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
Australia Adam Scott
276 (−12)
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Course layout

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

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 590 448 436 227 421 432 471 549 200 3,774 614 422 601 238 484 153 341 425 476 3,754 7,528
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/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, Matt 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

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, March 3, 2016

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

Place Player Score To par
T1   Marcus Fraser 66 −6
  Scott Piercy
3   Phil Mickelson 67 −5
T4   Jason Dufner 68 −4
  Charley Hoffman
  Adam Scott
  Danny Willett
T8   Jordan Spieth 69 −3
  Jimmy Walker
  Bubba Watson

Second round

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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]

Place Player Score To par
1   Adam Scott 68-66=134 −10
T2   Dustin Johnson 72-64=136 −8
  Rory McIlroy 71-65=136
4   Danny Willett 68-69=137 −7
T5   Charley Hoffman 68-70=138 −6
  Bubba Watson 69-69=138
T7   Paul Casey 71-68=139 −5
  Phil Mickelson 67-72=139
T9   Jason Dufner 68-72=140 −4
  Anirban Lahiri 70-70=140
  Charl Schwartzel 73-67=140

Third round

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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]

Place Player Score To par
1   Rory McIlroy 71-65-68=204 −12
T2   Dustin Johnson 72-64-71=207 −9
  Adam Scott 68-66-73=207
T4   Phil Mickelson 67-72-70=209 −7
  Bubba Watson 69-69-71=209
  Danny Willett 68-69-72=209
T7   Rafa Cabrera-Bello 73-71-67=211 −5
  Sergio García 73-71-67=211
  Anirban Lahiri 70-70-71=211
T10   Harris English 71-70-71=212 −4
  Rickie Fowler 70-71-71=212
  Charley Hoffman 68-70-74=212
  Smylie Kaufman 71-70-71=212
  Charl Schwartzel 73-67-72=212

Final round

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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]

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Adam Scott 68-66-73-69=276 −12 1,620,000
2   Bubba Watson 69-69-71-68=277 −11 1,018,000
T3   Rory McIlroy 71-65-68-74=278 −10 483,000
  Danny Willett 68-69-72-69=278
5   Phil Mickelson 67-72-70-70=279 −9 342,000
6   Jimmy Walker 69-72-73-66=280 −8 280,000
7   Paul Casey 71-68-75-68=282 −6 240,000
T8   Rickie Fowler 70-71-71-71=283 −5 197,500
  Smylie Kaufman 71-70-71-71=283
10   Harris English 71-70-71-72=284 −4 165,000

Scorecard

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Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

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
  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

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  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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