2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
Tournament information
DatesAugust 2–5, 2007
LocationAkron, Ohio, U.S.
Course(s)Firestone Country Club
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length7,400
Field83 players
CutNone
Prize fund$8,000,000
Winner's share$1,350,000
Champion
United States Tiger Woods
272 (−8)
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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

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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)

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)

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:

Round summaries

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First round

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

Second round

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

Third round

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

Final round

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

Scorecard

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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 Woods −4 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8
England Rose +1 E E E −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 E E E E E
South Africa Sabbatini −5 −5 −5 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −1 E E E E +1 +1 +1 E E
United States DiMarco +1 E −1 E −1 −1 −1 −1 +1 +1 +1 E E E E E E +1
Australia Lonard +4 +3 +4 +4 +4 +4 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 +1 +1
United States 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

Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[1]

References

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  1. ^ "World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational". ESPN. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
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