WGC-Bridgestone Invitational 2016: Leaderboard Scores, Prize-Money Payouts

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Published: July 3, 2016

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Sunday's final round of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational saw the world's top-ranked golfer succumb to a charge by the game's most recent major champion at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio.

Jason Day entered the last 18 holes tied for the lead, but U.S. Open winner Dustin Johnson emerged with the victory by two strokes thanks to his second straight four-under 66, which got him to six under par overall.

Below is a look at the other top finishers at the WGC event, including the prize-money payouts from the lucrative $9.5 million purse:



ESPN.com's Jason Sobel reflected on Johnson's tremendous finish to the tournament:



Day created some early separation with a chip-in eagle on the par-five second hole, as the PGA Tour's official Twitter account showed:



But it was otherwise a string of pars for Day until a bogey on No. 9. Although he gained that stroke back with a birdie on the par-four 10th, he couldn't go any lower as Johnson made his big move.

After carding three birdies and only one bogey on the front nine, Johnson had three birdies on the par-four 13th, 14th and 17th holes, the last of which came on a steely putt that helped him eclipse Day atop the leaderboard, via the PGA Tour:



Justin Ray of Golf Channel noted that Johnson's clutch flat iron was a theme en route to another landmark triumph:



The leaders did stumble down the stretch to make things interesting. After a lip-out bogey on the par-three 15th, Day had an odyssey around the lengthy par-five 16th, featuring misadventures in the trees on flanking sides of the wide fairway.

Day's chances at the trophy evaporated when he found the water with his third shot as he tried to advance his ball too far forward, leading to a double bogey, as the PGA Tour showed:



Even with Johnson facing his own tree troubles on the ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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