2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
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The 2010 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational is a golf
tournament that was contested from August 5–8, 2010 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club
in Akron, Ohio
. It was the 12th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
tournament, and the third of four World Golf Championships
events held in 2010.
Hunter Mahan
won the tournament with a score of 64 (-6) on Sunday to finish at 268 (-12), two strokes ahead of runner-up Ryan Palmer
.
Ángel Cabrera
(3), Stewart Cink
(2,3), Tim Clark (3,4), Ernie Els
(3,4), Jim Furyk
(2,3,4), Lucas Glover
(3), Retief Goosen
(3), Ryo Ishikawa
, Zach Johnson
(3,4), Anthony Kim
(2,3,4), Justin Leonard
(2), Hunter Mahan
(2,3,4), Phil Mickelson
(2,3,4), Geoff Ogilvy
(3,4), Sean O'Hair
(3), Kenny Perry
(2,3), Adam Scott (3,4), Vijay Singh
, Steve Stricker
(2,3,4), Camilo Villegas
(3,4), Mike Weir
, Tiger Woods
(3,4), Y. E. Yang
(3,4)
(Robert Allenby
(3,4,5) withdrew prior to the start of the tournament with a knee injury.)
2. Playing members of the last named United States and European Ryder Cup teams.
Chad Campbell
, Paul Casey
(3), Ben Curtis
, Sergio García
(3), Søren Hansen
, Pádraig Harrington
(3), J. B. Holmes
, Miguel Ángel Jiménez
(3,4), Robert Karlsson
(3,4), Graeme McDowell
(3,4), Ian Poulter
(3,4), Justin Rose
(3,4), Henrik Stenson
(3), Boo Weekley
, Lee Westwood
(3,4), Oliver Wilson
3. Players ranked among the top 50 on the Official World Golf Rankings (one week and two weeks prior to event).
K. J. Choi
(5), Ben Crane
(4), Rhys Davies
, Luke Donald
(4), Ross Fisher
(4), Rickie Fowler
, Peter Hanson
, Dustin Johnson
(4), Martin Kaymer
(4), Matt Kuchar
(4), Rory McIlroy
(4), Edoardo Molinari
(4), Francesco Molinari
, Ryan Moore (4), Louis Oosthuizen
(4), Jeff Overton
, Álvaro Quirós
, Charl Schwartzel
, Bo Van Pelt
, Scott Verplank
, Nick Watney
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.
Stuart Appleby
, Jason Bohn
, Grégory Bourdy
, Jason Day, Simon Dyson
, Marcus Fraser
, Bill Haas
, David Horsey
, Michael Jonzon
, Simon Khan
, James Kingston
, Martin Laird
, Troy Matteson
, Ross McGowan
, Alexander Norén
, Ryan Palmer
, Heath Slocum
, Bubba Watson
(Carl Pettersson
qualified but did not play.)
5. The winner of one selected tournament from each of the following tours: PGA Tour of Australasia, Sunshine Tour, Asian Tour and Japan Golf Tour.
Yuta Ikeda
, Katsumasa Miyamoto
, Hennie Otto
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Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament that was contested from August 5–8, 2010 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club
Firestone Country Club
The Firestone Country Club is a private golf club located in Akron, Ohio, United States.The Club comprises three courses—those of the North, South, and West—each of which hosted a televised golf event, respectively the American Golf Classic, the CBS Golf Classic and the World Series of Golf, in...
in Akron, Ohio
Akron, Ohio
Akron , is the fifth largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. It is located in the Great Lakes region approximately south of Lake Erie along the Little Cuyahoga River. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 199,110. The Akron Metropolitan...
. It was the 12th WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
The WGC-Bridgestone Invitational is one of the annual World Golf Championships for male professional golfers. 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 the PGA European Tour...
tournament, and the third of four World Golf Championships
World Golf Championships
The World Golf Championships are a group of four annual events for male professional golfers created by the International Federation of PGA Tours, with a fifth to be added in 2012...
events held in 2010.
Hunter Mahan
Hunter Mahan
Hunter Myles Mahan is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Amateur career:Mahan was born in Orange, California. He had a successful amateur career, winning the 1999 5A Texas State High School Golf Championship while attending McKinney High School and the 1999 U.S. Junior...
won the tournament with a score of 64 (-6) on Sunday to finish at 268 (-12), two strokes ahead of runner-up Ryan Palmer
Ryan Palmer
Ryan Palmer is a chess player of Jamaican origin; he was the Jamaican National Champion in 1992. During the academic years of 2004-2007, he taught mathematics at Adams' Grammar School in Newport, Shropshire, and now has moved to the United States, to pursue further studies...
.
Field
1. Playing members of the last named United States and International Presidents Cup teams.Ángel Cabrera
Angel Cabrera
Ángel Cabrera is an Argentine professional golfer who plays on both the European Tour and PGA Tour. He is known affectionately as "El Pato" in Spanish or in English as "The duck" for his waddling gait. He is a former U.S. Open champion and Masters champion. He is the first Argentine to win either...
(3), Stewart Cink
Stewart Cink
Stewart Ernest Cink is an American professional golfer who won the 2009 Open Championship. He has spent over 40 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings from 2004 to 2009.-Early years and education:...
(2,3), Tim Clark (3,4), Ernie Els
Ernie Els
Theodore Ernest "Ernie" Els is a South African professional golfer, who has been one of the top professional players in the world since the mid-1990s. A former World No. 1, he is known as "The Big Easy" due to his imposing physical stature along with his fluid, seemingly effortless golf swing...
(3,4), Jim Furyk
Jim Furyk
James Michael Furyk is an American professional golfer, 2010 FedEx Cup champion, and 2010 PGA Tour Player of the Year. He has won one major championship, the 2003 U.S. Open. Furyk is known for consistently playing at the top level and for a visibly unconventional, looping golf swing...
(2,3,4), Lucas Glover
Lucas Glover
Lucas Hendley Glover is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. He is best known for winning the 2009 U.S. Open.-Amateur career:...
(3), Retief Goosen
Retief Goosen
Retief Goosen is a South African professional golfer who has been in the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings for over 250 weeks between 2001 and 2007. His main achievements have been two U.S...
(3), Ryo Ishikawa
Ryo Ishikawa
, also known by the nickname "Hanikami Ōji" , is a Japanese professional golfer.On 20 May 2007, Ishikawa became the youngest winner ever of a men's regular tournament on the Japan Golf Tour by winning the Munsingwear Open KSB Cup at the age 15 years and 8 months. He competed as an amateur and it...
, Zach Johnson
Zach Johnson
Zach Johnson is an American golfer, winner of the 2007 Masters Tournament.Zach Johnson may also refer to:* Zack "Jick" Johnson, one of the creators of Kingdom of Loathing* Zachary Johnson, former drummer for The Fray...
(3,4), Anthony Kim
Anthony Kim
Anthony Ha-Jin Kim is an American professional golfer.-Amateur career:A Korean American, Kim was born in Los Angeles, California and resides in Dallas, Texas. He attended La Quinta High School in La Quinta, California. After high school, he attended the University of Oklahoma for three years; this...
(2,3,4), Justin Leonard
Justin Leonard
Justin Charles Garrett Leonard is an American professional golfer.Leonard was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He attended Lake Highlands High School and graduated in 1990. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and was the individual NCAA champion in 1994. He was a two-time All-American...
(2), Hunter Mahan
Hunter Mahan
Hunter Myles Mahan is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Amateur career:Mahan was born in Orange, California. He had a successful amateur career, winning the 1999 5A Texas State High School Golf Championship while attending McKinney High School and the 1999 U.S. Junior...
(2,3,4), Phil Mickelson
Phil Mickelson
Philip Alfred Mickelson is an American professional golfer. He has won four major championships and a total of 39 events on the PGA Tour. He has reached a career high world ranking of 2nd in multiple years. He is nicknamed "Lefty" for his left-handed swing, even though he is otherwise right-handed...
(2,3,4), Geoff Ogilvy
Geoff Ogilvy
Geoff Charles Ogilvy is an Australian professional golfer. He won the 2006 U.S. Open and has also won three World Golf Championships.-Professional career:...
(3,4), Sean O'Hair
Sean O'Hair
Sean M. O'Hair is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Early life:O'Hair was born in Lubbock, Texas...
(3), Kenny Perry
Kenny Perry
James Kenneth Perry is an American professional golfer who currently plays on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour, for which he became eligible following his 50th birthday.-Early years:...
(2,3), Adam Scott (3,4), Vijay Singh
Vijay Singh
Vijay Singh, CF , nicknamed "The Big Fijian", is a Fijian professional golfer who was Number 1 in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. He has won three major championships and was the leading PGA Tour money winner in 2003, 2004 and 2008...
, Steve Stricker
Steve Stricker
Steven Stricker is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has won 11 tournaments on the PGA Tour including the 2001 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and two FedEx Cup playoff events. His most successful season on tour came in 2009, when he had three tournament victories...
(2,3,4), Camilo Villegas
Camilo Villegas
Camilo Villegas is a Colombian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the European Tour.-Early years:Villegas was born in Medellín, Colombia, and took up golf as a child...
(3,4), Mike Weir
Mike Weir
Michael Richard Weir, CM, O.Ont is a Canadian professional golfer on the PGA Tour. He spent over 110 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 2001 and 2005. He is best known for winning the Masters in 2003....
, Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods
Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No...
(3,4), Y. E. Yang
Yang Yong-eun
Yang Yong-eun , or Y. E. Yang, is a South Korean professional golfer currently playing on the PGA Tour, where he has won twice, including most notably the 2009 PGA Championship where he held off the challenge of Tiger Woods during the final round....
(3,4)
(Robert Allenby
Robert Allenby
Robert Allenby is an Australian professional golfer.Allenby was born in Melbourne, Australia. His father was from Leeds, England and emigrated to Australia as a young man.-Professional career:...
(3,4,5) withdrew prior to the start of the tournament with a knee injury.)
2. Playing members of the last named United States and European Ryder Cup teams.
Chad Campbell
Chad Campbell
David Chad Campbell is an American professional golfer.-Early years and amateur career:Campbell was born in Andrews, Texas and grew up in west Texas. He was a member of a strong junior college men's golf squad during the years he played at Midland College...
, Paul Casey
Paul Casey
Paul Alexander Casey is an English golfer who is a member of the world's top two professional golf tours, the U.S.-based PGA Tour and the European Tour. In 2009 he achieved his highest position, third, in the Official World Golf Rankings....
(3), Ben Curtis
Ben Curtis (golfer)
Ben Clifford Curtis is an American professional golfer best known for winning the 2003 Open Championship.-Early career:Curtis was born in Columbus, Ohio and grew up in Ostrander, Ohio. His family runs the , also in Ostrander...
, Sergio García
Sergio García
Sergio García Fernández is a Spanish professional golfer who plays on both the United States PGA Tour and the European Tour. He has spent much of his career in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings...
(3), Søren Hansen
Søren Hansen
Søren Hansen is a Danish professional golfer.Hansen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He won the 1997 Danish Amateur Stroke Play Championship and turned professional later that year....
, Pádraig Harrington
Padraig Harrington
Pádraig P. Harrington is an Irish professional golfer who plays on The European Tour and The PGA Tour. He has won three major championships: The Open Championship in 2007 and 2008 and the PGA Championship, also in 2008.-Background:...
(3), J. B. Holmes
J. B. Holmes
John Bradley "J.B." Holmes is an American professional golfer.-Early life:Holmes was born in Campbellsville, the seat of Taylor County, in central Kentucky. Holmes began to play on the varsity golf team at Taylor County High School in Campbellsville when he was in the third grade. He suffered a...
, Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Miguel Angel Jiménez
Miguel Ángel Jiménez Rodríguez is a Spanish professional golfer. He has won 18 times on the European Tour.-Early years:...
(3,4), Robert Karlsson
Robert Karlsson
Robert Karlsson is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and as of 2011 on the PGA Tour.-Career:...
(3,4), Graeme McDowell
Graeme McDowell
Graeme McDowell MBE is a Northern Irish professional golfer.McDowell has won seven events on the European Tour, including the 2010 U.S. Open which was also his first win on the PGA Tour...
(3,4), Ian Poulter
Ian Poulter
Ian James Poulter is an English professional golfer who is a member of the world's top two professional golf tours, the U.S.-based PGA Tour and the European Tour. He has previously been as high as number five in the world rankings...
(3,4), Justin Rose
Justin Rose
Justin Peter Rose is a South African-born English professional golfer who plays most of his golf on the PGA Tour while keeping his membership on the European Tour...
(3,4), Henrik Stenson
Henrik Stenson
Henrik Stenson is a Swedish professional golfer who plays both on the US and European tours. He has spent over 100 weeks ranked in the World top ten and his career high ranking of fourth is the best by any Swedish golfer.-Career:...
(3), Boo Weekley
Boo Weekley
Thomas Brent "Boo" Weekley is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.Weekley was born in Milton, Florida. He turned professional in 1997 and played on mini-tours until 2002, when he qualified for the PGA Tour. He made the cut in only five of 24 events that year, and lost his...
, Lee Westwood
Lee Westwood
Lee John Westwood OBE is an English professional golfer. Noted for his consistency, Westwood is one of the few golfers who has won tournaments on every major continent, including victories on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. He was named player of the year for the 1998, 2000, and 2009 seasons...
(3,4), Oliver Wilson
Oliver Wilson
Oliver John Wilson is an English professional golfer.Wilson was born in Mansfield, England, where his golfing career began at Coxmoor Golf Club....
3. Players ranked among the top 50 on the Official World Golf Rankings (one week and two weeks prior to event).
K. J. Choi
Choi Kyung-Ju
Choi Kyung-Ju , also known as K. J. Choi. is a South Korean professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. Since turning pro in 1994, he has won a total of eighteen professional golf tournaments worldwide, including eight on the PGA Tour, making him Asia's most successful golfer. His...
(5), Ben Crane
Ben Crane
Benjamin McCully Crane is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Amateur career:Crane was born in Portland, Oregon. He was age 5 when his grandfather taught him how to play golf, and he grew up playing at the nearby Portland Golf Club where Ben Hogan won the 1945 Portland Open...
(4), Rhys Davies
Rhys Davies (golfer)
Rhys Davies is a Welsh professional golfer.Davies was born in Edinburgh, Scotland but has lived in Wales for the majority of his life. He played collegiate golf in the United States at East Tennessee State University where he won ten times...
, Luke Donald
Luke Donald
Luke Campbell Donald is an English professional golfer who is the current World Number One. He plays mainly on the U.S. based PGA Tour but is also a member of the European Tour. In 2006 he reached the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time in his career. In January 2007, he...
(4), Ross Fisher
Ross Fisher
Ross Daniel Fisher is an English professional golfer, who plays on the European Tour.Fisher was born in Ascot, Berkshire. His home course is the famous Wentworth Golf Club, Surrey, England, location of the European Tour administrative headquarters. As a child, he attended Charters School, a state...
(4), Rickie Fowler
Rickie Fowler
Rick Yutaka Fowler is an American professional golfer. He was the number one ranked amateur golfer in the world for 36 weeks in 2007 and 2008.-Amateur career:...
, Peter Hanson
Peter Hanson
Peter Hanson is a Swedish professional golfer.Hanson was born in Svedala, Sweden. He turned professional in 1998 and has played on the Challenge Tour and the European Tour. His professional wins include the 1998 Gunther Hamburg Classics on the Challenge Tour and the 2005 Open de España on the...
, Dustin Johnson
Dustin Johnson
Dustin Hunter Johnson is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. He is one of the longest drivers on the PGA Tour having been third in the driving distance stats for three consecutive years between 2009-2011....
(4), Martin Kaymer
Martin Kaymer
Martin Kaymer is a German professional golfer. He became the No. 1 ranked golfer in the Official World Golf Rankings on 27 February 2011 after his runner-up finish in the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship....
(4), Matt Kuchar
Matt Kuchar
Matthew Gregory Kuchar is an American professional golfer who has played on both the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. He has ranked as high as number six in the Official World Golf Rankings.-Early career:...
(4), Rory McIlroy
Rory McIlroy
Rory McIlroy is a Northern Irish professional golfer from Holywood in County Down. He has represented Europe, Great Britain & Ireland, and Ireland as both an amateur and a professional. He had a successful amateur career, topping the World Amateur Golf Ranking for one week as a 17-year-old in 2007...
(4), Edoardo Molinari
Edoardo Molinari
Edoardo Molinari is an Italian professional golfer. He is a two-time winner on the European Tour, 2005 U.S. Amateur champion, 2009 Challenge Tour Rankings leader, winner, with his brother Francesco, of the 2009 World Cup and a member of the 2010 European Ryder Cup team...
(4), Francesco Molinari
Francesco Molinari
Francesco Molinari is an Italian professional golfer. He is a two-time winner on the European Tour and was a member of the 2010 European Ryder Cup team.-Background and amateur career:...
, Ryan Moore (4), Louis Oosthuizen
Louis Oosthuizen
Lodewicus Theodorus "Louis" Oosthuizen is a South African professional golfer, who won the 2010 Open Championship.-Early life and career:...
(4), Jeff Overton
Jeff Overton
Jeffrey Laurence Overton is an American professional golfer.Overton was born in Evansville, Indiana. He attended Indiana University, graduating in 2005 with a degree in Sports Marketing and Management....
, Álvaro Quirós
Álvaro Quirós
Álvaro Quirós García is a Spanish professional golfer.Quirós was born in Guadiaro, a borough of San Roque, Cádiz. He turned professional in 2004.-Professional career:...
, Charl Schwartzel
Charl Schwartzel
Charl Adriaan Schwartzel is a South African professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour, European Tour, and the Sunshine Tour. He won the 2011 Masters Tournament. Schwartzel's highest world ranking has been number seven, in May 2011....
, Bo Van Pelt
Bo Van Pelt
Bo Van Pelt is an American professional golfer who has played on both the Nationwide Tour and the PGA Tour. He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings.Van Pelt was born in Richmond, Indiana...
, Scott Verplank
Scott Verplank
Scott Rachal Verplank is an American professional golfer.Verplank was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He was a leading member of the W.T. White High School Golf Team and a regular at Brookhaven Country Club in Dallas...
, Nick Watney
Nick Watney
Nicholas Alan Watney is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. The highlight of Watney's career to date is his victory at the 2011 WGC-Cadillac Championship....
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.
Stuart Appleby
Stuart Appleby
Stuart Appleby is an Australian professional golfer.-Early life:Appleby was born in Cohuna in rural northern Victoria, and grew up on a nearby dairy farm. He began in golf by hitting balls from paddock to paddock after his farm chores were completed...
, Jason Bohn
Jason Bohn
Jason Duehn Bohn is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.Bohn was born in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Alabama in 1995 with a degree in Finance. In 1992, while a sophomore on the Alabama golf team, Bohn was playing in a charity...
, Grégory Bourdy
Grégory Bourdy
Grégory Bourdy is a French professional golfer who competes on the European Tour.Bourdy was born in Bordeaux. He turned professional in 2003. His cousin Nicolas Beaufils is also a professional golfer, who has played on the Challenge Tour....
, Jason Day, Simon Dyson
Simon Dyson
Simon Dyson is an English professional golfer who is currently a member of the European Tour, having formerly played on the Asian Tour.-Amateur career:...
, Marcus Fraser
Marcus Fraser
Marcus Fraser is an Australian professional golfer.Born in Corowa, New South Wales, Fraser spent his early years working at a supermarket He completed a distinguished amateur career in 2002, finishing as the top individual in the Eisenhower Trophy world teams event.He turned professional in 2002...
, Bill Haas
Bill Haas
William Harlan Haas is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and won the 2011 FedEx Cup. He is the son of former PGA Tour player Jay Haas.-Early life:...
, David Horsey
David Horsey (golfer)
David Horsey is an English professional golfer.Horsey was born in Stockport, Greater Manchester. He had a successful amateur career, which included winning the 2005 Greek Amateur Championship and finishing as runner-up in the 2004 English Amateur...
, Michael Jonzon
Michael Jonzon
Michael Jonzon is a Swedish professional golfer.Jonzon was born in Skara, Sweden. He turned professional in 1991 and has spent most of his career on the European Tour and the Challenge Tour...
, Simon Khan
Simon Khan
Simon Khan is an English professional golfer.Khan turned professional in 1991, but spent many years struggling to establish his tournament career. His first full season on the European Tour was 2002 and his first European Tour win came at the 2004 Celtic Manor Wales Open...
, James Kingston
James Kingston
James Hubert Kingston is a South African professional golfer.Kingston was born in Ottosdal, South Africa. He turned professional in 1988, and is currently a member of the European Tour and the Sunshine Tour...
, Martin Laird
Martin Laird
Martin Laird is a Scottish professional golfer, playing on the PGA Tour. He has won two PGA Tour events in his career, most notably the Arnold Palmer Invitational in 2011...
, Troy Matteson
Troy Matteson
Troy Jason Matteson is an American professional golfer.Matteson was born in Rockledge, Florida. He played college golf at Georgia Tech and won the NCAA Individual Championship in 2002.Matteson debuted on the Nationwide Tour in 2004...
, Ross McGowan
Ross McGowan
This article is about the golfer. For the anchorman for KTVU, see Ross McGowan Ross Ian Thomas McGowan is an English professional golfer....
, Alexander Norén
Alexander Norén
Alexander Norén is a Swedish professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour.Norén was born in Stockholm. He attended Oklahoma State University in the United States before turning professional in 2005....
, Ryan Palmer
Ryan Palmer
Ryan Palmer is a chess player of Jamaican origin; he was the Jamaican National Champion in 1992. During the academic years of 2004-2007, he taught mathematics at Adams' Grammar School in Newport, Shropshire, and now has moved to the United States, to pursue further studies...
, Heath Slocum
Heath Slocum
Tyler Heath Slocum is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.-Early years:Slocum was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He attended St. Anthony of Padua Catholic School in Bunkie, Louisiana from 1986 until 1987 . Slocum learned the game of golf from his father, Jack...
, Bubba Watson
Bubba Watson
Gerry "Bubba" Watson is an American professional golfer. Watson is one of the few left-handed golfers on tour and is known for his tremendous length. The longest driver on the PGA Tour, in 2007 he had an average drive of 315.2 yards and is capable of generating a ball speed of 194 mph, being...
(Carl Pettersson
Carl Pettersson
Carl Pettersson is a Swedish professional golfer.Pettersson was born in Gothenburg. His father was a Volvo executive who was transferred internationally, so Carl lived in England from ages ten to fourteen and spent his last two high school years at Grimsley High School in Greensboro, North...
qualified but did not play.)
5. The winner of one selected tournament from each of the following tours: PGA Tour of Australasia, Sunshine Tour, Asian Tour and Japan Golf Tour.
Yuta Ikeda
Yuta Ikeda
Yuta Ikeda is a Japanese professional golfer. He has played on the Japan Golf Tour since 2008 where he has won eight tournaments...
, Katsumasa Miyamoto
Katsumasa Miyamoto
Katsumasa Miyamoto is a Japanese professional golfer.Miyamoto was born in Shizuoka Prefecture. After turning professional, he joined the Japan Golf Tour, where he has won eight times. He won his first event in 1998, adding another later that year...
, Hennie Otto
Hennie Otto
Hendrik Johannes "Hennie" Otto is a South African professional golfer.Otto was born in Boksburg. He has played golf on the European Tour since 2000 having graduated from the Challenge Tour, but has only finished within the top 100 on the Order of Merit twice, in 2003 when he finished tied for...
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First round
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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| 1 | Bubba Watson Bubba Watson Gerry "Bubba" Watson is an American professional golfer. Watson is one of the few left-handed golfers on tour and is known for his tremendous length. The longest driver on the PGA Tour, in 2007 he had an average drive of 315.2 yards and is capable of generating a ball speed of 194 mph, being... |
64 | -6 | |
| T2 | Graeme McDowell Graeme McDowell Graeme McDowell MBE is a Northern Irish professional golfer.McDowell has won seven events on the European Tour, including the 2010 U.S. Open which was also his first win on the PGA Tour... |
66 | -4 | |
| Phil Mickelson Phil Mickelson Philip Alfred Mickelson is an American professional golfer. He has won four major championships and a total of 39 events on the PGA Tour. He has reached a career high world ranking of 2nd in multiple years. He is nicknamed "Lefty" for his left-handed swing, even though he is otherwise right-handed... |
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| Kenny Perry Kenny Perry James Kenneth Perry is an American professional golfer who currently plays on both the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour, for which he became eligible following his 50th birthday.-Early years:... |
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| Adam Scott | ||||
| T6 | Chad Campbell Chad Campbell David Chad Campbell is an American professional golfer.-Early years and amateur career:Campbell was born in Andrews, Texas and grew up in west Texas. He was a member of a strong junior college men's golf squad during the years he played at Midland College... |
67 | -3 | |
| Sean O'Hair Sean O'Hair Sean M. O'Hair is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Early life:O'Hair was born in Lubbock, Texas... |
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| Jeff Overton Jeff Overton Jeffrey Laurence Overton is an American professional golfer.Overton was born in Evansville, Indiana. He attended Indiana University, graduating in 2005 with a degree in Sports Marketing and Management.... |
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| Bo Van Pelt Bo Van Pelt Bo Van Pelt is an American professional golfer who has played on both the Nationwide Tour and the PGA Tour. He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings.Van Pelt was born in Richmond, Indiana... |
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| Camilo Villegas Camilo Villegas Camilo Villegas is a Colombian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the European Tour.-Early years:Villegas was born in Medellín, Colombia, and took up golf as a child... |
Second round
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Retief Goosen Retief Goosen Retief Goosen is a South African professional golfer who has been in the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings for over 250 weeks between 2001 and 2007. His main achievements have been two U.S... |
67-66=133 | -7 | |
| T2 | Justin Leonard Justin Leonard Justin Charles Garrett Leonard is an American professional golfer.Leonard was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He attended Lake Highlands High School and graduated in 1990. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and was the individual NCAA champion in 1994. He was a two-time All-American... |
68-66=134 | -6 | |
| Phil Mickelson Phil Mickelson Philip Alfred Mickelson is an American professional golfer. He has won four major championships and a total of 39 events on the PGA Tour. He has reached a career high world ranking of 2nd in multiple years. He is nicknamed "Lefty" for his left-handed swing, even though he is otherwise right-handed... |
66-68=134 | |||
| T4 | Peter Hanson Peter Hanson Peter Hanson is a Swedish professional golfer.Hanson was born in Svedala, Sweden. He turned professional in 1998 and has played on the Challenge Tour and the European Tour. His professional wins include the 1998 Gunther Hamburg Classics on the Challenge Tour and the 2005 Open de España on the... |
69-66=135 | -5 | |
| Bo Van Pelt Bo Van Pelt Bo Van Pelt is an American professional golfer who has played on both the Nationwide Tour and the PGA Tour. He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings.Van Pelt was born in Richmond, Indiana... |
67-68=135 | |||
| Bubba Watson Bubba Watson Gerry "Bubba" Watson is an American professional golfer. Watson is one of the few left-handed golfers on tour and is known for his tremendous length. The longest driver on the PGA Tour, in 2007 he had an average drive of 315.2 yards and is capable of generating a ball speed of 194 mph, being... |
64-71=135 | |||
| T7 | Paul Casey Paul Casey Paul Alexander Casey is an English golfer who is a member of the world's top two professional golf tours, the U.S.-based PGA Tour and the European Tour. In 2009 he achieved his highest position, third, in the Official World Golf Rankings.... |
68-68=136 | -4 | |
| Lucas Glover Lucas Glover Lucas Hendley Glover is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. He is best known for winning the 2009 U.S. Open.-Amateur career:... |
70-66=136 | |||
| Miguel Ángel Jiménez Miguel Angel Jiménez Miguel Ángel Jiménez Rodríguez is a Spanish professional golfer. He has won 18 times on the European Tour.-Early years:... |
69-67=136 | |||
| Adam Scott | 66-70=136 | |||
| Nick Watney Nick Watney Nicholas Alan Watney is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. The highlight of Watney's career to date is his victory at the 2011 WGC-Cadillac Championship.... |
68-68=136 |
Third round
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | Sean O'Hair Sean O'Hair Sean M. O'Hair is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Early life:O'Hair was born in Lubbock, Texas... |
67-70-64=201 | -9 | |
| Ryan Palmer Ryan Palmer Ryan Palmer is a chess player of Jamaican origin; he was the Jamaican National Champion in 1992. During the academic years of 2004-2007, he taught mathematics at Adams' Grammar School in Newport, Shropshire, and now has moved to the United States, to pursue further studies... |
70-68-63=201 | |||
| 3 | Matt Kuchar Matt Kuchar Matthew Gregory Kuchar is an American professional golfer who has played on both the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. He has ranked as high as number six in the Official World Golf Rankings.-Early career:... |
65-70-72=202 | -8 | |
| T4 | Ernie Els Ernie Els Theodore Ernest "Ernie" Els is a South African professional golfer, who has been one of the top professional players in the world since the mid-1990s. A former World No. 1, he is known as "The Big Easy" due to his imposing physical stature along with his fluid, seemingly effortless golf swing... |
69-70-64=203 | -7 | |
| Peter Hanson Peter Hanson Peter Hanson is a Swedish professional golfer.Hanson was born in Svedala, Sweden. He turned professional in 1998 and has played on the Challenge Tour and the European Tour. His professional wins include the 1998 Gunther Hamburg Classics on the Challenge Tour and the 2005 Open de España on the... |
69-66-68=203 | |||
| Justin Leonard Justin Leonard Justin Charles Garrett Leonard is an American professional golfer.Leonard was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He attended Lake Highlands High School and graduated in 1990. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and was the individual NCAA champion in 1994. He was a two-time All-American... |
68-66-69=203 | |||
| T7 | Hunter Mahan Hunter Mahan Hunter Myles Mahan is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Amateur career:Mahan was born in Orange, California. He had a successful amateur career, winning the 1999 5A Texas State High School Golf Championship while attending McKinney High School and the 1999 U.S. Junior... |
71-67-66=204 | -6 | |
| Jeff Overton Jeff Overton Jeffrey Laurence Overton is an American professional golfer.Overton was born in Evansville, Indiana. He attended Indiana University, graduating in 2005 with a degree in Sports Marketing and Management.... |
67-70-67=204 | |||
| Bo Van Pelt Bo Van Pelt Bo Van Pelt is an American professional golfer who has played on both the Nationwide Tour and the PGA Tour. He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings.Van Pelt was born in Richmond, Indiana... |
67-68-69=204 | |||
| T10 | Dustin Johnson Dustin Johnson Dustin Hunter Johnson is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. He is one of the longest drivers on the PGA Tour having been third in the driving distance stats for three consecutive years between 2009-2011.... |
72-65-68=205 | -5 | |
| Phil Mickelson Phil Mickelson Philip Alfred Mickelson is an American professional golfer. He has won four major championships and a total of 39 events on the PGA Tour. He has reached a career high world ranking of 2nd in multiple years. He is nicknamed "Lefty" for his left-handed swing, even though he is otherwise right-handed... |
66-68-71=205 | |||
| Katsumasa Miyamoto Katsumasa Miyamoto Katsumasa Miyamoto is a Japanese professional golfer.Miyamoto was born in Shizuoka Prefecture. After turning professional, he joined the Japan Golf Tour, where he has won eight times. He won his first event in 1998, adding another later that year... |
71-72-62=205 | |||
| Nick Watney Nick Watney Nicholas Alan Watney is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. The highlight of Watney's career to date is his victory at the 2011 WGC-Cadillac Championship.... |
68-68-69=205 | |||
| Bubba Watson Bubba Watson Gerry "Bubba" Watson is an American professional golfer. Watson is one of the few left-handed golfers on tour and is known for his tremendous length. The longest driver on the PGA Tour, in 2007 he had an average drive of 315.2 yards and is capable of generating a ball speed of 194 mph, being... |
64-71-70=205 | |||
| Oliver Wilson Oliver Wilson Oliver John Wilson is an English professional golfer.Wilson was born in Mansfield, England, where his golfing career began at Coxmoor Golf Club.... |
71-67-67=205 |
Final leaderboard
| Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($ United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hunter Mahan Hunter Mahan Hunter Myles Mahan is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Amateur career:Mahan was born in Orange, California. He had a successful amateur career, winning the 1999 5A Texas State High School Golf Championship while attending McKinney High School and the 1999 U.S. Junior... |
71-67-66-64=268 | -12 | 1,400,000 | |
| 2 | Ryan Palmer Ryan Palmer Ryan Palmer is a chess player of Jamaican origin; he was the Jamaican National Champion in 1992. During the academic years of 2004-2007, he taught mathematics at Adams' Grammar School in Newport, Shropshire, and now has moved to the United States, to pursue further studies... |
70-68-63-69=270 | -10 | 840,000 | |
| T3 | Retief Goosen Retief Goosen Retief Goosen is a South African professional golfer who has been in the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings for over 250 weeks between 2001 and 2007. His main achievements have been two U.S... |
67-66-73-65=271 | -9 | 412,500 | |
| Bo Van Pelt Bo Van Pelt Bo Van Pelt is an American professional golfer who has played on both the Nationwide Tour and the PGA Tour. He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings.Van Pelt was born in Richmond, Indiana... |
67-68-69-67=271 | ||||
| 5 | Sean O'Hair Sean O'Hair Sean M. O'Hair is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Early life:O'Hair was born in Lubbock, Texas... |
67-70-64-71=272 | -8 | 295,000 | |
| T6 | Jim Furyk Jim Furyk James Michael Furyk is an American professional golfer, 2010 FedEx Cup champion, and 2010 PGA Tour Player of the Year. He has won one major championship, the 2003 U.S. Open. Furyk is known for consistently playing at the top level and for a visibly unconventional, looping golf swing... |
72-68-69-64=273 | -7 | 227,500 | |
| Jeff Overton Jeff Overton Jeffrey Laurence Overton is an American professional golfer.Overton was born in Evansville, Indiana. He attended Indiana University, graduating in 2005 with a degree in Sports Marketing and Management.... |
67-70-67-69=273 | ||||
| 8 | Peter Hanson Peter Hanson Peter Hanson is a Swedish professional golfer.Hanson was born in Svedala, Sweden. He turned professional in 1998 and has played on the Challenge Tour and the European Tour. His professional wins include the 1998 Gunther Hamburg Classics on the Challenge Tour and the 2005 Open de España on the... |
69-66-68-71=274 | -6 | 180,000 | |
| T9 | Pádraig Harrington Padraig Harrington Pádraig P. Harrington is an Irish professional golfer who plays on The European Tour and The PGA Tour. He has won three major championships: The Open Championship in 2007 and 2008 and the PGA Championship, also in 2008.-Background:... |
69-70-70-66=275 | -5 | 125,833 | |
| Matt Kuchar Matt Kuchar Matthew Gregory Kuchar is an American professional golfer who has played on both the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. He has ranked as high as number six in the Official World Golf Rankings.-Early career:... |
69-67-66-73=275 | ||||
| Rory McIlroy Rory McIlroy Rory McIlroy is a Northern Irish professional golfer from Holywood in County Down. He has represented Europe, Great Britain & Ireland, and Ireland as both an amateur and a professional. He had a successful amateur career, topping the World Amateur Golf Ranking for one week as a 17-year-old in 2007... |
68-69-69-69=275 | ||||
| Louis Oosthuizen Louis Oosthuizen Lodewicus Theodorus "Louis" Oosthuizen is a South African professional golfer, who won the 2010 Open Championship.-Early life and career:... |
72-70-68-65=275 | ||||
| Adam Scott | 66-70-72-67=275 | ||||
| Steve Stricker Steve Stricker Steven Stricker is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He has won 11 tournaments on the PGA Tour including the 2001 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and two FedEx Cup playoff events. His most successful season on tour came in 2009, when he had three tournament victories... |
68-71-69-67=275 |