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2011 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

Field	Value
name	2011 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
dates	August 4–7, 2011
location	Akron, Ohio, U.S.
course	Firestone Country Club
South Course
tour	PGA Tour
European Tour
par	70
yardage	7400 yd
field	76 players
cut	None
purse	$8,500,000
€5,804,071
winners_share	$1,400,000
€972,148
champion	AUS Adam Scott
score	263 (−17)
previous	2010
next	2012

South Course European Tour €5,804,071 €972,148 |USA |USA Ohio The 2011 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was the 13th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, held August 4–7 at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. Adam Scott was the winner on the South Course, four strokes ahead of Luke Donald and Rickie Fowler. This tournament was the third of four World Golf Championships events held in 2011.

Venue

Main article: Firestone Country Club

Course layout

The South Course was designed by Bert Way and redesigned by Robert Trent Jones in 1960.

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	399	526	442	471	200	469	219	482	494	3702	410	418	180	471	467	221	667	400	464	3698	7400
Par	4	5	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	35	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	4	4	35	70

Field

1. Playing members of the 2010 United States and European Ryder Cup teams.

Stewart Cink, Luke Donald (2,3,4), Rickie Fowler (2,3), Jim Furyk (2,3,4), Peter Hanson (2,3), Pádraig Harrington (5), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (2,3,4), Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Zach Johnson (2,3), Martin Kaymer (2,3,4), Matt Kuchar (2,3,4), Hunter Mahan (2,3,4), Graeme McDowell (2,3,4), Rory McIlroy (2,3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4), Edoardo Molinari (2,3,4), Francesco Molinari (2,3,4), Jeff Overton, Ian Poulter (2,3,4), Steve Stricker (2,3,4), Bubba Watson (2,3,4), Lee Westwood (2,3,4), Tiger Woods (2,3)

(Ross Fisher qualified but chose not to play.)

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 25.

Robert Allenby (3), Jonathan Byrd (4), Paul Casey (3,4), K. J. Choi (3,4), Darren Clarke (3,4), Jason Day (3), Ernie Els (3,4), Sergio García (3), Retief Goosen (3), Bill Haas (3), Anders Hansen (3), Ryo Ishikawa (3), Robert Karlsson (3,4), Kim Kyung-tae (3,4), Martin Laird (3,4), Matteo Manassero (3,4), Ryan Moore (3), Geoff Ogilvy (3), Louis Oosthuizen (3), Álvaro Quirós (3,4), Justin Rose (3), Charl Schwartzel (3,4), Adam Scott (3,4), Brandt Snedeker (3,4), David Toms (3,4), Bo Van Pelt (3), Nick Watney (3,4), Gary Woodland (3,4), Yang Yong-eun (3)

(Tim Clark withdrew with an elbow injury.)

3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as August 1, 2011.

Simon Dyson (4)

4. 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, Arjun Atwal, Aaron Baddeley, Keegan Bradley, Thomas Bjørn, Harrison Frazar, Lucas Glover, Richard Green, Charley Hoffman, Yuta Ikeda (5), Freddie Jacobson, Pablo Larrazábal, Thomas Levet, Alex Norén, Sean O'Hair, D. A. Points, Rory Sabbatini, Heath Slocum, Scott Stallings, Brendan Steele, Jhonattan Vegas, Mark Wilson

(Nicolas Colsaerts withdrew with an elbow injury.)

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

Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship (2011) – Park Jae-bum
Japan Golf Tour: Bridgestone Open (2010) – Yuta Ikeda
PGA Tour of Australasia: Australian PGA Championship (2010) – Peter Senior (qualified but chose not to play.)
Sunshine Tour: Dimension Data Pro-Am (2011) – Hennie Otto
Asian Tour: Iskandar Johor Open (2010) – Pádraig Harrington, also qualified in categories 2 and 3

Sources

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Playing in his first competitive round since May due to a leg injury, Tiger Woods shot a 68 (−2). Rory McIlroy, in his first event in America since winning the U.S. Open, also shot 68. Phil Mickelson and Lee Westwood were at 67, but two Australians topped the leaderboard with Adam Scott at 62 (−8) and Jason Day at 63. Nick Watney had the lowest score of the Americans with a 65. Rory Sabbatini, D. A. Points, Stewart Cink, Thomas Bjørn, Brandt Snedeker, Martin Laird, Ryan Moore, Pablo Larrazábal, and Kim Kyung-tae all shot 66.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	AUS Adam Scott	62	−8
2	AUS Jason Day	63	−7
3	USA Nick Watney	65	−5
T4	DEN Thomas Bjørn	66	−4
USA Stewart Cink
KOR Kim Kyung-tae
SCO Martin Laird
ESP Pablo Larrazábal
USA Ryan Moore
USA D. A. Points
RSA Rory Sabbatini
USA Brandt Snedeker

Source:

Second round

Friday, August 5, 2011

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	USA Keegan Bradley	67-65=132	−8
USA Rickie Fowler	68-64=132
USA Ryan Moore	66-66=132
AUS Adam Scott	62-70=132
T5	AUS Jason Day	63-70=133	−7
SWE Robert Karlsson	68-65=133
SCO Martin Laird	66-67=133
T8	SWE Freddie Jacobson	68-66=134	−6
USA Brandt Snedeker	66-68=134
T10	JPN Ryo Ishikawa	67-68=135	−5
RSA Hennie Otto	69-66=135
USA Nick Watney	65-70=135

Source:

Third round

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	AUS Adam Scott	62-70-66=198	−12
T2	AUS Jason Day	63-70-66=199	−11
JPN Ryo Ishikawa	67-68-64=199
T4	USA Keegan Bradley	67-65-68=200	−10
SCO Martin Laird	66-67-67=200
T6	ENG Luke Donald	68-69-64=201	−9
USA Rickie Fowler	68-64-69=201
SWE Freddie Jacobson	68-66-67=201
9	USA Zach Johnson	70-68-64=202	−8
T10	NIR Rory McIlroy	68-68-67=203	−7
USA Steve Stricker	71-65-67=203

Source:

Final round

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	AUS Adam Scott	62-70-66-65=263	−17
T2	ENG Luke Donald	68-69-64-66=267	−13
USA Rickie Fowler	68-64-69-66=267
T4	AUS Jason Day	63-70-66-69=268	−12
JPN Ryo Ishikawa	67-68-64-69=268
T6	USA Zach Johnson	70-68-64-68=270	−10
KOR Kim Kyung-tae	66-72-66-66=270
NIR Rory McIlroy	68-68-67-67=270
T9	USA David Toms	68-68-68-67=271	−9
ENG Lee Westwood	67-71-68-65=271

Source:

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
AUS Scott	−12	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−14	−14	−15	−15	−16	−16	−16	−16	−17
ENG Donald	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−12	−11	−11	−12	−12	−13
USA Fowler	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13
AUS Day	−12	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−11	−12	−12	−12
JPN Ishikawa	−11	−12	−13	−12	−12	−13	−13	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−12	−13	−13	−12

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Double Eagle		Eagle --		Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey		Triple bogey+ --

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