PGA European Tour - Tournaments

WGC - Bridgestone Invitational

Firestone CC

Akron, Ohio, USA

24 Aug 2006 - 27 Aug 2006

Woods wins the World Golf Championships - Bridgestone Invitational

27 Aug 2006

He was heroic at Hoylake and magnificent at Medinah but Tiger Woods proved it was not only in the Major Championship arena in 2006 that he excelled. The undisputed World Number One was also fantastic at Firestone Country Club as he successfully defended his World Golf Championships – Bridgestone Invitational title, beating US Ryder Cup team-mate Stewart Cink at the fourth extra hole of a sudden-death play-off to notch his 11th individual victory in a WGC event.

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Sensational 64 moves Casey into contention at Firestone

26 Aug 2006

Paul Casey gave European Ryder Cup Captain Ian Woosnam, watching the action on television at home in Jersey, good reason to smile when a sensational third round 64 moved the Englishman into a share of second place in the World Golf Championships – Bridgestone Invitational at the Firestone Country Club in Akron Ohio and only one shot adrift of leader Stewart Cink.

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Woods survives bizarre ending to lead at Firestone

25 Aug 2006

Tiger Woods moved into the lead at the halfway stage of the World Golf Championships – Bridgestone Invitational, but all the talk at the Firestone Country Club centred around a truly bizarre ending to the World Number One’s second round at the Akron course.

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Scott off to a flying start in the WGC - Bridgestone Invitational

24 Aug 2006

Australian Adam Scott got his challenge for the World Golf Championships – Bridgestone Invitational off to a flying start when a sensational seven under par 63 gave him the first round lead at the Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. At the end of a fascinating opening day’s play, the 26 year old European Tour Member found himself two shots clear of his nearest challenger, American Jason Gore, who had a rollercoaster 65, with another American, Lucas Glover, in third after his opening 66.

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Paul McGinley at the 2005 WGC-NEC Invitational

European Ryder Cup Picture Set to Clear at Firestone

21 Aug 2006

The composition of the United States Ryder Cup Team to face Europe at The K Club is now a matter of public knowledge. However the great imponderable remains – who precisely will be in the opposing European camp when Ian Woosnam completes his line-up in Munich on September 3? Only two weeks of top class golf remain to source the answers, and more clues are likely to be found at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, this week during the World Golf Championships – Bridgestone Invitational, in which Ireland's Paul McGinley finished tied third in 2005.

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