Golf tournament
2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational Dates August 6–9, 2015 Location Akron, Ohio , U.S.Course(s) Firestone Country Club Tour(s) PGA Tour European Tour Par 70 Length 7,400 yards (6,767 m) Field 77 players Cut None Prize fund $ 9,250,000€ 8,323,589Winner's share $1,570,000 Shane Lowry 269 (−11)
The 2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament held August 6–9 on the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio . It was the 17th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of the World Golf Championships events in 2015. Shane Lowry shot a final-round 66 to win his first WGC event, two strokes ahead of runner-up Bubba Watson .[ 1] [ 2]
Course layout
Hole
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Total
Yards
399
526
442
471
200
469
219
482
494
3702 410
418
180
471
467
221
667
400
464
3698 7400
Par
4
5
4
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3
4
3
4
4
35 4
4
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4
3
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4
35 70
The South Course 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 2014 United States and European Ryder Cup teams.
Thomas Bjørn , Keegan Bradley (2,3), Jamie Donaldson (2,3), Victor Dubuisson (2,3), Rickie Fowler (2,3,4), Jim Furyk (2,3,4), Stephen Gallacher , Sergio García (2,3), Zach Johnson (2,3,4), Martin Kaymer (2,3), Matt Kuchar (2,3), Hunter Mahan (2,3,4), Graeme McDowell , Phil Mickelson (2,3), Ian Poulter (2,3), Patrick Reed (2,3,4), Justin Rose (2,3,4), Webb Simpson (2,3), Jordan Spieth (2,3,4), Henrik Stenson (2,3,4), Jimmy Walker (2,3,4), Bubba Watson (2,3,4), Lee Westwood (2,3,4,5)
2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 27, 2015.
Paul Casey (3,4), Jason Day (3,4), Branden Grace (3,4,5), Bill Haas (3,4), Russell Henley , Charley Hoffman (3), J. B. Holmes (3,4), Billy Horschel (3,4), Thongchai Jaidee (3), Dustin Johnson (3,4), Kevin Kisner (3), Brooks Koepka (3,4), Anirban Lahiri (4), Marc Leishman (3), Shane Lowry (3), Hideki Matsuyama (3), Francesco Molinari (3), Ryan Moore (3,4), Kevin Na (3), Louis Oosthuizen (3), Ryan Palmer (3), Charl Schwartzel (3), Adam Scott (3), Brandt Snedeker (3,4), Brendon Todd (3), Bernd Wiesberger (3,4), Danny Willett (3,4), Gary Woodland (3)
3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of August 3, 2015.
Marc Warren , Robert Streb (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. [ 6]
An Byeong-hun , Bae Sang-moon , Steven Bowditch , Andrew Dodt , Matt Every , Fabián Gómez , James Hahn , Pádraig Harrington , Mikko Ilonen , Søren Kjeldsen , Pablo Larrazábal , Danny Lee , David Lingmerth , David Lipsky , Joost Luiten , Ben Martin , Troy Merritt , Marcel Siem , Gary Stal , Camilo Villegas , Oliver Wilson
5. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours:
Notably missing from the field is former number 1 player Tiger Woods , who is outside the top 200 in the world rankings and whose last tournament win was his eighth title at the 2013 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, August 6, 2015
Danny Lee shot a 5-under-par 65 to take the lead by one stroke over Jim Furyk and Graeme McDowell .[ 8] [ 9]
Second round
Friday, August 7, 2015
Source: [ 10]
Third round
Saturday, August 8, 2015
Source: [ 11]
Final round
Sunday, August 9, 2015
Shane Lowry 's 66 (−4) overtook third round co-leaders Justin Rose and Jim Furyk , who each carded 72 (+2). Runner-up Bubba Watson also shot 66 and finished two strokes behind Lowry.
Source: [ 12] [ 13]
Scorecard
Final round
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−11
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−7
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−9
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−10
−9
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−9
−8
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−8
−9
−8
−8
−8
−8
−8
−8
−7
−3
−4
−5
−4
−4
−4
−4
−4
−3
−3
−3
−3
−4
−4
−5
−6
−6
−6
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Source [ 12]
References
^ "Shane Lowry wins WGC-Bridgestone Invitational title in Ohio" . BBC Sport . August 10, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015 .^ "Shane Lowry fights off Bubba Watson to win Bridgestone Invitational" . The Guardian . August 10, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015 .^ "Courses" . Firestone Country Club. 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2013 .^ Bolton, Rob (December 21, 2014). "2014–15 Qualifiers for majors, The Players, WGCs" . PGA Tour. ^ a b "McIlroy, Kirk to miss Bridgestone Invitational due to injury" . World Golf Championships . July 29, 2015.^ The 'Strength of Field Rating' is a loose term for what the Official World Golf Ranking calls the 'Total Rating Value' (see Event ranking ).
^ "Warren just secures Bridgestone debut" . PGA European Tour. August 3, 2015.^ "Danny Lee leads Graeme McDowell by 1 shot at Bridgestone Invitational" . ESPN . Associated Press. August 7, 2015. Retrieved August 12, 2015 .^ DiMeglio, Steve (August 6, 2015). "Treacherous, firm Firestone greens highlight WGC-Bridgestone first round" . USA Today . ^ "Bridgestone Invitational: Jim Furyk takes four-shot halfway lead" . BBC Sport . August 8, 2015. Retrieved August 12, 2015 .^ "Justin Rose finishes with 40-foot birdie putt to tie Jim Furyk at Firestone" . ESPN . Associated Press. August 8, 2015. Retrieved August 12, 2015 .^ a b "WGC-Bridgestone Invitational" . ESPN . August 9, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2017 .^ Murray, Scott (August 9, 2015). "2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational: final round, as it happened" . The Guardian . Retrieved August 12, 2015 .
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