2012 WGC-Cadillac Championship

The 2012 WGC-Cadillac Championship was a golf tournament played from March 8–11 on the TPC Blue Monster course at Doral Golf Resort & Spa in Doral, Florida, a suburb west of Miami. It was the 13th WGC-Cadillac Championship tournament, and the second of the World Golf Championships events to be staged in 2012.

2012 WGC-Cadillac Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 8–11, 2012
LocationDoral, Florida, U.S.
Course(s)Doral Golf Resort & Spa
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,334 yards (6,706 m)
Field74 players
CutNone
Prize fund$8,500,000
6,308,116
Winner's share$1,400,000
€1,048,140
Champion
England Justin Rose
272 (−16)
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Justin Rose won his first WGC event, one stroke ahead of runner-up Bubba Watson, the 54-hole leader.[1] Watson rebounded and won his first Masters the following month.

Course layout

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The tournament was played on the TPC Blue Monster course.

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total [2]
Yards 529 418 438 236 394 442 454 560 169 3,640 551 402 603 245 460 175 372 419 467 3,694 7,334
Par 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 3 36 5 4 5 3 4 3 4 4 4 36 72

Field

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The field consisted of players from the top of the Official World Golf Ranking and the money lists/Order of Merit from the six main professional golf tours. All 74 players that qualified for the tournament played in it. Branden Grace was the only player in the field who was appearing in his first WGC event. Players qualified based on the following qualification rules:[3][4] Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.

1. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 27, 2012[5]
Aaron Baddeley (2,3), Bae Sang-moon (2,7), Thomas Bjørn (2,5), Keegan Bradley (2,3,4), Paul Casey (2), K. J. Choi (2,3), Ben Crane (2), Jason Day (2,3), Luke Donald (2,3,5), Jason Dufner (2,3), Simon Dyson (2,5), Rickie Fowler (2), Sergio García (2,5), Bill Haas (2,3,4), Anders Hansen (2,5), Peter Hanson (2,5,6), Freddie Jacobson (2,3), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (5), Dustin Johnson (2,3), Zach Johnson (2), Robert Karlsson (2), Martin Kaymer (2,5), Kim Kyung-tae (2), Matt Kuchar (2,3), Martin Laird (2), Paul Lawrie (2,5,6), Hunter Mahan (2,3,4), Graeme McDowell (2,5), Rory McIlroy (2,4,5,6), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4), Francesco Molinari (2), Geoff Ogilvy (2,3), Louis Oosthuizen (2,5,6), Ian Poulter (2), Álvaro Quirós (2,5), Justin Rose (2,3), Charl Schwartzel (2,5), Adam Scott (2,3), John Senden (2,3), Webb Simpson (2,3), Brandt Snedeker (2,3,4), Kyle Stanley (2,4), Steve Stricker (2,3,4), David Toms (2,3), Bo Van Pelt (2,3), Nick Watney (2,3), Bubba Watson (2,3), Lee Westwood (2,5,6), Mark Wilson (2,3,4), Tiger Woods (2)

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of March 5, 2012[6]
Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (5)

3. The top 30 players from the final 2011 FedExCup Points List
Jonathan Byrd, Charles Howell III, Chez Reavie, Vijay Singh, Gary Woodland, Yang Yong-eun

4. The top 10 players from the 2012 FedExCup Points List, as of March 5, 2012
Johnson Wagner

5. The top 20 players from the final 2011 European Tour Order of Merit
Darren Clarke, Nicolas Colsaerts, Pablo Larrazábal, Alex Norén

6. The top 10 players from the European Tour Race to Dubai Standings, as of February 27, 2012[7]
Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Retief Goosen, Branden Grace, Jbe' Kruger, Robert Rock

7. The top 2 players from the final 2011 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit
Tadahiro Takayama

8. The top 2 players from the final 2011 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
Greg Chalmers, Marcus Fraser

9. The top 2 players from the final 2011 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit
Garth Mulroy, Hennie Otto

10. The top 2 players from the final 2011 Asian Tour Order of Merit
Tetsuji Hiratsuka, Juvic Pagunsan

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, March 8, 2012

Place Player Score To par
T1   Jason Dufner 66 −6
  Adam Scott
T3   Thomas Bjørn 68 −4
  Charl Schwartzel
T5   Aaron Baddeley 69 −3
  Keegan Bradley
  Miguel Ángel Jiménez
  Juvic Pagunsan
  Álvaro Quirós
  Justin Rose
  Kyle Stanley
  Steve Stricker

Second round

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Friday, March 9, 2012

Place Player Score To par
1   Bubba Watson 70-62=132 −12
2   Justin Rose 69-64=133 −11
3   Adam Scott 66-68=134 −10
4   Peter Hanson 70-65=135 −9
T5   Thomas Bjørn 68-68=136 −8
  Keegan Bradley 69-67=136
T7   Charles Howell III 70-67=137 −7
  Martin Kaymer 73-64=137
  Charl Schwartzel 68-69=137
T10   Luke Donald 70-68=138 −6
  Jason Dufner 66-72=138
  Zach Johnson 70-68=138
  Kyle Stanley 69-69=138
  Bo Van Pelt 73-65=138

Third round

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Saturday, March 10, 2012

Place Player Score To par
1   Bubba Watson 70-62-67=199 −17
T2   Keegan Bradley 69-67-66=202 −14
  Justin Rose 69-64-69=202
4   Peter Hanson 70-65-69=204 −12
T5   Zach Johnson 70-68-67=205 −11
  Matt Kuchar 72-67-66=205
7   Johnson Wagner 70-69-67=206 −10
T8   Luke Donald 70-68-69=207 −9
  Martin Kaymer 73-64-70=207
  Rory McIlroy 73-69-65=207
  Charl Schwartzel 68-69-70=207
  Webb Simpson 75-66-66=207
  Tiger Woods 72-67-68=207

Final round

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Sunday, March 11, 2012

The 54-hole leader Bubba Watson stumbled early in the round and was 3 over par for the front nine, surrendering the lead to Keegan Bradley who was −3 after 7 holes. At one point Bradley led by 2 strokes but he stumbled on the back nine which included a three-putt from 4 feet and a 4 over par finish in the last 4 holes. Rory McIlroy also got into contention with an eagle on the 12th hole and was 1 back of the lead but a bogey on the 14th stopped his momentum. Justin Rose grabbed the lead on the back nine and never relinquished it, though on the final hole, Watson hit a brilliant shot from the rough and around the trees to 8 feet, but missed the ensuing putt which would have resulted in him getting into a playoff with Rose. Tiger Woods withdrew from the tournament after the third round because of an Achilles injury.

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Justin Rose 69-64-69-70=272 −16 1,400,000
2   Bubba Watson 70-62-67-74=273 −15 845,000
3   Rory McIlroy 73-69-65-67=274 −14 516,000
T4   Peter Hanson 70-65-69-71=275 −13 362,500
  Charl Schwartzel 68-69-70-68=275
T6   Luke Donald 70-68-69-69=276 −12 260,000
  John Senden 76-67-68-65=276
T8   Keegan Bradley 69-67-66-75=277 −11 165,000
  Matt Kuchar 72-67-66-72=277
  Steve Stricker 69-70-69-69=277
  Bo Van Pelt 73-65-70-69=277

Scorecard

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Final round

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 3 5 4 5 3 4 3 4 4 4
  Rose −15 −15 −15 −16 −16 −15 −15 −15 −15 −16 −16 −16 −16 −17 −17 −17 −17 −16
  Watson −18 −18 −17 −16 −15 −15 −15 −15 −14 −14 −15 −16 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15
  McIlroy −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −12 −12 −13 −13 −15 −15 −14 −14 −15 −15 −14
  Hanson −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −12 −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −13 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13
  Schwartzel −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −13 −14 −14 −14 −13
  Bradley −16 −16 −15 −15 −16 −16 −17 −16 −16 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −14 −14 −13 −11

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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References

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  1. ^ "Justin Rose rallies to win WGC". ESPN. Associated Press. March 11, 2012. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
  2. ^ "Course: Cadillac Championship". October 11, 2011. Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
  3. ^ "Cadillac Championship: General Info". Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
  4. ^ "Cadillac Championship: Field". Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
  5. ^ Official World Golf Ranking – February 26, 2012
  6. ^ Official World Golf Ranking – March 4, 2012
  7. ^ European Tour - This Week - 27 February 2012
  8. ^ "World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship". ESPN. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
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