WGC-NEC Invitational
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| Location | Akron, Ohio |
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| Established | 1999 |
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Firestone Country Club South Course |
| Par | 70 |
| Length | 7,400 yards (6,767 m) |
| Tour(s) |
PGA Tour European Tour (1999–2015) |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | $9,750,000 |
| Month played | August |
| Aggregate | 259 Tiger Woods (2000) |
| To par | −21 Tiger Woods (2000) |
 Dustin Johnson
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 2017 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
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The WGC-Bridgestone Invitational is a professional golf tournament, one of the annual World Golf Championships. It is sanctioned and organized by the International Federation of PGA Tours and the prize money is official money on both the PGA Tour and the European Tour. The event, sponsored by NEC through 2005 and known as the WGC-NEC Invitational, was established in 1999 as a successor to the World Series of Golf, which was also sponsored by NEC.
The tournament changed sponsorship in 2006, with Bridgestone taking over from NEC as title sponsor. As a part of the original five-year sponsorship agreement, the event continues to be held at its traditional site of the South Course of Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. In August 2013, the sponsorship was extended through 2018.
The current event has a field of about 75 players, roughly half the number for a standard professional golf event. Invitations are issued to the following:
From 1999 to 2001, only the Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup teams were eligible and the field was about 40 players. Prior to 2011, both Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup teams were eligible.
All events have been held at the South Course of Firestone Country Club, except the 2002 edition. It was played at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Washington, which hosted the PGA Championship in 1998.
From 1976 through 1998, the PGA Tour event at Firestone Country Club was the "World Series of Golf," and was sponsored by NEC beginning in 1984. It was founded as a four-man invitational event in 1962, comprising the winners of the four major championships in a 36-hole event. A made-for-television exhibition, the competitors played in one group for $75,000 in unofficial prize money, televised by NBC.
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