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2011 PGA TOUR Regular SeasonWorld Golf Championships-Bridgestone InvitationalNOTESHunter Mahan (28) became the third player inhis 20s to win a World Golf Championships event,joining Tiger Woods and Geoff Ogilvy.Hunter Mahan’s 12-under-par winning total of 268in 2010 equaled the second-lowest winning score ofthe 11 Bridgestone Invitationals at Firestone CountryClub: Tiger Woods (21-under, 2000), HunterMahan (12-under, 2010), Tiger Woods (12-under,2001), Darren Clarke (12-under, 2003), TigerWoods (12-under, 2009).The three-stroke comeback for Hunter Mahan atthe 2010 Bridgestone Invitational equaled TigerWoods (2009) asthe largest come-from-behind winin the tournament’s 12-year history.Bo Van Pelt (67-68-69-67) and Rory McIlroy(68-69-69-69) were the only players at the 2010Bridgestone Invitational to shoot all four rounds inthe 60s.Playing in the Bridgestone Invitational for the11th time, Tiger Woods’ tie for 78th marked thefirst time he has failed to finish inside the topfour.Prior to the fourth round of the 2010 BridgestoneInvitational, Tiger Woods (77) and PhilMickelson (78) had recorded 77 or higher in thesame round just once, in the third round of the1998 British Open. In that third round, Woods shot77 and Mickelson posted an 85.TOURNAMENT HISTORYYear Winner Score Runner-up Score Location Par/YardsNEC WORLD SERIES OF GOLF1984 Denis Watson ...............271 Bruce Lietzke .................273 Firestone CC (South), Akron, OH ..................70/7,1491985 Roger Maltbie ...............268 Denis Watson ................272 Firestone CC (South), Akron, OH ..................70/7,1491986 Dan Pohl .......................277 Lanny Wadkins ..............278 Firestone CC (South), Akron, OH ..................70/7,1491987 Curtis Strange ...............275 Fulton Allem ..................278 Firestone CC (South), Akron, OH ..................70/7,1491988 Mike Reid* ...................275 Tom Watson ..................275 Firestone CC (South), Akron, OH ..................70/7,1491989 David Frost* ..................276 Ben Crenshaw ...............276 Firestone CC (South), Akron, OH ..................70/7,1491990 Jose Maria Olazabal ....262 Lanny Wadkins ..............274 Firestone CC (South), Akron, OH ..................70/7,1491991 Tom Purtzer* .................279 Jim Gallagher, Jr. ..........279 Firestone CC (South), Akron, OH ..................70/7,149Davis Love III1992 Craig Stadler .................273 Corey Pavin ....................274 Firestone CC (South), Akron, OH ..................70/7,1491993 Fulton Allem .................270 Jim Gallagher, Jr. ..........275 Firestone CC (South), Akron, OH ..................70/7,149Nick PriceCraig Stadler1994 Jose Maria Olazabal ....269 Scott Hoch .....................270 Firestone CC (North), Akron, OH ..................70/6,9181995 Greg Norman* ..............278 Billy Mayfair ..................278 Firestone CC (South), Akron, OH ..................70/7,149Nick Price1996 Phil Mickelson ..............274 Billy Mayfair ...............277 Firestone CC (South), Akron, OH ..................70/7,149Steve StrickerDuffy Waldorf1997 Greg Norman ................273 Phil Mickelson ...............277 Firestone CC (South), Akron, OH ..................70/7,1891998 David Duval ..................269 Phil Mickelson ...............271 Firestone CC (South), Akron, OH ..................70/7,189WORLD GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS–NEC INVITATIONAL1999 Tiger Woods .................270 Phil Mickelson ...............271 Firestone CC (South), Akron, OH ..................70/7,1392000 Tiger Woods .................259 Justin Leonard ...............270 Firestone CC (South), Akron, OH ..................70/7,139Phillip Price2001 Tiger Woods* ...............268 Jim Furyk .......................268 Firestone CC (South), Akron, OH ..................70/7,1392002 Craig Parry ....................268 Robert Allenby ...............272 Sahalee CC; Sammamish, WA .....................72/6,949Fred Funk2003 Darren Clarke ................268 Jonathan Kaye ...............272 Firestone CC (South), Akron, OH ..................70/7,2302004 Stewart Cink .................269 Rory Sabbatini ...............273 Firestone CC (South), Akron, OH ..................70/7,360Tiger Woods2005 Tiger Woods .................274 Chris DiMarco ................275 Firestone CC (South), Akron, OH ..................70/7,360WORLD GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS–BRIDGESTONE INVITATIONAL2006 Tiger Woods* ...............270 Stewart Cink ..................270 Firestone CC (South), Akron, OH ..................70/7,3602007 Tiger Woods .................272 Justin Rose ....................280 Firestone CC (South), Akron, OH ..................70/7,400Rory Sabbatini2008 Vijay Singh ....................270 Stuart Appleby ...............271 Firestone CC (South), Akron, OH ..................70/7,400Lee Westwood2009 Tiger Woods .................268 Robert Allenby ...............272 Firestone CC (South), Akron, OH ..................70/7,400Padraig Harrington2010 Hunter Mahan ..............268 Ryan Palmer ...................270 Firestone CC (South), Akron, OH ..................70/7,400KEY: * = PlayoffSECTION3TOURNAMENT HISTORIESOf the 24 players making their BridgestoneInvitational debuts in 2010, four finished amongthe top 10: Bo Van Pelt (tied for third), JeffOverton (tied for sixth), Peter Hanson (eighth)and Louis Oosthuizen (tied for ninth).Katsumasa Miyamoto equaled the BridgestoneInvitational record and established a FirestoneCountry Club record with a 6-under-par 29 on theback nine in the third round en route to an 8-underpar62.Tournament Record:259, Tiger Woods, 2000Current Course Record:61, Jose Maria Olazabal, 1990; Tiger Woods, 2000PGATOUR.COM PGA TOUR 2011 Guide3-75