2018 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
{{use mdy dates|date=September 2018}}
{{Infobox individual golf tournament
| name = 2018 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
| image =
| image_size = 230
| dates = August 2–5, 2018
| location = Akron, Ohio, U.S.
| course = Firestone Country Club
South Course
| tour = PGA Tour
European Tour
| par = 70
| yardage = {{convert|7400|yd|0}}
| field = 71 players
| cut = None
| purse = $10,000,000
| winners_share = $1,700,000
| champion = {{flagicon|USA}} Justin Thomas
| score = 265 (−15)
| previous = 2017
| next = 2019
| map = USA#USA Ohio
| map_relief = yes
| map_label = Firestone CC
| map_caption = Location in the United States##Location in Ohio
| coordinates = {{coord|41.008|-81.508|type:event|display=inline,title}}
}}
The 2018 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament held August {{nowrap|2–5}} on the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the 20th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of the World Golf Championships events in 2018.
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 |title=Golf Courses at Firestone Country Club |url=https://www.invitedclubs.com/clubs/firestone-country-club/golf |website=Invited Clubs |access-date=2013-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804232755/https://www.invitedclubs.com/clubs/firestone-country-club/golf |archive-date=2022-08-04 |url-status=live}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:100%;"
!Hole!!Yards!!Par!!{{spaces|1}}!!Hole!!Yards!!Par | ||||||
| 1 | 399 | 4 | rowspan=10 style="background:#E6E8FA;"| | 10 | 410 | 4 |
| 2 | 526 | 5 | 11 | 418 | 4 | |
| 3 | 442 | 4 | 12 | 180 | 3 | |
| 4 | 471 | 4 | 13 | 471 | 4 | |
| 5 | 200 | 3 | 14 | 467 | 4 | |
| 6 | 469 | 4 | 15 | 221 | 3 | |
| 7 | 219 | 3 | 16 | 667 | 5 | |
| 8 | 482 | 4 | 17 | 400 | 4 | |
| 9 | 494 | 4 | 18 | 464 | 4 | |
| Out | 3,702 | 35 | In | 3,698 | 35 | |
| colspan=2 align=left|Source:{{cite web |title=World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational: Course |url=http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/wgc-bridgestone-invitational/course.html |website=PGA Tour |access-date=2017-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319075234/https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/wgc-bridgestone-invitational/course.html |archive-date=2017-03-19 |url-status=dead}} | colspan=3|Total | 7,400 | 70 |
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=https://www.pgatour.com/fantasy/major-qualifiers.html |title=2018 Qualifiers for majors, The Players, WGCs |publisher=PGA Tour |access-date=October 8, 2017}}
;1. Playing members of the 2017 United States and International Presidents Cup teams.
Daniel Berger (2,3), Kevin Chappell (2,3), Jason Day (2,3,4), Rickie Fowler (2,3), Branden Grace (2,3,4), Emiliano Grillo, Charley Hoffman (2,3), Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Kim Si-woo, Kevin Kisner (2,3), Brooks Koepka (2,3,4), Matt Kuchar (2,3), Anirban Lahiri, Marc Leishman (2,3,4), Hideki Matsuyama (2,3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4), Louis Oosthuizen (2,3), Patrick Reed (2,3,4), Charl Schwartzel (2,3), Adam Scott, Jordan Spieth (2,3), Justin Thomas (2,3,4), Jhonattan Vegas
Adam Hadwin did not play.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/justin-rose-withdraws-from-wgc-bridgestone-invitational-with-back-injury |title=Justin Rose withdraws from WGC-Bridgestone Invitational with back injury |magazine=Golf Digest |first=Joel |last=Beall |date=August 1, 2018}}
;2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 23, 2018.
Kiradech Aphibarnrat (3), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (3), Patrick Cantlay (3,4), Paul Casey (3,4), Bryson DeChambeau (3,4), Tony Finau (3), Ross Fisher (3), Matt Fitzpatrick (3,4), Tommy Fleetwood (3,4), Sergio García (3,4), Brian Harman (3), Tyrrell Hatton (3,4), Zach Johnson, Satoshi Kodaira (3,4), Li Haotong (3,4), Luke List (3), Rory McIlroy (3,4), Francesco Molinari (3,4), Kevin Na (3,4), Alex Norén (3,4), Pat Perez (3,4), Ian Poulter (3,4), Jon Rahm (3,4), Xander Schauffele (3,4), Webb Simpson (3,4), Cameron Smith (3,5), Kyle Stanley (3), Henrik Stenson (3,4), Bubba Watson (3,4), Gary Woodland (3,4), Tiger Woods (3)
Justin Rose (3,4,5) did not play.
;3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 30, 2018.
;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).
Alexander Björk, Austin Cook, Paul Dunne, Patton Kizzire, Russell Knox, Andrew Landry, Thorbjørn Olesen, Wade Ormsby, Ted Potter Jr., Shubhankar Sharma, Brendan Steele, Brandon Stone, Aaron Wise
;5. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours:
- Asian Tour: Indonesian Masters (2017) – Justin Rose, also qualified under categories 2, 3 and 4
- PGA Tour of Australasia: Australian PGA Championship (2017) – Cameron Smith, also qualified under categories 2 and 3
- Japan Golf Tour: Bridgestone Open (2017) – Ryuko Tokimatsu
- Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship (2018) – Kodai Ichihara
- Sunshine Tour: Dimension Data Pro-Am – Jaco Ahlers
Round summaries
=First round=
Thursday, August 2, 2018
Ian Poulter shot an 8-under-par 62 to lead by one stroke over Rickie Fowler and Kyle Stanley. Defending champion Hideki Matsuyama was 5 strokes back at −3. Tiger Woods, eight-time winner of the event, was 4 strokes back at −4. His last PGA Tour win was at the 2013 event. The scoring average of 68.37 was the lowest opening round of a PGA Tour event this season.{{cite news |url=http://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/24268885/ian-poulter-leads-bridgestone-invitational-first-round-62 |title=Motivated Ian Poulter holds first-round lead at Bridgestone Invitational |work=ESPN |date=August 2, 2018}}
| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par | |||
| align=center|1 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Ian Poulter | align=center|62 | align=center|−8 |
| align=center rowspan=2|T2 | {{flagicon|USA}} Rickie Fowler | align=center rowspan=2|63 | align=center rowspan=2|−7 |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Kyle Stanley | |||
| align=center rowspan=3|T4 | {{flagicon|USA}} Patrick Cantlay | align=center rowspan=3|64 | align=center rowspan=3|−6 |
| {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Si-woo | |||
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Jon Rahm | |||
| align=center rowspan=7|T7 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Jason Day | align=center rowspan=7|65 | align=center rowspan=7|−5 |
| {{flagicon|IND}} Anirban Lahiri | |||
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Marc Leishman | |||
| {{flagicon|USA}} Luke List | |||
| {{flagicon|NIR}} Rory McIlroy | |||
| {{flagicon|USA}} Kevin Na | |||
| {{flagicon|USA}} Justin Thomas |
=Second round=
Friday, August 3, 2018
| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par | |||
| align=center rowspan=3|T1 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Tommy Fleetwood | 66-63=129 | align=center rowspan=3|−11 |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ian Poulter | 62-67=129 | ||
| {{flagicon|USA}} Justin Thomas | 65-64=129 | ||
| align=center rowspan=2|T4 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Jason Day | 65-66=131 | align=center rowspan=2|−9 |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Kyle Stanley | 63-68=131 | ||
| align=center rowspan=2|T6 | {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Si-woo | 64-68=132 | align=center rowspan=2|−8 |
| {{flagicon|NIR}} Rory McIlroy | 65-67=132 | ||
| align=center rowspan=2|T8 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Li Haotong | 66-67=133 | align=center rowspan=2|−7 |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Luke List | 65-68=133 | ||
| align=center rowspan=6|T10 | {{flagicon|USA}} Tony Finau | 68-66=134 | align=center rowspan=6|−6 |
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Marc Leishman | 65-69=134 | ||
| {{flagicon|ZAF}} Louis Oosthuizen | 68-66=134 | ||
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Jon Rahm | 64-70=134 | ||
| {{flagicon|USA}} Webb Simpson | 69-65=134 | ||
| {{flagicon|USA}} Tiger Woods | 66-68=134 |
=Third round=
Saturday, August 4, 2018
| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par | |||
| align=center|1 | {{flagicon|USA}} Justin Thomas | 65-64-67=196 | align=center|−14 |
| align=center rowspan=2|T2 | {{flagicon|NIR}} Rory McIlroy | 65-67-67=199 | align=center rowspan=2|−11 |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ian Poulter | 62-67-70=199 | ||
| align=center|4 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Jason Day | 65-66-69=200 | align=center|−10 |
| align=center rowspan=2|T5 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Marc Leishman | 65-69-67=201 | align=center rowspan=2|−9 |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Kyle Stanley | 63-68-70=201 | ||
| align=center rowspan=2|T7 | {{flagicon|USA}} Rickie Fowler | 63-74-65=202 | align=center rowspan=2|−8 |
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Jon Rahm | 64-70-68=202 | ||
| align=center rowspan=2|T9 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Tommy Fleetwood | 66-63-74=203 | align=center rowspan=2|−7 |
| {{flagicon|ZAF}} Louis Oosthuizen | 68-66-69=203 |
=Final round=
Sunday, August 5, 2018
| class="wikitable"
!Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Prize money (US$) | ||||
| align=center|1 | {{flagicon|USA}} Justin Thomas | 65-64-67-69=265 | align=center|−15 | align=center|1,700,000 |
| align=center|2 | {{flagicon|USA}} Kyle Stanley | 63-68-70-68=269 | align=center|−11 | align=center|1,072,000 |
| align=center rowspan=2|T3 | {{flagicon|USA}} Dustin Johnson | 69-71-66-64=270 | align=center rowspan=2|−10 | align=center rowspan=2|510,000 |
| {{flagicon|DNK}} Thorbjørn Olesen | 71-67-68-64=270 | |||
| align=center|5 | {{flagicon|USA}} Brooks Koepka | 66-70-68-67=271 | align=center|−9 | align=center|357,000 |
| align=center rowspan=4|T6 | {{flagicon|USA}} Patrick Cantlay | 64-72-68-68=272 | align=center rowspan=4|−8 | align=center rowspan=4|241,375 |
| {{flagicon|IND}} Anirban Lahiri | 65-70-69-68=272 | |||
| {{flagicon|NIR}} Rory McIlroy | 65-67-67-73=272 | |||
| {{flagicon|USA}} Aaron Wise | 67-71-67-67=272 | |||
| align=center rowspan=4|T10 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Jason Day | 65-66-69-73=273 | align=center rowspan=4|−7 | align=center rowspan=4|160,875 |
| {{flagicon|USA}} Tony Finau | 68-66-71-68=273 | |||
| {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Si-woo | 64-68-72-69=273 | |||
| {{flagicon|ENG}} Ian Poulter | 62-67-70-74=273 |
==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 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Thomas | −14 | style="background: Pink;"|−15 | −15 | −15 | −15 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | style="background: Pink;"|−15 | −15 | −15 | −15 | −15 | −15 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Stanley | −9 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−8 | −8 | −8 | style="background: Pink;"|−9 | −9 | −9 | style="background: Pink;"|−10 | −10 | style="background: Pink;"|−11 | −11 | style="background: Pink;"|−12 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−11 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−10 | −10 | style="background: Pink;"|−11 | −11 | −11 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Johnson | style="background: Pink;"|−5 | style="background: Pink;"|−6 | style="background: Pink;"|−7 | style="background: Pink;"|−8 | −8 | style="background: Pink;"|−9 | −9 | style="background: Pink;"|−10 | −10 | style="background: Pink;"|−11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−10 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|DNK}} Olesen | −4 | style="background: Pink;"|−5 | −5 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−4 | −4 | −4 | style="background: Pink;"|−5 | −5 | style="background: Pink;"|−6 | −6 | style="background: Pink;"|−7 | −7 | −7 | style="background: Pink;"|−8 | style="background: Pink;"|−9 | −9 | style="background: Pink;"|−10 | −10 |
| align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Koepka | −6 | style="background: Pink;"|−7 | −7 | style="background: Green;"|−5 | −5 | style="background: Pink;"|−6 | −6 | style="background: Pink;"|−7 | −7 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−6 | style="background: Pink;"|−7 | −7 | style="background: Pink;"|−8 | style="background: Pink;"|−9 | style="background: PaleGreen;"|−8 | style="background: Pink;"|−9 | −9 | −9 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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| style="background: Pink;" width=10|
|Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |style="background:Green;" width=10| |Double bogey |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{official website|https://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/wgc-bridgestone-invitational.html}}
- [http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2018/tournamentid=2018064/index.html Coverage on European Tour's official site]
- [http://www.clubcorp.com/Clubs/Firestone-Country-Club Firestone Country Club site]
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