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2010 T O U R N A M E N T P R E V I E W S

TOUGHEST HOLE 09: 4 par 4, 471 yards:

16 birdies, 187 pars, 105 bogeys, 8 double

bogeys

EASIEST HOLE 09: 2 par 5, 526 yards:

6 eagles, 147 birdies, 148 pars, 14 bogeys,

1 double bogey

I dont

know, its

all rules.

We set the rules.

Its up to us.

Maybe theyll

bring it up anddo something.

But how much is

out of position? If

we were two

holes out of posi-

tion, you know, surely

we should be on the clock. Its diffi-

cult in that situation. You know, youre

in the last group on a windy

day, its going to be tough to

be within the time frame.

PUTTING UP A NUMBER

Padraig Harrington, on being put on the

clock on 16 and taking an eight on the hole

HOLES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 OUT 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 IN TOTAL

TEE 399 526 442 471 200 469 219 482 494 3,702 410 418 180 471 467 221 667 400 464 3,698 7,400

PAR 4 5 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 35 4 4 3 4 4 3 5 4 4 35 70

Arules official with an itchy stopwatch finger disrupted themost compelling duel of the 2009 PGATour season. He didnt disrupt Tiger Woods

march to history, though. Taking advantage ofPadraig Harringtons rushed triple bogey on thestern par-5 16th hole at Firestone, whereHarrington was informed by an official that he wason the clock, Woods earned his seventh BridgestoneInvitational win in 10 appearances, his 16th WorldGolf Championship victory in 30 tries and his 70thcareer win on Tour at age 33. But even Woodsseemed disappointed by the events at 16, where hisepic 8-iron to kick-in birdie range was almost overshadowed by Harringtons travails at the hands ofthe rough and the referee. Just like that, Tigers one-shot deficit became a three-shot lead, and 17 and

18 became leisurely strolls, and the walk up 18 yet another coronation.

FIRESTONE COUNTRY CLUB

AKRON, OHPurse: $8,500,000

Winners Share: $1,530,000

worldgolfchampionships.com

2009 LEADERBOARD1 Tiger Woods 268 $1,400,000

T2 Robert Allenby 272 $665,000T2 Padraig Harrington272 $665,000

T4 Hunter Mahan 273 $332,000

T4 Angel Cabrera 273 $332,000

T6 Steve Stricker 274 $214,333

T6 Stewart Cink 274 $214,333

T6 M. Angel Jimenez 274 $214,333

9 Lee Westwood 275 $160,000

10 Mike Weir 276 $145,000

2009 TOURNAMENT STATSScoring average 70.86

Driving accuracy 52.31%

Scrambling 60.22%

Driving distance 307

Greens in regulation 57.44%

Putts per round 1.794

Woods is the first playerto win a stroke-play

event seven times on

the same course on

either the PGA or

European Tours. Only Sam Snead has

more wins in a single tournament

(eight wins in Greensboro), but not all

of those came on the same course.

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QUOTABLE

Course Signatures COURSE RECORD: 61 (Jose Maria Olazabal,Tiger Woods)

CLUB NAME

Driver Nike SQ Dymo 380

prototype 10.5

Fairway 3W Nike SQ2 15

Fairway 5W Nike SQ2 19

Irons (3-PW) Nike Forged Blades

Wedge Nike VR 56

Wedge Nike SV 60

Putter Scotty Cameron by Titleist

Newport 2

Ball Nike One Tour

2009 WINNERS BAG

Woods:TimClark/AthlonSports;Harrington:PGATour

WORLD GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS

BRIDGESTONE INVITATIONAL

AUG. 5-8 TV: GOLF/CBS RADIO: SIRIUS XM FEDEXCUP POINTS: 550

PAST FIVE WINNERS2005 Tiger Woods 274

2006 Tiger Woods 270*

2007 Tiger Woods 272

2008 Vijay Singh 270

2009 Tiger Woods 268*Playoff

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