The WGC-Bridgestone Invitational is one of the annual World Golf Championships for male professional golfers. It is sanctioned and organized by the International Federation of PGA Tours and the prize money is official money on both the PGA Tour and the PGA European Tour. The event, sponsored by NEC through 2005 and known as the WGC-NEC Invitational, was established in 1999 as a successor to the World Series of Golf, which was also sponsored by NEC. The tournament changed sponsorship in 2006, with Bridgestone taking over from NEC as title sponsor. As a part of the original five-year sponsorship agreement, the event continues to be held at its traditional site of the Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio; the sponsorship has now been extended to 2014.
Past Winners 2009 Tiger Woods 2008 Vijay Singh 2007 Tiger Woods 2006 Tiger Woods WGC-NEC Invitational 2005 Tiger Woods 2004 Stewart Cink 2003 Darren Clarke 2002 Craig Parry 2001 Tiger Woods 2000 Tiger Woods 1999 Tiger Woods
