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WGC-Bridgestone Invitational: Day 3 in Numbers
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WGC-Bridgestone Invitational: Day 3 in Numbers

Get the numerical lowdown on europeantour.com as Sergio Garcia maintained his three stroke overnight lead at the end of a weather-affected Moving Day at Firestone Country Club…

Fans during suspension of play on Saturday at Firestone

59 – Strokes needed for Sergio Garcia to complete the back nine yesterday and the front today

3 – Garcia’s lead over second placed Rory McIlroy

13 – Spaniard’s previous best result at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in 2005

3 – Garcia’s best result in a World Golf Championship, which he has done twice at the WGC-Cadillac Championship

0 – WGCs won by Spanish players

194 – Minute delay (or three hours and 14 minutes) for thunderstorms on Saturday

3 – Holes left to play for the final group when play was halted at 12.43 local time

65 – Best score of the day carded by World Number One Adam Scott and Daisuke Matsuyama

31 – Position of defending Champion Tiger Woods, after a round of 72 on Saturday left him one over par

5 – Europeans in the top five, which also includes eight different nationalities

2 – Former WGC-Bridgestone Invitational winners in the top ten (Scott and Keegan Bradley)

5 – Major Champions within ten strokes of the lead

31 – Strokes between first and last place on the leaderboard

67 – The best score of Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano’s career at Firestone, despite a double at the 18th

11 – Over par for the Spaniard through 13 holes of his opening round, including a quintuple bogey nine at the third hole, but four under for the tournament since then

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