The 2016 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament played June 30 – July 3 on the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the 18th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of the World Golf Championships events in 2016.

The event was played more than a month earlier than usual, due to the 2016 Summer Olympics. It was only sanctioned by the PGA Tour, because it ran opposite the Open de France the European Tour did not co-sanction the tournament this year.

Dustin Johnson won his first WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and third WGC overall.

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 consisted of players drawn primarily from the Official World Golf Ranking and the winners of the worldwide tournaments with the strongest fields.

1. Playing members of the 2015 United States and International Presidents Cup teams.

Steven Bowditch, Jason Day (2,3,4), Rickie Fowler (2,3,4), Branden Grace (2,3,4), Bill Haas (2,3), J. B. Holmes (2,3), Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Zach Johnson (2,3), Chris Kirk, Matt Kuchar (2,3), Anirban Lahiri, Danny Lee (2,3), Marc Leishman (2,3,4), Hideki Matsuyama (2,3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3), Louis Oosthuizen (2,3), Patrick Reed (2,3), Charl Schwartzel (2,3,4), Adam Scott (2,3,4), Jordan Spieth (2,3,4), Jimmy Walker (2,3), Bubba Watson (2,3,4) Bae Sang-moon was unable to compete due to a military obligation in South Korea. Thongchai Jaidee (4) opted to compete in the Open de France.

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of June 20, 2016.

An Byeong-hun (3), Daniel Berger (3,4), Paul Casey (3), Kevin Chappell (3), Harris English, Jim Furyk (3), Emiliano Grillo (3,4), Charley Hoffman (3,4), Kim Kyung-tae (3), Kevin Kisner (3,4), Søren Kjeldsen (3), Russell Knox (3,4), Brooks Koepka (3), David Lingmerth (3), Shane Lowry (3,4), William McGirt (3,4), Kevin Na (3), Scott Piercy (3), Justin Rose (3,4), Brandt Snedeker (3,4), Justin Thomas (3,4) Rafa Cabrera-Bello (3), Matt Fitzpatrick (3,4), Rory McIlroy (3,4), Andy Sullivan (3), Lee Westwood (3), Bernd Wiesberger (3), Danny Willett (3,4), and Chris Wood (3,4) opted to compete in the Open de France. Sergio García (3,4) and Henrik Stenson (3,4) did not play.

3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of June 27, 2016.

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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).

Jason Dufner, Marcus Fraser, Fabián Gómez, James Hahn, Jim Herman, Billy Hurley III, Andrew Johnston, Matt Jones, Smylie Kaufman, Davis Love III, Song Young-han, Brian Stuard, Vaughn Taylor Kristoffer Broberg, Victor Dubuisson, and Thorbjørn Olesen opted to compete in the Open de France.

5. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours: Asian Tour: Thailand Golf Championship (2015) – Jamie Donaldson (opted to compete in the Open de France) PGA Tour of Australasia: Australian PGA Championship (2015) – Nathan Holman Japan Golf Tour: Bridgestone Open (2015) – Michio Matsumura Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship – Yosuke Tsukada Sunshine Tour: Dimension Data Pro-Am – George Coetzee

Round summaries First round Thursday, June 30, 2016 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 William McGirt 64 −6T2 Jason Day 67 −3 Emiliano Grillo Jimmy WalkerT5 Rickie Fowler 68 −2 Charley Hoffman Anirban Lahiri Jordan SpiethT9 Harris English 69 −1 Branden Grace Billy Hurley III Dustin Johnson Kevin Kisner Matt Kuchar Scott Piercy Justin Rose Vaughn Taylor Source

Second round Friday, July 1, 2016 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Jason Day 67-69=136 −42 David Lingmerth 70-67=137 −3T3 Emiliano Grillo 67-71=138 −2 William McGirt 64-74=138 Scott Piercy 69-69=138 T6 Kevin Kisner 69-70=139 −1 Adam Scott 71-68=139 Jordan Spieth 68-71=139 Justin Thomas 70-69=139 T10 Kevin Na 71-69=140 E Song Young-han 70-70=140 Brian Stuard 71-69=140 Jimmy Walker 67-73=140 Source

Third round Saturday, July 2, 2016 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Jason Day 67-69-69=205 −5 Scott Piercy 69-69-67=2053 David Lingmerth 70-67-69=206 −44 Brian Stuard 71-69-67=207 −3T5 Dustin Johnson 69-73-66=208 −2 William McGirt 64-74-70=208 Charl Schwartzel 72-69-67=208T8 Emiliano Grillo 67-71-71=209 −1 Justin Thomas 70-69-70=209T10 Kevin Chappell 71-70-69=210 E Jordan Spieth 68-71-71=210 Source

Final round Sunday, July 3, 2016 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Dustin Johnson 69-73-66-66=274 −6 1,620,0002 Scott Piercy 69-69-67-70=275 −5 1,018,000T3 Kevin Chappell 71-70-69-67=277 −3 449,250 Jason Day 67-69-69-72=277 Matt Kuchar 69-72-70-66=277 Jordan Spieth 68-71-71-67=277T7 David Lingmerth 70-67-69-72=278 −2 233,333 William McGirt 64-74-70-70=278 Charl Schwartzel 72-69-67-70=278T10 Rickie Fowler 68-73-72-67=280 E 167,750 Branden Grace 69-72-71-68=280 Zach Johnson 72-74-69-65=280 Adam Scott 71-68-73-68=280 Source

Scorecard Final round Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par454434344 443443544 Johnson −2 −3 −2 −2 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −6 −6 −6 −7 −6 Piercy −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −5 −6 −6 −5 −4 −5 −4 −4 −4 −5 Chappell E −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −5 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 Day −5 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −4 −4 −3 Kuchar +1 E E E E E E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −3 Spieth E E +1 +1 +1 E −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 Lingmerth −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 McGirt −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 Schwartzel −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 E −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogey Source

References

External links

Firestone Country Club site