WGC - Bridgestone Invitational - wikipedia WGC - Bridgestone Invitational WGC - Bridgestone Invitational Tournament information Location Akron, Ohio, U.S. Established 1999 Course ( s ) Firestone Country Club South Course Par 70 Length 7,400 yards ( 6,767 m ) Tour ( s ) PGA Tour European Tour ( 1999 -- 2015, 2017 ) Format Stroke play Prize fund $ 9,750,000 € 8,210,000 ( est. ) Month played August Tournament record score Aggregate 259 Tiger Woods ( 2000 ) To par − 21 Tiger Woods ( 2000 ) Current champion Hideki Matsuyama 2017 WGC - Bridgestone Invitational Akron Location in the United States Firestone CC Location in Ohio The WGC - Bridgestone Invitational is a professional golf tournament, one of the annual World Golf Championships. It is sanctioned and organized by the International Federation of PGA Tours and the prize money is official money on both the PGA Tour and, except for the 2016 event, the European Tour. The event, sponsored by NEC through 2005 and known as the WGC - NEC Invitational, was established in 1999 as a successor to the World Series of Golf, which was also sponsored by NEC. The tournament changed sponsorship in 2006, with Bridgestone taking over from NEC as title sponsor. As a part of the original five - year sponsorship agreement, the event continues to be held at its traditional site of the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. In August 2013, the sponsorship was extended through 2018. Contents 1 The WGC - NEC / Bridgestone Invitational 2 World Series of Golf 3 Winners 4 References 5 External links The WGC - NEC / Bridgestone Invitational The current event has a field of about 75 players, roughly half the number for a standard professional golf event. Invitations are issued to the following : Playing members of the last named Presidents Cup or Ryder Cup teams ( whichever was played last ). Players ranked among the top 50 on the Official World Golf Ranking ( one week and two weeks prior to event ). Tournament winners of worldwide events since the prior year 's tournament with an Official World Golf Ranking Strength of Field Rating of 115 points or more. The winner of one selected tournament from each of the PGA Tour of Australasia, Sunshine Tour and Asian Tour and two selected tournaments from the Japan Golf Tour. From 1999 to 2001, only the Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup teams were eligible and the field was about 40 players. Prior to 2011, both Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup teams were eligible. All events have been held at the South Course of Firestone Country Club, except the 2002 edition. It was played at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Washington, which hosted the PGA Championship in 1998. World Series of Golf Main article : NEC World Series of Golf From 1976 through 1998, the PGA Tour event at Firestone Country Club was the `` World Series of Golf, '' and was sponsored by NEC beginning in 1984. It was founded as a four - man invitational event in 1962, comprising the winners of the four major championships in a 36 - hole event. the competitors played in one group for $75,000 in unofficial prize money, televised by NBC. In 1976, it became a 72 - hole, $300,000 PGA Tour event and its field was initially expanded to twenty ; the victory and $100,000 winner 's share went to Nicklaus. The largest first prize at a major in 1976 was $45,000 at the PGA Championship. The World Series of Golf quickly became a leading event on the tour. For many years a victory in it gave a 10 - year exemption on the PGA Tour, the same as was granted for a victory in a major championship at that time, and twice as long as is given even for winning a major now. The field consisted of the winners of all the high status men 's professional golf tournaments around the world in the previous twelve months. This was quite different from the criteria for the WGC - Bridgestone Invitational listed above, but produced much the same sort of global field. Winners PGA Tour and European Tour -- WGC event ( 1999 -- 2015 ), ( 2017 -- ) PGA Tour -- WGC event ( 2016 ) Year Player Country Score To par Margin of victory Runner ( s ) - up Winner 's share ( $ ) WGC - Bridgestone Invitational 2017 Hideki Matsuyama Japan 264 − 16 5 strokes Zach Johnson 1,660,000 2016 Dustin Johnson United States 274 − 6 1 stroke Scott Piercy 1,620,000 2015 Shane Lowry Ireland 269 − 11 2 strokes Bubba Watson 1,570,000 2014 Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland 265 − 15 2 strokes Sergio García 1,500,000 2013 Tiger Woods ( 8 ) United States 265 − 15 7 strokes Keegan Bradley Henrik Stenson 1,500,000 2012 Keegan Bradley United States 267 − 13 1 stroke Jim Furyk Steve Stricker 1,400,000 2011 Adam Scott Australia 263 − 17 4 strokes Luke Donald Rickie Fowler 1,400,000 Hunter Mahan United States 268 − 12 2 strokes Ryan Palmer 1,400,000 2009 Tiger Woods ( 7 ) United States 268 − 12 4 strokes Robert Allenby Pádraig Harrington 1,400,000 2008 Vijay Singh Fiji 270 − 10 1 stroke Stuart Appleby Lee Westwood 1,350,000 2007 Tiger Woods ( 6 ) United States 272 − 8 8 strokes Justin Rose Rory Sabbatini 1,350,000 2006 Tiger Woods ( 5 ) United States 270 − 10 Playoff Stewart Cink 1,300,000 WGC - NEC Invitational 2005 Tiger Woods ( 4 ) United States 274 − 6 1 stroke Chris DiMarco 1,300,000 Stewart Cink United States 269 − 11 4 strokes Rory Sabbatini Tiger Woods 1,200,000 2003 Darren Clarke Northern Ireland 268 − 12 4 strokes Jonathan Kaye 1,050,000 2002 * Craig Parry Australia 268 − 16 4 strokes Robert Allenby Fred Funk 1,000,000 2001 Tiger Woods ( 3 ) United States 268 − 12 Playoff Jim Furyk 1,000,000 2000 Tiger Woods ( 2 ) United States 259 − 21 11 strokes Justin Leonard Phillip Price 1,000,000 1999 Tiger Woods United States 270 − 10 1 stroke Phil Mickelson 1,000,000 * Note : the 2002 edition was played at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Washington References Jump up ^ Ridenour, Marla ( August 4, 2013 ). `` PGA Tour, Bridgestone extend contract to keep tournament at Firestone C.C. through 2018 ''. Akron Beacon Journal. Retrieved August 6, 2015. Jump up ^ `` World Series of Golf back for final time ''. The Augusta Chronicle. AP. August 27, 1998. Retrieved June 24, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Now golf has a real World Series ''. Eugene Register - Guard. Associated Press. August 29, 1976. p. 7B. Jump up ^ `` Nicklaus silences his doubters ''. Palm Beach Post. wire services. September 6, 1976. p. D1. 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Question: where is the bridgestone invitational golf tournament played
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