The 2014 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament held July 31 – August 3 on the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the 16th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of the World Golf Championships events in 2014. Rory McIlroy won the tournament.

Venue

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

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Field The field consists 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 2013 United States and International Presidents Cup teams.

Keegan Bradley (2,3), Ángel Cabrera (4), Jason Day (2,3), Brendon de Jonge, Graham DeLaet (2,3), Jason Dufner (2,3,4), Ernie Els, Branden Grace, Bill Haas (2,3), Zach Johnson (2,3,4), Matt Kuchar (2,3,4), Marc Leishman, Hunter Mahan (2,3), Hideki Matsuyama (2,3), Phil Mickelson (2,3), Louis Oosthuizen (4), Charl Schwartzel (2,3), Adam Scott (2,3,4,5), Webb Simpson (2,3,4), Brandt Snedeker (2,3), Jordan Spieth (2,3), Richard Sterne, Steve Stricker (2,3), Tiger Woods (2,3)

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 21, 2014.

Thomas Bjørn (3,4), Jonas Blixt (3), Luke Donald (3,4), Jamie Donaldson (3), Victor Dubuisson (3,4), Harris English (3), Matt Every (3,4), Rickie Fowler (3), Jim Furyk (3), Stephen Gallacher (3,4), Sergio García (3,4,5), Mikko Ilonen (3,4), Thongchai Jaidee (3,4), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (3,4), Martin Kaymer (3,4), Chris Kirk (3,4), Joost Luiten (3), Graeme McDowell (3,4), Rory McIlroy (3,4), Francesco Molinari (3), Ryan Moore (3,4), Kevin Na (3), Ian Poulter (3), Patrick Reed (3,4), Justin Rose (3,4), Henrik Stenson (3,4), Kevin Streelman (3,4), Brendon Todd (3,4), Jimmy Walker (3,4), Bubba Watson (3,4), Lee Westwood (3,4), Gary Woodland (3)

Dustin Johnson (3,4) withdrew prior to the tournament

3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 28, 2014.

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).

Steven Bowditch, Tim Clark, Ben Crane, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Brian Harman, Russell Henley, J. B. Holmes, David Howell, Matt Jones, Pablo Larrazábal, Alexander Lévy, David Lynn, Noh Seung-yul, John Senden, Kevin Stadler, Scott Stallings, Fabrizio Zanotti

5. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours: Asian Tour: Thailand Golf Championship (2013) – Sergio García (already qualified under categories 2 and 4) PGA Tour of Australasia: Australian PGA Championship (2013) – Adam Scott (already qualified under categories 1, 2 and 4) Japan Golf Tour: Bridgestone Open (2013) – Daisuke Maruyama Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship – Yoshitaka Takeya Sunshine Tour: Dimension Data Pro-Am – Estanislao Goya

Nine players were appearing in their first WGC event: Steven Bowditch, Matt Every, Estanislao Goya, Brian Harman, Matt Jones, Alexander Lévy, Yoshitaka Takeya, Brendon Todd and Fabrizio Zanotti.

Round summaries First round Thursday, July 31, 2014 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Marc Leishman64 −6T2 Ryan Moore65 −5 Justin Rose Charl SchwartzelT5 Graham DeLaet67 −3 Rickie Fowler Francesco Molinari Patrick ReedT9 Keegan Bradley68 −2 Jamie Donaldson Sergio García Brandt Snedeker Tiger Woods Source:

Second round Friday, August 1, 2014

Sergio García birdied his last seven holes, tying the course record of 61 (−9), which included a new course record of 27 (−8) on the back nine. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Sergio García 68-61=129 −112 Justin Rose 65-67=132 −8T3 Marc Leishman 64-69=133 −7 Rory McIlroy 69-64=133T5 Rickie Fowler 67-67=134 −6 Charl Schwartzel 65-69=134T7 Keegan Bradley 68-67=135 −5 Patrick Reed 67-68=135T9 Graham DeLaet 67-69=136 −4 Hunter Mahan 71-65=136 Brandt Snedeker 68-68=136 Source:

Third round Saturday, August 2, 2014

With threatening weather in the forecast, the field went off early in the morning from split tees in threesomes. A weather delay in the early afternoon affected the final several groups, but all rounds were finished. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Sergio García 68-61-67=196 −142 Rory McIlroy 69-64-66=199 −113 Marc Leishman 64-69-68=201 −9T4 Keegan Bradley 68-67-67=202 −8 Justin Rose 65-67-70=202 Adam Scott 69-68-65=2027 Brandt Snedeker 68-68-68=204 −6T8 J. B. Holmes 69-69-67=205 −5 Henrik Stenson 71-66-68=205T10 Thomas Bjørn 69-68-69=206 −4 Harris English 69-69-68=206 Rickie Fowler 67-67-72=206 Jim Furyk 69-68-69=206 Hideki Matsuyama 70-71-65=206 Ryan Moore 65-73-68=206 Patrick Reed 67-68-71=206 Gary Woodland 70-68-68=206 Source:

Final round Sunday, August 3, 2014

The field went off the first tee in conventional pairs on Sunday, but a midday weather delay of over an hour was incurred before half the field teed off. PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Rory McIlroy 69-64-66-66=265 −15 1,530,0002 Sergio García 68-61-67-71=267 −13 900,0003 Marc Leishman 64-69-68-67=268 −12 522,000T4 Keegan Bradley 68-67-67-69=271 −9 308,000 Patrick Reed 67-68-71-65=271 Justin Rose 65-67-70-69=271 Charl Schwartzel 65-69-73-64=271T8 Rickie Fowler 67-67-72-67=273 −7 170,000 Graeme McDowell 71-70-66-66=273 Ryan Moore 65-73-68-67=273 Adam Scott 69-68-65-71=273 Source:

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References

External links

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