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2012 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

Field	Value
name	2012 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
dates	August 2–5, 2012
location	Akron, Ohio, U.S.
course	Firestone Country Club
South Course
tour	PGA Tour
European Tour
par	70
yardage	7400 yd
field	78 players
cut	None
purse	$8,500,000
€6,770,017
winners_share	$1,400,000
€1,131,130
champion	USA Keegan Bradley
score	267 (−13)
previous	2011
next	2013

South Course European Tour €6,770,017 €1,131,130 |USA |USA Ohio The 2012 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 14th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of four World Golf Championships events held in 2012. Keegan Bradley shot a 64 (−6) in the final round to finish with 267 (−13) to win his first WGC event, one stroke ahead of runners-up Jim Furyk and Steve Stricker.

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

The field consisted of players drawn primarily from the Official World Golf Ranking and the winners of the world-wide tournaments with the strongest fields.

1. Playing members of the 2011 United States and International Presidents Cup teams.

Robert Allenby, Aaron Baddeley, K. J. Choi (2,3), Jason Day (2,3), Ernie Els (2,3,4), Jim Furyk (2,3), Retief Goosen, Bill Haas (2,3,4), Ryo Ishikawa, Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Matt Kuchar (2,3,4), Kim Kyung-tae, Hunter Mahan (2,3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4), Geoff Ogilvy (2,3), Charl Schwartzel (2,3), Adam Scott (2,3,4), Steve Stricker (2,3,4), David Toms (2,3), Nick Watney (2,3), Bubba Watson (2,3,4), Tiger Woods (2,3,4), Y. E. Yang

Webb Simpson (2,3,4) did not compete for personal reasons.

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 23, 2012.

Bae Sang-moon (3), Thomas Bjørn (3,4), Keegan Bradley (3,4), Jonathan Byrd (3), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (3,4), Nicolas Colsaerts (3,4), Luke Donald (3,4), Jason Dufner (3,4), Simon Dyson (3,4), Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (3,4), Rickie Fowler (3,4), Sergio García (3,4), Peter Hanson (3), Freddie Jacobson (3), Zach Johnson (3,4), Martin Kaymer (3,4), Martin Laird (3), Paul Lawrie (3,4), Graeme McDowell (3), Rory McIlroy (3,4), Francesco Molinari (3,4), Kevin Na (3), Louis Oosthuizen (3,4), Carl Pettersson (3,4), Ian Poulter (3,5), Álvaro Quirós (3,4), Justin Rose (3,4), John Senden (3), Brandt Snedeker (3,4), Bo Van Pelt (3), Lee Westwood (3,5), Mark Wilson (3,4)

3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 30, 2012.

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.

Greg Chalmers, Ben Crane, Jamie Donaldson, Branden Grace, Michael Hoey, Thongchai Jaidee, Marc Leishman, Tom Lewis, Joost Luiten, Toshinori Muto, Scott Piercy, Ted Potter Jr., Robert Rock, Marcel Siem, Jeev Milkha Singh, Lee Slattery, Kyle Stanley, Johnson Wagner, Bernd Wiesberger, Danny Willett

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

Asian Tour: Thailand Golf Championship (2011) – Lee Westwood, also qualified in categories 2 and 3
PGA Tour of Australasia: JBWere Masters (2011) – Ian Poulter, also qualified in categories 2 and 3
Japan Golf Tour: Bridgestone Open (2011) – Toru Taniguchi
Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship (2012) – Yoshinori Fujimoto
Sunshine Tour: Dimension Data Pro-Am (2012) – Oliver Bekker

Nine of the field were appearing in their first WGC event: Oliver Bekker, Jamie Donaldson, Yoshinori Fujimoto, Joost Luiten, Toshinori Muto, Scott Piercy, Ted Potter Jr., Marcel Siem and Bernd Wiesberger.

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Jim Furyk	63	−7
2	ENG Lee Slattery	65	−5
T3	ESP Rafa Cabrera-Bello	66	−4
USA Ben Crane
ENG Luke Donald
ENG Simon Dyson
AUS John Senden
USA Bubba Watson
T9	USA Keegan Bradley	67	−3
USA Jason Dufner
ESP Sergio García
ZAF Retief Goosen
USA Bill Haas
KOR Kim Kyung-tae
AUS Geoff Ogilvy
ZAF Louis Oosthuizen
SWE Carl Pettersson

Source:

Second round

Friday, August 3, 2012

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Jim Furyk	63-66=129	−11
2	ESP Rafa Cabrera-Bello	66-65=131	−9
3	ZAF Louis Oosthuizen	67-65=132	−8
4	USA Jason Dufner	67-66=133	−7
5	KOR Kim Kyung-tae	67-67=134	−6
T6	ENG Luke Donald	66-69=135	−5
USA David Toms	68-67=135
T8	USA Keegan Bradley	67-69=136	−4
AUS John Senden	66-70=136
ENG Lee Slattery	65-71=136
USA Steve Stricker	68-68=136

Source:

Third round

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	USA Jim Furyk	63-66-70=199	−11
2	ZAF Louis Oosthuizen	67-65-68=200	−10
3	USA Keegan Bradley	67-69-67=203	−7
T4	NIR Rory McIlroy	70-67-67=204	−6
USA Steve Stricker	68-68-68=204
T6	ENG Justin Rose	70-69-66=205	−5
AUS John Senden	66-70-69=205
USA Bo Van Pelt	70-69-66=205
T9	ENG Luke Donald	66-69-71=206	−4
USA Jason Dufner	67-66-73=206

Source:

Final round

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	USA Keegan Bradley	67-69-67-64=267	−13	1,400,000
T2	USA Jim Furyk	63-66-70-69=268	−12	665,000
USA Steve Stricker	68-68-68-64=268
4	ZAF Louis Oosthuizen	67-65-68-69=269	−11	365,000
T5	NIR Rory McIlroy	70-67-67-68=272	−8	276,500
ENG Justin Rose	70-69-66-67=272
7	USA Jason Dufner	67-66-73-68=274	−6	210,000
T8	AUS Aaron Baddeley	73-66-71-66=276	−4	128,750
KOR K. J. Choi	71-72-67-66=276
ENG Luke Donald	66-69-71-70=276
USA Matt Kuchar	70-70-70-66=276
ENG Lee Slattery	65-71-72-68=276
USA David Toms	68-67-73-68=276
USA Bo Van Pelt	70-69-66-71=276
USA Tiger Woods	70-72-68-66=276

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
USA Bradley	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13
USA Furyk	−12	−13	−14	−14	−14	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−14	−14	−12
USA Stricker	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−9	−10	−11	−12
RSA Oosthuizen	−11	−12	−12	−12	−11	−11	−11	−11	−10	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11
NIR McIlroy	−6	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8
ENG Rose	−5	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

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

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