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Fantasy Forecast: WGC-Bridgestone Invitational preview

Golf Week | June 28, 2016

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Golfweek fantasy expert Mike Glasscott previews this week’s WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, which begins Thursday at Firestone Country Club’s South Course in Akron, Ohio.

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First look

WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

Firestone Country Club (South), Akron, Ohio

  • Course specs: 7,400 yards; Par 70 (35-35); 7,600 square feet of putting surface, on average; 82 bunkers; three water hazards
  • Grass: Greens – Pencross Bentgrass with poa annua; Rough – Kentucky bluegrass and perennial ryegrass at three inches and up.
  • Course architect(s): Bert Way (1928); Robert Trent Jones (1960).

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