2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
Tournament information
Dates	August 6–9, 2015
Location	Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Course(s)	Firestone Country Club; South Course
Tour(s)	PGA Tour; European Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	7,400 yards (6,767 m)
Field	77 players
Cut	None
Prize fund	$9,250,000; €8,323,589
Winner's share	$1,570,000; €1,412,760
Champion
	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]

Akron

Location in the United States

Firestone CC

Location in Ohio

Course layout

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

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)

Rory McIlroy (2,3,4) withdrew due to an ankle injury.[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)

Chris Kirk (3,4) withdrew due to a hand injury.[5]

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

Alexander Norén withdrew due to a rib injury.[7]

5. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours:

Asian Tour: Thailand Golf Championship (2014) – Lee Westwood, already qualified under categories 1, 2, 3, and 4
PGA Tour of Australasia: BetEasy Masters (2014) – Nick Cullen
Japan Golf Tour: Bridgestone Open (2014) – Koumei Oda
Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship – Liang Wen-Chong
Sunshine Tour: Dimension Data Pro-Am – Branden Grace, already qualified under categories 2, 3, and 4

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.

Nationalities in the field

North America (32)	South America (2)	Europe (26)	Oceania (7)	Asia (7)	Africa (3)
United States (32)	Argentina (1)	England (6)	Australia (6)	China (1)	South Africa (3)
	Colombia (1)	Northern Ireland (1)	New Zealand (1)	India (1)
		Scotland (2)		Japan (2)
		Wales (1)		South Korea (2)
		Ireland (2)		Thailand (1)
		Austria (1)
		Denmark (2)
		Finland (1)
		France (2)
		Germany (2)
		Italy (1)
		Netherlands (1)
		Spain (2)
		Sweden (2)

Past champions in the field

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Place
Keegan Bradley	United States	2012	69	70	69	71	279	−1	T17
Adam Scott	Australia	2011	72	69	71	73	285	+5	T45
Hunter Mahan	United States	2010	74	79	72	70	295	+15	72

Source:[8]

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.[9] The greens were firm and difficult and only 21 golfers in the field of 77 managed under-par rounds.[10]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Danny Lee	New Zealand	65	−5
T2	Jim Furyk	United States	66	−4
T2	Graeme McDowell	Northern Ireland	66	−4
T4	Rickie Fowler	United States	67	−3
T4	Justin Rose	England	67	−3
T6	Paul Casey	England	68	−2
	Victor Dubuisson	France
	Koumei Oda	Japan
	Ian Poulter	England
	Webb Simpson	United States
	Henrik Stenson	Sweden
	Robert Streb	United States
	Lee Westwood	England

Second round

Friday, August 7, 2015

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

Source:[11]

Third round

Saturday, August 8, 2015

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

Source:[12]

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.

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

Source:[8][13]

Scorecard

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[8]

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.
"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.
"WGC-Bridgestone Invitational". ESPN. August 9, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
"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.
Murray, Scott (August 9, 2015). "2015 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational: final round, as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved August 12, 2015.

External links

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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.

[McIlroy_Kirk-5] "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).

[Noren-7] "Warren just secures Bridgestone debut". PGA European Tour. August 3, 2015.

[espnldr-8] "WGC-Bridgestone Invitational". ESPN. August 9, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2017.

[9] "Danny Lee leads Graeme McDowell by 1 shot at Bridgestone Invitational". ESPN. Associated Press. August 7, 2015. Retrieved August 12, 2015.

[10] DiMeglio, Steve (August 6, 2015). "Treacherous, firm Firestone greens highlight WGC-Bridgestone first round". USA Today.

[11] "Bridgestone Invitational: Jim Furyk takes four-shot halfway lead". BBC Sport. August 8, 2015. Retrieved August 12, 2015.

[12] "Justin Rose finishes with 40-foot birdie putt to tie Jim Furyk at Firestone". ESPN. Associated Press. August 8, 2015. Retrieved August 12, 2015.

[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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