WGC-Bridgestone Invitational 2012: TV Schedule, Tee Times, Parings For Thursday

The 2012 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational begins Thursday from the Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. The field includes four players who have previously won the event, including seven-time winner Tiger Woods.

Woods will play his opening round Thursday with Branden Grace. Other notable parings including Phil Mickelson playing with Luke Donald, Adam Scott playing with Matt Kuchar and Ernie Els playing with Bubba Watson.

Thursday’s first round will be broadcast on The Golf Channel from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern. Radio coverage will be available on Sirius-XM radio from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern.

The complete list of tee times for the first round of the 2012 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational can be found below. All times are Eastern.

Morning wave off No. 1:

8:40 a.m.: Sang-Moon Bae, Jamie Donaldson
8:50 a.m.: Retief Goosen, Bernd Wiesberger
9 a.m.: Paul Lawrie, Toshinori Muto
9:10 a.m.: Greg Chalmers, Robert Rock
9:20 a.m.: Robert Allenby, Bill Haas
9:30 a.m.: Ted Potter Jr., K.T. Kim
9:40 a.m.: Johnson Wagner, Charl Schwartzel
9:50 a.m.: Zach Johnson, Jeev Milkha Singh
10 a.m.: Ben Crane, Justin Rose
10:10 a.m.: Sergio Garcia, Bo Van Pelt
12:30 p.m.: Thongchai Jaidee, Scott Piercy
12:40 p.m.: Nicolas Colsaerts, Danny Willett
12:50 p.m.: Toru Taniguchi, John Senden
1 p.m.: Nick Watney, Y.E. Yang
1:10 p.m.: Martin Kaymer, Steve Stricker
1:20 p.m.: Rory McIlroy, Ryo Ishikawa
1:30 p.m.: Hunter Mahan, Louis Oosthuizen
1:40 p.m.: Dustin Johnson, Alvaro Quiros
1:50 p.m.: Tiger Woods, Branden Grace
2 p.m.: Graeme McDowell, Brandt Snedeker

Morning wave off No. 10:

8:40 a.m.: Fredrik Jacobson, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano
8:50 a.m.: Carl Pettersson, Marcel Siem
9 a.m.: Tom Lewis, Michael Hoey
9:10 a.m.: Yoshinori Fujimoto, Peter Hanson
9:20 a.m.: Kevin Na, Marc Leishman
9:30 a.m.: Ernie Els, Bubba Watson
9:40 a.m.: Matt Kuchar, Adam Scott
9:50 a.m.: Keegan Bradley, Jason Dufner
10 a.m.: Phil Mickelson, Luke Donald
10:10 a.m.: Rickie Fowler, Lee Westwood
12:30 p.m.: Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Simon Dyson
12:40 p.m.: Martin Laird, Lee Slattery
12:50 p.m.: Joost Luiten, Oliver Bekker
1 p.m.: Francesco Molinari, Ian Poulter
1:10 p.m.: Kyle Stanley, Thomas Bjorn
1:20 p.m.: Aaron Baddeley, David Toms
1:30 p.m.: Jason Day, Jim Furyk
1:40 p.m.: Mark Wilson, K.J. Choi
1:50 p.m.: Jonathan Byrd, Geoff Ogilvy

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