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2016 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

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.

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 399 526 442 471 200 469 219 482 494 3702 410 418 180 471 467 221 667 400 464 3698 7400
Par 4 5 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 35 4 4 3 4 4 3 5 4 4 35 70

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)

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)

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

Kiradech Aphibarnrat

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.

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

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

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, June 30, 2016

Place Player Score To par
1 United States William McGirt 64 −6
T2 Australia Jason Day 67 −3
Argentina Emiliano Grillo
United States Jimmy Walker
T5 United States Rickie Fowler 68 −2
United States Charley Hoffman
India Anirban Lahiri
United States Jordan Spieth
T9 United States Harris English 69 −1
South Africa Branden Grace
United States Billy Hurley III
United States Dustin Johnson
United States Kevin Kisner
United States Matt Kuchar
United States Scott Piercy
England Justin Rose
United States Vaughn Taylor

Source

Second round

Friday, July 1, 2016

Place Player Score To par
1 Australia Jason Day 67-69=136 −4
2 Sweden David Lingmerth 70-67=137 −3
T3 Argentina Emiliano Grillo 67-71=138 −2
United States William McGirt 64-74=138
United States Scott Piercy 69-69=138
T6 United States Kevin Kisner 69-70=139 −1
Australia Adam Scott 71-68=139
United States Jordan Spieth 68-71=139
United States Justin Thomas 70-69=139
T10 United States Kevin Na 71-69=140 E
South Korea Song Young-han 70-70=140
United States Brian Stuard 71-69=140
United States Jimmy Walker 67-73=140

Source

Third round

Saturday, July 2, 2016

Place Player Score To par
T1 Australia Jason Day 67-69-69=205 −5
United States Scott Piercy 69-69-67=205
3 Sweden David Lingmerth 70-67-69=206 −4
4 United States Brian Stuard 71-69-67=207 −3
T5 United States Dustin Johnson 69-73-66=208 −2
United States William McGirt 64-74-70=208
South Africa Charl Schwartzel 72-69-67=208
T8 Argentina Emiliano Grillo 67-71-71=209 −1
United States Justin Thomas 70-69-70=209
T10 United States Kevin Chappell 71-70-69=210 E
United States Jordan Spieth 68-71-71=210

Source

Final round

Sunday, July 3, 2016

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 United States Dustin Johnson 69-73-66-66=274 −6 1,620,000
2 United States Scott Piercy 69-69-67-70=275 −5 1,018,000
T3 United States Kevin Chappell 71-70-69-67=277 −3 449,250
Australia Jason Day 67-69-69-72=277
United States Matt Kuchar 69-72-70-66=277
United States Jordan Spieth 68-71-71-67=277
T7 Sweden David Lingmerth 70-67-69-72=278 −2 233,333
United States William McGirt 64-74-70-70=278
South Africa Charl Schwartzel 72-69-67-70=278
T10 United States Rickie Fowler 68-73-72-67=280 E 167,750
South Africa Branden Grace 69-72-71-68=280
United States Zach Johnson 72-74-69-65=280
Australia Adam Scott 71-68-73-68=280

Source

Scorecard

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
United States Johnson −2 −3 −2 −2 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −6 −6 −6 −7 −6
United States Piercy −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −5 −6 −6 −5 −4 −5 −4 −4 −4 −5
United States Chappell E −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −5 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3
Australia Day −5 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −6 −4 −4 −3
United States Kuchar +1 E E E E E E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −3
United States Spieth E E +1 +1 +1 E −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3
Sweden Lingmerth −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2
United States McGirt −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2
South Africa 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

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source

References

  1. ^ "Dustin Johnson wins the Bridgestone Invitational for 2nd straight victory". ESPN. Associated Press. July 3, 2016.
  2. ^ "Courses". Firestone Country Club. 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  3. ^ "Inside the Field: WGC-Bridgestone Invitational". PGA Tour. June 29, 2016.
  4. ^ The 'Strength of Field Rating' is a loose term for what the Official World Golf Ranking calls the 'Total Rating Value' (see Event ranking).
  5. ^ "New sanctioning agreement for 2015 Australian PGA Championship". Archived from the original on October 6, 2015. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
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  7. ^ "World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational". World Golf Championship. July 3, 2016. Archived from the original on August 5, 2013. Retrieved July 3, 2016.

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