2018 WGC - Bridgestone Invitational - wikipedia 2018 WGC - Bridgestone Invitational 2018 WGC - Bridgestone Invitational Tournament information Dates August 2 -- 5, 2018 Location Akron, Ohio, U.S. Course ( s ) Firestone Country Club South Course Tour ( s ) PGA Tour European Tour Statistics Par 70 Length 7,400 yards ( 6,767 m ) Field 71 players Cut None Prize fund $ 10,000,000 Winner 's share $1,700,000 Champion Justin Thomas 265 ( − 15 ) ← 2017 2019 → Akron Location in the United States Firestone CC Location in Ohio The 2018 WGC - Bridgestone Invitational was a professional golf tournament held August 2 -- 5 on the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the 20th WGC - Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of the World Golf Championships events in 2018. Contents 1 Venue 1.1 Course layout 2 Field 2.1 Nationalities in the field 2.2 Past champions in the field 3 Round summaries 3.1 First round 3.2 Second round 3.3 Third round 3.4 Final round 3.4. 1 Scorecard 4 References 5 External links Venue Main article : Firestone Country Club Course layout The South Course was designed by Bert Way and redesigned by Robert Trent Jones in 1960. Hole Yards Par Hole Yards Par 399 10 410 526 5 11 418 442 12 180 471 13 471 5 200 14 467 6 469 15 221 7 219 16 667 5 8 482 17 400 9 494 18 464 Out 3,702 35 In 3,698 35 Source : Total 7,400 70 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 2017 United States and International Presidents Cup teams. Daniel Berger ( 2, 3 ), Kevin Chappell ( 2, 3 ), Jason Day ( 2, 3, 4 ), Rickie Fowler ( 2, 3 ), Branden Grace ( 2, 3, 4 ), Emiliano Grillo, Charley Hoffman ( 2, 3 ), Dustin Johnson ( 2, 3, 4 ), Kim Si - woo, Kevin Kisner ( 2, 3 ), Brooks Koepka ( 2, 3, 4 ), Matt Kuchar ( 2, 3 ), Anirban Lahiri, Marc Leishman ( 2, 3, 4 ), Hideki Matsuyama ( 2, 3, 4 ), Phil Mickelson ( 2, 3, 4 ), Louis Oosthuizen ( 2, 3 ), Patrick Reed ( 2, 3, 4 ), Charl Schwartzel ( 2, 3 ), Adam Scott, Jordan Spieth ( 2, 3 ), Justin Thomas ( 2, 3, 4 ), Jhonattan Vegas Adam Hadwin did not play. 2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 23, 2018. Kiradech Aphibarnrat ( 3 ), Rafael Cabrera - Bello ( 3 ), Patrick Cantlay ( 3, 4 ), Paul Casey ( 3, 4 ), Bryson DeChambeau ( 3, 4 ), Tony Finau ( 3 ), Ross Fisher ( 3 ), Matthew Fitzpatrick ( 3, 4 ), Tommy Fleetwood ( 3, 4 ), Sergio García ( 3, 4 ), Brian Harman ( 3 ), Tyrrell Hatton ( 3, 4 ), Zach Johnson, Satoshi Kodaira ( 3, 4 ), Li Haotong ( 3, 4 ), Luke List ( 3 ), Rory McIlroy ( 3, 4 ), Francesco Molinari ( 3, 4 ), Kevin Na ( 3, 4 ), Alex Norén ( 3, 4 ), Pat Perez ( 3, 4 ), Ian Poulter ( 3, 4 ), Jon Rahm ( 3, 4 ), Xander Schauffele ( 3, 4 ), Webb Simpson ( 3, 4 ), Cameron Smith ( 3, 5 ), Kyle Stanley ( 3 ), Henrik Stenson ( 3, 4 ), Bubba Watson ( 3, 4 ), Gary Woodland ( 3, 4 ), Tiger Woods ( 3 ) Justin Rose ( 3, 4, 5 ) did not play. 3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 30, 2018. An Byeong - hun 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. Alexander Björk, Austin Cook, Paul Dunne, Patton Kizzire, Russell Knox, Andrew Landry, Thorbjørn Olesen, Wade Ormsby, Ted Potter Jr., Shubhankar Sharma, Brendan Steele, Brandon Stone, Aaron Wise 5. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours Asian Tour : Indonesian Masters ( 2017 ) -- Justin Rose, also qualified under categories 2, 3 and 4 PGA Tour of Australasia : Australian PGA Championship ( 2017 ) -- Cameron Smith, also qualified under categories 2 and 3 Japan Golf Tour : Bridgestone Open ( 2017 ) -- Ryuko Tokimatsu Japan Golf Tour : Japan Golf Tour Championship ( 2018 ) -- Kodai Ichihara Sunshine Tour : Dimension Data Pro-Am -- Jaco Ahlers Nationalities in the field North America ( 32 ) South America ( 2 ) Europe ( 17 ) Oceania ( 5 ) Asia ( 10 ) Africa ( 5 ) United States ( 32 ) Argentina ( 1 ) England ( 6 ) Australia ( 5 ) China ( 1 ) South Africa ( 5 ) Venezuela ( 1 ) Northern Ireland ( 1 ) India ( 2 ) Scotland ( 1 ) Japan ( 4 ) Ireland ( 1 ) South Korea ( 2 ) Denmark ( 1 ) Thailand ( 1 ) Italy ( 1 ) Spain ( 3 ) Sweden ( 3 ) Past champions in the field Player Country Year ( s ) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Place Dustin Johnson United States 2016 69 71 66 64 270 − 10 T3 Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland 2014 65 67 67 73 272 − 8 T6 Tiger Woods United States 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2013 66 68 73 73 280 T31 Hideki Matsuyama Japan 2017 67 72 70 72 281 + 1 T39 Adam Scott Australia 2011 68 75 67 74 284 + 4 T57 Round summaries First round Thursday, August 2, 2018 Ian Poulter shot an 8 - under - par 62 to lead by one stroke over Rickie Fowler and Kyle Stanley. Defending champion Hideki Matsuyama was 5 strokes back at − 3. Tiger Woods, eight - time winner of the event, was 4 strokes back at − 4. His last PGA Tour win was at the 2013 event. The scoring average of 68.37 was the lowest opening round of a PGA Tour event this season. Place Player Country Score To par Ian Poulter England 62 − 8 T2 Rickie Fowler United States 63 − 7 Kyle Stanley United States T4 Patrick Cantlay United States 64 − 6 Kim Si - woo South Korea Jon Rahm Spain T7 Jason Day Australia 65 − 5 Anirban Lahiri India Marc Leishman Australia Luke List United States Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland Kevin Na United States Justin Thomas United States Second round Friday, August 3, 2018 Place Player Country Score To par T1 Tommy Fleetwood England 66 - 63 = 129 − 11 Ian Poulter England 62 - 67 = 129 Justin Thomas United States 65 - 64 = 129 T4 Jason Day Australia 65 - 66 = 131 − 9 Kyle Stanley United States 63 - 68 = 131 T6 Kim Si - woo South Korea 64 - 68 = 132 − 8 Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland 65 - 67 = 132 T8 Li Haotong China 66 - 67 = 133 − 7 Luke List United States 65 - 68 = 133 T10 Tony Finau United States 68 - 66 = 134 − 6 Marc Leishman Australia 65 - 69 = 134 Louis Oosthuizen South Africa 68 - 66 = 134 Jon Rahm Spain 64 - 70 = 134 Webb Simpson United States 69 - 65 = 134 Tiger Woods United States 66 - 68 = 134 Third round Saturday, August 4, 2018 Place Player Country Score To par Justin Thomas United States 65 - 64 - 67 = 196 − 14 T2 Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland 65 - 67 - 67 = 199 − 11 Ian Poulter England 62 - 67 - 70 = 199 Jason Day Australia 65 - 66 - 69 = 200 − 10 T5 Marc Leishman Australia 65 - 69 - 67 = 201 − 9 Kyle Stanley United States 63 - 68 - 70 = 201 T7 Rickie Fowler United States 63 - 74 - 65 = 202 − 8 Jon Rahm Spain 64 - 70 - 68 = 202 T9 Tommy Fleetwood England 66 - 63 - 74 = 203 − 7 Louis Oosthuizen South Africa 68 - 66 - 69 = 203 Final round Sunday, August 5, 2018 Place Player Country Score To par Prize money ( US $ ) Justin Thomas United States 65 - 64 - 67 - 69 = 265 − 15 1,700,000 Kyle Stanley United States 63 - 68 - 70 - 68 = 269 − 11 1,072,000 T3 Dustin Johnson United States 69 - 71 - 66 - 64 = 270 − 10 510,000 Thorbjørn Olesen Denmark 71 - 67 - 68 - 64 = 270 5 Brooks Koepka United States 66 - 70 - 68 - 67 = 271 − 9 357,000 T6 Patrick Cantlay United States 64 - 72 - 68 - 68 = 272 − 8 241,375 Anirban Lahiri India 65 - 70 - 69 - 68 = 272 Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland 65 - 67 - 67 - 73 = 272 Aaron Wise United States 67 - 71 - 67 - 67 = 272 T10 Jason Day Australia 65 - 66 - 69 - 73 = 273 − 7 160,875 Tony Finau United States 68 - 66 - 71 - 68 = 273 Kim Si - woo South Korea 64 - 68 - 72 - 69 = 273 Ian Poulter England 62 - 67 - 70 - 74 = 273 Scorecard Final round Hole 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Par 5 5 Thomas − 14 − 15 − 15 − 15 − 15 − 14 − 14 − 14 − 14 − 14 − 14 − 14 − 15 − 15 − 15 − 15 − 15 − 15 Stanley − 9 − 8 − 8 − 8 − 9 − 9 − 9 − 10 − 10 − 11 − 11 − 12 − 11 − 10 − 10 − 11 − 11 − 11 Johnson − 5 − 6 − 7 − 8 − 8 − 9 − 9 − 10 − 10 − 11 − 11 − 11 − 11 − 11 − 11 − 11 − 11 − 10 Olesen − 4 − 5 − 5 − 4 − 4 − 4 − 5 − 5 − 6 − 6 − 7 − 7 − 7 − 8 − 9 − 9 − 10 − 10 Koepka − 6 − 7 − 7 − 5 − 5 − 6 − 6 − 7 − 7 − 6 − 7 − 7 − 8 − 9 − 8 − 9 − 9 − 9 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Birdie Bogey Double bogey References Jump up ^ `` Courses ''. Firestone Country Club. 2013. Retrieved March 1, 2013. Jump up ^ `` WGC Bridgestone Invitational -- Course ''. PGA Tour. 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017. Jump up ^ `` 2018 Qualifiers for majors, The Players, WGCs ''. PGA Tour. Retrieved October 8, 2017. ^ Jump up to : Beall, Joel ( August 1, 2018 ). `` Justin Rose withdraws from WGC - Bridgestone Invitational with back injury ''. Golf Digest. Jump up ^ The ' Strength of Field Rating ' is a loose term for what the Official World Golf Ranking calls the ' Total Rating Value ' ( see Event ranking ). Jump up ^ `` Motivated Ian Poulter holds first - round lead at Bridgestone Invitational ''. ESPN. August 2, 2018. External links Official website Coverage on European Tour 's official site Firestone Country Club site World Golf Championships Championship 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Match Play 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Invitational 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Champions 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 World Cup 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 Coordinates : 41 ° 00 ′ 29 '' N 81 ° 30 ′ 29 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 41.008 ° N 81.508 ° W ﻿ / 41.008 ; - 81.508 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2018_WGC-Bridgestone_Invitational&oldid=853688093 '' Categories : WGC - Bridgestone Invitational 2018 in golf 2018 in American sports 2018 in sports in Ohio August 2018 sports events in the United States Hidden categories : Coordinates not on Wikidata Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 6 August 2018, at 10 : 44 ( UTC ). 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Question: where is the bridgestone golf tournament being held
Answer: the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio