The 2018 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament held August on the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the 20th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of the World Golf Championships events in 2018.

Venue

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

HoleYardsParHoleYardsPar13994 1041042526511418434424121803447141347145200314467464694152213721931666758482417400494944184644 Out3,70235 In3,69835Source: Total 7,40070

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 2017 United States and International Presidents Cup teams. Daniel Berger (2,3), Kevin Chappell (2,3), Jason Day (2,3,4), Rickie Fowler (2,3), Branden Grace (2,3,4), Emiliano Grillo, Charley Hoffman (2,3), Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Kim Si-woo, Kevin Kisner (2,3), Brooks Koepka (2,3,4), Matt Kuchar (2,3), Anirban Lahiri, Marc Leishman (2,3,4), Hideki Matsuyama (2,3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4), Louis Oosthuizen (2,3), Patrick Reed (2,3,4), Charl Schwartzel (2,3), Adam Scott, Jordan Spieth (2,3), Justin Thomas (2,3,4), Jhonattan Vegas

Adam Hadwin did not play.

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 23, 2018. Kiradech Aphibarnrat (3), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (3), Patrick Cantlay (3,4), Paul Casey (3,4), Bryson DeChambeau (3,4), Tony Finau (3), Ross Fisher (3), Matt Fitzpatrick (3,4), Tommy Fleetwood (3,4), Sergio García (3,4), Brian Harman (3), Tyrrell Hatton (3,4), Zach Johnson, Satoshi Kodaira (3,4), Li Haotong (3,4), Luke List (3), Rory McIlroy (3,4), Francesco Molinari (3,4), Kevin Na (3,4), Alex Norén (3,4), Pat Perez (3,4), Ian Poulter (3,4), Jon Rahm (3,4), Xander Schauffele (3,4), Webb Simpson (3,4), Cameron Smith (3,5), Kyle Stanley (3), Henrik Stenson (3,4), Bubba Watson (3,4), Gary Woodland (3,4), Tiger Woods (3)

Justin Rose (3,4,5) did not play.

3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 30, 2018. An Byeong-hun

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). Alexander Björk, Austin Cook, Paul Dunne, Patton Kizzire, Russell Knox, Andrew Landry, Thorbjørn Olesen, Wade Ormsby, Ted Potter Jr., Shubhankar Sharma, Brendan Steele, Brandon Stone, Aaron Wise

5. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours Asian Tour: Indonesian Masters (2017) – Justin Rose, also qualified under categories 2, 3 and 4 PGA Tour of Australasia: Australian PGA Championship (2017) – Cameron Smith, also qualified under categories 2 and 3 Japan Golf Tour: Bridgestone Open (2017) – Ryuko Tokimatsu Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship (2018) – Kodai Ichihara Sunshine Tour: Dimension Data Pro-Am – Jaco Ahlers

Round summaries First round Thursday, August 2, 2018

Ian Poulter shot an 8-under-par 62 to lead by one stroke over Rickie Fowler and Kyle Stanley. Defending champion Hideki Matsuyama was 5 strokes back at −3. Tiger Woods, eight-time winner of the event, was 4 strokes back at −4. His last PGA Tour win was at the 2013 event. The scoring average of 68.37 was the lowest opening round of a PGA Tour event this season.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Ian Poulter 62 −8T2 Rickie Fowler 63 −7 Kyle StanleyT4 Patrick Cantlay 64 −6 Kim Si-woo Jon RahmT7 Jason Day 65 −5 Anirban Lahiri Marc Leishman Luke List Rory McIlroy Kevin Na Justin Thomas

Second round Friday, August 3, 2018 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Tommy Fleetwood 66-63=129 −11 Ian Poulter 62-67=129 Justin Thomas 65-64=129T4 Jason Day 65-66=131 −9 Kyle Stanley 63-68=131T6 Kim Si-woo 64-68=132 −8 Rory McIlroy 65-67=132T8 Li Haotong 66-67=133 −7 Luke List 65-68=133T10 Tony Finau 68-66=134 −6 Marc Leishman 65-69=134 Louis Oosthuizen 68-66=134 Jon Rahm 64-70=134 Webb Simpson 69-65=134 Tiger Woods 66-68=134

Third round Saturday, August 4, 2018 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Justin Thomas 65-64-67=196 −14T2 Rory McIlroy 65-67-67=199 −11 Ian Poulter 62-67-70=199 4 Jason Day 65-66-69=200 −10T5 Marc Leishman 65-69-67=201 −9 Kyle Stanley 63-68-70=201 T7 Rickie Fowler 63-74-65=202 −8 Jon Rahm 64-70-68=202T9 Tommy Fleetwood 66-63-74=203 −7 Louis Oosthuizen 68-66-69=203

Final round Sunday, August 5, 2018 PlacePlayerScoreTo parPrize money (US$)1 Justin Thomas 65-64-67-69=265 −15 1,700,0002 Kyle Stanley 63-68-70-68=269 −11 1,072,000T3 Dustin Johnson 69-71-66-64=270 −10 510,000 Thorbjørn Olesen 71-67-68-64=2705 Brooks Koepka 66-70-68-67=271 −9 357,000T6 Patrick Cantlay 64-72-68-68=272 −8 241,375 Anirban Lahiri 65-70-69-68=272 Rory McIlroy 65-67-67-73=272 Aaron Wise 67-71-67-67=272T10 Jason Day 65-66-69-73=273 −7 160,875 Tony Finau 68-66-71-68=273 Kim Si-woo 64-68-72-69=273 Ian Poulter 62-67-70-74=273

Scorecard Final round Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par454434344 443443544 Thomas −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 Stanley −9 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 −11 −12 −11 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 Johnson −5 −6 −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −10 Olesen −4 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −7 −7 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10 Koepka −6 −7 −7 −5 −5 −6 −6 −7 −7 −6 −7 −7 −8 −9 −8 −9 −9 −9

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par BirdieBogeyDouble bogey

References

External links

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