The 2012 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament held August 2–5 on the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the 14th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of four World Golf Championships events held in 2012. Keegan Bradley shot a 64 (−6) in the final round to finish with 267 (−13) to win his first WGC event, one stroke ahead of runners-up Jim Furyk and Steve Stricker.

Venue

Course layout The South Course was designed by Bert Way and redesigned by Robert Trent Jones in 1960. Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal Yards399526442471200469219482494370241041818047146722166740046436987400Par454434344354434435443570

Field The field consisted 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 2011 United States and International Presidents Cup teams. Robert Allenby, Aaron Baddeley, K. J. Choi (2,3), Jason Day (2,3), Ernie Els (2,3,4), Jim Furyk (2,3), Retief Goosen, Bill Haas (2,3,4), Ryo Ishikawa, Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Matt Kuchar (2,3,4), Kim Kyung-tae, Hunter Mahan (2,3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4), Geoff Ogilvy (2,3), Charl Schwartzel (2,3), Adam Scott (2,3,4), Steve Stricker (2,3,4), David Toms (2,3), Nick Watney (2,3), Bubba Watson (2,3,4), Tiger Woods (2,3,4), Y. E. Yang Webb Simpson (2,3,4) did not compete for personal reasons.

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 23, 2012.Official World Golf Ranking – July 22, 2012 Bae Sang-moon (3), Thomas Bjørn (3,4), Keegan Bradley (3,4), Jonathan Byrd (3), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (3,4), Nicolas Colsaerts (3,4), Luke Donald (3,4), Jason Dufner (3,4), Simon Dyson (3,4), Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (3,4), Rickie Fowler (3,4), Sergio García (3,4), Peter Hanson (3), Freddie Jacobson (3), Zach Johnson (3,4), Martin Kaymer (3,4), Martin Laird (3), Paul Lawrie (3,4), Graeme McDowell (3), Rory McIlroy (3,4), Francesco Molinari (3,4), Kevin Na (3), Louis Oosthuizen (3,4), Carl Pettersson (3,4), Ian Poulter (3,5), Álvaro Quirós (3,4), Justin Rose (3,4), John Senden (3), Brandt Snedeker (3,4), Bo Van Pelt (3), Lee Westwood (3,5), Mark Wilson (3,4)

3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 30, 2012.Official World Golf Ranking – July 29, 2012

4. 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.The 'Strength of Field Rating' is a loose term for what the Official World Golf Ranking calls the 'Total Rating Value' (see Event Ranking). Greg Chalmers, Ben Crane, Jamie Donaldson, Branden Grace, Michael Hoey, Thongchai Jaidee, Marc Leishman, Tom Lewis, Joost Luiten, Toshinori Muto, Scott Piercy, Ted Potter Jr., Robert Rock, Marcel Siem, Jeev Milkha Singh, Lee Slattery, Kyle Stanley, Johnson Wagner, Bernd Wiesberger, Danny Willett

5. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours: Asian Tour: Thailand Golf Championship (2011) – Lee Westwood, also qualified in categories 2 and 3 PGA Tour of Australasia: JBWere Masters (2011) – Ian Poulter, also qualified in categories 2 and 3 Japan Golf Tour: Bridgestone Open (2011) – Toru Taniguchi Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship (2012) – Yoshinori Fujimoto Sunshine Tour: Dimension Data Pro-Am (2012) – Oliver Bekker

Nine of the field were appearing in their first WGC event: Oliver Bekker, Jamie Donaldson, Yoshinori Fujimoto, Joost Luiten, Toshinori Muto, Scott Piercy, Ted Potter Jr., Marcel Siem and Bernd Wiesberger.

Round summaries First round Thursday, August 2, 2012 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Jim Furyk 63 −72 Lee Slattery 65 −5T3 Rafa Cabrera-Bello 66 −4 Ben Crane Luke Donald Simon Dyson John Senden Bubba WatsonT9 Keegan Bradley 67 −3 Jason Dufner Sergio García Retief Goosen Bill Haas Kim Kyung-tae Geoff Ogilvy Louis Oosthuizen Carl Pettersson Source:

Second round Friday, August 3, 2012 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Jim Furyk 63-66=129 −112 Rafa Cabrera-Bello 66-65=131 −93 Louis Oosthuizen 67-65=132 −84 Jason Dufner 67-66=133 −75 Kim Kyung-tae 67-67=134 −6T6 Luke Donald 66-69=135 −5 David Toms 68-67=135T8 Keegan Bradley 67-69=136 −4 John Senden 66-70=136 Lee Slattery 65-71=136 Steve Stricker 68-68=136 Source:

Third round Saturday, August 4, 2012 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Jim Furyk 63-66-70=199 −112 Louis Oosthuizen 67-65-68=200 −103 Keegan Bradley 67-69-67=203 −7T4 Rory McIlroy 70-67-67=204 −6 Steve Stricker 68-68-68=204T6 Justin Rose 70-69-66=205 −5 John Senden 66-70-69=205 Bo Van Pelt 70-69-66=205T9 Luke Donald 66-69-71=206 −4 Jason Dufner 67-66-73=206 Source:

Final round Sunday, August 5, 2012 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Keegan Bradley 67-69-67-64=267 −13 1,400,000T2 Jim Furyk 63-66-70-69=268 −12 665,000 Steve Stricker 68-68-68-64=2684 Louis Oosthuizen 67-65-68-69=269 −11 365,000T5 Rory McIlroy 70-67-67-68=272 −8 276,500 Justin Rose 70-69-66-67=2727 Jason Dufner 67-66-73-68=274 −6 210,000T8 Aaron Baddeley73-66-71-66=276−4 128,750 K. J. Choi71-72-67-66=276 Luke Donald66-69-71-70=276 Matt Kuchar70-70-70-66=276 Lee Slattery65-71-72-68=276 David Toms68-67-73-68=276 Bo Van Pelt70-69-66-71=276 Tiger Woods70-72-68-66=276 Source:

Scorecard Final round Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par454434344 443443544 Bradley −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −10 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 Furyk −12 −13 −14 −14 −14 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −12 Stricker −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −11 −12 Oosthuizen −11 −12 −12 −12 −11 −11 −11 −11 −10 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 McIlroy −6 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 Rose −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par BirdieBogeyDouble bogey Source:

References

External links

Coverage on European Tour's official site Firestone Country Club site