2013 WGC-Cadillac Championship explained

2013 WGC-Cadillac Championship
Dates:March 7–10, 2013
Location:Doral, Florida, U.S.
Course:Doral Golf Resort & Spa
Tour:PGA Tour
European Tour
Par:72
Field:65 players
Cut:None
Purse:$8,750,000
€6,647,218
Winners Share:$1,500,000
€1,139,523
Score:269 (−19)
Previous:2012
Next:2014

The 2013 WGC-Cadillac Championship was a golf tournament played March 7–10 on the TPC Blue Monster course at Doral Golf Resort & Spa in Doral, Florida, a suburb west of Miami. It was the 14th WGC-Cadillac Championship tournament, and the second of the World Golf Championships events to be staged in 2013.

Tiger Woods won with a score of 19-under-par, two strokes ahead of runner-up Steve Stricker.[1] It was the seventh time Woods had won the event and was his 17th WGC victory.[2] [3] [4]

Course layout

The tournament is played on the TPC Blue Monster course.

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal [5]
Yards5294184382363944424545601693,6405514026032454601753724194673,6947,334
Par544344453365453434443672

Field

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.[6] Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses. A total of 69 players qualified but four of these did not play and the field was reduced to 65. Michael Hendry, John Huh, Scott Jamieson, John Merrick and Michael Thompson played in their first WGC event.

1. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 25, 2013[7]
Keegan Bradley (2,3), Tim Clark, George Coetzee (2,6,9), Nicolas Colsaerts (2,5), Jason Day (2), Luke Donald (2,3,5), Jamie Donaldson (2,5,6), Jason Dufner (2,3), Ernie Els (2,3), Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (2,5), Rickie Fowler (2,3), Jim Furyk (2,3), Sergio García (2,3), Robert Garrigus (2,3), Branden Grace (2,5,9), Bill Haas (2), Peter Hanson (2,5), Pádraig Harrington, Freddie Jacobson (2), Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Zach Johnson (2,3), Martin Kaymer (2), Matt Kuchar (2,3,4), Paul Lawrie (2,5), Hunter Mahan (2,3,4), Matteo Manassero (2,5), Graeme McDowell (2,5), Rory McIlroy (2,3,5), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4), Francesco Molinari (2,5), Ryan Moore (2,3), Alex Norén, Thorbjørn Olesen (2,5,6), Louis Oosthuizen (2,3,5,6), Carl Pettersson (2,3), Scott Piercy (2,3), Ian Poulter (2,5,6), Justin Rose (2,3,5), Charl Schwartzel (2,5,6), Adam Scott (2,3), John Senden (2,3), Webb Simpson (2,3), Steve Stricker (2,3), Bo Van Pelt (2,3), Nick Watney (2,3), Bubba Watson (2,3), Lee Westwood (2,3,5), Tiger Woods (2,3,4)

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of March 4, 2013[9]
David Lynn (5), Geoff Ogilvy, Michael Thompson

3. The top 30 players from the final 2012 FedExCup Points List
John Huh

4. The top 10 players from the 2013 FedExCup Points List, as of March 4, 2013
Brian Gay, Russell Henley, Charles Howell III, John Merrick

5. The top 20 players from the final 2012 European Tour Order of Merit
Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Marcel Siem

6. The top 10 players from the 2013 European Tour Order of Merit, as of February 25, 2013 [10]
Stephen Gallacher, Scott Jamieson, Richard Sterne, Chris Wood

7. The top 2 players from the final 2012 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit

8. The top 2 players from the final 2012 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
Michael Hendry

9. The top 2 players from the final 2012 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit

10. The top 2 players from the final 2012 Asian Tour Order of Merit
Marcus Fraser, Thaworn Wiratchant

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 7, 2013

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
T1 Sergio García66−6
Freddie Jacobson
Graeme McDowell
Bubba Watson
Tiger Woods
T6 Peter Hanson67−5
Hunter Mahan
Phil Mickelson
Steve Stricker
T10 Keegan Bradley68−4
Charles Howell III
Dustin Johnson
Ian Poulter
Justin Rose
Bo Van Pelt

Second round

Friday, March 8, 2013

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Tiger Woodsalign=center 66-65=131−13
2 Graeme McDowellalign=center 66-67=133−11
T3 Phil Mickelsonalign=center 67-67=134−10
Steve Strickeralign=center 67-67=134
T5 Freddie Jacobsonalign=center 66-69=135−9
Bubba Watsonalign=center 66-69=135
T7 Keegan Bradleyalign=center 68-68=136−8
Charl Schwartzelalign=center 71-65=136
9 Dustin Johnsonalign=center 68-69=137−7
T10 Jason Dufneralign=center 69-69=138−6
Rickie Fowleralign=center 69-69=138
Sergio Garcíaalign=center 66-72=138
Peter Hansonalign=center 67-71=138
Michael Hendryalign=center 72-66=138
John Huhalign=center 71-67=138
Zach Johnsonalign=center 71-67=138
Ian Poulteralign=center 68-70=138
John Sendenalign=center 69-69=138
Thaworn Wiratchantalign=center 69-69=138
Michael Thompsonalign=center 69-69=138

Third round

Saturday, March 9, 2013

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 Tiger Woodsalign=center 66-65-67=198−18
2 Graeme McDowellalign=center 66-67-69=202−14
T3 Phil Mickelsonalign=center 67-67-69=203−13
Steve Strickeralign=center 67-67-69=203
T5 Keegan Bradleyalign=center 68-68-69=205−11
Sergio Garcíaalign=center 66-72-67=205
Charl Schwartzelalign=center 71-65-69=205
Michael Thompsonalign=center 69-69-67=205
T9 Freddie Jacobsonalign=center 66-69-71=206−10
Bubba Watsonalign=center 66-69-71=206

Final round

Sunday, March 10, 2013

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Tiger Woodsalign=center 66-65-67-71=269−191,500,000
2 Steve Strickeralign=center 67-67-69-68=271−17880,000
T3 Sergio Garcíaalign=center 66-72-67-69=274−14417,500
Graeme McDowellalign=center 66-67-69-72=274
Phil Mickelsonalign=center 67-67-69-71=274
Adam Scottalign=center 72-70-68-64=274
7 Keegan Bradleyalign=center 68-68-69-71=276−12240,000
T8 Peter Hansonalign=center 67-71-70-70=278−10163,750
Rory McIlroyalign=center 73-69-71-65=278
Justin Rosealign=center 68-72-70-68=278
Michael Thompsonalign=center 69-69-67-73=278

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par544344453545343444
Woods −18 −19 −19 −20 −20 −20 −20 −20 −20 −21 −21 −21 −21 −21 −21 −20 −20 −19
Stricker −14 −14 −13 −13 −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −16 −16 −16 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17
García −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −14 −15 −15 −15 −14
McDowell −15 −16 −16 −16 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −14 −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −16 −14
Mickelson −14 −15 −14 −14 −15 −15 −15 −16 −15 −15 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14
Scott −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tiger Woods wins WGC-Cadillac as Rory McIlroy finds form at last . March 10, 2013 . Guardian UK . March 12, 2013 .
  2. Web site: Tiger Woods wins in Miami as Graeme McDowell slides to third . March 10, 2013 . BBC Sport . March 12, 2013.
  3. News: Tiger Woods prevails at Doral . March 10, 2013 . ESPN . Associated Press . March 12, 2013.
  4. News: Tiger Woods stays in charge and wins Cadillac Championship by two shots . March 10, 2013 . Los Angeles Times . Steve . Waters . March 12, 2013.
  5. Web site: Course: Cadillac Championship . October 11, 2012 . March 12, 2013.
  6. Web site: Cadillac Championship: General Info . November 26, 2012 . March 12, 2013.
  7. Web site: Official World Golf Ranking – Week 8, 2013 . February 24, 2013 . March 7, 2013.
  8. Web site: The Tour Report - First Look: Cadillac Championship . PGA Tour . March 1, 2013 . March 7, 2013.
  9. Web site: Official World Golf Ranking – Week 9, 2013 . March 3, 2013 . March 7, 2013.
  10. Web site: WGC-Cadillac Championship adds 10 top players to 2013 field . February 25, 2013 . February 26, 2013.

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