The 2017 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament held August on the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the 19th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of the World Golf Championships events in 2017.

Hideki Matsuyama won the tournament.

Venue

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

HoleYardsParHoleYardsPar13994 1041042526511418434424121803447141347145200314467464694152213721931666758482417400494944184644 Out3,70235 In3,69835Source: Total 7,40070

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 2016 United States and European Ryder Cup teams. Rafa Cabrera-Bello (2,3,4), Matt Fitzpatrick (2,3,4), Rickie Fowler (2,3,4), Sergio García (2,3,4), J. B. Holmes, Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Zach Johnson, Brooks Koepka (2,3,4), Matt Kuchar (2,3), Rory McIlroy (2,3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3), Ryan Moore (2,3), Thomas Pieters (2,3), Patrick Reed (2,3,4), Justin Rose (2,3,4), Jordan Spieth (2,3,4), Henrik Stenson (2,3,4), Andy Sullivan, Jimmy Walker (2,3,4), Lee Westwood, Danny Willett (2,3), Chris Wood Martin Kaymer did not play due to a shoulder injury. Brandt Snedeker (2,3) did not play due to a rib injury.

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 24, 2017. Daniel Berger (3,4), Wesley Bryan (3,4), Paul Casey (3), Kevin Chappell (3,4), Jason Day (3), Jason Dufner (3,4), Ross Fisher (3), Tommy Fleetwood (3,4), Branden Grace (3), Emiliano Grillo (3), Bill Haas (3), Brian Harman (3,4), Tyrrell Hatton (3,4), Charley Hoffman (3), Billy Horschel (3,4), Kim Si-woo (3,4), Kevin Kisner (3,4), Russell Knox (3,4), Marc Leishman (3,4), Hideki Matsuyama (3,4), Francesco Molinari (3,4), Alex Norén (3,4), Louis Oosthuizen (3), Pat Perez (3,4), Jon Rahm (3,4), Charl Schwartzel (3), Adam Scott (3), Hideto Tanihara, Justin Thomas (3,4), Bubba Watson (3), Bernd Wiesberger (3), Gary Woodland (3)

3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 31, 2017. Jhonattan Vegas (4)

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.The 'Strength of Field Rating' is a loose term for what the Official World Golf Ranking calls the 'Total Rating Value' (see Event ranking). Sam Brazel, Bryson DeChambeau, Adam Hadwin, Russell Henley, Mackenzie Hughes, Thongchai Jaidee, Thorbjørn Olesen, Rod Pampling, Renato Paratore, Andrés Romero, Xander Schauffele, Kyle Stanley, Brendan Steele, Hudson Swafford, Wang Jeung-hun, Fabrizio Zanotti

5. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours Asian Tour: 2016 Order of Merit winner – Scott Hend PGA Tour of Australasia: Australian PGA Championship (2016) – Harold Varner III Japan Golf Tour: Bridgestone Open (2016) – Satoshi Kodaira Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship – Shaun Norris Sunshine Tour: Dimension Data Pro-Am – Paul Lawrie

Round summaries First round Thursday, August 3, 2017 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Thomas Pieters 65 −52 Russell Knox 66 −4T3 Ross Fisher 67 −3 Kevin Kisner Rory McIlroy Jon Rahm Jordan Spieth Bubba WatsonT9 Adam Hadwin 68 −2 Charley Hoffman Dustin Johnson Andrés Romero Adam Scott Jimmy Walker

Second round Friday, August 4, 2017 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Jimmy Walker 68-65=133 −72 Thomas Pieters 65-70=135 −5T3 Zach Johnson 69-67=136 −4 Hideki Matsuyama 69-67=136 Rory McIlroy 67-69=136 T6 Jason Day 71-66=137 −3 Adam Hadwin 68-69=137 Charley Hoffman 68-69=137 Russell Knox 66-71=137 Alex Norén 69-68=137 Jordan Spieth 67-70=137

Third round Saturday, August 5, 2017 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Zach Johnson 69-67-65=201 −9 Thomas Pieters 65-70-66=2013 Scott Hend 70-69-63=202 −84 Hideki Matsuyama 69-67-67=203 −7T5 Charley Hoffman 68-69-67=204 −6 Adam Hadwin 68-69-67=204 Rory McIlroy 67-69-68=204 8 Russell Knox 66-71-68=205 −59 Paul Casey 70-69-67=206 −4T10 Daniel Berger 71-68-68=207 −3 Kevin Chappell 72-67-68=207 Jason Day 71-66-70=207 Brooks Koepka 71-68-68=207 Bubba Watson 67-74-66=207 Jimmy Walker 68-65-74=207

Final round Sunday, August 6, 2017 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Hideki Matsuyama 69-67-67-61=264 −16 1,660,0002 Zach Johnson 69-67-65-68=269 −11 1,045,0003 Charley Hoffman 68-69-67-66=270 −10 572,0004 Thomas Pieters 65-70-66-71=272 −8 422,000T5 Paul Casey 70-69-67-67=273 −7 268,500 Adam Hadwin 68-69-67-69=273 Russell Knox 66-71-68-68=273 Rory McIlroy 67-69-68-69=2739 Rickie Fowler 70-71-67-66=274 −6 186,000T10 Scott Hend 70-69-63-73=275 −5 154,667 Thorbjørn Olesen 73-70-67-65=275 Hudson Swafford 70-69-70-66=275 Source:

Scorecard Final round Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par454434344 443443544 Matsuyama−7−9−10−10−10−11−11−11−12−12−12−12−13−13−13−14−15−16 Johnson−9−10−9−9−9−9−9−9−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11 Hoffman−6−7−7−8−8−9−10−10−10−10−11−10−11−10−10−10−10−10 Pieters−9−10−10−10−10−10−10−9−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8 Hend−8−8−8−8−8−8−7−7−7−6−6−6−6−5−5−5−5−5 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par EagleBirdieBogey Source:

References

External links

Coverage on European Tour's official site Firestone Country Club site