Top 10 moments at Bridgestone Invitational

By PGATOUR.COM staff

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Jim Furyk's chip from a bunker on the final hole forced a playoff with Tiger Woods in 2001.

The 2008 season marks the 10th anniversary of the World Golf Championships, which debuted in 1999 with the Accenture Match Play Championship. This week's Bridgestone Invitational is the final of three events in the series this year, so let's take a look at some of the event's most memorable moments in the previous nine years.

1. Tiger Woods hits 8-iron at dusk to 2 feet to close out his 2000 victory. Like fans begging for an encore, spectators held their lighters in the air to show him the way.

2. Jim Furyk holes a bunker shot to extend the playoff in 2001. This mano-y-mano battle that Woods won with a birdie on the seventh extra hole was one for the ages.

3. Tiger Woods recovers from the trees on the 18th hole to defeat Chris DiMarco by one shot in 2005. And this surprises you why?

4. Tiger Woods shoots a Saturday 61 in 2000 to tie the course record, closing with a 259 to win by 11. And to think, he was just one stroke ahead after the first round.

5. Darren Clarke becomes the second player in World Golf Championships history to win multiple series events in 2003. And there was a scarcity of cigars in Akron after the Irishman completed the four-stroke win.

6. Tiger Woods wins his first of six Bridgestone Invitationals in 1999 after a late charge by Phil Mickelson fell short. Little did we know how dominant he would become at Firestone Country Club.

7. In 2003, local favorite Ben Curtis plays the third round, gets a police escort to his wedding and returns Sunday morning to shoot final-round 70. His bride Candace learned early about life on the PGA TOUR.

8. Craig Parry shoots final-round 65 to win at Sahalee Country Club in 2002. Hey, it wasn't at Firestone so someone else actually had a shot.

9. Tiger Woods hits his second shot over the roof of the clubhouse in 2006. Who knew the parking lot was still in-bounds?

10. Tiger Woods beats Stewart Cink in a four-hole playoff to win in 2006. After the rule books were put away, the two former Firestone champs put on quite a show.