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2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

Field	Value
name	2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
dates	August 2–5, 2007
location	Akron, Ohio, U.S.
course	Firestone Country Club
tour	PGA Tour
European Tour
par	70
yardage	7,400
field	83 players
cut	None
purse	$8,000,000
winners_share	$1,350,000
champion	USA Tiger Woods
score	272 (−8)
previous	[2006](2006-wgc-bridgestone-invitational)
next	[2008](2008-wgc-bridgestone-invitational)

European Tour The 2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a golf tournament that was contested from August 2–5, 2007 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the ninth WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of three World Golf Championships events held in 2007.

World number 1 Tiger Woods won the tournament for a second hat-trick at the Invitational in his career, and claimed his 14th World Golf Championships title, which was his sixth Invitational title. He won over Justin Rose and Rory Sabbatini by eight strokes, with Woods shooting an 8-under-par 272.

Field

1. Playing members of the 2006 United States and European Ryder Cup teams

Chad Campbell, Paul Casey (3,4,5), Stewart Cink (2,3,4), Darren Clarke, Chris DiMarco (2,4), Luke Donald (3,4), Sergio García (3,4), Pádraig Harrington (3,4,5), J. J. Henry, David Howell, Zach Johnson (3,4,5), Robert Karlsson (3,4), Paul McGinley, Phil Mickelson (2,3,4,5), Colin Montgomerie (3,4,5), José María Olazábal (3,4), Henrik Stenson (3,4,5), Vaughn Taylor, David Toms (2,3,4), Scott Verplank (2,3,4,5), Lee Westwood (3,4), Brett Wetterich (3,4), Tiger Woods (2,3,4,5)

Jim Furyk (2,3,4,5) did not play.

2. Playing members of the 2005 United States and International Presidents Cup teams

Stuart Appleby (3,4), Ángel Cabrera (3,4,5), Michael Campbell, Tim Clark (3,4), Fred Funk, Retief Goosen (3,4), Mark Hensby, Trevor Immelman (3,4), Justin Leonard, Peter Lonard, Davis Love III (3,4,5), Nick O'Hern (3,4,5), Kenny Perry, Adam Scott (3,4,5), Vijay Singh (3,4,5), Mike Weir (3,4)

Fred Couples did not play.

3. Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings two weeks prior to event

Robert Allenby (4), Stephen Ames (4), Aaron Baddeley (4,5), K. J. Choi (4,5), Ernie Els (4,5), Niclas Fasth (4,5), Retief Goosen (4,5), Richard Green (4), Anders Hansen (4,5), Charles Howell III (4,5), Shingo Katayama, Jerry Kelly (4), Arron Oberholser (4), Geoff Ogilvy (4), Rod Pampling (4), Carl Pettersson (4), Ian Poulter (4), John Rollins (4), Andres Romero (4,5), Justin Rose (4,5), Rory Sabbatini (4,5), Richard Sterne (4,5), Steve Stricker (4), Boo Weekley (4,5)

4. Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings one week prior to event

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

Woody Austin, Brian Bateman, Mark Calcavecchia, Joe Durant, Paul Goydos, Anton Haig, Grégory Havret, Charley Hoffman, Raphaël Jacquelin, José Manuel Lara, Liang Wenchong, Hunter Mahan, Troy Matteson, John Senden, Jeev Milkha Singh, Graeme Storm, Nick Watney, Mark Wilson, Yang Yong-eun

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

Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship (2007) – Shingo Katayama, qualified in category 3
PGA Tour of Australasia: Australian PGA Championship (2006) – Nick O'Hern, qualified in categories 2, 3, 4, and 5
Sunshine Tour: Vodacom Championship (2007) – Richard Sterne, qualified in categories 3, 4, and 5
Asian Tour: Volvo Masters of Asia (2006) – Thongchai Jaidee

Round summaries

First round

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	ENG Paul Casey	67	−3
USA Hunter Mahan
ZAF Rory Sabbatini
T4	AUS Stuart Appleby	68	−2
USA Mark Calcavecchia
USA Arron Oberholser
USA Boo Weekley
ENG Lee Westwood
USA Tiger Woods
T10	USA Chris DiMarco	69	−1
USA Paul Goydos
USA Kenny Perry
ENG Justin Rose

Second round

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	ZAF Rory Sabbatini	67-67=134	−6
2	USA Zach Johnson	71-65=136	−4
T3	USA Kenny Perry	69-69=138	−2
USA Scott Verplank	70-68=138
USA Tiger Woods	68-70=138
T6	USA Chris DiMarco	69-70=139	−1
USA Davis Love III	74-65=139
ENG Lee Westwood	68-71=139
T9	USA Mark Calcavecchia	68-72=140	E
ENG Paul Casey	67-73=140
USA Justin Leonard	73-67=140
AUS Peter Lonard	70-70=140
USA Hunter Mahan	67-73=140
AUS John Senden	71-69=140

Third round

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	ZAF Rory Sabbatini	67-67-72=206	−4
2	USA Tiger Woods	68-70-69=207	−3
3	USA Kenny Perry	69-69-71=209	−1
T4	AUS Stuart Appleby	68-74-69=211	+1
AUS Aaron Baddeley	70-74-67=211
USA Chris DiMarco	69-70-72=211
USA Justin Leonard	73-67-71=211
USA Hunter Mahan	67-73-71=211
ARG Andrés Romero	71-71-69=211
USA Scott Verplank	70-68-73=211

Final round

Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)
1	USA Tiger Woods	68-70-69-65=272	−8	1,350,000
T2	ENG Justin Rose	69-72-71-68=280	E	635,000
ZAF Rory Sabbatini	67-67-72-74=280
T4	USA Chris DiMarco	69-70-72-70=281	+1	310,000
AUS Peter Lonard	70-70-73-68=281
T6	ZAF Tim Clark	71-70-72-69=282	+2	202,000
USA Davis Love III	74-65-74-69=282
ARG Andrés Romero	71-71-69-71=282
T9	USA Justin Leonard	73-67-71-72=283	+3	147,500
USA Scott Verplank	70-68-73-72=283

Scorecard

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
USA Woods	−4	−5	−5	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8
ENG Rose	+1	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	E	E	E	E	E
RSA Sabbatini	−5	−5	−5	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−1	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	+1	E	E
USA DiMarco	+1	E	−1	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	+1	+1	+1	E	E	E	E	E	E	+1
AUS Lonard	+4	+3	+4	+4	+4	+4	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1
USA Perry	−2	−1	−2	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	+1	+1	+2	+2	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

	Triple bogey+ --

Source:

References

"World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational". ESPN.

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