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On the Tee: World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational

Fresh off his fourth win of the season at the Buick Open, Tiger Woods moves on this week to Akron, Ohio for the Bridgestone Invitational. Firestone Country Club has been among Woods' favorite courses over the years, compiling six titles there. The WGC event features a limited field, but it comprises the best of the best, having 49 of the top 50 players in the world rankings.


World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational field
Allenby, Robert Harrington, Padraig O'Hern, Nick
Appleby, Stuart Havret, Gregory Ogilvy, Geoff
Austin, Woody Holmes, J.B. Perez, Pat
Beckman, Cameron Howell III, Charles Perry, Kenny
Cabrera, Angel Igarashi, Yuji Pettersson, Carl
Campbell, Chad Immelman, Trevor Poulter, Ian
Casey, Paul Jaidee, Thongchai Quiros, Alvaro
Cevaer, Christian Jimenez, Miguel A. Rose, Justin
Choi, K.J. Johnson, Dustin Sabbatini, Rory
Cink, Stewart Johnson, Zach Scott, Adam
Clark, Tim Kang, Anthony Singh, Jeev M.
Clarke, Darren Katayama, Shingo Singh, Vijay
Curtis, Ben Kaymer, Martin Stenson, Henrik
Donald, Luke Kelly, Jerry Sterne, Richard
Dougherty, Nick Kim, Anthony Stricker, Steve
Els, Ernie Kjeldsen, Soren Toms, David
Fdez-Castano, Gonzalo Lam, Chih-Bing Turnesa, Marc
Fisher, Ross Lee, Danny Verplank, Scott
Furyk, Jim Leonard, Justin Villegas, Camilo
Garcia, Sergio Love III, Davis Watney, Nick
Gay, Brian Lowry, Shane Weekley, Boo
Glover, Lucas Mahan, Hunter Weir, Mike
Goggin, Mathew Marksaeng, Prayad Westwood, Lee
Goosen, Retief McDowell, Graeme Wilson, Oliver
Green, Nathan McIlroy, Rory Woods, Tiger
Hansen, Anders Mickelson, Phil Yang, Y.E.
Hansen, Soren O'Hair, Sean  
Defending Champion
Vijay Singh prevailed over Stuart Appleby and Lee Westwood by one stroke.
2007: Tiger Woods
2006: Tiger Woods
2005: Tiger Woods


Course
Firestone Country Club - South Course
Akron, Ohio
Par: 70     Yardage: 7,400
Designer: Bert Way, Robert Trent Jones
Opened: 1929


Players to watch
Tiger Woods Davis Love III
6 wins at Firestone
4 wins on 2009 PGA Tour
6 career top-10s at Firestone
Ranks 14th in Driving Distance
Track Woods' skills Track Love's skills


Strength of field
World Rank Players No. in Field
TOP 10 Tiger Woods (1), Phil Mickelson (2), Paul Casey (3), Kenny Perry (4), Sergio Garcia (5), Steve Stricker(6), Henrik Stenson(7), Geoff Ogilvy (8), Stewart Cink (9), Jim Furyk (10) 10
TOP 25 Vijay Singh (11), Martin Kaymer (12), Lee Westwood (13), Camilo Villegas (14), Anthony Kim (15), Sean O'Hair (16), Padraig Harrington (17), Retief Goosen (19), Lucas Glover (20), Ian Poulter (21), Zach Johnson (22), Ross Fisher (23), Luke Donald (24), Ernie Els (25) 14
TOP 50 Rory McIlroy (26), Mike Weir (27), Hunter Mahan (28), Ben Curtis (29), Angel Cabrera (30), David Toms (31), Justin Leonard (32), Soren Kjeldsen (33), Nick Watney (34), Tim Clark (35), Brian Gay (36), Alvaro Quiros (37), Rory Sabbatini (38), Miguel A. Jimenez (39), Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (40), Jeev M. Singh (41), Robert Allenby (42), Shingo Katayama (43), Adam Scott (44), Soren Hansen (45), Oliver Wilson (46), Davis Love III (47), Graeme McDowell (48), Mathew Goggin (49), Thongchai Jaidee (50) 25
TOP 100 Dustin Johnson (51), Justin Rose (52), Trevor Immelman (54), Chad Campbell (55), K.J. Choi (56), J.B. Holmes (60), Anders Hansen (62), Prayad Marksaeng (63), Nick Dougherty (70), Pat Perez (71), Boo Weekley (72), Richard Sterne (77), Jerry Kelly (82), Stuart Appleby (90), Woody Austin (92), Scott Verplank (93) 16
Complete World Rankings

 
 
 
 
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