Bridgestone Invitational 2013: Top Finishers’ Stock Watch for PGA Championship

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Published: August 5, 2013

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Gauging the stock of the top finishers at the 2013 Bridgestone Invitational entering the final major of the season may seem rather odd, because it would be easy to say all of them are trendy picks at the PGA Championship.

Instead of looking at their strong results at Firestone as a whole, though, it's worth examining every facet of their respective games.

Tiger Woods ran away from the field with a scintillating 61 in the second round and wound up winning by seven. Front-running for the world No. 1 has never been the problem. Rather, it has been overcoming 54-hole deficits at majors to win—something he's never done in his legendary career.

Only two of the eight players in the final four pairings broke par on Sunday.

Woods can be partially excused for his conservative strategy, but even his game showed signs of a perhaps inevitable letdown over the final 36 holes.

Here is a breakdown of the top finishers in Akron and how their prospects are looking ahead of Oak Hill.

Note: Statistics and information, are courtesy of PGATour.com.

 

Tiger Woods



The world No. 1 mentioned after tying his personal best score with 61 that he felt he had that number in him for a while and just hadn't put it all together.

To be fair, truly executing every facet of one's golf game comes very rarely, even for a player of Woods' caliber.



In Round 3, his irons were especially off when he hit only nine out of 18 greens in regulation. Due to his fantastic short game, he was able to recover more often than not and salvage a round of 68.

The final round saw Woods strike it much better on his approach shots, consequently netting more looks at birdies. But after a phenomenal week on the greens, Woods took an uncharacteristic 36 putts on the last 18.

It's easy to write that off as a lapse in focus due to the lead ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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