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
Dates	March 3–6, 2016
Location	Doral, Florida, U.S.
Course(s)	Trump National Doral Blue Monster Course
Tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,528 yards (6,884 m)
Field	66 players
Cut	None
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]

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

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)

• Thongchai Jaidee (7,9) did not play.

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

• Jaco van Zyl did not play.

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

Player	Country	Year won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Place
Phil Mickelson	United States	2009	67	72	70	70	279	−9	5
Dustin Johnson	United States	2015	72	64	71	79	286	−2	T14
Justin Rose	England	2012	75	73	72	67	287	−1	T17
Patrick Reed	United States	2014	77	74	74	72	297	+9	T52

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]

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par
T1	Marcus Fraser	Australia	66	−6
	Scott Piercy	United States
3	Phil Mickelson	United States	67	−5
T4	Jason Dufner	United States	68	−4
	Charley Hoffman	United States
	Adam Scott	Australia
	Danny Willett	England
T8	Jordan Spieth	United States	69	−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]

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

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

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

Scorecard

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

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.

External links

• Official website
• Coverage on the European Tour's official site