2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

Tournament information
Dates	August 2–5, 2007
Location	Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Course(s)	Firestone Country Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	7,400
Field	83 players
Cut	None
Prize fund	$8,000,000
Winner's share	$1,350,000
Champion
Tiger Woods
272 (−8)

The 2007 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a golf tournament that was contested from August 2–5, 2007 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the ninth WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of three World Golf Championships events held in 2007.

World number 1 Tiger Woods won the tournament for a second hat-trick at the Invitational in his career, and claimed his 14th World Golf Championships title, which was his sixth Invitational title. He won over Justin Rose and Rory Sabbatini by eight strokes, with Woods shooting an 8-under-par 272.

Field

1. Playing members of the 2006 United States and European Ryder Cup teams
Chad Campbell, Paul Casey (3,4,5), Stewart Cink (2,3,4), Darren Clarke, Chris DiMarco (2,4), Luke Donald (3,4), Sergio García (3,4), Pádraig Harrington (3,4,5), J. J. Henry, David Howell, Zach Johnson (3,4,5), Robert Karlsson (3,4), Paul McGinley, Phil Mickelson (2,3,4,5), Colin Montgomerie (3,4,5), José María Olazábal (3,4), Henrik Stenson (3,4,5), Vaughn Taylor, David Toms (2,3,4), Scott Verplank (2,3,4,5), Lee Westwood (3,4), Brett Wetterich (3,4), Tiger Woods (2,3,4,5)

• Jim Furyk (2,3,4,5) did not play.

2. Playing members of the 2005 United States and International Presidents Cup teams
Stuart Appleby (3,4), Ángel Cabrera (3,4,5), Michael Campbell, Tim Clark (3,4), Fred Funk, Retief Goosen (3,4), Mark Hensby, Trevor Immelman (3,4), Justin Leonard, Peter Lonard, Davis Love III (3,4,5), Nick O'Hern (3,4,5), Kenny Perry, Adam Scott (3,4,5), Vijay Singh (3,4,5), Mike Weir (3,4)

• Fred Couples did not play.

3. Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings two weeks prior to event
Robert Allenby (4), Stephen Ames (4), Aaron Baddeley (4,5), K. J. Choi (4,5), Ernie Els (4,5), Niclas Fasth (4,5), Retief Goosen (4,5), Richard Green (4), Anders Hansen (4,5), Charles Howell III (4,5), Shingo Katayama, Jerry Kelly (4), Arron Oberholser (4), Geoff Ogilvy (4), Rod Pampling (4), Carl Pettersson (4), Ian Poulter (4), John Rollins (4), Andres Romero (4,5), Justin Rose (4,5), Rory Sabbatini (4,5), Richard Sterne (4,5), Steve Stricker (4), Boo Weekley (4,5)

4. Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings one week prior to event

5. Tournament winners of worldwide events since the prior year's tournament with an Official World Golf Ranking Strength of Field Rating of 115 points or more
Woody Austin, Brian Bateman, Mark Calcavecchia, Joe Durant, Paul Goydos, Anton Haig, Grégory Havret, Charley Hoffman, Raphaël Jacquelin, José Manuel Lara, Liang Wenchong, Hunter Mahan, Troy Matteson, John Senden, Jeev Milkha Singh, Graeme Storm, Nick Watney, Mark Wilson, Yang Yong-eun

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

• Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship (2007) – Shingo Katayama, qualified in category 3
• PGA Tour of Australasia: Australian PGA Championship (2006) – Nick O'Hern, qualified in categories 2, 3, 4, and 5
• Sunshine Tour: Vodacom Championship (2007) – Richard Sterne, qualified in categories 3, 4, and 5
• Asian Tour: Volvo Masters of Asia (2006) – Thongchai Jaidee

Round summaries

First round

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Paul Casey	67	−3
	Hunter Mahan
	Rory Sabbatini
T4	Stuart Appleby	68	−2
	Mark Calcavecchia
	Arron Oberholser
	Boo Weekley
	Lee Westwood
	Tiger Woods
T10	Chris DiMarco	69	−1
	Paul Goydos
	Kenny Perry
	Justin Rose

Second round

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Rory Sabbatini	67-67=134	−6
2	Zach Johnson	71-65=136	−4
T3	Kenny Perry	69-69=138	−2
	Scott Verplank	70-68=138
	Tiger Woods	68-70=138
T6	Chris DiMarco	69-70=139	−1
	Davis Love III	74-65=139
	Lee Westwood	68-71=139
T9	Mark Calcavecchia	68-72=140	E
	Paul Casey	67-73=140
	Justin Leonard	73-67=140
	Peter Lonard	70-70=140
	Hunter Mahan	67-73=140
	John Senden	71-69=140

Third round

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Rory Sabbatini	67-67-72=206	−4
2	Tiger Woods	68-70-69=207	−3
3	Kenny Perry	69-69-71=209	−1
T4	Stuart Appleby	68-74-69=211	+1
	Aaron Baddeley	70-74-67=211
	Chris DiMarco	69-70-72=211
	Justin Leonard	73-67-71=211
	Hunter Mahan	67-73-71=211
	Andrés Romero	71-71-69=211
	Scott Verplank	70-68-73=211

Final round

Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)
1	Tiger Woods	68-70-69-65=272	−8	1,350,000
T2	Justin Rose	69-72-71-68=280	E	635,000
	Rory Sabbatini	67-67-72-74=280
T4	Chris DiMarco	69-70-72-70=281	+1	310,000
	Peter Lonard	70-70-73-68=281
T6	Tim Clark	71-70-72-69=282	+2	202,000
	Davis Love III	74-65-74-69=282
	Andrés Romero	71-71-69-71=282
T9	Justin Leonard	73-67-71-72=283	+3	147,500
	Scott Verplank	70-68-73-72=283

Scorecard

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	−4	−5	−5	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8
Rose	+1	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	−1	E	E	E	E	E
Sabbatini	−5	−5	−5	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3	−1	E	E	E	E	+1	+1	+1	E	E
DiMarco	+1	E	−1	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	+1	+1	+1	E	E	E	E	E	E	+1
Lonard	+4	+3	+4	+4	+4	+4	+3	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+2	+1	+1	+1	+1
Perry	−2	−1	−2	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	E	+1	+1	+2	+2	+4	+4	+4	+4	+4

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie

Bogey

Double bogey

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External links

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