The WGC-Bridgestone Invitational is one of the annual World Golf Championships for male professional golfers. It is sanctioned NEC Invitational tickets and organized by the International Federation of PGA Tours and the NEC Invitational tickets prize money is official money on both the PGA Tour and the PGA European Tour. The event, sponsored by NEC through 2005 and known as the WGC-NEC Invitational, was established in 1999 as a NEC Invitational tickets successor to the World Series of Golf, which was also sponsored by NEC. The tournament changed sponsorship in 2006, with Bridgestone taking over from NEC Invitational tickets NEC as title sponsor. As a part of the five-year sponsorship agreement, the event will continue to be held at its NEC Invitational tickets traditional site of the Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio.
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