2016 WGC-Cadillac Championship

The 2016 WGC-Cadillac Championship was a golf tournament which was played March 3–6 on the TPC Blue Monster course at Trump National Doral in Doral, Florida, a suburb west of Miami. It was the 17th WGC-Cadillac Championship tournament, the first of the World Golf Championships events in 2016, and the final edition of the tournament played in Doral.[1] The tournament was won by Adam Scott.

2016 WGC-Cadillac Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 3–6, 2016
LocationDoral, Florida, U.S.
Course(s)Trump National Doral
Blue Monster Course
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,528 yards (6,884 m)
Field66 players
CutNone
Prize fund$9,500,000
8,583,303
Winner's share$1,620,000
€1,463,679
Champion
Adam Scott
276 (−12)
Trump National Doral 
Location in the United States
Trump National Doral 
Location in Florida

Course layout

The tournament was played on the TPC Blue Monster course.[2]

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards5904484362274214324715492003,7746144226012384841533414254763,7547,528
Par544344453365453434443672

Field

The field consisted of players from the top of the Official World Golf Ranking and the money lists/Orders of Merit from the six main professional golf tours.[3][4] Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.

Five players made their WGC debut: Kristoffer Broberg, Nathan Holman, Smylie Kaufman, Yūsaku Miyazato, and Jordan Zunic.

1. The top 30 players from the final 2015 FedExCup Points List

Daniel Berger, Steven Bowditch, Paul Casey (7,9), Jason Day (7,9), Harris English, Rickie Fowler (7,9), Bill Haas (7,9), Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes (7,9), Dustin Johnson (7,9), Zach Johnson (7,9), Kevin Kisner (7,9,10), Brooks Koepka (7,9), Matt Kuchar (7,9), Danny Lee (7,9), Hideki Matsuyama (7,9), Rory McIlroy (2,7.9), Kevin Na (7,9,10), Louis Oosthuizen (2,7,9), Scott Piercy (7,9), Patrick Reed (2,7,9), Justin Rose (2,7,9), Brandt Snedeker (7,9,10), Jordan Spieth (7,9), Henrik Stenson (2,7,8,9), Robert Streb (7,9), Jimmy Walker (7,9), Bubba Watson (7,9)

  • Bae Sang-moon was unable to compete due to a military obligation in South Korea.
  • Jim Furyk (7,9) was unable to compete due to wrist surgery.
2. The top 20 players from the final 2015 European Tour Race to Dubai

An Byeong-hun (7,8,9), Kiradech Aphibarnrat (7,9), Kristoffer Broberg, Victor Dubuisson (7,9), Ross Fisher, Matthew Fitzpatrick (7,9), Branden Grace (7,8,9), Søren Kjeldsen (7,9), Anirban Lahiri (6,7,9), Shane Lowry (7,9), Andy Sullivan (7,8,9), Bernd Wiesberger (7,9), Danny Willett (7,8,9), Chris Wood (7,8,9)

3. The top 2 players from the final 2015 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit

Kim Kyung-tae, Yūsaku Miyazato

4. The top 2 players from the final 2015 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit

Nathan Holman (8), Jordan Zunic

5. The top 2 players from the final 2015 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit

George Coetzee, Charl Schwartzel (7,8,9)

6. The top 2 players from the final 2015 Asian Tour Order of Merit

Scott Hend

7. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 22, 2016

Jamie Donaldson, Sergio García (9), Emiliano Grillo (9), Billy Horschel (9), Martin Kaymer (9), Russell Knox (9,10), Marc Leishman (9), David Lingmerth (9), Phil Mickelson (9), Adam Scott (9,10), Justin Thomas (9,10)

8. The top 10 players from the 2016 European Tour Race to Dubai, as of February 22, 2016

Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Marcus Fraser

9. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 29, 2016
10. The top 10 players from the 2016 FedExCup Points List, as of February 29, 2016

Jason Dufner, Fabián Gómez, Smylie Kaufman, Graeme McDowell

Nationalities in the field

North America (24)South America (2)Europe (21)Oceania (9)Asia (6)Africa (4)
 United States (24) Argentina (2) England (7) Australia (8) India (1) South Africa (4)
 Northern Ireland (2) New Zealand (1) Japan (2)
 Scotland (1) South Korea (2)
 Wales (1) Thailand (1)
 Ireland (1)
 Austria (1)
 Denmark (1)
 France (1)
 Germany (1)
 Spain (2)
 Sweden (3)

Past champions in the field

PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parPlace
Phil Mickelson United States200967727070279−95
Dustin Johnson United States201572647179286−2T14
Justin Rose England201275737267287−1T17
Patrick Reed United States201477747472297+9T52

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 3, 2016

Marcus Fraser and Scott Piercy shot rounds of 66 (−6) to take a one-shot lead over Phil Mickelson.[5]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Marcus Fraser Australia66−6
Scott Piercy United States
3Phil Mickelson United States67−5
T4Jason Dufner United States68−4
Charley Hoffman United States
Adam Scott Australia
Danny Willett England
T8Jordan Spieth United States69−3
Jimmy Walker United States
Bubba Watson United States

Second round

Friday, March 4, 2016

Adam Scott shot a 66 (−6) to take a two-stroke lead over Dustin Johnson and Rory McIlroy. Johnson, the defending champion, shot the low round of the day, an 8-under-par 64. First round co-leaders Marcus Fraser and Scott Piercy both shot 77 to fall down the leaderboard.[6]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Adam Scott Australia68-66=134−10
T2Dustin Johnson United States72-64=136−8
Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland71-65=136
4Danny Willett England68-69=137−7
T5Charley Hoffman United States68-70=138−6
Bubba Watson United States69-69=138
T7Paul Casey England71-68=139−5
Phil Mickelson United States67-72=139
T9Jason Dufner United States68-72=140−4
Anirban Lahiri India70-70=140
Charl Schwartzel South Africa73-67=140

Third round

Saturday, March 5, 2016

Rory McIlroy took a three-stroke lead over Dustin Johnson and Adam Scott by shooting at 4-under-par 68.[7]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland71-65-68=204−12
T2Dustin Johnson United States72-64-71=207−9
Adam Scott Australia68-66-73=207
T4Phil Mickelson United States67-72-70=209−7
Bubba Watson United States69-69-71=209
Danny Willett England68-69-72=209
T7Rafa Cabrera-Bello Spain73-71-67=211−5
Sergio García Spain73-71-67=211
Anirban Lahiri India70-70-71=211
T10Harris English United States71-70-71=212−4
Rickie Fowler United States70-71-71=212
Charley Hoffman United States68-70-74=212
Smylie Kaufman United States71-70-71=212
Charl Schwartzel South Africa73-67-72=212

Final round

Sunday, March 6, 2016

Adam Scott recovered from two double bogeys in his first five holes with six birdies the rest of the round to prevail by one stroke over Bubba Watson. Rory McIlroy entered the round with a three-stroke lead but recorded three bogeys and failed to make birdie until the 16th to finish two shots behind Scott. The victory was Scott's second consecutive win on the PGA Tour, having won The Honda Classic the week before.[8]

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1Adam Scott Australia68-66-73-69=276−121,620,000
2Bubba Watson United States69-69-71-68=277−111,018,000
T3Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland71-65-68-74=278−10483,000
Danny Willett England68-69-72-69=278
5Phil Mickelson United States67-72-70-70=279−9342,000
6Jimmy Walker United States69-72-73-66=280−8280,000
7Paul Casey England71-68-75-68=282−6240,000
T8Rickie Fowler United States70-71-71-71=283−5197,500
Smylie Kaufman United States71-70-71-71=283
10Harris English United States71-70-71-72=284−4165,000

Scorecard

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par544344453545343444
Scott−10−10−8−8−6−7−7−8−8−9−10−11−11−12−12−12−12−12
Watson−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−10−10−10−10−11−11−10−10−10−11−11
McIlroy−12−12−12−12−12−12−11−11−10−10−10−10−9−9−9−10−10−10
Willett−8−8−8−8−8−8−9−9−10−10−9−10−10−10−10−11−11−10
Mickelson−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−9−10−9−9−9−9−9−9−10−10−9
Johnson−9−9−7−7−7−7−7−8−8−6−4−3−1−1−1−2−2−2

References

  1. "PGA Tour moves tournament from Trump Doral to Mexico City". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 1, 2016.
  2. "Course". WGC-Cadillac Championship. 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  3. "Cadillac Championship: General Info". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  4. Bolton, Rob (November 17, 2014). "2015–16 Qualifiers for majors, The Players, WGCs". PGA Tour.
  5. "Phil Mickelson shoots 67 at Doral; Scott Piercy, Marcus Fraser lead". ESPN. Associated Press. March 3, 2016.
  6. "Adam Scott leads Cadillac Championship; Rory McIlroy 2 back". ESPN. Associated Press. March 5, 2016.
  7. "Rory McIlroy takes three-shot lead over Adam Scott, Dustin Johnson". ESPN. Associated Press. March 6, 2016.
  8. "Adam Scott rallies at Cadillac for 2nd straight win". ESPN. March 6, 2016. Retrieved March 6, 2016.

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