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2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

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]

2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
Tournament information
DatesAugust 6–9, 2015
LocationAkron, Ohio, U.S.
Course(s)Firestone Country Club
South Course
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Par70
Length7,400 yards (6,767 m)
Field77 players
CutNone
Prize fund$9,250,000
€8,323,589
Winner's share$1,570,000
€1,412,760
Champion
Republic of Ireland Shane Lowry
269 (−11)
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Akron  is located in the United States
Akron 
Akron 
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Location in the United States
Firestone CC is located in Ohio
Firestone CC
Firestone CC
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Location in Ohio

Course layout

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Main article: Firestone Country Club
Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In 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 4 3 4 3 4 4 35 4 4 3 4 4 3 5 4 4 35 70

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

Field

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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

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First round

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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] The greens were firm and difficult and only 21 golfers in the field of 77 managed under-par rounds.[9]

Place Player Score To par
1   Danny Lee 65 −5
T2   Jim Furyk 66 −4
  Graeme McDowell
T4   Rickie Fowler 67 −3
  Justin Rose
T6   Paul Casey 68 −2
  Victor Dubuisson
  Koumei Oda
  Ian Poulter
  Webb Simpson
  Henrik Stenson
  Robert Streb
  Lee Westwood

Second round

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Friday, August 7, 2015

Place Player Score To par
1   Jim Furyk 66-66=132 −8
T2   Dustin Johnson 69-67=136 −4
  Shane Lowry 70-66=136
  Bubba Watson 70-66=136
T5   Danny Lee 65-72=137 −3
  Graeme McDowell 66-71=137
  Henrik Stenson 68-69=137
T8   Jason Day 69-69=138 −2
  Sergio García 71-67=138
  Brooks Koepka 69-69=138
  Patrick Reed 71-67=138
  Justin Rose 67-71=138
  Webb Simpson 68-70=138
  Jordan Spieth 70-68=138
  Robert Streb 68-70=138
  Lee Westwood 68-70=138

Source:[10]

Third round

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Saturday, August 8, 2015

Place Player Score To par
T1   Jim Furyk 66-66-69=201 −9
  Justin Rose 67-71-63=201
3   Shane Lowry 70-66-67=203 −7
T4   Steven Bowditch 73-69-63=205 −5
  Ian Poulter 68-72-65=205
  Henrik Stenson 68-69-68=205
  Bubba Watson 70-66-69=205
T8   Brooks Koepka 69-69-68=206 −4
  Graeme McDowell 66-71-69=206
  Robert Streb 68-70-68=206

Source:[11]

Final round

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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.

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Shane Lowry 70-66-67-66=269 −11 1,570,000
2   Bubba Watson 70-66-69-66=271 −9 930,000
T3   Jim Furyk 66-66-69-72=273 −7 470,000
  Justin Rose 67-71-63-72=273
5   Robert Streb 68-70-68-68=274 −6 330,000
T6   Brooks Koepka 69-69-68-69=275 −5 219,000
  Danny Lee 65-72-70-68=275
  David Lingmerth 70-71-66-68=275
  Henrik Stenson 68-69-68-70=275
T10   Rickie Fowler 67-72-70-67=276 −4 149,500
  Jordan Spieth 70-68-72-66=276

Source:[12][13]

Scorecard

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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
  Lowry −7 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11
  Watson −5 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −8 −8 −8 −9 −9 −8 −8 −9 −9
  Rose −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −7 −7 −8 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −7
  Furyk −9 −10 −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −8 −8 −8 −9 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −7
  Streb −3 −4 −5 −4 −4 −4 −4 −4 −3 −3 −3 −3 −4 −4 −5 −6 −6 −6

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey

Source[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Shane Lowry wins WGC-Bridgestone Invitational title in Ohio". BBC Sport. August 10, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "Shane Lowry fights off Bubba Watson to win Bridgestone Invitational". The Guardian. August 10, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  3. ^ "Courses". Firestone Country Club. 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  4. ^ Bolton, Rob (December 21, 2014). "2014–15 Qualifiers for majors, The Players, WGCs". PGA Tour.
  5. ^ a b "McIlroy, Kirk to miss Bridgestone Invitational due to injury". World Golf Championships. July 29, 2015.
  6. ^ The 'Strength of Field Rating' is a loose term for what the Official World Golf Ranking calls the 'Total Rating Value' (see Event ranking).
  7. ^ "Warren just secures Bridgestone debut". PGA European Tour. August 3, 2015.
  8. ^ "Danny Lee leads Graeme McDowell by 1 shot at Bridgestone Invitational". ESPN. Associated Press. August 7, 2015. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  9. ^ DiMeglio, Steve (August 6, 2015). "Treacherous, firm Firestone greens highlight WGC-Bridgestone first round". USA Today.
  10. ^ "Bridgestone Invitational: Jim Furyk takes four-shot halfway lead". BBC Sport. August 8, 2015. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  11. ^ "Justin Rose finishes with 40-foot birdie putt to tie Jim Furyk at Firestone". ESPN. Associated Press. August 8, 2015. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  12. ^ a b "WGC-Bridgestone Invitational". ESPN. August 9, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  13. ^ Murray, Scott (August 9, 2015). "2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational: final round, as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
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