The 2013 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament played August 1–4 on the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the 15th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of the World Golf Championships (WGC) events held in 2013.
Aided by a second round 61 (−9), Tiger Woods won the event for the eighth time, seven strokes ahead of runners-up Keegan Bradley and Henrik Stenson. It was Woods' 18th WGC victory. The win was also the 79th Tour title for Woods.
Venue
Course layout The South Course, opened in 1929, 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 2012 United States and European Ryder Cup teams. Keegan Bradley (2,3,4), Nicolas Colsaerts (2,3), Luke Donald (2,3,4), Jason Dufner (2,3), Jim Furyk (2,3), Sergio García (2,3,4), Peter Hanson (2,3,4), Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Zach Johnson (2,3), Martin Kaymer (2,3), Matt Kuchar (2,3,4), Paul Lawrie (2,4), Graeme McDowell (2,3,4), Rory McIlroy (2,3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4), Francesco Molinari (2,3), Ian Poulter (2,3,4), Justin Rose (2,3,4), Webb Simpson (2,3), Brandt Snedeker (2,3,4), Steve Stricker (2,3), Bubba Watson (2,3), Lee Westwood (2,3), Tiger Woods (2,3,4)
2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 22, 2013. Jonas Blixt (3,4), Ángel Cabrera (3), Jason Day (3), Jamie Donaldson (3,4), Ernie Els (3,4), Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (3,4), Rickie Fowler (3), Bill Haas (3,4), Branden Grace (3,4), Billy Horschel (3,4), Martin Laird (3,4), Matteo Manassero (3,4), Hideki Matsuyama (3), Ryan Moore (3,4), Thorbjørn Olesen (3), Scott Piercy (3), Carl Pettersson (3), Charl Schwartzel (3,4,5), Adam Scott (3,4), Henrik Stenson (3), Richard Sterne (3), Kevin Streelman (3,4), Bo Van Pelt (3), Nick Watney (3,4)
Louis Oosthuizen (3,4) withdrew with a neck injury. Hunter Mahan (3) withdrew after the birth of his first child the prior week.
3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 29, 2013. David Lynn
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). Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Bae Sang-moon, Paul Casey, Ken Duke, Harris English, Derek Ernst, Tommy Gainey, Stephen Gallacher, Brian Gay, Russell Henley, Mikko Ilonen, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Shane Lowry, John Merrick, D. A. Points, Richie Ramsay, Brett Rumford, Michael Thompson, Boo Weekley, Chris Wood
Peter Senior and Jordan Spieth did not play.
5. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours: Asian Tour: Thailand Golf Championship (2012) – Charl Schwartzel, also qualified in categories 2, 3, and 4 PGA Tour of Australasia: Australian PGA Championship (2012) – Daniel Popovic Japan Golf Tour: Bridgestone Open (2012) – Toru Taniguchi Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship (2013) – Satoshi Kodaira Sunshine Tour: Dimension Data Pro-Am (2013) – Jaco van Zyl
Round summaries First round Thursday, August 1, 2013 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Webb Simpson 64 −62 Henrik Stenson 65 −5T3 Keegan Bradley 66 −4 Ryan Moore Chris Wood Tiger WoodsT7 Luke Donald 67 −3 Jason Dufner Rickie Fowler Jim Furyk Bill Haas Bubba Watson Source:
Second round Friday, August 2, 2013 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Tiger Woods 66-61=127 −13T2 Keegan Bradley 66-68=134 −6 Chris Wood 66-68=134T4 Bill Haas 67-68=135 −5 Henrik Stenson 65-70=135T6 Luke Donald 67-69=136 −4 Jason Dufner 67-69=136 Jim Furyk 67-69=136 Bubba Watson 67-69=13610 Kiradech Aphibarnrat 69-68=137 −3 Source:
Third round Saturday, August 3, 2013 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Tiger Woods 66-61-68=195 −152 Henrik Stenson 65-70-67=202 −83 Jason Dufner 67-69-67=203 −7T4 Luke Donald 67-69-68=204 −6 Bill Haas 67-68-69=204 Chris Wood 66-68-70=204T7 Keegan Bradley 66-68-71=205 −5 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 71-69-65=205T9 Zach Johnson 69-70-68=207 −3 Adam Scott 73-68-66=207 Source:
Final round Sunday, August 4, 2013 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Tiger Woods 66-61-68-70=265 −15 1,500,000T2 Keegan Bradley 66-68-71-67=272 −8 692,500 Henrik Stenson 65-70-67-70=272T4 Jason Dufner 67-69-67-71=274 −6 312,667 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 71-69-65-69=274 Zach Johnson 69-70-68-67=274T7 Bill Haas 67-68-69-71=275 −5 205,000 Chris Wood 66-68-70-71=275T9 Luke Donald 67-69-68-72=276 −4 145,750 Jim Furyk 67-69-72-68=276 Martin Kaymer 74-67-69-66=276 Richard Sterne 70-68-70-68=276 Source:
Scorecard Final round Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par454434344 443443544 Woods −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −16 −16 −16 −16 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 Bradley −5 −6 −5 −5 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 Stenson −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 Dufner −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 Jiménez −5 −6 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 Johnson −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −4 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −6 −6 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par BirdieBogey Source:
References
External links
Coverage on European Tour's official site Firestone Country Club site