2006 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

2006 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

Tournament information
Dates	August 24–27, 2006
Location	Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Course(s)	Firestone Country Club
Tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour
Statistics
Par	70
Length	7,360
Field	78 players
Cut	None
Prize fund	$7,500,000
Winner's share	$1,300,000
Champion
Tiger Woods
270 (–10), playoff
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The 2006 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was a golf tournament that was contested from August 24–27, 2006 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the eighth WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the second of four World Golf Championships events held in 2006.

World number 1 Tiger Woods won the tournament to retain the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and claim his eleventh World Golf Championships title, which was his fifth Invitational title. He won in a playoff over Stewart Cink, who also shot a 10-under par 270.

Round summaries

First round

#	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Adam Scott	Australia	63	–7
2	Jason Gore	United States	65	–5
3	Lucas Glover	United States	66	–4
T4	Michael Campbell	New Zealand	67	–3
	Luke Donald	England
	David Howell	England
	Davis Love III	United States
	David Toms	United States
	Tiger Woods	United States
T10	Olin Browne	United States	68	–2
	Chad Campbell	United States
	Tim Clark	South Africa
	Chris DiMarco	United States
	Ernie Els	South Africa
	José María Olazábal	Spain
	Kevin Stadler	United States

Second round

#	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Tiger Woods	United States	67-64=131	–9
2	Davis Love III	United States	67-65=132	–8
T3	Jim Furyk	United States	69-65=134	–6
	Adam Scott	Australia	63-71=134
T5	Ernie Els	South Africa	68-67=135	–5
	Lucas Glover	United States	66-69=135
	Kevin Stadler	United States	68-67=135
8	Luke Donald	England	67-69=136	–4
T9	Stewart Cink	United States	70-67=137	–3
	Robert Gamez	United States	70-67=137

Third round

#	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Stewart Cink	United States	70-67-64=201	–9
T2	Paul Casey	England	69-69-64=202	–8
	Davis Love III	United States	67-65-70=202
	Tiger Woods	United States	67-64-71=202
5	Jim Furyk	United States	69-65-69=203	–7
6	Lucas Glover	United States	66-69-69=204	–6
T7	Ernie Els	South Africa	68-67-70=205	–5
	Adam Scott	Australia	63-71-71=205
	Kevin Stadler	United States	68-67-70=205
T10	Thomas Bjørn	Denmark	72-67-67=206	–4
	Luke Donald	England	67-69-70=206
	J. J. Henry	United States	70-68-68=206
	David Toms	United States	67-74-65=206

Final leaderboard

#	Player	Country	Score	To par	Winnings ($)
T1	Tiger Woods	United States	67-64-71-68=270	–10	1,300,000
	Stewart Cink	United States	70-67-64-69=270		750,000
3	Jim Furyk	United States	69-65-69-68=271	–9	450,000
T4	Ángel Cabrera	Argentina	70-68-70-65=273	–7	246,250
	Paul Casey	England	69-69-64-71=273
	Lucas Glover	United States	66-69-69-69=273
	Davis Love III	United States	67-65-70-71=273
T8	Luke Donald	England	67-69-70-68=274	–6	152,500
	David Toms	United States	67-74-65-68=274
T10	J. J. Henry	United States	70-68-68-69=275	–5	120,000
	Arron Oberholser	United States	70-71-69-65=275
	Adam Scott	Australia	63-71-71-70=275

Sudden-death playoff

Player	Score
	18	17	18	17	Total
Tiger Woods	4	4	5	3	16
Stewart Cink	4	4	5	4	17

External links

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