{{use mdy dates|date=September 2018}} {{Infobox individual golf tournament | name = 2017 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational | image = | image_size = 230 | dates = August 3–6, 2017 | location = [[Akron, Ohio]], U.S. | course = [[Firestone Country Club]]<br>South Course | tour = [[PGA Tour]]<br>[[European Tour]] | par = 70 | yardage = {{convert|7400|yd|0}} | field = 76 players | cut = None | purse = [[United States dollar|$]]9,750,000<br>[[Euro|€]]8,278,143 | winners_share = $1,660,000<br>€1,409,407 | champion = {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hideki Matsuyama]] | score = 264 (−16) | previous = [[2016 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational|2016]] | next = [[2018 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational|2018]] }} {{Location map |USA |relief = 1 |label = <small>Akron </small> |position = bottom |lat = 41.008 |long = -81.508 |caption = Location in the [[United States]] |marksize = 5 |float = |background= |width = 230 }} {{Location map |USA Ohio |relief = 1 |label = <small>Firestone CC </small> |lat = 41.008 |long = -81.508 |caption = Location in [[Ohio]] |marksize = 5 |float = |background= |width = 110 }} The '''2017 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational''' was a professional [[golf]] tournament held August {{nowrap|3–6}} on the South Course of [[Firestone Country Club]] in [[Akron, Ohio]]. It was the 19th [[WGC-Bridgestone Invitational]] tournament, and the third of the [[World Golf Championships]] events in 2017.
[[Hideki Matsuyama]] won the tournament.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/06/sports/golf/hideki-matsuyama-ties-a-course-record-to-win-the-bridgestone-invitational.html |title=Hideki Matsuyama Ties a Course Record to Win the Bridgestone Invitational |date=August 6, 2017 |newspaper=The New York Times |first=Karen |last=Crouse |accessdate=August 9, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.espn.co.uk/golf/story/_/id/20268120/golf-wgc-bridgestone-invitational-victory-raises-hideki-matsuyama-profile-ahead-pga-championship |title=Win raises Matsuyama's profile ahead of PGA Championship |date=August 6, 2017 |work=ESPN |first=Bob |last=Harig |accessdate=August 9, 2017}}</ref>
==Venue== {{main|Firestone Country Club}}
===Course layout=== The South Course was designed by [[Bert Way]] and redesigned by [[Robert Trent Jones]] in 1960.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clubcorp.com/Clubs/Firestone-Country-Club/Golf/Courses |publisher=Firestone Country Club |title=Courses |year=2013 |accessdate=March 1, 2013}}</ref> <!-- {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !align="left"|Hole!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!9!!Out!!10!!11!!12!!13!!14!!15!!16!!17!!18!!In!!Total |- | align="center"|Yards||399||526||442||471||200||469||219||482||494||'''3702'''||410||418||180||471||467||221||667||400||464||'''3698'''||'''7400''' |- | align="center"|Par||4||5||4||4||3||4||3||4||4||'''35'''||4||4||3||4||4||3||5||4||4||'''35'''||'''70''' |} --> {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:100%;" !Hole!!Yards!!Par!!{{spaces|2}}!!Hole!!Yards!!Par |- |1||399||4||rowspan=10 style="background:#E6E8FA;"| ||10||410||4 |- |2||526||5||11||418||4 |- |3||442||4||12||180||3 |- |4||471||4||13||471||4 |- |5||200||3||14||467||4 |- |6||469||4||15||221||3 |- |7||219||3||16||667||5 |- |8||482||4||17||400||4 |- |9||494||4||18||464||4 |- | '''Out'''||'''3,702'''||'''35'''|| '''In'''||'''3,698'''||'''35''' |- |colspan=2 align=left|<small>Source:</small><ref name=course>{{cite news |url=http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/wgc-bridgestone-invitational/course.html |work=PGA Tour |title=WGC Bridgestone Invitational |agency=(course)|date=2017 |accessdate=April 7, 2017}}</ref> ||colspan=3|'''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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/wgc-bridgestone-invitational/field/qualified-players.html |title=Field: Qualified Players for 2017 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational |publisher=PGA Tour |access-date=July 18, 2017}}</ref>
;1. Playing members of the 2016 United States and European [[Ryder Cup]] teams. [[Rafa Cabrera-Bello]] (2,3,4), [[Matt Fitzpatrick]] (2,3,4), [[Rickie Fowler]] (2,3,4), [[Sergio García]] (2,3,4), [[J. B. Holmes]], [[Dustin Johnson]] (2,3,4), [[Zach Johnson]], [[Brooks Koepka]] (2,3,4), [[Matt Kuchar]] (2,3), [[Rory McIlroy]] (2,3,4), [[Phil Mickelson]] (2,3), [[Ryan Moore (golfer)|Ryan Moore]] (2,3), [[Thomas Pieters]] (2,3), [[Patrick Reed]] (2,3,4), [[Justin Rose]] (2,3,4), [[Jordan Spieth]] (2,3,4), [[Henrik Stenson]] (2,3,4), [[Andy Sullivan (golfer)|Andy Sullivan]], [[Jimmy Walker (golfer)|Jimmy Walker]] (2,3,4), [[Lee Westwood]], [[Danny Willett]] (2,3), [[Chris Wood (golfer)|Chris Wood]] *''[[Martin Kaymer]] did not play due to a shoulder injury.'' *''[[Brandt Snedeker]] (2,3) did not play due to a rib injury.''
;2. The top 50 players from the [[Official World Golf Ranking]] as of July 24, 2017. [[Daniel Berger (golfer)|Daniel Berger]] (3,4), [[Wesley Bryan]] (3,4), [[Paul Casey]] (3), [[Kevin Chappell]] (3,4), [[Jason Day]] (3), [[Jason Dufner]] (3,4), [[Ross Fisher]] (3), [[Tommy Fleetwood]] (3,4), [[Branden Grace]] (3), [[Emiliano Grillo]] (3), [[Bill Haas]] (3), [[Brian Harman]] (3,4), [[Tyrrell Hatton]] (3,4), [[Charley Hoffman]] (3), [[Billy Horschel]] (3,4), [[Kim Si-woo]] (3,4), [[Kevin Kisner]] (3,4), [[Russell Knox]] (3,4), [[Marc Leishman]] (3,4), [[Hideki Matsuyama]] (3,4), [[Francesco Molinari]] (3,4), [[Alex Norén]] (3,4), [[Louis Oosthuizen]] (3), [[Pat Perez]] (3,4), [[Jon Rahm]] (3,4), [[Charl Schwartzel]] (3), [[Adam Scott (golfer)|Adam Scott]] (3), [[Hideto Tanihara]], [[Justin Thomas]] (3,4), [[Bubba Watson]] (3), [[Bernd Wiesberger]] (3), [[Gary Woodland]] (3)
;3. The top 50 players from the [[Official World Golf Ranking]] as of July 31, 2017. [[Jhonattan Vegas]] (4)
;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.<ref>The 'Strength of Field Rating' is a loose term for what the [[Official World Golf Ranking]] calls the 'Total Rating Value' (see [[Official World Golf Ranking#Event ranking|Event ranking]]).</ref> [[Sam Brazel]], [[Bryson DeChambeau]], [[Adam Hadwin]], [[Russell Henley]], [[Mackenzie Hughes]], [[Thongchai Jaidee]], [[Thorbjørn Olesen]], [[Rod Pampling]], [[Renato Paratore]], [[Andrés Romero]], [[Xander Schauffele]], [[Kyle Stanley]], [[Brendan Steele]], [[Hudson Swafford]], [[Wang Jeung-hun]], [[Fabrizio Zanotti]]
;5. The winner of selected tournaments from each of the following tours: *[[Asian Tour]]: 2016 Order of Merit winner – [[Scott Hend]] *[[PGA Tour of Australasia]]: [[Australian PGA Championship]] (2016) – [[Harold Varner III]] *[[Japan Golf Tour]]: [[Bridgestone Open]] (2016) – [[Satoshi Kodaira]] *[[Japan Golf Tour]]: [[Japan Golf Tour Championship]] – [[Shaun Norris (golfer)|Shaun Norris]] *[[Sunshine Tour]]: [[Dimension Data Pro-Am]] – [[Paul Lawrie]]
==Round summaries== ===First round=== ''Thursday, August 3, 2017'' {| class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par |- | align=center|1 || {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Thomas Pieters]] || align=center|65 || align=center|−5 |- | align=center|2 || {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Russell Knox]] || align=center|66 || align=center|−4 |- | align=center rowspan=6|T3 || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Ross Fisher]] || align=center rowspan=6|67 || align=center rowspan=6|−3 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kevin Kisner]] |- | {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Rory McIlroy]] |- | {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Jon Rahm]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jordan Spieth]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bubba Watson]] |- | align=center rowspan=6|T9 || {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Adam Hadwin]] || align=center rowspan=6|68 || align=center rowspan=6|−2 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Charley Hoffman]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dustin Johnson]] |- | {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Andrés Romero]] |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Adam Scott (golfer)|Adam Scott]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Walker (golfer)|Jimmy Walker]] |}
===Second round=== ''Friday, August 4, 2017'' {| class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par |- |align=center|1 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Walker (golfer)|Jimmy Walker]] || 68-65=133 || align=center|−7 |- |align=center|2 || {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Thomas Pieters]] || 65-70=135 || align=center|−5 |- |rowspan=3 align=center|T3 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Zach Johnson]] || 69-67=136 ||rowspan=3 align=center|−4 |- | {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hideki Matsuyama]] || 69-67=136 |- | {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Rory McIlroy]] || 67-69=136 |- |rowspan=6 align=center|T6 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jason Day]] || 71-66=137 ||rowspan=6 align=center|−3 |- | {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Adam Hadwin]] || 68-69=137 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Charley Hoffman]] || 68-69=137 |- | {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Russell Knox]] || 66-71=137 |- | {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Alex Norén]] || 69-68=137 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jordan Spieth]] || 67-70=137 |}
===Third round=== ''Saturday, August 5, 2017'' {| class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par |- |rowspan=2 align=center|T1 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Zach Johnson]] || 69-67-65=201 || rowspan=2 align=center|−9 |- | {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Thomas Pieters]] || 65-70-66=201 |- |align=center|3 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Scott Hend]] || 70-69-63=202 || align=center|−8 |- |align=center|4 || {{flagicon|JAP}} [[Hideki Matsuyama]] || 69-67-67=203 || align=center|−7 |- |rowspan=3 align=center|T5 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Charley Hoffman]] || 68-69-67=204 || rowspan=3 align=center|−6 |- | {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Adam Hadwin]] || 68-69-67=204 |- | {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Rory McIlroy]] || 67-69-68=204 |- |align=center|8 || {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Russell Knox]] || 66-71-68=205 || align=center|−5 |- |align=center|9 || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Paul Casey]] || 70-69-67=206 || align=center|−4 |- |rowspan=6 align=center|T10 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Daniel Berger (golfer)|Daniel Berger]] || 71-68-68=207 || rowspan=6 align=center|−3 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kevin Chappell]] || 72-67-68=207 |- | {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jason Day]] || 71-66-70=207 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brooks Koepka]] || 71-68-68=207 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Bubba Watson]] || 67-74-66=207 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jimmy Walker (golfer)|Jimmy Walker]] || 68-65-74=207 |}
===Final round=== ''Sunday, August 6, 2017'' {| class="wikitable" !Place!!Player!!Score!!To par!!Money ([[United States dollar|$]]) |- | align=center|1 || {{flagicon|JPN}} '''[[Hideki Matsuyama]]''' || 69-67-67-61=264 || align=center|−16 || align=center|1,660,000 |- | align=center|2 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Zach Johnson]] || 69-67-65-68=269 || align=center|−11 || align=center|1,045,000 |- | align=center|3 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Charley Hoffman]] || 68-69-67-66=270 || align=center|−10 || align=center|572,000 |- | align=center|4 || {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Thomas Pieters]] || 65-70-66-71=272 || align=center|−8 || align=center|422,000 |- | align=center rowspan=4|T5 || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Paul Casey]] || 70-69-67-67=273 || align=center rowspan=4|−7 || align=center rowspan=4|268,500 |- | {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Adam Hadwin]] || 68-69-67-69=273 |- | {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Russell Knox]] || 66-71-68-68=273 |- | {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Rory McIlroy]] || 67-69-68-69=273 |- | align=center|9 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Rickie Fowler]] || 70-71-67-66=274 || align=center|−6 || align=center|186,000 |- | align=center rowspan=3|T10 || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Scott Hend]] || 70-69-63-73=275 || align=center rowspan=3|−5 || align=center rowspan=3|154,667 |- | {{flagicon|DNK}} [[Thorbjørn Olesen]] || 73-70-67-65=275 |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Hudson Swafford]] || 70-69-70-66=275 |} <small>Source:</small><ref name=espnwgcbr>{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard?tournamentId=2713 |work=ESPN |title=Leaderboard: WGC-Bridgestone Invitational |date=August 6, 2017 |accessdate=August 7, 2017}}</ref>
====Scorecard==== ''Final round'' {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !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 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|JPN}} Matsuyama||−7||style="background: Red;"|−9||style="background: Pink;"|−10||−10||−10||style="background: Pink;"|−11||−11||−11||style="background: Pink;"|−12||−12||−12||−12||style="background: Pink;"|−13||−13||−13||style="background: Pink;"|−14||style="background: Pink;"|−15||style="background: Pink;"|−16 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Johnson||−9||style="background: Pink;"|−10||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−9||−9||−9||−9||−9||−9||style="background: Pink;"|−10||−10||style="background: Pink;"|−11||−11||−11||−11||−11||−11||−11||−11 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Hoffman||−6||style="background: Pink;"|−7||−7||style="background: Pink;"|−8||−8||style="background: Pink;"|−9||style="background: Pink;"|−10||−10||−10||−10||style="background: Pink;"|−11||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−10||style="background: Pink;"|−11||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−10||−10||−10||−10||−10 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|BEL}} Pieters||−9||style="background: Pink;"|−10||−10||−10||−10||−10||−10||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−9||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−8||−8||−8||−8||−8||−8||−8||−8||−8||−8 |- |align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} Hend||−8||−8||−8||−8||−8||−8||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−7||−7||−7||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−6||−6||−6||−6||style="background: PaleGreen;"|−5||−5||−5||−5||−5 |} ''Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par'' {|class="wikitable" span = 50 style="font-size:85%; |- |style="background: Red;" width=10| |Eagle |style="background: Pink;" width=10| |Birdie |style="background: PaleGreen;" width=10| |Bogey |} <small>Source:</small><ref name=espnwgcbr/>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{official website|http://www.worldgolfchampionships.com/bridgestone-invitational.html}} *[https://www.europeantour.com/en/europeantour/tournaments/2017/wgc---bridgestone-invitational/ Coverage on European Tour's official site] *[http://www.clubcorp.com/Clubs/Firestone-Country-Club Firestone Country Club site]
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