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2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

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{{Infobox individual golf tournament

| name = 2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

| image =

| dates = August 5–8, 2010

| location = Akron, Ohio, U.S.

| course = Firestone Country Club
South Course

| tour = PGA Tour
European Tour

| par = 70

| yardage = {{convert|7400|yd|0}}

| field = 81 players

| cut = None

| purse = $8,500,000
€6,483,924

| winners_share = $1,400,000
€1,076,840

| champion = {{flagicon|USA}} Hunter Mahan

| score = 268 (−12)

| previous = 2009

| next = 2011

}}

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|long = -81.508

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{{Location map

|USA Ohio

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|label = Firestone CC

|lat = 41.008

|long = -81.508

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The 2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a golf tournament held August 5–8 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the 12th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of four World Golf Championships events held in 2010.

Hunter Mahan won with a score of 64 (−6) on Sunday to finish at 268 (−12), two strokes ahead of runner-up Ryan Palmer.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8896197.stm |title=Hunter Mahan wins Bridgestone Invitational victory |date=August 8, 2010 |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=August 9, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812052739/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8896197.stm |archivedate=August 12, 2010 |url-status=live}}

Field

1. Playing members of the 2009 United States and International Presidents Cup teams.

Ángel Cabrera (3,4), Stewart Cink (2,3,4), Tim Clark (3,4,5), Ernie Els (3,4,5), Jim Furyk (2,3,4,5), Lucas Glover (3,4), Retief Goosen (3,4), Ryo Ishikawa, Zach Johnson (3,4,5), Anthony Kim (2,3,4,5), Justin Leonard (2), Hunter Mahan (2,3,4,5), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4,5), Geoff Ogilvy (3,4,5), Sean O'Hair (3,4), Kenny Perry (2,3,4), Adam Scott (3,4,5), Vijay Singh, Steve Stricker (2,3,4,5), Camilo Villegas (3,4,5), Mike Weir, Tiger Woods (3,4,5), Yang Yong-eun (3,4,5)

(Robert Allenby (3,4,5,6) withdrew prior to the start of the tournament with a knee injury.{{cite web |url=http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/32194675/ns/sports-player_news/ |title=Allenby withdraws from the WGC-Bridgestone |publisher=NBC Sports |date=August 4, 2010 |accessdate=March 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009125535/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/32194675/ns/sports-player_news/ |archive-date=October 9, 2012 |url-status=dead }})

2. Playing members of the 2008 United States and European Ryder Cup teams.

Chad Campbell, Paul Casey (3,4), Ben Curtis, Sergio García (3,4), Søren Hansen, Pádraig Harrington (3,4), J. B. Holmes, Miguel Ángel Jiménez (3,4,5), Robert Karlsson (3,4,5), Graeme McDowell (3,4,5), Ian Poulter (3,4,5), Justin Rose (3,4,5), Henrik Stenson (3,4), Boo Weekley, Lee Westwood (3,4,5), Oliver Wilson

3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 26, 2010.[http://dps.endavadigital.net/owgr/doc/content/archive/2010/owgr30f2010.pdf Official World Golf Ranking – July 25, 2010]

K. J. Choi (4,6), Ben Crane (4,5), Rhys Davies (4), Luke Donald (4,5), Ross Fisher (4,5), Rickie Fowler (4), Peter Hanson, Dustin Johnson (4,5), Martin Kaymer (4,5), Matt Kuchar (4,5), Rory McIlroy (4,5), Edoardo Molinari (4,5), Francesco Molinari (4), Ryan Moore (4,5), Louis Oosthuizen (4,5), Álvaro Quirós (4), Charl Schwartzel (4), Bo Van Pelt (4), Scott Verplank (4), Nick Watney (4)

4. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of August 2, 2010.[http://dps.endavadigital.net/owgr/doc/content/archive/2010/owgr31f2010.pdf Official World Golf Ranking – August 1, 2010]

Jeff Overton

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.

Stuart Appleby, Jason Bohn, Grégory Bourdy, Jason Day, Simon Dyson, Marcus Fraser, Bill Haas, David Horsey, Michael Jonzon, Simon Khan, James Kingston, Martin Laird, Troy Matteson, Ross McGowan, Alex Norén, Ryan Palmer, Heath Slocum, Bubba Watson

(Carl Pettersson qualified but did not play.{{cite web |url=http://www.pgatour.com/news/2010/07/30/top-players-commit.html |title=World's top 80 players to compete at WGC-Bridgestone Invitational |publisher=PGA Tour |date=July 30, 2010 |accessdate=March 14, 2013}})

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

Source[http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r476/field-qualify/ 2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100723125016/http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/r476/field-qualify/ |date=2010-07-23 }} - How players qualify{{cite web |url=http://www.pgatour.com/news/2010/07/26/pettersson.html |title=Pettersson earns invite to WGC-Bridgestone with win at RBC |publisher=PGA Tour |date=July 26, 2010 |accessdate=March 14, 2013}}

Round summaries

=First round=

Thursday, August 5, 2010

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!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par

align=center|1{{flagicon|USA}} Bubba Watsonalign=center |64align=center|−6
rowspan="4" align=center|T2{{flagicon|NIR}} Graeme McDowellrowspan="4" align=center|66rowspan="4" align=center|−4
{{flagicon|USA}} Phil Mickelson
{{flagicon|USA}} Kenny Perry
{{flagicon|AUS}} Adam Scott
rowspan="5" align=center|T6{{flagicon|USA}} Chad Campbellrowspan="5" align=center|67rowspan="5" align=center|−3
{{flagicon|USA}} Sean O'Hair
{{flagicon|USA}} Jeff Overton
{{flagicon|USA}} Bo Van Pelt
{{flagicon|COL}} Camilo Villegas

Source:{{cite news |url=http://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard?tournamentId=785 |work=ESPN |title=WGC-Bridgestone Invitational |date=August 8, 2010 |accessdate=July 25, 2017}}

=Second round=

Friday, August 6, 2010

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!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par

align=center|1{{flagicon|ZAF}} Retief Goosenalign=center|67-66=133rowspan="1" align=center|−7
rowspan="2" align=center|T2{{flagicon|USA}} Justin Leonardalign=center|68-66=134rowspan="2" align=center|−6
{{flagicon|USA}} Phil Mickelsonalign=center|66-68=134
rowspan="3" align=center|T4{{flagicon|SWE}} Peter Hansonalign=center|69-66=135rowspan="3" align=center|−5
{{flagicon|USA}} Bo Van Peltalign=center|67-68=135
{{flagicon|USA}} Bubba Watson64-71=135
rowspan="5" align=center|T7{{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Caseyalign=center|68-68=136rowspan="5" align=center|−4
{{flagicon|USA}} Lucas Gloveralign=center|70-66=136
{{flagicon|ESP}} Miguel Ángel Jiménezalign=center|69-67=136
{{flagicon|AUS}} Adam Scottalign=center|66-70=136
{{flagicon|USA}} Nick Watneyalign=center|68-68=136

Source:

=Third round=

Saturday, August 7, 2010

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!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par

rowspan="2" align=center|T1{{flagicon|USA}} Sean O'Hairalign=center|67-70-64=201rowspan=2 align=center|−9
{{flagicon|USA}} Ryan Palmeralign=center|70-68-63=201
align=center|3{{flagicon|USA}} Matt Kucharalign=center|69-67-66=202align=center|−8
rowspan="3" align=center|T4{{flagicon|ZAF}} Ernie Elsalign=center|69-70-64=203rowspan=3 align=center|−7
{{flagicon|SWE}} Peter Hansonalign=center|69-66-68=203
{{flagicon|USA}} Justin Leonardalign=center|68-66-69=203
rowspan="3" align=center|T7{{flagicon|USA}} Hunter Mahanalign=center|71-67-66=204rowspan="3" align=center|−6
{{flagicon|USA}} Jeff Overtonalign=center|67-70-67=204
{{flagicon|USA}} Bo Van Peltalign=center|67-68-69=204
rowspan="6" align=center|T10{{flagicon|USA}} Dustin Johnsonalign=center|72-65-68=205rowspan="6" align=center|−5
{{flagicon|USA}} Phil Mickelsonalign=center|66-68-71=205
{{flagicon|JAP}} Katsumasa Miyamotoalign=center|71-72-62=205
{{flagicon|USA}} Nick Watneyalign=center|68-68-69=205
{{flagicon|USA}} Bubba Watsonalign=center|64-71-70=205
{{flagicon|ENG}} Oliver Wilsonalign=center|71-67-67=205

Source:

=Final round=

Sunday, August 8, 2010

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!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money ($)

align="center"|1{{flagicon|USA}} Hunter Mahan71-67-66-64=268align=center|−12align="center"|1,400,000
align="center"|2{{flagicon|USA}} Ryan Palmer70-68-63-69=270align=center|−10align="center"|840,000
rowspan="2" align="center"|T3{{flagicon|ZAF}} Retief Goosen67-66-73-65=271rowspan="2" align=center|−9rowspan="2" align="center"|412,500
{{flagicon|USA}} Bo Van Pelt67-68-69-67=271
align="center"|5{{flagicon|USA}} Sean O'Hair67-70-64-71=272align=center|−8align="center"|295,000
rowspan="2" align="center"|T6{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Furyk72-68-69-64=273rowspan="2" align=center|−7rowspan="2" align="center"|227,500
{{flagicon|USA}} Jeff Overton67-70-67-69=273
align="center"|8{{flagicon|SWE}} Peter Hanson69-66-68-71=274align=center|−6align="center"|180,000
rowspan="6" align="center"|T9{{flagicon|IRL}} Pádraig Harrington69-70-70-66=275rowspan="6" align=center|−5rowspan="6" align="center"|125,833
{{flagicon|USA}} Matt Kuchar69-67-66-73=275
{{flagicon|NIR}} Rory McIlroy68-69-69-69=275
{{flagicon|ZAF}} Louis Oosthuizen72-70-68-65=275
{{flagicon|AUS}} Adam Scott66-70-72-67=275
{{flagicon|USA}} Steve Stricker68-71-69-67=275

Source:

==Scorecard==

Final round

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!Hole!! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !!10!!11!!12!!13!!14!!15!!16!!17!!18

Par454434344443443544
align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Mahan−6−6style="background: Pink;"|−7style="background: Pink;"|−8style="background: Pink;"|−9−9−9style="background: Pink;"|−10style="background: Pink;"|−11−11−11−11style="background: Pink;"|−12−12−12−12−12−12
align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Palmerstyle="background: Pink;"|−10style="background: PaleGreen;"|−9−9−9−9−9−9−9style="background: PaleGreen;"|−8style="background: Pink;"|−9style="background: Pink;"|−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−10
align=left| {{flagicon|RSA}} Goosen−4style="background: Red;"|−6−6−6−6style="background: PaleGreen;"|−5−5style="background: Pink;"|−6−6−6−6style="background: Pink;"|−7−7−7style="background: Pink;"|−8style="background: Pink;"|−9−9−9
align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Van Pelt−6style="background: Pink;"|−7−7style="background: Pink;"|−8−8−8−8−8−8style="background: Pink;"|−9style="background: PaleGreen;"|−8style="background: Pink;"|−9style="background: Pink;"|−10−10style="background: PaleGreen;"|−9−9−9−9
align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} O'Hair−9style="background: Pink;"|−10−10style="background: Pink;"|−11−11−11−11style="background: PaleGreen;"|−10−10−10style="background: PaleGreen;"|−9−9−9style="background: PaleGreen;"|−8−8−8−8−8
align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Furyk−1style="background: Red;"|−3style="background: Pink;"|−4−4−4style="background: PaleGreen;"|−3−3style="background: Pink;"|−4style="background: Pink;"|−5−5−5style="background: Pink;"|−6style="background: Pink;"|−7−7−7style="background: PaleGreen;"|−6−6style="background: Pink;"|−7
align=left| {{flagicon|USA}} Overton−6−6−6−6style="background: Pink;"|−7style="background: PaleGreen;"|−6−6style="background: PaleGreen;"|−5style="background: Pink;"|−6style="background: PaleGreen;"|−5−5−5−5style="background: Pink;"|−6−6style="background: PaleGreen;"|−5style="background: Pink;"|−6style="background: Pink;"|−7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

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|Eagle

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|Birdie

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|Bogey

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References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2010/tournamentid=2010050/index.html Coverage from the European Tour's official site]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20100112103435/http://www.thegolfchannel.com/pga-tour/2010-wgc-bridgestone-invitational/overview/ About event]

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