2005 WGC-NEC Invitational

2005 WGC-NEC Invitational

Tournament information
Dates	August 18–21, 2005
Location	Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Course(s)	Firestone Country Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	7,360
Field	72 players
Cut	None
Prize fund	$7,500,000
Winner's share	$1,300,000
Champion
Tiger Woods
274 (−6)

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

#	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Vijay Singh	Fiji	66	−4
	Henrik Stenson	Sweden
	Tiger Woods	United States
T4	Chris DiMarco	United States	67	−3
	Nick Dougherty	England
	Davis Love III	United States
T7	Stuart Appleby	Australia	68	−2
	Sergio García	Spain
	Nick O'Hern	Australia
T10	Luke Donald	England	69	−1
	Phil Mickelson	United States
	Chris Riley	United States

Second round

#	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Luke Donald	England	69-67=136	−4
	Tiger Woods	United States	66-70=136
T3	Thomas Bjørn	Denmark	70-67=137	−3
	Chris DiMarco	United States	67-70=137
	Paul McGinley	Ireland	71-66=137
	Vijay Singh	Fiji	66-71=137
	Henrik Stenson	Sweden	66-71=137
T8	Stuart Appleby	Australia	68-70=138	−2
	Sergio García	Spain	68-70=138
	David Howell	England	70-68=138
	Justin Leonard	United States	72-66=138
	David Toms	United States	71-67=138

Third round

#	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Kenny Perry	United States	70-69-64=203	−7
	Tiger Woods	United States	66-70-67=203
3	Paul McGinley	Ireland	71-66-67=204	−6
T4	Stuart Appleby	Australia	68-70-67=205	−5
	Sergio García	Spain	68-70-67=205
6	José María Olazábal	Spain	72-68-66=206	−4
T7	Chris DiMarco	United States	67-70-70=207	−3
	Ryan Palmer	United States	72-68-67=207
	David Toms	United States	71-67-69=207
T10	David Howell	England	70-68-70=208	−2
	Lee Westwood	England	73-72-63=208

Final round

#	Player	Country	Score	To par	Winnings ($)
1	Tiger Woods	United States	66-70-67-71=274	−6	1,300,000
2	Chris DiMarco	United States	67-70-70-68=275	−5	750,000
T3	Paul McGinley	Ireland	71-66-67-72=276	−4	353,667
	Ryan Palmer	United States	72-68-67-69=276
	Vijay Singh	Fiji	66-71-72-67=276
T6	Luke Donald	England	69-67-74-67=277	−3	200,000
	David Howell	England	70-68-70-69=277
	Kenny Perry	United States	70-69-64-74=277
T9	Zach Johnson	United States	70-70-69-69=278	−2	135,000
	Colin Montgomerie	Scotland	70-72-68-68=278
	José María Olazábal	Spain	72-68-66-72=278
	David Toms	United States	71-67-69-71=278

Scorecard

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
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

	Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey

Source:^[1]

References

External links

• Full results

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