2013 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

Tournament information
Dates	August 1–4, 2013
Location	Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Course(s)	Firestone Country Club South Course
Tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	7,400 yards (6,767 m)
Field	73 players
Cut	None
Prize fund	$8,750,000 €6,646,156
Winner's share	$1,500,000 €1,139,341
Champion
Tiger Woods
265 (−15)
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Akron 

Location in the United States

Firestone CC

Location in Ohio

The 2013 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament played August 1–4 on the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the 15th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of the World Golf Championships (WGC) events held in 2013.

Aided by a second round 61 (−9), Tiger Woods won the event for the eighth time, seven strokes ahead of runners-up Keegan Bradley and Henrik Stenson.^[1] It was Woods' 18th WGC victory.^[2] The win was also the 79th Tour title for Woods.

Venue

Course layout

The South Course, opened in 1929, was designed by Bert Way and redesigned by Robert Trent Jones in 1960.^[3]

Field

The field consisted of players drawn primarily from the Official World Golf Ranking and the winners of the world-wide tournaments with the strongest fields.^[4]

1. Playing members of the 2012 United States and European Ryder Cup teams.
Keegan Bradley (2,3,4), Nicolas Colsaerts (2,3), Luke Donald (2,3,4), Jason Dufner (2,3), Jim Furyk (2,3), Sergio García (2,3,4), Peter Hanson (2,3,4), Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Zach Johnson (2,3), Martin Kaymer (2,3), Matt Kuchar (2,3,4), Paul Lawrie (2,4), Graeme McDowell (2,3,4), Rory McIlroy (2,3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4), Francesco Molinari (2,3), Ian Poulter (2,3,4), Justin Rose (2,3,4), Webb Simpson (2,3), Brandt Snedeker (2,3,4), Steve Stricker (2,3), Bubba Watson (2,3), Lee Westwood (2,3), Tiger Woods (2,3,4)

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 22, 2013.
Jonas Blixt (3,4), Ángel Cabrera (3), Jason Day (3), Jamie Donaldson (3,4), Ernie Els (3,4), Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (3,4), Rickie Fowler (3), Bill Haas (3,4), Branden Grace (3,4), Billy Horschel (3,4), Martin Laird (3,4), Matteo Manassero (3,4), Hideki Matsuyama (3), Ryan Moore (3,4), Thorbjørn Olesen (3), Scott Piercy (3), Carl Pettersson (3), Charl Schwartzel (3,4,5), Adam Scott (3,4), Henrik Stenson (3), Richard Sterne (3), Kevin Streelman (3,4), Bo Van Pelt (3), Nick Watney (3,4)

• Louis Oosthuizen (3,4) withdrew with a neck injury.^[5]
• Hunter Mahan (3) withdrew after the birth of his first child the prior week.^[6]

3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 29, 2013.
David Lynn

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.^[7]
Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Bae Sang-moon, Paul Casey, Ken Duke, Harris English, Derek Ernst, Tommy Gainey, Stephen Gallacher, Brian Gay, Russell Henley, Mikko Ilonen, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Shane Lowry, John Merrick, D. A. Points, Richie Ramsay, Brett Rumford, Michael Thompson, Boo Weekley, Chris Wood

• Peter Senior and Jordan Spieth did not play.^[8][9]

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

• Asian Tour: Thailand Golf Championship (2012) – Charl Schwartzel, also qualified in categories 2, 3, and 4
• PGA Tour of Australasia: Australian PGA Championship (2012) – Daniel Popovic
• Japan Golf Tour: Bridgestone Open (2012) – Toru Taniguchi
• Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship (2013) – Satoshi Kodaira
• Sunshine Tour: Dimension Data Pro-Am (2013) – Jaco van Zyl

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Webb Simpson	64	−6
2	Henrik Stenson	65	−5
T3	Keegan Bradley	66	−4
	Ryan Moore
	Chris Wood
	Tiger Woods
T7	Luke Donald	67	−3
	Jason Dufner
	Rickie Fowler
	Jim Furyk
	Bill Haas
	Bubba Watson

Source:^[10]

Second round

Friday, August 2, 2013

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Tiger Woods	66-61=127	−13
T2	Keegan Bradley	66-68=134	−6
	Chris Wood	66-68=134
T4	Bill Haas	67-68=135	−5
	Henrik Stenson	65-70=135
T6	Luke Donald	67-69=136	−4
	Jason Dufner	67-69=136
	Jim Furyk	67-69=136
	Bubba Watson	67-69=136
10	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	69-68=137	−3

Source:^[10]

Third round

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Tiger Woods	66-61-68=195	−15
2	Henrik Stenson	65-70-67=202	−8
3	Jason Dufner	67-69-67=203	−7
T4	Luke Donald	67-69-68=204	−6
	Bill Haas	67-68-69=204
	Chris Wood	66-68-70=204
T7	Keegan Bradley	66-68-71=205	−5
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	71-69-65=205
T9	Zach Johnson	69-70-68=207	−3
	Adam Scott	73-68-66=207

Source:^[10]

Final round

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Tiger Woods	66-61-68-70=265	−15	1,500,000
T2	Keegan Bradley	66-68-71-67=272	−8	692,500
	Henrik Stenson	65-70-67-70=272
T4	Jason Dufner	67-69-67-71=274	−6	312,667
	Miguel Ángel Jiménez	71-69-65-69=274
	Zach Johnson	69-70-68-67=274
T7	Bill Haas	67-68-69-71=275	−5	205,000
	Chris Wood	66-68-70-71=275
T9	Luke Donald	67-69-68-72=276	−4	145,750
	Jim Furyk	67-69-72-68=276
	Martin Kaymer	74-67-69-66=276
	Richard Sterne	70-68-70-68=276

Source:^[10]

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
Woods	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−16	−16	−16	−16	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15
Bradley	−5	−6	−5	−5	−6	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8
Stenson	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−8
Dufner	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−8	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6
Jiménez	−5	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6
Johnson	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−4	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−6	−6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Source:^[10]