2014 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational


The 2014 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament held July 31 – August 3 on the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the 16th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of the World Golf Championships events in 2014. Rory McIlroy won the tournament.

Venue

Course layout

The South Course was designed by Bert Way and redesigned by Robert Trent Jones in 1960.
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Par454434344354434435443570

Field

The field consists 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 2013 United States and International Presidents Cup teams.
Keegan Bradley, Ángel Cabrera, Jason Day, Brendon de Jonge, Graham DeLaet, Jason Dufner, Ernie Els, Branden Grace, Bill Haas, Zach Johnson, Matt Kuchar, Marc Leishman, Hunter Mahan, Hideki Matsuyama, Phil Mickelson, Louis Oosthuizen, Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott, Webb Simpson, Brandt Snedeker, Jordan Spieth, Richard Sterne, Steve Stricker, Tiger Woods
2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 21, 2014.
Thomas Bjørn, Jonas Blixt, Luke Donald, Jamie Donaldson, Victor Dubuisson, Harris English, Matt Every, Rickie Fowler, Jim Furyk, Stephen Gallacher, Sergio García, Mikko Ilonen, Thongchai Jaidee, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Martin Kaymer, Chris Kirk, Joost Luiten, Graeme McDowell, Rory McIlroy, Francesco Molinari, Ryan Moore, Kevin Na, Ian Poulter, Patrick Reed, Justin Rose, Henrik Stenson, Kevin Streelman, Brendon Todd, Jimmy Walker, Bubba Watson, Lee Westwood, Gary Woodland
Dustin Johnson withdrew prior to the tournament
3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 28, 2014.
4. Tournament winners, whose victories are considered official, of tournaments from the Federation Tours since the prior season's Bridgestone Invitational with an Official World Golf Ranking Strength of Field Rating of 115 points or more.
Steven Bowditch, Tim Clark, Ben Crane, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Brian Harman, Russell Henley, J. B. Holmes, David Howell, Matt Jones, Pablo Larrazábal, Alexander Lévy, David Lynn, Noh Seung-yul, John Senden, Kevin Stadler, Scott Stallings, Fabrizio Zanotti
5. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours:
Nine players were appearing in their first WGC event: Steven Bowditch, Matt Every, Estanislao Goya, Brian Harman, Matt Jones, Alexander Lévy, Yoshitaka Takeya, Brendon Todd and Fabrizio Zanotti.

Nationalities in the field

Past champions in the field

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Round summaries

First round

Thursday, July 31, 2014
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Marc Leishman64−6
T2Ryan Moore65−5
T2Justin Rose65−5
T2Charl Schwartzel65−5
T5Graham DeLaet67−3
T5Rickie Fowler67−3
T5Francesco Molinari67−3
T5Patrick Reed67−3
T9Keegan Bradley68−2
T9Jamie Donaldson68−2
T9Sergio García68−2
T9Brandt Snedeker68−2
T9Tiger Woods68−2

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Second round

Friday, August 1, 2014
Sergio García birdied his last seven holes, tying the course record of 61, which included a new course record of 27 on the back nine.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Sergio García68-61=129−11
2Justin Rose65-67=132−8
T3Marc Leishman64-69=133−7
T3Rory McIlroy69-64=133−7
T5Rickie Fowler67-67=134−6
T5Charl Schwartzel65-69=134−6
T7Keegan Bradley68-67=135−5
T7Patrick Reed67-68=135−5
T9Graham DeLaet67-69=136−4
T9Hunter Mahan71-65=136−4
T9Brandt Snedeker68-68=136−4

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Third round

Saturday, August 2, 2014
With threatening weather in the forecast, the field went off early in the morning from split tees in threesomes. A weather delay in the early afternoon affected the final several groups, but all rounds were finished.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Sergio García68-61-67=196−14
2Rory McIlroy69-64-66=199−11
3Marc Leishman64-69-68=201−9
T4Keegan Bradley68-67-67=202−8
T4Justin Rose65-67-70=202−8
T4Adam Scott69-68-65=202−8
7Brandt Snedeker68-68-68=204−6
T8J. B. Holmes69-69-67=205−5
T8Henrik Stenson71-66-68=205−5
T10Thomas Bjørn69-68-69=206−4
T10Harris English69-69-68=206−4
T10Rickie Fowler67-67-72=206−4
T10Jim Furyk69-68-69=206−4
T10Hideki Matsuyama70-71-65=206−4
T10Ryan Moore65-73-68=206−4
T10Patrick Reed67-68-71=206−4
T10Gary Woodland70-68-68=206−4

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Final round

Sunday, August 3, 2014
The field went off the first tee in conventional pairs on Sunday, but a midday weather delay of over an hour was incurred before half the field teed off.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Rory McIlroy69-64-66-66=265−151,530,000
2Sergio García68-61-67-71=267−13900,000
3Marc Leishman64-69-68-67=268−12522,000
T4Keegan Bradley68-67-67-69=271−9308,000
T4Patrick Reed67-68-71-65=271−9308,000
T4Justin Rose65-67-70-69=271−9308,000
T4Charl Schwartzel65-69-73-64=271−9308,000
T8Rickie Fowler67-67-72-67=273−7170,000
T8Graeme McDowell71-70-66-66=273−7170,000
T8Ryan Moore65-73-68-67=273−7170,000
T8Adam Scott69-68-65-71=273−7170,000

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Scorecard

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