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 11th 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

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Adam Scott	63	−7
2	Jason Gore	65	−5
3	Lucas Glover	66	−4
T4	Michael Campbell	67	−3
	Luke Donald
	David Howell
	Davis Love III
	David Toms
	Tiger Woods
T10	Olin Browne	68	−2
	Chad Campbell
	Tim Clark
	Chris DiMarco
	Ernie Els
	José María Olazábal
	Kevin Stadler

Second round

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

Third round

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

Final round

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

Scorecard

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
Woods	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−8	−9	−9	−10	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10	−10
Cink	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−9	−10	−10
Furyk	−8	−9	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9
Cabrera	−2	−3	−4	−4	−5	−6	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−7
Casey	−8	−8	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−10	−9	−9	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7
Glover	−6	−7	−7	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−6	−7	−7	−7
Love	−6	−7	−7	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−8	−7	−7	−7	−7	−6	−5	−6	−6	−7

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Source: ^[1]

Sudden-death playoff

References

External links

• Full results

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