2017 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational


The 2017 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament held August on the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the 19th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of the World Golf Championships events in 2017.
Hideki Matsuyama won the tournament.

Venue

Course layout

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

Field

The field consisted of players drawn primarily from the Official World Golf Ranking and the winners of the worldwide tournaments with the strongest fields.
;1. Playing members of the 2016 United States and European Ryder Cup teams.
Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Rickie Fowler, Sergio García, J. B. Holmes, Dustin Johnson, Zach Johnson, Brooks Koepka, Matt Kuchar, Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson, Ryan Moore, Thomas Pieters, Patrick Reed, Justin Rose, Jordan Spieth, Henrik Stenson, Andy Sullivan, Jimmy Walker, Lee Westwood, Danny Willett, Chris Wood
;2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 24, 2017.
Daniel Berger, Wesley Bryan, Paul Casey, Kevin Chappell, Jason Day, Jason Dufner, Ross Fisher, Tommy Fleetwood, Branden Grace, Emiliano Grillo, Bill Haas, Brian Harman, Tyrrell Hatton, Charley Hoffman, Billy Horschel, Kim Si-woo, Kevin Kisner, Russell Knox, Marc Leishman, Hideki Matsuyama, Francesco Molinari, Alex Norén, Louis Oosthuizen, Pat Perez, Jon Rahm, Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott, Hideto Tanihara, Justin Thomas, Bubba Watson, Bernd Wiesberger, Gary Woodland
;3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 31, 2017.
Jhonattan Vegas
;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.'''
Sam Brazel, Bryson DeChambeau, Adam Hadwin, Russell Henley, Mackenzie Hughes, Thongchai Jaidee, Thorbjørn Olesen, Rod Pampling, Renato Paratore, Andrés Romero, Xander Schauffele, Kyle Stanley, Brendan Steele, Hudson Swafford, Wang Jeung-hun, Fabrizio Zanotti
;5. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours:

Past champions in the field

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, August 3, 2017
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Thomas Pieters65−5
2Russell Knox66−4
T3Ross Fisher67−3
T3Kevin Kisner67−3
T3Rory McIlroy67−3
T3Jon Rahm67−3
T3Jordan Spieth67−3
T3Bubba Watson67−3
T9Adam Hadwin68−2
T9Charley Hoffman68−2
T9Dustin Johnson68−2
T9Andrés Romero68−2
T9Adam Scott68−2
T9Jimmy Walker68−2

Second round

Friday, August 4, 2017

Third round

Saturday, August 5, 2017
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Zach Johnson69-67-65=201−9
T1Thomas Pieters65-70-66=201−9
3Scott Hend70-69-63=202−8
4Hideki Matsuyama69-67-67=203−7
T5Charley Hoffman68-69-67=204−6
T5Adam Hadwin68-69-67=204−6
T5Rory McIlroy67-69-68=204−6
8Russell Knox66-71-68=205−5
9Paul Casey70-69-67=206−4
T10Daniel Berger71-68-68=207−3
T10Kevin Chappell72-67-68=207−3
T10Jason Day71-66-70=207−3
T10Brooks Koepka71-68-68=207−3
T10Bubba Watson67-74-66=207−3
T10Jimmy Walker68-65-74=207−3

Final round

Sunday, August 6, 2017
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Hideki Matsuyama69-67-67-61=264−161,660,000
2Zach Johnson69-67-65-68=269−111,045,000
3Charley Hoffman68-69-67-66=270−10572,000
4Thomas Pieters65-70-66-71=272−8422,000
T5Paul Casey70-69-67-67=273−7268,500
T5Adam Hadwin68-69-67-69=273−7268,500
T5Russell Knox66-71-68-68=273−7268,500
T5Rory McIlroy67-69-68-69=273−7268,500
9Rickie Fowler70-71-67-66=274−6186,000
T10Scott Hend70-69-63-73=275−5154,667
T10Thorbjørn Olesen73-70-67-65=275−5154,667
T10Hudson Swafford70-69-70-66=275−5154,667

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Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par454434344443443544
Matsuyama−7−9−10−10−10−11−11−11−12−12−12−12−13−13−13−14−15−16
Johnson−9−10−9−9−9−9−9−9−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11
Hoffman−6−7−7−8−8−9−10−10−10−10−11−10−11−10−10−10−10−10
Pieters−9−10−10−10−10−10−10−9−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8
Hend−8−8−8−8−8−8−7−7−7−6−6−6−6−5−5−5−5−5

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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