The 2009 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament held August 6–9 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the eleventh WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of four World Golf Championships events held in 2009.

World number 1 Tiger Woods won his 16th World Golf Championships title, which was his seventh Invitational title. This was his fourth Invitational title in as many starts, as he won three consecutive (2005, 2006, 2007) and missed the 2008 edition due to recuperation after leg surgery. He shot 268 (−12), four strokes ahead of runners-up Robert Allenby and Pádraig Harrington. This was Woods' 10th Invitational appearance and had yet to finish out of the top five; he was second in 2004 and fourth twice (2002, 2003).

1. Playing members of the 2008 United States and European Ryder Cup teams
Chad Campbell, Paul Casey (3,4,5), Stewart Cink (2,3,4,5), Ben Curtis (3,4), Jim Furyk (2,3,4), Sergio García (3,4,5), Søren Hansen (3,4), Pádraig Harrington (3,4,5), J. B. Holmes, Miguel Ángel Jiménez (3,4), Anthony Kim (3,4), Justin Leonard (3,4), Hunter Mahan (2,3,4), Graeme McDowell (3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4,5), Kenny Perry (3,4,5), Ian Poulter (3,4), Justin Rose, Henrik Stenson (3,4,5), Steve Stricker (2,3,4,5), Boo Weekley, Lee Westwood (3,4), Oliver Wilson (3,4)

• Robert Karlsson (3,4,5) did not play.

2. Playing members of the 2007 United States and International Presidents Cup teams
Stuart Appleby, Woody Austin, Ángel Cabrera (3,4,5), K. J. Choi, Ernie Els (3,4), Lucas Glover (3,4,5), Retief Goosen (3,4,5), Charles Howell III, Trevor Immelman, Zach Johnson (3,4,5), Geoff Ogilvy (3,4,5), Nick O'Hern, Rory Sabbatini (3,4,5), Adam Scott (3,4), Vijay Singh (3,4,5), David Toms (3,4), Scott Verplank, Mike Weir (3,4), Tiger Woods (3,4,5)

3. Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings two weeks prior to event
Robert Allenby (4), Tim Clark (4,5), Luke Donald (4), Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (4,5), Ross Fisher (4), Brian Gay (4,5), Mathew Goggin (4), Dustin Johnson (5), Shingo Katayama (4), Martin Kaymer (4,5), Søren Kjeldsen (4,5), Davis Love III (4,5), Rory McIlroy (4,5), Sean O'Hair (4,5), Álvaro Quirós (4,5), Jeev Milkha Singh (4,5), Camilo Villegas (4,5), Nick Watney (4,5)

4. Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings one week prior to event
Thongchai Jaidee (5)

5. Winners of Federation tournaments since the prior year's tournament with an Official World Golf Ranking Strength of Field Rating of 115 points or more
Cameron Beckman, Christian Cévaër, Darren Clarke, Nick Dougherty, Nathan Green, Grégory Havret, Anthony Kang, Jerry Kelly, Danny Lee, Shane Lowry, Prayad Marksaeng, Pat Perez, Carl Pettersson, Richard Sterne, Marc Turnesa, Yang Yong-eun

• Lin Wen-tang did not play.

6. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours:

• Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship (2009) – Yuji Igarashi
• PGA Tour of Australasia: Australian PGA Championship (2008) – Geoff Ogilvy, already qualified through categories 2, 3, 4, and 5
• Sunshine Tour: Vodacom Championship (2009) – Anders Hansen
• Asian Tour: Volvo Masters of Asia (2008) – Lam Chih Bing

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Pádraig Harrington	64	−6
T2	Tim Clark	66	−4
	Prayad Marksaeng
	Scott Verplank
T5	Zach Johnson	67	−3
	Ian Poulter
	Steve Stricker
T8	Robert Allenby	68	−2
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez
	Sergio García
	Danny Lee
	Hunter Mahan
	Tiger Woods

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Friday, August 7, 2009

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Pádraig Harrington	64-69=133	−7
2	Tim Clark	66-68=134	−6
3	Scott Verplank	66-69=135	−5
T4	Jerry Kelly	71-65=136	−4
	Prayad Marksaeng	66-70=136
	Steve Stricker	67-69=136
T7	Robert Allenby	68-69=137	−3
	Woody Austin	69-68=137
	Zach Johnson	67-70=137
	Hunter Mahan	68-69=137
	Álvaro Quirós	72-65=137
	Mike Weir	71-66=137

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Saturday, August 8, 2009

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Pádraig Harrington	64-69-67=200	−10
2	Tiger Woods	68-70-65=203	−7
3	Jerry Kelly	71-65-69=205	−5
T4	Robert Allenby	68-69-69=206	−4
	Woody Austin	69-68-69=206
	Ángel Cabrera	70-68-68=206
	Stewart Cink	69-69-68=206
	Lucas Glover	69-69-68=206
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	68-72-66=206
	Zach Johnson	67-70-69=206
	Kenny Perry	69-71-66=206
	Mike Weir	71-66-69=206
	Oliver Wilson	69-69-68=206

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Sunday, August 9, 2009

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Tiger Woods	68-70-65-65=268	−12	1,400,000
T2	Robert Allenby	68-69-69-66=272	−8	665,000
	Pádraig Harrington	64-69-67-72=272
T4	Ángel Cabrera	70-68-68-67=273	−7	332,000
	Hunter Mahan	68-69-70-66=273
T6	Stewart Cink	69-69-68-68=274	−6	214,333
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	68-72-66-68=274
	Steve Stricker	67-69-71-67=274
9	Lee Westwood	69-71-70-65=275	−5	160,000
10	Mike Weir	71-66-69-70=276	−4	145,000

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Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	5	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	4	4
Woods	−7	−9	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−11	−10	−10	−11	−11	−12
Allenby	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−7	−8
Harrington	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−8	−8	−8
Cabrera	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−5	−5	−5	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7
Mahan	−3	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−5	−5	−5	−4	−5	−5	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Triple bogey+

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• Full results

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