Dates June 30 – July 3, 2016 Length 7,400 yards (6,767 m) | Par 70 | |
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Course(s) Firestone Country ClubSouth Course | ||
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.
Contents
Because of the tournament's timing in the schedule running opposite of 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.
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 world-wide tournaments with the strongest fields.
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)
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)
3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of June 27, 2016.
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.
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
5. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours:
First round
Thursday, June 30, 2016
Second round
Friday, July 1, 2016
Third round
Saturday, July 2, 2016
Final round
Sunday, July 3, 2016
Source:
Scorecard
Final round
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par