WGC Bridgestone Invitational Live

On the PGA Tour the WGC Bridgestone Invitational Live will happen right after the 3 Irish Open on the European Tour, tournament dates August 5th through the 8th. It's going to be held at the South Course of the Firestone Country Club, which is located in Akron, Ohio with a massive $8,500,000 purse. Tiger Woods defends last year's title, walking away with $1,400,000. You can watch this tournament and many others simply by clicking on the banners on this page for your membership. You'll get high quality video access right from your computer.

Tuesday starts all the action, with practice round for the professional players, and then on Wednesday more practice. Thursday is the official start of the tournament with round one. Friday, August 6th will be round 2 with the third on Saturday and the final round on Sunday, August 8th. The Firestone Country Club South Course is a Par 35 + 35 = 70, and the total yardage is 7,400. This course was built in 1929 but then was redone in 1960 by Robert Trent Jones, and the course has had a PGA event played there for more than 50 years.

Here's a peek at the field for the Bridgestone Invitational. Some of the names that are hitting the field that you might recognize include Robert Allenby, Jason Bohn, Geoff Ogilvy, Angel Cabrera, Robert Karlsson, Martin Kaymer and Lucas Glover, as well as Rory McIlroy, Y.E. Yang, Ryan Moore, Peter Hanson, Tiger Woods, Padraig Harrington and Lee Westwood. Get your membership at the links on this page for access to high quality video from the tournament. Simply click on the banners to get started watching this great golf tournament right from your computer via streaming video over the internet. Click to get started.

Posted: 6th Aug 2009

The WGC Bridgestone Invitational is just about to get underway and there is quite a lot of excitement surrounding the event. After last year’s brilliant performance by Vijay Singh, all golf fans are waiting to see another incredible performance. Exciting news broke when Phil Mickelson declared that he would be a part of the event after a 6 week hiatus from the tour. After news broke that Mickelson’s wife had been diagnosed with breast cancer he has not played, but feels that he is now ready. It will be interesting to see how Mickelson plays after the break and you can tune in and see how it turns out right here on WatchLiveGolf.com.

Aside from Mickelson, 6 international players also finalized their intentions for the event, including recent winner of the Canadian Open Nathan Green. Mickelson has won the event two times and this will be his first event since finishing second place in the US Open. Green gained his berth in the tournament with his victory last week and five other international players held onto a spot in the top 50. Chris Wood, Paul Goydos, Andres Romero and Ben Crane will not be taking part in the event as they have other commitments. The final match ups will be decided by the end of Friday July 31^st but one thing is for sure, this PGA event should go down to the wire.

WatchLiveGolf.com has all of the action all weekend long from the WGC Bridgestone Invitational live so be sure you tune in and see all the pars, birdies, and putts. Phil Mickelson will hope to prove that his break from the sport did not hold him back as he tries to win the event for the third time. Stay tuned and find out when the field is finalized and do not miss a moment of the action.