The 2011 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was the 13th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, held August 4–7 at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. Adam Scott was the winner on the South Course, four strokes ahead of Luke Donald and Rickie Fowler. This tournament was the third of four World Golf Championships events held in 2011.

Venue

Course layout The South Course was designed by Bert Way and redesigned by Robert Trent Jones in 1960. Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal Yards399526442471200469219482494370241041818047146722166740046436987400Par454434344354434435443570

Field 1. Playing members of the 2010 United States and European Ryder Cup teams. Stewart Cink, Luke Donald (2,3,4), Rickie Fowler (2,3), Jim Furyk (2,3,4), Peter Hanson (2,3), Pádraig Harrington (5), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (2,3,4), Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Zach Johnson (2,3), Martin Kaymer (2,3,4), Matt Kuchar (2,3,4), Hunter Mahan (2,3,4), Graeme McDowell (2,3,4), Rory McIlroy (2,3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4), Edoardo Molinari (2,3,4), Francesco Molinari (2,3,4), Jeff Overton, Ian Poulter (2,3,4), Steve Stricker (2,3,4), Bubba Watson (2,3,4), Lee Westwood (2,3,4), Tiger Woods (2,3)

(Ross Fisher qualified but chose not to play.)Fisher Withdraws From WGC - Bridgestone

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 25. Robert Allenby (3), Jonathan Byrd (4), Paul Casey (3,4), K. J. Choi (3,4), Darren Clarke (3,4), Jason Day (3), Ernie Els (3,4), Sergio García (3), Retief Goosen (3), Bill Haas (3), Anders Hansen (3), Ryo Ishikawa (3), Robert Karlsson (3,4), Kim Kyung-tae (3,4), Martin Laird (3,4), Matteo Manassero (3,4), Ryan Moore (3), Geoff Ogilvy (3), Louis Oosthuizen (3), Álvaro Quirós (3,4), Justin Rose (3), Charl Schwartzel (3,4), Adam Scott (3,4), Brandt Snedeker (3,4), David Toms (3,4), Bo Van Pelt (3), Nick Watney (3,4), Gary Woodland (3,4), Yang Yong-eun (3)

(Tim Clark withdrew with an elbow injury.)

3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as August 1, 2011. Simon Dyson (4)

4. 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. Stuart Appleby, Arjun Atwal, Aaron Baddeley, Keegan Bradley, Thomas Bjørn, Harrison Frazar, Lucas Glover, Richard Green, Charley Hoffman, Yuta Ikeda (5), Freddie Jacobson, Pablo Larrazábal, Thomas Levet, Alex Norén, Sean O'Hair, D. A. Points, Rory Sabbatini, Heath Slocum, Scott Stallings, Brendan Steele, Jhonattan Vegas, Mark Wilson

(Nicolas Colsaerts withdrew with an elbow injury. Thomas Levet withdrew with an injury.)

5. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours: Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship (2011) – Park Jae-bum Japan Golf Tour: Bridgestone Open (2010) – Yuta Ikeda PGA Tour of Australasia: Australian PGA Championship (2010) – Peter Senior (qualified but chose not to play.) Sunshine Tour: Dimension Data Pro-Am (2011) – Hennie Otto Asian Tour: Iskandar Johor Open (2010) – Pádraig Harrington, also qualified in categories 2 and 3

SourcesBridgestone Invitational - How players qualify Bridgestone Invitational - Field

Round summaries First round Thursday, August 4, 2011

Playing in his first competitive round since May due to a leg injury, Tiger Woods shot a 68 (−2). Rory McIlroy, in his first event in America since winning the U.S. Open, also shot 68. Phil Mickelson and Lee Westwood were at 67, but two Australians topped the leaderboard with Adam Scott at 62 (−8) and Jason Day at 63. Nick Watney had the lowest score of the Americans with a 65. Rory Sabbatini, D. A. Points, Stewart Cink, Thomas Bjørn, Brandt Snedeker, Martin Laird, Ryan Moore, Pablo Larrazábal, and Kim Kyung-tae all shot 66. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Adam Scott62−82 Jason Day63−73 Nick Watney65−5T4 Thomas Bjørn66−4 Stewart Cink Kim Kyung-tae Martin Laird Pablo Larrazábal Ryan Moore D. A. Points Rory Sabbatini Brandt Snedeker Source:

Second round Friday, August 5, 2011 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Keegan Bradley67-65=132−8 Rickie Fowler68-64=132 Ryan Moore66-66=132 Adam Scott62-70=132T5 Jason Day63-70=133−7 Robert Karlsson68-65=133 Martin Laird66-67=133T8 Freddie Jacobson68-66=134−6 Brandt Snedeker66-68=134T10 Ryo Ishikawa67-68=135−5 Hennie Otto69-66=135 Nick Watney65-70=135 Source:

Third round Saturday, August 6, 2011 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Adam Scott62-70-66=198−12T2 Jason Day63-70-66=199−11 Ryo Ishikawa67-68-64=199T4 Keegan Bradley67-65-68=200−10 Martin Laird66-67-67=200T6 Luke Donald68-69-64=201−9 Rickie Fowler68-64-69=201 Freddie Jacobson68-66-67=2019 Zach Johnson70-68-64=202−8T10 Rory McIlroy68-68-67=203−7 Steve Stricker71-65-67=203 Source:

Final round Sunday, August 7, 2011 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Adam Scott 62-70-66-65=263 −171,400,000T2 Luke Donald 68-69-64-66=267 −13 665,000 Rickie Fowler 68-64-69-66=267T4 Jason Day 63-70-66-69=268 −12 332,500 Ryo Ishikawa 67-68-64-69=268 T6 Zach Johnson 70-68-64-68=270 −10215,000 Kim Kyung-tae 66-72-66-66=270 Rory McIlroy 68-68-67-67=270T9 David Toms 68-68-68-67=271 −9 152,500 Lee Westwood 67-71-68-65=271 Source:

Scorecard Final round Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par454434344 443443544 Scott −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −15 −15 −16 −16 −16 −16 −17 Donald −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −12 −11 −11 −12 −12 −13 Fowler −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 Day −12 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −11 −12 −12 −12 Ishikawa −11 −12 −13 −12 −12 −13 −13 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −12 −13 −13 −12 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par BirdieBogey Source:

References

External links Coverage on the European Tour's official site About event Firestone Country Club site