2016 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

2016 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

Tournament information
Dates	June 30 – July 3, 2016
Location	Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Course(s)	Firestone Country Club South Course
Tour(s)	PGA Tour (not a European Tour event in 2016)
Statistics
Par	70
Length	7,400 yards (6,767 m)
Field	61 players
Cut	None
Prize fund	$9.5 million
Winner's share	$1.62 million
Champion
Dustin Johnson
274 (−6)
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Akron 

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Location in the United States

Firestone CC

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Location in Ohio

The 2016 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament played June 30 – July 3 on the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the 18th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of the World Golf Championships events in 2016.

The event was played more than a month earlier than usual, due to the 2016 Summer Olympics. It was only sanctioned by the PGA Tour, because it ran opposite the Open de France the European Tour did not co-sanction the tournament this year.

Dustin Johnson won his first WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and third WGC overall.^[1]

The South Course was designed by Bert Way and redesigned by Robert Trent Jones in 1960.^[2]

The field consisted of players drawn primarily from the Official World Golf Ranking and the winners of the worldwide tournaments with the strongest fields.^[3]

1. Playing members of the 2015 United States and International Presidents Cup teams.

Steven Bowditch, Jason Day (2,3,4), Rickie Fowler (2,3,4), Branden Grace (2,3,4), Bill Haas (2,3), J. B. Holmes (2,3), Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Zach Johnson (2,3), Chris Kirk, Matt Kuchar (2,3), Anirban Lahiri, Danny Lee (2,3), Marc Leishman (2,3,4), Hideki Matsuyama (2,3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3), Louis Oosthuizen (2,3), Patrick Reed (2,3), Charl Schwartzel (2,3,4), Adam Scott (2,3,4), Jordan Spieth (2,3,4), Jimmy Walker (2,3), Bubba Watson (2,3,4)

• Bae Sang-moon was unable to compete due to a military obligation in South Korea.
• Thongchai Jaidee (4) opted to compete in the Open de France.

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of June 20, 2016.

An Byeong-hun (3), Daniel Berger (3,4), Paul Casey (3), Kevin Chappell (3), Harris English, Jim Furyk (3), Emiliano Grillo (3,4), Charley Hoffman (3,4), Kim Kyung-tae (3), Kevin Kisner (3,4), Søren Kjeldsen (3), Russell Knox (3,4), Brooks Koepka (3), David Lingmerth (3), Shane Lowry (3,4), William McGirt (3,4), Kevin Na (3), Scott Piercy (3), Justin Rose (3,4), Brandt Snedeker (3,4), Justin Thomas (3,4)

• Rafa Cabrera-Bello (3), Matt Fitzpatrick (3,4), Rory McIlroy (3,4), Andy Sullivan (3), Lee Westwood (3), Bernd Wiesberger (3), Danny Willett (3,4), and Chris Wood (3,4) opted to compete in the Open de France.
• Sergio García (3,4) and Henrik Stenson (3,4) did not play.

3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of June 27, 2016.

Kiradech Aphibarnrat

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.^[4]

Jason Dufner, Marcus Fraser, Fabián Gómez, James Hahn, Jim Herman, Billy Hurley III, Andrew Johnston, Matt Jones, Smylie Kaufman, Davis Love III, Song Young-han, Brian Stuard, Vaughn Taylor

• Kristoffer Broberg, Victor Dubuisson, and Thorbjørn Olesen opted to compete in the Open de France.

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

• Asian Tour: Thailand Golf Championship (2015) – Jamie Donaldson (opted to compete in the Open de France)
• PGA Tour of Australasia: Australian PGA Championship (2015)^[5] – Nathan Holman
• Japan Golf Tour: Bridgestone Open (2015) – Michio Matsumura
• Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship – Yosuke Tsukada
• Sunshine Tour: Dimension Data Pro-Am – George Coetzee

Thursday, June 30, 2016

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	William McGirt	64	−6
T2	Jason Day	67	−3
	Emiliano Grillo
	Jimmy Walker
T5	Rickie Fowler	68	−2
	Charley Hoffman
	Anirban Lahiri
	Jordan Spieth
T9	Harris English	69	−1
	Branden Grace
	Billy Hurley III
	Dustin Johnson
	Kevin Kisner
	Matt Kuchar
	Scott Piercy
	Justin Rose
	Vaughn Taylor

Source^[6]

Friday, July 1, 2016

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Jason Day	67-69=136	−4
2	David Lingmerth	70-67=137	−3
T3	Emiliano Grillo	67-71=138	−2
	William McGirt	64-74=138
	Scott Piercy	69-69=138
T6	Kevin Kisner	69-70=139	−1
	Adam Scott	71-68=139
	Jordan Spieth	68-71=139
	Justin Thomas	70-69=139
T10	Kevin Na	71-69=140	E
	Song Young-han	70-70=140
	Brian Stuard	71-69=140
	Jimmy Walker	67-73=140

Source^[6]

Saturday, July 2, 2016

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Jason Day	67-69-69=205	−5
	Scott Piercy	69-69-67=205
3	David Lingmerth	70-67-69=206	−4
4	Brian Stuard	71-69-67=207	−3
T5	Dustin Johnson	69-73-66=208	−2
	William McGirt	64-74-70=208
	Charl Schwartzel	72-69-67=208
T8	Emiliano Grillo	67-71-71=209	−1
	Justin Thomas	70-69-70=209
T10	Kevin Chappell	71-70-69=210	E
	Jordan Spieth	68-71-71=210

Source^[6]

Sunday, July 3, 2016

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Dustin Johnson	69-73-66-66=274	−6	1,620,000
2	Scott Piercy	69-69-67-70=275	−5	1,018,000
T3	Kevin Chappell	71-70-69-67=277	−3	449,250
	Jason Day	67-69-69-72=277
	Matt Kuchar	69-72-70-66=277
	Jordan Spieth	68-71-71-67=277
T7	David Lingmerth	70-67-69-72=278	−2	233,333
	William McGirt	64-74-70-70=278
	Charl Schwartzel	72-69-67-70=278
T10	Rickie Fowler	68-73-72-67=280	E	167,750
	Branden Grace	69-72-71-68=280
	Zach Johnson	72-74-69-65=280
	Adam Scott	71-68-73-68=280

Source^[6][7]

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
Johnson	−2	−3	−2	−2	−3	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−6	−6	−6	−7	−6
Piercy	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−5	−6	−6	−5	−4	−5	−4	−4	−4	−5
Chappell	E	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−4	−5	−5	−5	−4	−4	−5	−4	−3	−3	−3	−3
Day	−5	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−4	−4	−3
Kuchar	+1	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−3
Spieth	E	E	+1	+1	+1	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3
Lingmerth	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−5	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−4	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2
McGirt	−2	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−3	−2	−2	−2
Schwartzel	−2	−2	−2	−1	−1	E	−1	−1	−1	−1	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2	−2

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Source^[6]

• Official website
• Firestone Country Club site

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