiji	2008	71	73	70	72	286	+6	T58
Tiger Woods	United States	1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009	74	72	75	77	298	+18	T78

Source:[8]

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Bubba Watson	United States	64	−6
T2	Graeme McDowell	Northern Ireland	66	−4
	Phil Mickelson	United States
	Kenny Perry	United States
	Adam Scott	Australia
T6	Chad Campbell	United States	67	−3
	Sean O'Hair	United States
	Jeff Overton	United States
	Bo Van Pelt	United States
	Camilo Villegas	Colombia

Source:[8]

Second round

Friday, August 6, 2010

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Retief Goosen	South Africa	67-66=133	−7
T2	Justin Leonard	United States	68-66=134	−6
	Phil Mickelson	United States	66-68=134
T4	Peter Hanson	Sweden	69-66=135	−5
	Bo Van Pelt	United States	67-68=135
	Bubba Watson	United States	64-71=135
T7	Paul Casey	England	68-68=136	−4
	Lucas Glover	United States	70-66=136
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	Spain	69-67=136
	Adam Scott	Australia	66-70=136
	Nick Watney	United States	68-68=136

Source:[8]

Third round

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Sean O'Hair	United States	67-70-64=201	−9
	Ryan Palmer	United States	70-68-63=201
3	Matt Kuchar	United States	69-67-66=202	−8
T4	Ernie Els	South Africa	69-70-64=203	−7
	Peter Hanson	Sweden	69-66-68=203
	Justin Leonard	United States	68-66-69=203
T7	Hunter Mahan	United States	71-67-66=204	−6
	Jeff Overton	United States	67-70-67=204
	Bo Van Pelt	United States	67-68-69=204
T10	Dustin Johnson	United States	72-65-68=205	−5
	Phil Mickelson	United States	66-68-71=205
	Katsumasa Miyamoto	Japan	71-72-62=205
	Nick Watney	United States	68-68-69=205
	Bubba Watson	United States	64-71-70=205
	Oliver Wilson	England	71-67-67=205

Source:[8]

Final round

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Hunter Mahan	United States	71-67-66-64=268	−12	1,400,000
2	Ryan Palmer	United States	70-68-63-69=270	−10	840,000
T3	Retief Goosen	South Africa	67-66-73-65=271	−9	412,500
	Bo Van Pelt	United States	67-68-69-67=271
5	Sean O'Hair	United States	67-70-64-71=272	−8	295,000
T6	Jim Furyk	United States	72-68-69-64=273	−7	227,500
	Jeff Overton	United States	67-70-67-69=273
8	Peter Hanson	Sweden	69-66-68-71=274	−6	180,000
T9	Pádraig Harrington	Ireland	69-70-70-66=275	−5	125,833
	Matt Kuchar	United States	69-67-66-73=275
	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	68-69-69-69=275
	Louis Oosthuizen	South Africa	72-70-68-65=275
	Adam Scott	Australia	66-70-72-67=275
	Steve Stricker	United States	68-71-69-67=275

Source:[8]

Scorecard

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
Mahan	−6	−6	−7	−8	−9	−9	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12
Palmer	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−8	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10
Goosen	−4	−6	−6	−6	−6	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−8	−9	−9	−9
Van Pelt	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−8	−9	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9
O'Hair	−9	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8
Furyk	−1	−3	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−7
Overton	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−6	−6	−5	−6	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−5	−6	−7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Source:[8]

References

1. "Hunter Mahan wins Bridgestone Invitational victory". BBC Sport. August 8, 2010. Archived from the original on August 12, 2010. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
2. "Allenby withdraws from the WGC-Bridgestone". NBC Sports. August 4, 2010. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
3. Official World Golf Ranking – July 25, 2010
4. Official World Golf Ranking – August 1, 2010
5. "World's top 80 players to compete at WGC-Bridgestone Invitational". PGA Tour. July 30, 2010. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
6. 2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational Archived 2010-07-23 at the Wayback Machine - How players qualify
7. "Pettersson earns invite to WGC-Bridgestone with win at RBC". PGA Tour. July 26, 2010. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
8. "WGC-Bridgestone Invitational". ESPN. August 8, 2010. Retrieved July 25, 2017.

External links

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