Tiger Woods, the defending champion, will look to win the Bridgestone Invitational for the eighth time. He has won this event seven times in 10 starts, all coming at Firestone.

Thanks to back-to-back rounds of 65 on the weekend, Woods cruised to his seventh title last year. He was three behind Padraig Harrington after 54 holes, but rallied to become the first player in PGA Tour history to win seven times at the same venue, in this case Firestone Country Club.

Appleby qualified for this week's World Golf Championships - Bridgestone Invitational with the victory.

Tiger Woods, who will go for his eighth Bridgestone title, remained the No. 1 player. Behind him, the next 10 spots were unchanged from a week ago.

It was the first 59 in PGA Tour history carded on a par-70 course and Appleby became only the second player after David Duval at the 1999 Bob Hope to post golf's magic number in the final round of a tournament.

Appleby joined Duval and Al Geiberger (1977 Memphis Classic) as the only players in tour history to shoot a 59 and win. Chip Beck tied for third place at the 1991 Las Vegas Invitational and Paul Goydos finished runner-up to Steve Stricker after carding his 59 in the first round of last month's John Deere Classic.

I'm kidding, of course. We got two borderline snoozers and one mildly dramatic finish in the lot.

There was more wind and rain than storylines in these championships, when everybody knows the best British Opens have an equal dose of all three.

What did history look like? A dead-accurate 11-foot putt at the 18th hole that would have gone in a cup half the size.

Appleby knew he made the birdie before it was in the hole, raising his putter in his left hand and pumping his right fist in celebration.

Appleby's 59 was the first on the PGA Tour carded on a par-70 course. It moved him to 22-under 258 for the tournament, giving him the clubhouse lead.

He has to wait to see if it will be a winning 59. Jeff Overton was 21-under through 16 holes.

Chasing his first PGA Tour win, Overton finished 54 holes on The Old White Course with an 18-under 192 to lead D.A. Points by three shots and Boo Weekley by five.

While Overton did enough to remain atop the leaderboard, the real drama Saturday came from a couple of players chasing history in front of him on the course.

Chasing his first PGA Tour win, Overton had eight birdies in a flawless round and finished 36 holes on The Old White Course with a 14-under 126.

He moved past Boo Weekley, who shot a 63 earlier in the day to post a 10-under 130.

Playing on another sponsor's exemption and still battling stamina issues, Compton birdied nine of his last 15 holes for a career-best score on the PGA Tour.

Finishing his round after an 80-minute weather delay, Every matched his career low to tie Compton. He missed a 10-foot birdie putt on his last hole with a chance to take the lead by himself.

Woods is the defending champion and has never finished lower than fourth at the Bridgestone Invitational.

He has seven career wins at Firestone and defeated Padraig Harrington and Robert Allenby by four shots in the 2009 edition.

Whistling Straits (Straits Course) By Philip Sokol, Director of Operations Haven, WI (Sports Network) - HOLE ONE - Par 4 - 408 yards: Bending from right to left, the opening hole on the Straits Course gives the player his first glimpse of mighty Lake Michigan, not to mention the myriad bunkers strewn across the course. Hitting to the right-center fairway, avoiding the dunes and bunkers, will leave the best angle of approach to a well-guarded green. The 31-yard-long putting surface is fairly benign, but missing right and long will leave a difficult up-and- down from a shaved chipping area. Oh, and by the way, the hole can be stretched to 491 yards.

HOLE TWO - Par 5 - 593 yards: The third longest hole on the course, the par-five second is a robust 593-yard monster, nicknamed Cross Country. By now, the player has figured out that missing fairways on the Straits Course will prove to be hazardous to your score. With bunkers running up and down both sides of the

We can pare the list down to six, but the bigger story is that none of those six is named after a cartoon flake pitchman.

Tiger Woods won Player of the Year in a vote of his peers 10 times. Since 1997, three guys other than Tiger have won this award. In average years, Woods still brings home the hardware.

Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 388 Yds 10 - Par 4 474 Yds 2 - Par 4 453 Yds 11 - Par 4 370 Yds 3 - Par 3 168 Yds 12 - Par 3 205 Yds 4 - Par 4 325 Yds 13 - Par 4 362 Yds 5 - Par 5 544 Yds 14 - Par 4 442 Yds 6 - Par 4 383 Yds 15 - Par 5 528 Yds 7 - Par 4 399 Yds 16 - Par 3 242 Yds 8 - Par 8 158 Yds 17 - Par 4 386 Yds 9 - Par 4 349 Yds 18 - Par 5 564 Yds Par 35 3,167 Yds Par 36 3,573 Yds Awards Won: Four stars by Golf Digest - Best Places to Play (2007-10), Ranked 13th by GolfWeek - Best Courses by State [Texas] (2010), Top 100 Women Friendly Courses in US - Golf for Women (1998-99).

Course Record: 64 (PGA Tour player, J.L. Lewis) Website: www.quarrygolf.com.

Catriona Matthew was the only player in red figures at the end of last year's Women's British Open as she finished at three-under par and won by three strokes over Karrie Webb.

It was Matthew's first major championship. Webb was denied her fourth Women's British title.

Pettersson, who was one putt from shooting a 59 on Saturday, rallied to beat 54-hole leader Dean Wilson for his first win in two years, moving all the way to 109th in the rankings.

Ahead of him, the top of the rankings showed little change.

Pettersson finished at 14-under 266 and won by a single stroke over third- round leader Dean Wilson, who squandered a four-shot overnight lead with a two-over 72 on Sunday.

Luke Donald shot a four-under 66 in the final round to finish in third at minus-12.

Wilson, whose lone win was at the 2006 International, finished 54 holes at 15- under-par 195. Wilson's total matched the 54-scoring record that Arnold Palmer set back in 1955.

Sweden's Carl Pettersson fired a 10-under 60 earlier Saturday to soar from the cut line into a share of second place at minus-11. He was joined there by Bob Estes (66) and second-round co-leader Tim Clark (69).

Pettersson parred the 18th hole, missing a chance to card the fifth 59 in PGA Tour history.

His only bogey of the round came at No. 2.

Clark was joined in the lead by Dean Wilson, who carded a 65 in round two. They are tied at 10-under-par 130.

First-round leader Brent Delahoussaye posted a one-under 69 and slipped into a tie for third at minus-nine. He was joined there by Steve Wheatcroft, who shot four-under 66 Friday.

Delahoussaye's 62 at St. George's Golf & Country Club matched the tournament's 18-hole scoring record.

Leonard Thompson, Andy Bean and Greg Norman all shot 62 at Glen Abbey, while Hunter Mahan also carded a 62 at Angus Glen North.

Previously held in the fall, it will take place on Monday, May 9, 2011, which is the same week as The Players Championship.

Among the players on this year's ballot are Ernie Els, Retief Goosen, Davis Love III, Kenny Perry, Fred Couples and Colin Montgomerie.

The renowned Stanley Thompson-designed course, which first opened in 1929, has been the host of the Canadian Open on four occasions, but none since 1968.

St. George's has also been the host of the LPGA Classic on five occasions and most recently the du Maurier Champions, also known as the Canadian Senior Open.

Despiteits positionfollowing theBritish Open,Canada's national championship has still attracted some top-level talent.

Among those making the trip to Toronto are world No. 8 Paul Casey, No. 9 Luke Donald, No. 16 Retief Goosen and No. 19 Sean O'Hair. All four finished in the top 11 at the British Open and Casey played in the final pairing with winner Louis Oosthuizen.

Oosthuizen cruised to a seven-stroke win at the British Open this past weekend and jumped 39 places from 54th to 15th in the world.

The top six remained the same, but there was plenty of movement behind them.

Heintz missed a three-foot birdie putt at the 18th hole with a chance to force a playoff.

Bettencourt, playing in the same group with Heintz, hit two bunkers and made a closing bogey at No. 18 -- among the easiest holes on the Montreux course.