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.

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.)

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.

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.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.)

6. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours: Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship (2010) – Katsumasa Miyamoto Japan Golf Tour: Bridgestone Open (2009) – Yuta Ikeda PGA Tour of Australasia: Australian PGA Championship (2009) – Robert Allenby, also qualified in categories 1, 3, 4 and 5 Sunshine Tour: Vodacom Championship (2010) – Hennie Otto Asian Tour: Iskandar Johor Open (2009) – K. J. Choi, also qualified in categories 3 and 4

Source2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational - How players qualify

Round summaries First round Thursday, August 5, 2010 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Bubba Watson64−6T2 Graeme McDowell66−4 Phil Mickelson Kenny Perry Adam ScottT6 Chad Campbell67−3 Sean O'Hair Jeff Overton Bo Van Pelt Camilo Villegas Source:

Second round Friday, August 6, 2010 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Retief Goosen67-66=133−7T2 Justin Leonard68-66=134−6 Phil Mickelson66-68=134T4 Peter Hanson69-66=135−5 Bo Van Pelt67-68=135 Bubba Watson64-71=135T7 Paul Casey68-68=136−4 Lucas Glover70-66=136 Miguel Ángel Jiménez69-67=136 Adam Scott66-70=136 Nick Watney68-68=136 Source:

Third round Saturday, August 7, 2010 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Sean O'Hair67-70-64=201−9 Ryan Palmer70-68-63=2013 Matt Kuchar69-67-66=202−8T4 Ernie Els69-70-64=203−7 Peter Hanson69-66-68=203 Justin Leonard68-66-69=203T7 Hunter Mahan71-67-66=204−6 Jeff Overton67-70-67=204 Bo Van Pelt67-68-69=204T10 Dustin Johnson72-65-68=205−5 Phil Mickelson66-68-71=205 Katsumasa Miyamoto71-72-62=205 Nick Watney68-68-69=205 Bubba Watson64-71-70=205 Oliver Wilson71-67-67=205 Source:

Final round Sunday, August 8, 2010 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Hunter Mahan 71-67-66-64=268 −12 1,400,0002 Ryan Palmer 70-68-63-69=270 −10 840,000T3 Retief Goosen 67-66-73-65=271 −9 412,500 Bo Van Pelt 67-68-69-67=2715 Sean O'Hair 67-70-64-71=272 −8 295,000T6 Jim Furyk 72-68-69-64=273 −7 227,500 Jeff Overton 67-70-67-69=273 8 Peter Hanson 69-66-68-71=274 −6 180,000T9 Pádraig Harrington 69-70-70-66=275 −5 125,833 Matt Kuchar 69-67-66-73=275 Rory McIlroy 68-69-69-69=275 Louis Oosthuizen 72-70-68-65=275 Adam Scott 66-70-72-67=275 Steve Stricker 68-71-69-67=275 Source:

Scorecard Final round Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par454434344 443443544 Mahan −6 −6 −7 −8 −9 −9 −9 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 Palmer −10 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −8 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 Goosen −4 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −9 −9 −9 Van Pelt −6 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −8 −9 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −9 O'Hair −9 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 Furyk −1 −3 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −4 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −7 Overton −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −6 −6 −5 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −5 −6 −7 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par EagleBirdieBogey Source:

References

External links Coverage from the European Tour's official site About event