Bridgestone Invitational Championship Results

Dates: July 31-Aug. 5, 2007
Site: Firestone Country Club, Akron, Ohio, USA
Format: 72-holes, stroke play, no cut
Field: Playing members of the last named United States and International Presidents Cup teams and the last named United States and European Ryder Cup teams, if not otherwise eligible; players ranked among the top 50 and ties on the Official World Golf Ranking as of Monday of tournament week, if not otherwise eligible; tournament winners of worldwide events since the prior year's Bridgestone Invitational with an Official World Golf Ranking strength of field rating of 100 points or more, and if not otherwise eligible, the winner of selected tournaments from each of the following Tours: Australasian Tour, Southern Africa Tour, Asian Tour and Japan Golf Tour.

2008 Bridgestone International Results

Singh seizes World Golf Championship title at Bridgestone Invitational

Vijay Singh edged ahead of “Lighthorse” on Sunday in Akron, Ohio. But only after struggling to get past Stuart Appleby, Lee Westwood and Phil Mickelson at the Bridgestone Invitational.

On the verge of throwing away a tournament win, as Mickelson had done ahead of him, Singh of Fiji overcame some shaky putting on the back nine by making the only one that mattered — a 3 1/2 -foot par putt on the last hole that gave him a 1-shot victory.

Three times in the last year he had at least a share of the 54-hole lead and failed to finish it off. Needing two putts from 30 feet to end an 0-for-34 drought on the PGA Tour, the last thing he wanted was the kind of putt that has given him fits.

But he trusted the countless hours of practice he spent last week on such a putt, and it paid off.

“What a relief,” Singh said. “I didn’t think I could finish it there at the end.”

With par putts on the final two holes, Singh closed with a 2-under 68 and held off hard-charging Westwood of England and Appleby of Australia by 1 stroke. The fast-fading Mickelson, who lost a 1-shot lead with three bogeys on his final four holes, finished 2 shots back.

Singh captured his first World Golf Championship event and won for the 32nd time on the PGA Tour, putting him in the record books for most victories by an international player. He had been tied with Harry “Lighthorse” Cooper of England since winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March 2007, a victory that seemed like a lifetime ago.

As shaky as Singh looked down the stretch, Mickelson fared even worse.

With his best chance to win a WGC title — especially with six-time Firestone champion Tiger Woods on the disabled list — Mickelson played bogey-free for 14 holes and had a 1-shot lead until taking bogey from the bunker on three of the last four holes, and watching yet another birdie putt from 10 feet hang on the edge. He closed with a 70 and tied for fourth with Retief Goosen of South Africa (67).

Singh finished at 10-under 270 and collected $1.35 million for a victory expected to move him to No. 4 in the world.

2007 Bridgestone International Results

"I hope I do inspire him, and I hope I play well enough to give him a good challenge," Sabbatini said of the verbal sparring, including a remark in May calling Woods as "beatable as ever."  That wasn't the case Sunday, as spectator Steve Banky pointed out to Sabbatini after the ninth hole: "Hey Rory, still think Tiger is beatable?" Sabbatini glared and asked that Banky be removed; he was.  Meanwhile, Woods was on his way to a final-round 65 - to Sabbatini's 74 - and an 8-under-par that beat Sabbatini and Justin Rose(68) by eight shots. 

Sabbatini entered the final round with a one-shot lead on Woods, the same position the two occupied in May at the Wachovia Championship. Woods won there, too, shooting 69 to Sabbatini's 74.

"Everybody knows how Rory is," Woods said after earning his 58th career victory. "I'll just let my clubs do the talking."

Woods has four victories this season, but none has been in a major championship. He gets his last chance at the PGA Championship, which begins Thursday at Southern Hills in Tulsa.

"The whole idea was to win this event and be playing well going into (the PGA)," Woods said. "I feel very good about the week." 

Chris Dimarco picked up his first top-10 finish on the PGA Tour since he was runner-up to Woods at the British Open last summer at Hoylake, closing with a 70 to tie for fourth with Peter Lonard (68).  Andres Romero, the Argentine coming off his first European Tour victory in Germany, shot a 71 to tie for sixth and give him enough money to take PGA Tour membership next year if he wants it.

Woods earned $1.35 million for his 58th career victory. Since the start of the 2005 season, Woods has not gone more than five starts on the PGA Tour without winning.

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