Tournaments / 2014-2015
World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational
2015-08-06 · Firestone CC (South)
- Winner
- Shane Lowry
- Winning score
- -11
- Field
- 80
- Field strength
- +0.719 SG
The 2014-2015 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational was played at Firestone CC (South), starting 6 August 2015. Shane Lowry won at 11 under par (269), 2 strokes ahead of Bubba Watson. The winning card was 70, 66, 67 and 66, and the win paid $1,570,000. Bubba Watson finished second, and Jim Furyk and Justin Rose tied for third. 80 players started the event. The field averaged +0.719 strokes gained per round against the tour baseline, with strokes-gained data covering 66% of the players. The full leaderboard below lists every player's finish position, round scores and total to par. Every figure on this page comes from the PGA Tour's published final leaderboard for the event — nothing here is estimated or modelled.
Final leaderboard
Top 20 of 80. Search finds any player in the field, including those who missed the cut.
- Shane Lowry
- Pos
- 1
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 66
- Total
- 269
- Bubba Watson
- Pos
- 2
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 66
- Total
- 271
- Jim Furyk
- Pos
- T3
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 273
- Justin Rose
- Pos
- T3
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 63
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 273
- Robert Streb
- Pos
- 5
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 274
- Brooks Koepka
- Pos
- T6
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 275
- Danny Lee
- Pos
- T6
- R1
- 65
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 275
- David Lingmerth
- Pos
- T6
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 275
- Henrik Stenson
- Pos
- T6
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 275
- Jordan Spieth
- Pos
- T10
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 66
- Total
- 276
- Rickie Fowler
- Pos
- T10
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 276
- Jason Day
- Pos
- T12
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 277
- Steven Bowditch
- Pos
- T12
- R1
- 73
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 63
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 277
- Søren Kjeldsen
- Pos
- T12
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 73
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 66
- Total
- 277
- Kevin Na
- Pos
- T15
- R1
- 69
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 278
- Patrick Reed
- Pos
- T15
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 72
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 278
- Branden Grace
- Pos
- T17
- R1
- 73
- R2
- 69
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 279
- Danny Willett
- Pos
- T17
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 279
- Graeme McDowell
- Pos
- T17
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 73
- Total
- 279
- Ian Poulter
- Pos
- T17
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 65
- R4
- 74
- Total
- 279
Model score
Backtest · reconstructedOur course-fit model re-run as it would have seen this week — using only data that existed before the first tee shot — then compared with how the 77 players actually finished. It was not published in advance, so this measures the model, not a call we made.
- Rank correlation
- +0.463
- Top-20 hit rate
- 50%
- Top-10 avg model rank
- 23.8
Grade is this event’s percentile (93rd) against every other event we have scored — not an absolute pass mark. Rank correlation runs −1 to +1, where 0 is a coin flip and a full-field golf model landing near +0.35 is a genuine read.
Who the model liked
Its top 10, and where they finished.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Scott | 1st | 45th |
| Sergio Garcia | 2nd | 37th |
| Justin Rose | 3rd | 3rd |
| Matt Kuchar | 4th | 25th |
| Jim Furyk | 5th | 3rd |
| Dustin Johnson | 6th | 53rd |
| Hideki Matsuyama | 7th | 37th |
| Jason Day | 8th | 12th |
| Henrik Stenson | 9th | 6th |
| Zach Johnson | 10th | 33rd |
Where it was most wrong
Largest gaps between rank and result, either direction.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Ryan Palmer | 15th | 70th(+55) |
| Dustin Johnson | 6th | 53rd(+47) |
| Shane Lowry | 48th | 1st(−47) |
| David Lingmerth | 52nd | 6th(−46) |
| Søren Kjeldsen | 58th | 12th(−46) |
| Phil Mickelson | 18th | 63rd(+45) |
| Adam Scott | 1st | 45th(+44) |
| Jimmy Walker | 11th | 53rd(+42) |
| Danny Lee | 43rd | 6th(−37) |
| Steven Bowditch | 49th | 12th(−37) |
One known caveat. Player stats, form and course history are all restricted to what existed before this event. The course archetype is not — it is derived from the venue’s full history, including this edition. That flatters the model slightly and equally at every venue. How the model works.
The venue
This event was played at Firestone CC (South) in Akron, Ohio, USA. The venue page carries its scorecard, hosting history and every other tour event played there.
Common questions
Who won the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational in 2014-2015?
- Shane Lowry won the 2014-2015 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone CC (South), finishing 11 under par.
Where was the 2014-2015 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational played?
- The 2014-2015 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational was played at Firestone CC (South), starting 6 August 2015.
What was the winning score at the 2014-2015 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational?
- The winning score was 11 under par (269 strokes), posted by Shane Lowry.
How many players were in the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational field?
- 80 players started the 2014-2015 World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational. Every one of them appears on the leaderboard below.
Where these numbers come from
Finishes, round scores and to-par figures are the PGA Tour's own published final leaderboard for this event. Nothing is estimated or interpolated — where the tour published no value, this page shows a gap rather than a guess. Full sourcing notes are on the methodology page, and every stat name is defined in the glossary.