PGATOUR.COM - Field Report: World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational

Players from 20 different countries have qualified for the World Golf Championship-Bridgestone Invitational, with the United States leading the way with 35 players. Australia has 10 players qualified for the tournament, followed by England and South Africa, with seven each. Argentina, Thailand, Ireland, India and China will also be among the countries represented.

There are 21 players in the field who are making their first appearance in the Bridgestone Invitational and 12 of the 21 are making their first start in a World Golf Championship event. The list below includes the first-time participants in the Bridgestone Invitational (Note: Players in bold are playing in their first World Golf Championships event)

Players with top-10s in first two World Golf Championships events of 2007

Players	Accenture Match-Play Championship	CA Championship
Tiger Woods	T9	1
Aaron Baddeley	T9	T6
Geoff Ogilvy	2	T3
Nick OHern	T5	T6
Niclas Fasth	T9	T6
Paul Casey	T5	T9

Players with top-10s in at least two of the first three majors of '07

Players	Masters	U.S. Open	British Open
Tiger Woods	T2	T2
Jerry Kelly	T5	T7
Justin Rose	T5	T10
Padraig Harrington	T7		1
David Toms	9	T5
Paul Casey	T10	T10

Only four weeks remain to either solidify a strong position or to simply qualify for the first-ever PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup. As has been demonstrated recently, it's not too late to move up. Most of the bubble players are on hand this week seeking to move up the standings and several top ranked players are here as well trying to land a Top 15 spot in the standings. Jim Furyk and Steve Stricker are the only two players in the top-10 that have not secured a victory in 2007.

The seventh Presidents Cup will be contested at The Royal Montreal Golf Club in Montreal, Canada on Sept. 27-30, 2007. It will be the third international venue for the biennial event, following Australia (1998) and South Africa (2003). Captains Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus return to lead the International and United States teams, respectively. The Presidents Cup was developed to give the world's best non-European players an opportunity to compete in international team match-play competition. A biennial event played in non-Ryder Cup years, the first Presidents Cup was played in 1994 at Robert Trent Jones Golf Club. Members of the 2007 U.S. Team will be selected based on official earnings from the start of the 2006 season through the 2007 PGA Championship. International Team players for the 2007 Presidents Cup will be chosen on the basis of the Official World Golf Ranking. International Teams do not include players eligible for the European Ryder Cup Team. The eligibility rankings are used to select 10 members for both squads. The 12-man teams are rounded out by two Captain's Choices per team.