2005 WGC-NEC Invitational
# 2005 WGC-NEC Invitational

The 2005 WGC-NEC Invitational was a golf tournament that was contested from August 18–21, 2005 over the South Course at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. It was the seventh WGC-Bridgestone Invitational tournament, and the second of four World Golf Championships events held in 2005.

World number 1 Tiger Woods won the tournament to claim his ninth World Golf Championships title, which was his fourth Invitational title. He won by one shot over Chris DiMarco, at 6-under-par 274.

## Round summaries

### First round

| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| - | - | - | - |
| T1 | Vijay Singh | 66 | −4 |
| T1 | Henrik Stenson | 66 | −4 |
| T1 | Tiger Woods | 66 | −4 |
| T4 | Chris DiMarco | 67 | −3 |
| T4 | Nick Dougherty | 67 | −3 |
| T4 | Davis Love III | 67 | −3 |
| T7 | Stuart Appleby | 68 | −2 |
| T7 | Sergio García | 68 | −2 |
| T7 | Nick O'Hern | 68 | −2 |
| T10 | Luke Donald | 69 | −1 |
| T10 | Phil Mickelson | 69 | −1 |
| T10 | Chris Riley | 69 | −1 |

### Second round

| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| - | - | - | - |
| T1 | Luke Donald | 69-67=136 | −4 |
| T1 | Tiger Woods | 66-70=136 | −4 |
| T3 | Thomas Bjørn | 70-67=137 | −3 |
| T3 | Chris DiMarco | 67-70=137 | −3 |
| T3 | Paul McGinley | 71-66=137 | −3 |
| T3 | Vijay Singh | 66-71=137 | −3 |
| T3 | Henrik Stenson | 66-71=137 | −3 |
| T8 | Stuart Appleby | 68-70=138 | −2 |
| T8 | Sergio García | 68-70=138 | −2 |
| T8 | David Howell | 70-68=138 | −2 |
| T8 | Justin Leonard | 72-66=138 | −2 |
| T8 | David Toms | 71-67=138 | −2 |

### Third round

| Place | Player | Score | To par |
| - | - | - | - |
| T1 | Kenny Perry | 70-69-64=203 | −7 |
| T1 | Tiger Woods | 66-70-67=203 | −7 |
| 3 | Paul McGinley | 71-66-67=204 | −6 |
| T4 | Stuart Appleby | 68-70-67=205 | −5 |
| T4 | Sergio García | 68-70-67=205 | −5 |
| 6 | José María Olazábal | 72-68-66=206 | −4 |
| T7 | Chris DiMarco | 67-70-70=207 | −3 |
| T7 | Ryan Palmer | 72-68-67=207 | −3 |
| T7 | David Toms | 71-67-69=207 | −3 |
| T10 | David Howell | 70-68-70=208 | −2 |
| T10 | Lee Westwood | 73-72-63=208 | −2 |

### Final round

| Place | Player | Score | To par | Winnings ($) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 66-70-67-71=274 | −6 | 1,300,000 |
| 2 | Chris DiMarco | 67-70-70-68=275 | −5 | 750,000 |
| T3 | Paul McGinley | 71-66-67-72=276 | −4 | 353,667 |
| T3 | Ryan Palmer | 72-68-67-69=276 | −4 | 353,667 |
| T3 | Vijay Singh | 66-71-72-67=276 | −4 | 353,667 |
| T6 | Luke Donald | 69-67-74-67=277 | −3 | 200,000 |
| T6 | David Howell | 70-68-70-69=277 | −3 | 200,000 |
| T6 | Kenny Perry | 70-69-64-74=277 | −3 | 200,000 |
| T9 | Zach Johnson | 70-70-69-69=278 | −2 | 135,000 |
| T9 | Colin Montgomerie | 70-72-68-68=278 | −2 | 135,000 |
| T9 | José María Olazábal | 72-68-66-72=278 | −2 | 135,000 |
| T9 | David Toms | 71-67-69-71=278 | −2 | 135,000 |

**Scorecard**

| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Woods | −7 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −5 | −6 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −6 |
| DiMarco | −3 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −6 | −5 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −5 | −5 |
| McGinley | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −5 | −5 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −4 | −4 |
| Palmer | −3 | −3 | −3 | −2 | −2 | −3 | −3 | −2 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −4 |
| Singh | −1 | −2 | −2 | −2 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 |
| Perry | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −5 | −4 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 | −3 |
| Appleby | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −3 | −3 | −4 | −3 | −1 | −2 | −2 | −1 | −1 | −1 |
| García | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −4 | −2 | −2 | −3 | −2 | −1 |

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

| Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |
| - | - | - |

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