About the WGC Bridgestone Invitational:
• When: Aug. 2-5
• Where: South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio
2011 WGC Bridgestone Invitational
Adam Scott shot 66-65 on the weekend to win the tournament, finishing at 17-under 263 and four strokes ahead of runners-up Rickie Fowler and Luke Donald. Jason Day and Ryo Ishikawa were another stroke back, tied for fourth. For Scott, it was his eighth PGA Tour victory.
2010 WGC Bridgestone Invitational
Hunter Mahan shot a final-round 64 to overtake third-round leaders Ryan Palmer (who finished second) and Sean O'Hair (fifth) and win for the third time in his PGA Tour career. It was Mahan's second victory of 2010.
WGC Bridgestone Invitational Records:
- Overall: 259 - Tiger Woods, 2000
- Tournament course record: 61 - Jose Maria Olazabal, 1990; Tiger Woods, 2000 (Firestone CC South Course)
WGC Bridgestone Invitational Courses:
WGC Bridgestone Invitational Trivia and Notes:
- This tournament had its beginnings in 1962 at the four-person, two-round exhibition called the World Series of Golf. The WSOG was similar to today's PGA Grand Slam of Golf. In 1976, the World Series of Golf expanded to a full-field, four-round tournament and joined the PGA Tour as an official event.
- Jack Nicklaus won the unofficial version of the World Series of Golf four times, including the first year it was played. He also won the official PGA Tour World Series of Golf the first year it was played, in 1976.
- Tiger Woods has won this event seven times. Only Greg Norman (1995, 1997) and Jose Maria Olazabal (1990, 1994) also have multiple wins.
- Woods won three in a row from 1999-2001, then three in a row again in 2005-07. He is the only player in PGA Tour history to win the same tournament three times in a row on two different occasions.
- Two of Woods' wins were in lengthy playoffs. In 2001, he beat Jim Furyk in a 7-hole playoff; in 2006, he defeated Stewart Cink in a 4-hole playoff.
WGC Bridgestone Invitational Winners:
WGC Bridgestone Invitational
2011 - Adam Scott, 263
2010 - Hunter Mahan, 268
2009 - Tiger Woods, 268
2008 - Vijay Singh, 270
2007 - Tiger Woods, 272
2006 - Tiger Woods-p, 270
WGC NEC Invitational
2005 - Tiger Woods, 274
2004 - Stewart Cink, 269
2003 - Darren Clarke, 268
2002 - Craig Parry, 268
2001 - Tiger Woods-p, 268
2000 - Tiger Woods, 259
1999 - Tiger Woods, 270
NEC World Series of Golf
1998 - David Duval, 269
1997 - Greg Norman, 273
1996 - Phil Mickelson, 274
1995 - Greg Norman-p, 278
1994 - Jose Maria Olazabal, 269
1993 - Fulton Allem, 270
1992 - Craig Stadler, 273
1991 - Tom Purtzer-p, 279
1990 - Jose Maria Olazabal, 262
1989 - David Frost-p, 276
1988 - Mike Reid-p, 275
1987 - Curtis Strange, 275
1986 - Dan Pohl, 277
1985 - Roger Maltbie, 268
1984 - Denis Watson, 271
World Series of Golf
1983 - Nick Price, 270
1982 - Craig Stadler-p, 278
1981 - Bill Rogers, 275
1980 - Tom Watson, 270
1979 - Lon Hinkle, 272
1978 - Gil Morgan-p, 278
1977 - Lanny Wadkins, 267
1976 - Jack Nicklaus, 275
Note: Tournaments prior to 1976 were unofficial events
1975 - Tom Watson, 140
1974 - Lee Trevino, 139
1973 - Tom Weiskopf, 137
1972 - Gary Player, 142
1971 - Charles Coody, 141
1970 - Jack Nicklaus, 136
1969 - Orville Moody, 141
1968 - Gary Player, 143
1967 - Jack Nicklaus, 144
1966 - Gene Littler, 143
1965 - Gary Player, 139
1964 - Tony Lema, 138
1963 - Jack Nicklaus, 140
1962 - Jack Nicklaus, 135
