Inside the field: World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational

Jul. 30, 2008

By Jamie Batey, Special to PGATOUR.COM

A field of 81 players will participate in the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational when it begins on Thursday morning at Firestone Country Club. Here's a breakdown of the field in Akron, Ohio:

Top 10s

FedExCup standings	PGA TOUR Money List	Official World Golf Rank
Player (Rk.)	Player (Rk.)	Player (Rk.)
Kenny Perry (2)	Kenny Perry (2)	Phil Mickelson (2)
Phil Mickelson (3)	Phil Mickelson (3)	Padraig Harrington (3)
Stewart Cink (4)	Stewart Cink (4)	Adam Scott (4)
Anthony Kim (5)	Anthony Kim (5)	Ernie Els (5)
Justin Leonard (6)	Justin Leonard (6)	Sergio Garcia (6)
Geoff Ogilvy (8)	Padraig Harrington (7)	Stewart Cink (7)
Padraig Harrington (9)	Geoff Ogilvy (8)	Geoff Ogilvy (8)
Vijay Singh (10)	Vijay Singh (9)	Steve Stricker (9)
--	Robert Allenby (10)	Henrik Stenson (10)
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Major Champions

Player	Major(s) won
Angel Cabrera	2007 U.S. Open
Ernie Els	1997, 1994 U.S. Opens, 2002 British Open
Jim Furyk	2003 U.S. Open
Retief Goosen	2001, 2004 U.S. Opens
Zach Johnson	2007 Masters
Justin Leonard	1997 British Open
Phil Mickelson	2004, 2007 Masters, 2005 PGA Championship
Geoff Ogilvy	2006 U.S. Open
Padraig Harrington	2007, 2008 British Opens
Vijay Singh	1998, 2004 PGA Championships, 2000 Masters
David Toms	2001 PGA Championship

2008 Tournament Winners

Player	Event(s) won	Tournament(s)
Daniel Chopra	1	Mercedes-Benz Championship
K.J. Choi	1	Sony Open in Hawaii
D.J. Trahan	1	Bob Hope Chrysler Classic
J.B. Holmes	1	FBR Open
Steve Lowery	1	AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
Phil Mickelson	2	Northern Trust Open, Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial
Ernie Els	1	The Honda Classic
Sean OHair	1	PODS Championship
Geoff Ogilvy	1	World Golf Championships-CA Championship
Andres Romero	1	Zurich Classic of New Orleans
Johnson Wagner	1	Shell Houston Open
Trevor Immelman	1	Masters Tournament
Boo Weekley	1	Verizon Heritage
Adam Scott	1	EDS Byron Nelson Championship
Anthony Kim	2	Wachovia Championship, AT&T National
Sergio Garcia	1	The PLAYERS Championship
Kenny Perry	3	the Memorial Tournament presented by Morgan Stanley, Buick Open, John Deere Classic
Justin Leonard	1	Stanford St. Jude Championship
Stewart Cink	1	Travelers Championship
Padraig Harrington	1	British Open Championship

Past winners of the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational

Stewart Cink (2004)	Darren Clarke (2003)
Craig Parry (2002)	Phil Mickelson (1996)

International Players

	Australia	Adam Scott, Robert Allenby, Stuart Appleby, Aaron Baddeley, Richard Green, Adam Scott, Brendan Jones, Peter Lonard, Nick O'Hern, Geoff Ogilvy, Rod Pampling, Craig Parry, Brett Rumford, Scott Strange
	Germany	Martin Kaymer
	Argentina	Angel Cabrera, Andres Romero
	England	Paul Casey, Nick Dougherty, Ross Fisher, David Howell, Ian Poulter, Justin Rose, Steve Webster, Lee Westwood, Oliver Wilson, Richard Finch
	New Zealand	Mark Brown
	Sweden	Daniel Chopra, Niclas Fasth, Fredrik Jacobson, Robert Karlsson, Henrik Stenson
	Spain	Sergio Garcia, Miguel A. Jiminez, Pablo Larrazabal
	Denmark	Soren Hansen
	Japan	Hidemasa Hoshino
	Ireland	Darren Clarke, Padraig Harrington, Graeme McDowell, Paul McGinley
	Scotland	Colin Montgomerie
	Canada	Stephen Ames
	South Africa	Tim Clark, Ernie Els, Retief Goosen, Trevor Immelman, James Kingston, Rory Sabbatini
	Korea	K.J. Choi
	Thailand	Prayed Marksaeng
	Fiji	Vijay Singh

Younger and older

Young Guns (under 30)		Grizzled Vets (40 and over)
Aaron Baddeley	Nick Dougherty	Steve Flesch	Miguel A. Jiminez
Sergio Garcia	Lucas Glover	James Kingston	Peter Lonard
J.B. Holmes	Charles Howell III	Steve Lowery	Rocco Mediate
Trevor Immelman	Martin Kaymer	Craig Parry	Kenny Perry
Anthony Kim	Hunter Mahan	Colin Montgomerie	Vijay Singh
Graeme McDowell	Sean O'Hair	Steve Stricker	David Toms
Chez Reavie	Justin Rose	Scott Verplank
Adam Scott	Brandt Snedeker
D.J. Trahan	Johnson Wagner

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