Bridgestone Invitational

 
 
 
Bridgestone Invitational championship is a popular event has been a fan favorite for more than three decades now and its popularity is ever increasing. More commonly it is known as WGC-Bridgestone Invitational as since 2006 it is being sponsored by the famous tire company Bridgestone. Before that, it was sponsored by the Japanese electric and IT company NEC. Watching Bridgestone Invitational is always a riveting experience so get your Bridgestone Invitational Tickets only from us and enjoy!
 
The Bridgestone Invitational golf tournament takes place regularly at its traditional place and city that is Akron, Ohio and the venue is the very picturesque Firestone Country Club which is a 54 hole golf course. This event is primarily for male professional golfers and is one of the annual World Golf Championships held regularly in August. Three golf tours are related to this tournament namely Japan Golf Tour, PGA Tour and PGA European Tour. The format of the game is Stroke Play with a total prize fund of $8,500,000, this event is arranged and endorsed by International Federation of PGA Tours and on both PGA European Tour and PGA Tour the prize money is official.
 
The Bridgestone Invitational event is kind of unique as only 75 players compete in it whereas in other professional golf events normally 150 players take part. Top few dozen golfers from all over the world are send invitations to compete in this thrilling event. There are certain requirements for player eligibility like Players who are ranked among top 50 in World Golf Rankings, active members of the last named European, US Ryder Cup, International Presidents and US Cup teams. One selected tournament winner of tours like Sunshine Tour, Asian Tour, Japan Golf Tour and PGA Tour of Australasia. Acclaimed player Tiger Woods holds the record score in this tournament as his aggregate was 259 and To par was -21 in the year 2000.
 
Initially it was founded as a four man invitational event but later on it became a PGA Tour event, till 1998 this event was called the World Series of Golf. Till date most wins have been recorded by US players like Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Mike Reid, Curtis Strange, Bill Rogers and Stewart Cink. Foreign players like Vijay Singh (Fiji), Craig Parry (Australia), Greg Norman (Australia) and Fulton Allem (South Africa) have also won this tournament but Tiger Woods holds the record of a maximum 7 wins.
 
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