# 2012 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

The 2012 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 14th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the third of four World Golf Championships events held in 2012. Keegan Bradley shot a 64 (−6) in the final round to finish with 267 (−13) to win his first WGC event, one stroke ahead of runners-up Jim Furyk and Steve Stricker.

## Venue
### Course layout

The South Course was designed by Bert Way and redesigned by Robert Trent Jones in 1960.
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
| Yards | 399 | 526 | 442 | 471 | 200 | 469 | 219 | 482 | 494 | 3702 | 410 | 418 | 180 | 471 | 467 | 221 | 667 | 400 | 464 | 3698 | 7400 |
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 70 |

## 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 2011 United States and International Presidents Cup teams. Robert Allenby, Aaron Baddeley, K. J. Choi (2,3), Jason Day (2,3), Ernie Els (2,3,4), Jim Furyk (2,3), Retief Goosen, Bill Haas (2,3,4), Ryo Ishikawa, Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Matt Kuchar (2,3,4), Kim Kyung-tae, Hunter Mahan (2,3,4), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4), Geoff Ogilvy (2,3), Charl Schwartzel (2,3), Adam Scott (2,3,4), Steve Stricker (2,3,4), David Toms (2,3), Nick Watney (2,3), Bubba Watson (2,3,4), Tiger Woods (2,3,4), Y. E. Yang
* Webb Simpson (2,3,4) did not compete for personal reasons.
2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 23, 2012. Bae Sang-moon (3), Thomas Bjørn (3,4), Keegan Bradley (3,4), Jonathan Byrd (3), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (3,4), Nicolas Colsaerts (3,4), Luke Donald (3,4), Jason Dufner (3,4), Simon Dyson (3,4), Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (3,4), Rickie Fowler (3,4), Sergio García (3,4), Peter Hanson (3), Freddie Jacobson (3), Zach Johnson (3,4), Martin Kaymer (3,4), Martin Laird (3), Paul Lawrie (3,4), Graeme McDowell (3), Rory McIlroy (3,4), Francesco Molinari (3,4), Kevin Na (3), Louis Oosthuizen (3,4), Carl Pettersson (3,4), Ian Poulter (3,5), Álvaro Quirós (3,4), Justin Rose (3,4), John Senden (3), Brandt Snedeker (3,4), Bo Van Pelt (3), Lee Westwood (3,5), Mark Wilson (3,4)
3. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking as of July 30, 2012.
4. 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. Greg Chalmers, Ben Crane, Jamie Donaldson, Branden Grace, Michael Hoey, Thongchai Jaidee, Marc Leishman, Tom Lewis, Joost Luiten, Toshinori Muto, Scott Piercy, Ted Potter Jr., Robert Rock, Marcel Siem, Jeev Milkha Singh, Lee Slattery, Kyle Stanley, Johnson Wagner, Bernd Wiesberger, Danny Willett
5. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours:
* Asian Tour: Thailand Golf Championship (2011) – Lee Westwood, also qualified in categories 2 and 3
* PGA Tour of Australasia: JBWere Masters (2011) – Ian Poulter, also qualified in categories 2 and 3
* Japan Golf Tour: Bridgestone Open (2011) – Toru Taniguchi
* Japan Golf Tour: Japan Golf Tour Championship (2012) – Yoshinori Fujimoto
* Sunshine Tour: Dimension Data Pro-Am (2012) – Oliver Bekker
Nine of the field were appearing in their first WGC event: Oliver Bekker, Jamie Donaldson, Yoshinori Fujimoto, Joost Luiten, Toshinori Muto, Scott Piercy, Ted Potter Jr., Marcel Siem and Bernd Wiesberger.

## Round summaries
### First round

Thursday, August 2, 2012
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Jim Furyk | 63 | −7 |
| 2 | Lee Slattery | 65 | −5 |
| T3 | Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 66 | −4 |
| T3 | Ben Crane | 66 | −4 |
| T3 | Luke Donald | 66 | −4 |
| T3 | Simon Dyson | 66 | −4 |
| T3 | John Senden | 66 | −4 |
| T3 | Bubba Watson | 66 | −4 |
| T9 | Keegan Bradley | 67 | −3 |
| T9 | Jason Dufner | 67 | −3 |
| T9 | Sergio García | 67 | −3 |
| T9 | Retief Goosen | 67 | −3 |
| T9 | Bill Haas | 67 | −3 |
| T9 | Kim Kyung-tae | 67 | −3 |
| T9 | Geoff Ogilvy | 67 | −3 |
| T9 | Louis Oosthuizen | 67 | −3 |
| T9 | Carl Pettersson | 67 | −3 |
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### Second round

Friday, August 3, 2012
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Jim Furyk | 63-66=129 | −11 |
| 2 | Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 66-65=131 | −9 |
| 3 | Louis Oosthuizen | 67-65=132 | −8 |
| 4 | Jason Dufner | 67-66=133 | −7 |
| 5 | Kim Kyung-tae | 67-67=134 | −6 |
| T6 | Luke Donald | 66-69=135 | −5 |
| T6 | David Toms | 68-67=135 | −5 |
| T8 | Keegan Bradley | 67-69=136 | −4 |
| T8 | John Senden | 66-70=136 | −4 |
| T8 | Lee Slattery | 65-71=136 | −4 |
| T8 | Steve Stricker | 68-68=136 | −4 |
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### Third round

Saturday, August 4, 2012
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| 1 | Jim Furyk | 63-66-70=199 | −11 |
| 2 | Louis Oosthuizen | 67-65-68=200 | −10 |
| 3 | Keegan Bradley | 67-69-67=203 | −7 |
| T4 | Rory McIlroy | 70-67-67=204 | −6 |
| T4 | Steve Stricker | 68-68-68=204 | −6 |
| T6 | Justin Rose | 70-69-66=205 | −5 |
| T6 | John Senden | 66-70-69=205 | −5 |
| T6 | Bo Van Pelt | 70-69-66=205 | −5 |
| T9 | Luke Donald | 66-69-71=206 | −4 |
| T9 | Jason Dufner | 67-66-73=206 | −4 |
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### Final round

Sunday, August 5, 2012
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
| 1 | Keegan Bradley | 67-69-67-64=267 | −13 | 1,400,000 |
| T2 | Jim Furyk | 63-66-70-69=268 | −12 | 665,000 |
| T2 | Steve Stricker | 68-68-68-64=268 | −12 | 665,000 |
| 4 | Louis Oosthuizen | 67-65-68-69=269 | −11 | 365,000 |
| T5 | Rory McIlroy | 70-67-67-68=272 | −8 | 276,500 |
| T5 | Justin Rose | 70-69-66-67=272 | −8 | 276,500 |
| 7 | Jason Dufner | 67-66-73-68=274 | −6 | 210,000 |
| T8 | Aaron Baddeley | 73-66-71-66=276 | −4 | 128,750 |
| T8 | K. J. Choi | 71-72-67-66=276 | −4 | 128,750 |
| T8 | Luke Donald | 66-69-71-70=276 | −4 | 128,750 |
| T8 | Matt Kuchar | 70-70-70-66=276 | −4 | 128,750 |
| T8 | Lee Slattery | 65-71-72-68=276 | −4 | 128,750 |
| T8 | David Toms | 68-67-73-68=276 | −4 | 128,750 |
| T8 | Bo Van Pelt | 70-69-66-71=276 | −4 | 128,750 |
| T8 | Tiger Woods | 70-72-68-66=276 | −4 | 128,750 |
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#### Scorecard

Final round
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Bradley | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −13 | −13 | −13 |
| Furyk | −12 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −12 |
| Stricker | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −11 | −12 |
| Oosthuizen | −11 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −10 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 |
| McIlroy | −6 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 |
| Rose | −5 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 |
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
| Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |
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