When is the… 2018 Bridgestone Invitational?
The 2018 Bridgestone Invitational is part of of the World Golf Championship events and is the penultimate WGC event of the year.
Here’s the lowdown on the 2018 event.
A brief history
The WGC Bridgestone formally known as the WGC NEC took over from the former World Series of Golf at which ran between 1976 and 1998 at Firestone.
Invitations are handed to players that played in the last Presidents Cup or Ryder Cup, top 50 ranked players in the world (one and two weeks before the event), players to win an event with a field rating of 115 or more and the winner of one selected tournament from the PGA of Australiasia, Sunshine Tour, Asian Tour and two selected events from the Japan Tour.
Did you know…
Tiger Woods has won 8 out of 19 of the events since 1999. He also holds the record for the lowest score with 259 (-21) in 2000.
Where is the 2018 Bridgestone Invitational?
The South Course at Firestone Country Club in Ohio has been the permanent home of the event since 1999 but didn’t host the event in 2002 as Sahalee Country Club in Washington played host.
When is the 2018 Bridgestone Invitational?
The tournament will be played between the 2nd and 5th August.
Who is the defending champion?
Hideki Matsuyama won the tournament in 2017 as he strolled to a five shot victory over Zach Johnson.
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Matthew Beedle
Matthew has been playing golf since he was around 13 and took up the game at a local nine-hole municipal course with his friends before joining Pontefract & District Golf Club just over the hedge.
Still a member of Pontefract with a handicap of 3, he currently sits on the board of directors to help with digital and marketing initiatives in order to improve membership and visitor income.
Matthew graduated university with a First Class in Sports Journalism from Leeds Trinity University and has been working in the golf industry since graduating.
NCG’s social media & marketing manager, Matthew’s main job role is to increase website traffic to the National Club Golfer website via our email and social media channels as well as driving entries to grow our NCG Top 100s Tour events amongst other tasks.
Not one to change his equipment too often, Matthew currently plays the TaylorMade M2 driver which has lasted the test of time in his bag. Elsewhere, you’ll find him using the TaylorMade Stealth 2 three-wood with a Ping G425 Crossover 2-iron to aid his long game.
Through his 4-iron to Gap Wedge, Matthew uses the Ping i500 irons accompanied by Ping’s Glide 3.0 56-degree and 60-degree wedges.
Another club that has stood the test of time in his bag is a Nike Method Core MC-3i putter which has had to have the SuperStroke grip changed at least three times. Ball of choice is the Titleist ProV1.
