Tournament information | |
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Dates | August 24–27, 2006 |
Location | Akron, Ohio, U.S. |
Course(s) | Firestone Country Club |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 70 |
Length | 7,360 |
Field | 78 players |
Cut | None |
Prize fund | $7,500,000 |
Winner's share | $1,300,000 |
Champion | |
Tiger Woods | |
270 (−10), playoff | |
The 2006 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a golf tournament that was contested from August 24–27, 2006 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the eighth WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the second of four World Golf Championships events held in 2006.
World number 1 Tiger Woods won the tournament to retain the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and claim his 11th World Golf Championships title, which was his fifth Invitational title. He won in a playoff over Stewart Cink, who also shot a 10-under-par 270.
Round summaries
First round
Place | Player | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Adam Scott | 63 | −7 |
2 | Jason Gore | 65 | −5 |
3 | Lucas Glover | 66 | −4 |
T4 | Michael Campbell | 67 | −3 |
Luke Donald | |||
David Howell | |||
Davis Love III | |||
David Toms | |||
Tiger Woods | |||
T10 | Olin Browne | 68 | −2 |
Chad Campbell | |||
Tim Clark | |||
Chris DiMarco | |||
Ernie Els | |||
José María Olazábal | |||
Kevin Stadler |
Second round
Place | Player | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Tiger Woods | 67-64=131 | −9 |
2 | Davis Love III | 67-65=132 | −8 |
T3 | Jim Furyk | 69-65=134 | −6 |
Adam Scott | 63-71=134 | ||
T5 | Ernie Els | 68-67=135 | −5 |
Lucas Glover | 66-69=135 | ||
Kevin Stadler | 68-67=135 | ||
8 | Luke Donald | 67-69=136 | −4 |
T9 | Stewart Cink | 70-67=137 | −3 |
Robert Gamez | 70-67=137 |
Third round
Place | Player | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Stewart Cink | 70-67-64=201 | −9 |
T2 | Paul Casey | 69-69-64=202 | −8 |
Davis Love III | 67-65-70=202 | ||
Tiger Woods | 67-64-71=202 | ||
5 | Jim Furyk | 69-65-69=203 | −7 |
6 | Lucas Glover | 66-69-69=204 | −6 |
T7 | Ernie Els | 68-67-70=205 | −5 |
Adam Scott | 63-71-71=205 | ||
Kevin Stadler | 68-67-70=205 | ||
T10 | Thomas Bjørn | 72-67-67=206 | −4 |
Luke Donald | 67-69-70=206 | ||
J. J. Henry | 70-68-68=206 | ||
David Toms | 67-74-65=206 |
Final round
Place | Player | Score | To par | Winnings ($) |
---|---|---|---|---|
T1 | Tiger Woods | 67-64-71-68=270 | −10 | 1,300,000 |
Stewart Cink | 70-67-64-69=270 | 750,000 | ||
3 | Jim Furyk | 69-65-69-68=271 | −9 | 450,000 |
T4 | Ángel Cabrera | 70-68-70-65=273 | −7 | 246,250 |
Paul Casey | 69-69-64-71=273 | |||
Lucas Glover | 66-69-69-69=273 | |||
Davis Love III | 67-65-70-71=273 | |||
T8 | Luke Donald | 67-69-70-68=274 | −6 | 152,500 |
David Toms | 67-74-65-68=274 | |||
T10 | J. J. Henry | 70-68-68-69=275 | −5 | 120,000 |
Arron Oberholser | 70-71-69-65=275 | |||
Adam Scott | 63-71-71-70=275 |
Scorecard
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |
Source:[1]
Sudden-death playoff
Player | Score | ||||
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18 | 17 | 18 | 17 | Total | |
Tiger Woods | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
Stewart Cink | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
References
- ^ "World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational". ESPN. Retrieved 22 September 2018.