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Akron, Ohio ….. Rory McIlroy heads to the year’s final Major lamenting a dismal closing display in the final WGC – Bridgestone Invitational. McIlroy faded from all contention in posting a closing round 73 for an eight-under par tally to finish in a distant share of sixth place in the hot and humid conditions on the Firestone course in Akron, Ohio. This week’s defending PGA champion, Justin Thomas who, except from hitting a spectator on the 17th, was never under threat in signing for ...

Akron, Ohio ….  Wade Ormsby returns home for a month’s holiday in wintery Adelaide warmed having played the closing two rounds of his first appearance in the WGC – Bridgestone Invitational alongside World No. 1 Dustin Johnson and then the final round in the company of the eight-time winning Tiger Woods. It turned into an all-Australian affair for Woods in the last staging of the Bridgestone sponsored event. Woods had contested the opening two rounds in he company of Jason Day, ...

Akron, Ohio …..  Tiger Woods took off his cap to acknowledge the crowd after ending hopes a capturing a PGA Tour record of nine WGC – Bridgestone Invitational victories with a disappointing top-40 Firestone finish. Woods had been well in contention at six-under after two rounds but a pair of 73s over the weekend handed him his poorest finish since missing the cut in June’s U.S. Open. “It is what it is and weeks like this happen and I just wasn’t as sharp as I need to be,” ...

Akron, Ohio …. Open Champion, Francesco Molinari ended his four-day WGC – Bridgestone Invitational campaign running virtually on the smell of a Firestone oily rag. The first Italian to win a Major Championship posted Akron rounds of 70, 72, 70 and 69 for a one-over par tally that handed Molinari a top-40 finish. Molinari was competing in the final Bridgetone event for an eighth occasion in his career and admitted, given his recent trans-Atlantic busy schedule, he was not at his 2018 season ...

Akron, Ohio … Shabhankar Sharma wasted little time after completing the WGC – Bridgestone Invitational and heading south-east to St. Louis for this week’s PGA Championship. Sharma walked from the Firestone Country Club course at noon Sunday local time with a final round 70 for a 13-over par tally. It was the current World No. 88 first appearance in the event and on the occasion of the final Bridgestone hosted event in Akron, Ohio. Included in Sharma’s closing round was three birdies and ...

Akron, Ohio … Russell Knox is quietly condfident there is a low score in his bag heading to the final round of the final WGC – Bridgestone Invitational. Knox never managed to fully recover from a third hole double bogey in eventually posting a three-over par 73 and drop back to level par in the $10m event. It left him trailing 11 shots behind American Justin Thomas who signed for a 67 to lead the field by three shots on 14-under par into the closing 18 holes of the $10m tournament. The ...

Akron, Ohio …. Rory McIlroy is getting a ‘little sick’ of finishing second and is determined to bring down the curtain on the last WGC – Bridgestone Invitational with a victory in Akron, Ohio. McIlroy didn’t drop a shot in posting a three-under par 67 to be tied in second place with England’s Ian Poulter (70) on 11-under par ahead of the final round on the Firestone Country Club course. The European duo are chasing this week’s PGA Championship defending champion, Justin ...