�winner after being a
captain’s pick for three
straight u.s. cup teams,
hunter mahan earned a
spot on the 2010 ryder cup
team on merit, winning the
wgc-bridgestone invita-
tional by two strokes over
ryan palmer at firestone
cc in akron, ohio. mahan
began the final round three
strokes off the lead, but
climbed the leader board
with five birdies on the
front nine. he finished with
a 64—268, and waited for
palmer to play the last two
holes. needing a pair of
birdies, palmer made two
pars, and mahan had his
second victory of the year.
he won the waste man-
agement phoenix open in
february.
in the matches in wales in
october.
pga tour // wgc-bridgestone invitational
mahan’s comeback leads to ryder cup honors
�automatic entry
mahan climbed from 10th
to second on the u.s. ryder cup points list. with
one week to go before the
standings are finalized,
mahan cannot fall out of
the top eight and will play
�staying hot Jeff overton, t- 6, has finished 12th
or better in seven of his last
eight pga tour starts. …
louis oosthuizen, t- 9, had
his third straight top- 10, including the british open win
and a t- 4 in sweden.
�top five firestone cc, Akron, Ohio
1. Hunter Mahan 71-67-66-64—268
2. Ryan Palmer 70-68-63-69—270
3. Retief Goosen 67-66-73-65—271
Bo Van Pelt 67-68-69-67—271
5. Sean O’Hair 67-70-64-71—272
$1,400,000
840,000
412,500
412,500
295,000
� quotable
“that was my goal at the beginning of the year,
to make the team on my own.” —Hunter MaHan
chris condon/pga tour
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