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2017 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

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{{Infobox individual golf tournament

| name = 2017 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

| image =

| image_size = 230

| dates = August 3–6, 2017

| location = Akron, Ohio, U.S.

| course = Firestone Country Club
South Course

| tour = PGA Tour
European Tour

| par = 70

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

| field = 76 players

| cut = None

| purse = $9,750,000
€8,278,143

| winners_share = $1,660,000
€1,409,407

| champion = {{flagicon|JPN}} Hideki Matsuyama

| score = 264 (−16)

| previous = 2016

| next = 2018

}}

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|long = -81.508

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{{Location map

|USA Ohio

|relief = 1

|label = Firestone CC

|lat = 41.008

|long = -81.508

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The 2017 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament held August {{nowrap|3–6}} on the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the 19th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of the World Golf Championships events in 2017.

Hideki Matsuyama won the tournament.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/06/sports/golf/hideki-matsuyama-ties-a-course-record-to-win-the-bridgestone-invitational.html |title=Hideki Matsuyama Ties a Course Record to Win the Bridgestone Invitational |date=August 6, 2017 |newspaper=The New York Times |first=Karen |last=Crouse |accessdate=August 9, 2017}}{{cite news |url=http://www.espn.co.uk/golf/story/_/id/20268120/golf-wgc-bridgestone-invitational-victory-raises-hideki-matsuyama-profile-ahead-pga-championship |title=Win raises Matsuyama's profile ahead of PGA Championship |date=August 6, 2017 |work=ESPN |first=Bob |last=Harig |accessdate=August 9, 2017}}

Venue

{{main|Firestone Country Club}}

=Course layout=

The South Course was designed by Bert Way and redesigned by Robert Trent Jones in 1960.{{cite web |url=http://www.clubcorp.com/Clubs/Firestone-Country-Club/Golf/Courses |publisher=Firestone Country Club |title=Courses |year=2013 |accessdate=March 1, 2013}}

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!Hole!!Yards!!Par!!{{spaces|2}}!!Hole!!Yards!!Par

13994rowspan=10 style="background:#E6E8FA;"|104104
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Field

The field consisted of players drawn primarily from the Official World Golf Ranking and the winners of the worldwide tournaments with the strongest fields.{{cite web |url=http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/wgc-bridgestone-invitational/field/qualified-players.html |title=Field: Qualified Players for 2017 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational |publisher=PGA Tour |access-date=July 18, 2017}}

;1. Playing members of the 2016 United States and European Ryder Cup teams.

Rafa Cabrera-Bello (2,3,4), Matt Fitzpatrick (2,3,4), Rickie Fowler (2,3,4), Sergio García (2,3,4), J. B. Holmes, Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Zach Johnson, Brooks Koepka (2,3,4), Matt Kuchar (2,3), Rory McIlroy (2,3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3), Ryan Moore (2,3), Thomas Pieters (2,3), Patrick Reed (2,3,4), Justin Rose (2,3,4), Jordan Spieth (2,3,4), Henrik Stenson (2,3,4), Andy Sullivan, Jimmy Walker (2,3,4), Lee Westwood, Danny Willett (2,3), Chris Wood

;2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 24, 2017.

Daniel Berger (3,4), Wesley Bryan (3,4), Paul Casey (3), Kevin Chappell (3,4), Jason Day (3), Jason Dufner (3,4), Ross Fisher (3), Tommy Fleetwood (3,4), Branden Grace (3), Emiliano Grillo (3), Bill Haas (3), Brian Harman (3,4), Tyrrell Hatton (3,4), Charley Hoffman (3), Billy Horschel (3,4), Kim Si-woo (3,4), Kevin Kisner (3,4), Russell Knox (3,4), Marc Leishman (3,4), Hideki Matsuyama (3,4), Francesco Molinari (3,4), Alex Norén (3,4), Louis Oosthuizen (3), Pat Perez (3,4), Jon Rahm (3,4), Charl Schwartzel (3), Adam Scott (3), Hideto Tanihara, Justin Thomas (3,4), Bubba Watson (3), Bernd Wiesberger (3), Gary Woodland (3)

;3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 31, 2017.

Jhonattan Vegas (4)

;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.The 'Strength of Field Rating' is a loose term for what the Official World Golf Ranking calls the 'Total Rating Value' (see Event ranking).

Sam Brazel, Bryson DeChambeau, Adam Hadwin, Russell Henley, Mackenzie Hughes, Thongchai Jaidee, Thorbjørn Olesen, Rod Pampling, Renato Paratore, Andrés Romero, Xander Schauffele, Kyle Stanley, Brendan Steele, Hudson Swafford, Wang Jeung-hun, Fabrizio Zanotti

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

Round summaries

=First round=

Thursday, August 3, 2017

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

align=center|1{{flagicon|BEL}} Thomas Pietersalign=center|65align=center|−5
align=center|2{{flagicon|SCO}} Russell Knoxalign=center|66align=center|−4
align=center rowspan=6|T3{{flagicon|ENG}} Ross Fisheralign=center rowspan=6|67align=center rowspan=6|−3
{{flagicon|USA}} Kevin Kisner
{{flagicon|NIR}} Rory McIlroy
{{flagicon|ESP}} Jon Rahm
{{flagicon|USA}} Jordan Spieth
{{flagicon|USA}} Bubba Watson
align=center rowspan=6|T9{{flagicon|CAN}} Adam Hadwinalign=center rowspan=6|68align=center rowspan=6|−2
{{flagicon|USA}} Charley Hoffman
{{flagicon|USA}} Dustin Johnson
{{flagicon|ARG}} Andrés Romero
{{flagicon|AUS}} Adam Scott
{{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Walker

=Second round=

Friday, August 4, 2017

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

align=center|1{{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Walker68-65=133align=center|−7
align=center|2{{flagicon|BEL}} Thomas Pieters65-70=135align=center|−5
rowspan=3 align=center|T3{{flagicon|USA}} Zach Johnson69-67=136rowspan=3 align=center|−4
{{flagicon|JPN}} Hideki Matsuyama69-67=136
{{flagicon|NIR}} Rory McIlroy67-69=136
rowspan=6 align=center|T6{{flagicon|AUS}} Jason Day71-66=137rowspan=6 align=center|−3
{{flagicon|CAN}} Adam Hadwin68-69=137
{{flagicon|USA}} Charley Hoffman68-69=137
{{flagicon|SCO}} Russell Knox66-71=137
{{flagicon|SWE}} Alex Norén69-68=137
{{flagicon|USA}} Jordan Spieth67-70=137

=Third round=

Saturday, August 5, 2017

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

rowspan=2 align=center|T1{{flagicon|USA}} Zach Johnson69-67-65=201rowspan=2 align=center|−9
{{flagicon|BEL}} Thomas Pieters65-70-66=201
align=center|3{{flagicon|AUS}} Scott Hend70-69-63=202align=center|−8
align=center|4{{flagicon|JAP}} Hideki Matsuyama69-67-67=203align=center|−7
rowspan=3 align=center|T5{{flagicon|USA}} Charley Hoffman68-69-67=204rowspan=3 align=center|−6
{{flagicon|CAN}} Adam Hadwin68-69-67=204
{{flagicon|NIR}} Rory McIlroy67-69-68=204
align=center|8{{flagicon|SCO}} Russell Knox66-71-68=205align=center|−5
align=center|9{{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Casey70-69-67=206align=center|−4
rowspan=6 align=center|T10{{flagicon|USA}} Daniel Berger71-68-68=207rowspan=6 align=center|−3
{{flagicon|USA}} Kevin Chappell72-67-68=207
{{flagicon|AUS}} Jason Day71-66-70=207
{{flagicon|USA}} Brooks Koepka71-68-68=207
{{flagicon|USA}} Bubba Watson67-74-66=207
{{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Walker68-65-74=207

=Final round=

Sunday, August 6, 2017

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

align=center|1{{flagicon|JPN}} Hideki Matsuyama69-67-67-61=264align=center|−16align=center|1,660,000
align=center|2{{flagicon|USA}} Zach Johnson69-67-65-68=269align=center|−11align=center|1,045,000
align=center|3{{flagicon|USA}} Charley Hoffman68-69-67-66=270align=center|−10align=center|572,000
align=center|4{{flagicon|BEL}} Thomas Pieters65-70-66-71=272align=center|−8align=center|422,000
align=center rowspan=4|T5{{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Casey70-69-67-67=273align=center rowspan=4|−7align=center rowspan=4|268,500
{{flagicon|CAN}} Adam Hadwin68-69-67-69=273
{{flagicon|SCO}} Russell Knox66-71-68-68=273
{{flagicon|NIR}} Rory McIlroy67-69-68-69=273
align=center|9{{flagicon|USA}} Rickie Fowler70-71-67-66=274align=center|−6align=center|186,000
align=center rowspan=3|T10{{flagicon|AUS}} Scott Hend70-69-63-73=275align=center rowspan=3|−5align=center rowspan=3|154,667
{{flagicon|DNK}} Thorbjørn Olesen73-70-67-65=275
{{flagicon|USA}} Hudson Swafford70-69-70-66=275

Source:{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard?tournamentId=2713 |work=ESPN |title=Leaderboard: WGC-Bridgestone Invitational |date=August 6, 2017 |accessdate=August 7, 2017}}

==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

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align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Matsuyama−7style="background: Red;"|−9style="background: Pink;"|−10−10−10style="background: Pink;"|−11−11−11style="background: Pink;"|−12−12−12−12style="background: Pink;"|−13−13−13style="background: Pink;"|−14style="background: Pink;"|−15style="background: Pink;"|−16
align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Johnson−9style="background: Pink;"|−10style="background: PaleGreen;"|−9−9−9−9−9−9style="background: Pink;"|−10−10style="background: Pink;"|−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11
align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Hoffman−6style="background: Pink;"|−7−7style="background: Pink;"|−8−8style="background: Pink;"|−9style="background: Pink;"|−10−10−10−10style="background: Pink;"|−11style="background: PaleGreen;"|−10style="background: Pink;"|−11style="background: PaleGreen;"|−10−10−10−10−10
align=left|{{flagicon|BEL}} Pieters−9style="background: Pink;"|−10−10−10−10−10−10style="background: PaleGreen;"|−9style="background: PaleGreen;"|−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8
align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} Hend−8−8−8−8−8−8style="background: PaleGreen;"|−7−7−7style="background: PaleGreen;"|−6−6−6−6style="background: PaleGreen;"|−5−5−5−5−5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

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|Eagle

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|Birdie

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|Bogey

Source:

References

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External links

  • {{official website|http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/bridgestone-invitational.html}}
  • [https://www.europeantour.com/en/europeantour/tournaments/2017/wgc---bridgestone-invitational/ Coverage on European Tour's official site]
  • [http://www.clubcorp.com/Clubs/Firestone-Country-Club Firestone Country Club site]

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