2005 WGC-NEC Invitational

The 2005 WGC-NEC Invitational was a golf tournament that was contested from August 18–21, 2005 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the seventh WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the second of four World Golf Championships events held in 2005.

World number 1 Tiger Woods won the tournament to claim his ninth World Golf Championships title, which was his fourth Invitational title. He won by one shot over Chris DiMarco, at 6-under-par 274.

Round summaries First round PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Vijay Singh66−4 Henrik Stenson Tiger WoodsT4 Chris DiMarco67−3 Nick Dougherty Davis Love IIIT7 Stuart Appleby68−2 Sergio García Nick O'HernT10 Luke Donald69−1 Phil Mickelson Chris Riley

Second round PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Luke Donald69-67=136−4 Tiger Woods66-70=136T3 Thomas Bjørn70-67=137−3 Chris DiMarco67-70=137 Paul McGinley71-66=137 Vijay Singh66-71=137 Henrik Stenson66-71=137T8 Stuart Appleby68-70=138−2 Sergio García68-70=138 David Howell70-68=138 Justin Leonard72-66=138 David Toms71-67=138

Third round PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Kenny Perry70-69-64=203−7 Tiger Woods66-70-67=2033 Paul McGinley71-66-67=204−6T4 Stuart Appleby68-70-67=205−5 Sergio García68-70-67=2056 José María Olazábal72-68-66=206−4T7 Chris DiMarco67-70-70=207−3 Ryan Palmer72-68-67=207 David Toms71-67-69=207T10 David Howell70-68-70=208 −2 Lee Westwood73-72-63=208

Final round PlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)1 Tiger Woods 66-70-67-71=274 −6 1,300,0002 Chris DiMarco 67-70-70-68=275 −5 750,000T3 Paul McGinley 71-66-67-72=276 −4 353,667 Ryan Palmer 72-68-67-69=276 Vijay Singh 66-71-72-67=276T6 Luke Donald 69-67-74-67=277 −3 200,000 David Howell 70-68-70-69=277 Kenny Perry 70-69-64-74=277T9 Zach Johnson 70-70-69-69=278 −2 135,000 Colin Montgomerie 70-72-68-68=278 José María Olazábal 72-68-66-72=278 David Toms 71-67-69-71=278

Scorecard Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par454434344 443443544 Woods −7 −8 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 DiMarco −3 −4 −5 −5 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −7 −6 −5 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 McGinley −6 −7 −7 −7 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −3 −3 −4 −4 −5 −4 −4 Palmer −3 −3 −3 −2 −2 −3 −3 −2 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 Singh −1 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 Perry −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −7 −6 −6 −5 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −3 Appleby −4 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −4 −3 −1 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 García −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4 −4 −5 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −2 −2 −3 −2 −1 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Double Eagle Eagle -->BirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+ --> Source:

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