2014 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | July 31 – August 3, 2014 |
| Location | Akron, Ohio, U.S. |
| Course(s) |
Firestone Country Club South Course |
| Tour(s) |
PGA Tour European Tour Japan Golf Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 7,400 yards (6,767 m) |
| Cut | None |
| Prize fund | $9,000,000 |
| Champion | |
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The 2014 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational will be a professional golf tournament played July 31 – August 3, 2014 on the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It will be the 16th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of the World Golf Championships events held in 2014.
Venue
Course layout
The South Course was designed by Bert Way and redesigned by Robert Trent Jones in 1960.[1]
| 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 |
Field
The field consists of players drawn primarily from the Official World Golf Ranking and the winners of the world-wide tournaments with the strongest fields.[2]
1. Playing members of the 2013 United States and International Presidents Cup teams.
Keegan Bradley, Ángel Cabrera, Jason Day, Brendon de Jonge, Graham DeLaet, Jason Dufner (4), Ernie Els, Branden Grace, Bill Haas, Zach Johnson (4), Matt Kuchar, Marc Leishman, Hunter Mahan, Hideki Matsuyama, Phil Mickelson, Louis Oosthuizen (4), Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott (4,5), Webb Simpson (4), Brandt Snedeker, Jordan Spieth, Richard Sterne, Steve Stricker, Tiger Woods
2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 21, 2014.
3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 28, 2014.
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.[3]
Thomas Bjørn, Luke Donald, Victor Dubuisson, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Stephen Gallacher, Sergio García (5), David Howell, Dustin Johnson, Chris Kirk, Pablo Larrazábal, David Lynn, Rory McIlroy, Ryan Moore, Patrick Reed, Kevin Stadler, Scott Stallings, Henrik Stenson, Jimmy Walker
5. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours:
- Asian Tour: Thailand Golf Championship (2013) – Sergio García (already qualified under category 4)
- PGA Tour of Australasia: Australian PGA Championship (2013) – Adam Scott (already qualified under categories 1 and 4)
- Japan Golf Tour: Bridgestone Open (2013) – Daisuke Maruyama
- Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship – June 22
- Sunshine Tour: Dimension Data Pro-Am – February 23
References
- ↑ "Courses". Firestone Country Club. 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
- ↑ "How players qualify". Retrieved March 1, 2013.
- ↑ The 'Strength of Field Rating' is a loose term for what the Official World Golf Ranking calls the 'Total Rating Value' (see Event Ranking).
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