Woods to contest WGC

World number one Tiger Woods will lead a field of 80 at next week’s World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio, tournament officials have confirmed.

Woods, a six-time winner of the event including his most recent appearance at Firestone Country Club in 2007, officially committed to the event today, while two of the 82 qualifiers, Sweden’s Robert Karlsson and Chinese Taipei’s Wen-Tang Lin, have withdrawn due to injury.