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The World Golf Championship (WGC) Bridgestone Invitational Golf Championship is a PGA Tour-sanctioned event,
held in late summer each year at Akron's Firestone Country Club. The 2008 dates are July 31-August 3.
Firestone Country Club is located on the north side of Akron. The 54-hole golf course is
considered to be among the finest private courses in America. The WGC-Bridgestone is played
on the Club's South Course. The event, welcomes a field of around 75 male golfers from around
the world.
Tiger Woods has been simply electrifying at this PGA Tour stop. Some of Tiger's most thrilling
victories have come in Akron, including the famous 2000 finish, when the hit the winning birdie
with only moonlight with which to see the course. Tiger Woods has been a perennial favorite here,
winning five of the last eight tournaments.
The WGC - Bridgestone Invitational Tournament begun in 1962, as a four-man tournament called the
World Series of Golf. The tournament, always a popular stop on the PGA Tour, continued as the
NEC World Series of Golf in the 1980s and debuted as the Bridgestone Invitational in 1999.
All but one tournament have been played at Firestone Country Club.
World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Results
|
Leader: Tiger Woods
Position this week: 1
Position last week: 1
Total: 25,624 |
| Player |
Events |
Points |
|
| Tiger Woods |
12 |
25,624 |
|
| Vijay Singh |
22 |
19,129 |
|
| Jim Furyk |
18 |
16,691 |
|
| Phil Mickelson |
17 |
15,891 |
|
| K.J. Choi |
20 |
14,962 |
|
The Schedule for the 2008 WGC-Bridgestone Tournament is as follows:
- Tuesday, July 29
730am - 7pm -- Practice Round for Professionals
- Wednesday, July 30
730am - 7pm -- Practice Round for Professionals
- Thursday, July 31
9am - Gates Open to the Public
1130am - First round of competition
- Friday, August 1
9am - Gates open to the public
1130am - Second round of competition
- Saturday, August 2
730am - Gates open to the public
8am - Third round of competition
- Sunday, August 3
730am - Gates open to the public
8am - Final round of competition
Tiger Woods won the World Golf Championships- Bridgestone Invitational for the sixth time at Firestone Golf Club on Sunday. Five times a player has won the same tournament six-plus times, but only three players have collected six victories on the same course.
| Accenture Match Play Championship |
Bridgestone Invitational |
Dates: February 21–24, 2008
Site: The Gallery Golf Club at Dove Mountain, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Format: Match Play
Field: Top 64 available players based on the Official World Golf Ranking |
Dates: July 31-August 3, 2008
Site: Firestone Country Club, Akron, Ohio, USA
Format: 72-holes, stroke play, no cut |
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Dates: March 17-23, 2008
Site: Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Doral, Florida, USA
Format: 72 holes, stroke play, no cut
Field: 65-70, including 44 of the top 50 from the Official World Golf Rankings and leaders of the six Tours' Official Money Lists/Order of Merit. |
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