2014 WGC-Cadillac Championship explained

2014 WGC-Cadillac Championship
Dates:March 6–9, 2014
Location:Doral, Florida, U.S.
Course:Trump National Doral
Blue Monster Course
Tour:PGA Tour
European Tour
Par:72
Field:68 players
Cut:None
Purse:$9,000,000
6,596,935
Winners Share:$1,530,000
€1,121,479
Champion: Patrick Reed
Score:284 (−4)
Previous:2013
Next:2015

The 2014 WGC-Cadillac Championship was a golf tournament played March 6–9 on the TPC Blue Monster course at Trump National Doral in Doral, Florida, a suburb west of Miami. It was the 15th WGC-Cadillac Championship tournament, and the second of the World Golf Championships events to be staged in 2014. Patrick Reed won his first WGC event and became the youngest WGC champion at age 23.[1] [2]

Course layout

The tournament is played on the TPC Blue Monster course.[3]

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards5724484362034214324715492003,7326144226012384841533414254713,7497,481
Par544344453365453434443672

Field

The field consists 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.[4] Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.

1. The top 30 players from the final 2013 FedExCup Points List

Keegan Bradley (7,9), Roberto Castro, Brendon de Jonge, Graham DeLaet (7,9), Luke Donald (7,9), Jason Dufner (7,9), Jim Furyk (7,9), Sergio García (2,7,8,9), Bill Haas (7,9), Billy Horschel (7,9), Dustin Johnson (7,9,10), Zach Johnson (7,9,10), Matt Kuchar (7,9), Hunter Mahan (7,9), Phil Mickelson (7,9), D. A. Points, Justin Rose (2,7,9), Charl Schwartzel (7,8,9), Adam Scott (4,7,9), Webb Simpson (7,9,10), Brandt Snedeker (7,9), Jordan Spieth (7,9), Henrik Stenson (2,7,9), Kevin Streelman (7,9), Steve Stricker (7,9), Nick Watney (7,9), Boo Weekley, Gary Woodland, Tiger Woods (7,9)

Jason Day (7,9) withdrew prior to the first round with a thumb injury.[5]

2. The top 20 players from the final 2013 European Tour Race to Dubai

Thomas Bjørn (7,8,9), Jamie Donaldson (7,8,9), Victor Dubuisson (7,8,9), Ernie Els (7,8,9), Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (7,9), Stephen Gallacher (7,8,9), Branden Grace (8), Joost Luiten (7,9), Matteo Manassero (7,9), Graeme McDowell (7,9), Francesco Molinari (7,9), Ian Poulter (7,9), Brett Rumford, Richard Sterne, Thongchai Jaidee, Peter Uihlein, Lee Westwood (7,9)

3. The top 2 players from the final 2013 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit

Kim Hyung-sung, Hideki Matsuyama (7,9)

4. The top 2 players from the final 2013 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit

Jin Jeong

5. The top 2 players from the final 2013 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit

Darren Fichardt, Dawie van der Walt

6. The top 2 players from the final 2013 Asian Tour Order of Merit

Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Scott Hend

7. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 24, 2014

Jonas Blixt (9), Harris English (9,10), Rickie Fowler (9), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (9), Martin Kaymer, Chris Kirk (9,10), Rory McIlroy (9), Ryan Moore (9,10), Louis Oosthuizen (8,9), Patrick Reed (9,10), Jimmy Walker (9,10), Bubba Watson (9,10)

8. The top 10 players from the 2014 European Tour Race to Dubai, as of February 24, 2014

George Coetzee

9. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of March 3, 2014

Russell Henley

10. The top 10 players from the 2014 FedExCup Points List, as of March 3, 2014

Kevin Stadler

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 6, 2014
Friday, March 7, 2014

Delays caused by thunderstorms meant that only six players completed their first round on Thursday. Five players led overnight at 3-under-par, including Harris English (the only one of the five to have completed his round), Jason Dufner, Hunter Mahan, Francesco Molinari and Patrick Reed.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 68 −4
T2 69 −3
Harris English
Dustin Johnson
Matt Kuchar
Hunter Mahan
Francesco Molinari
T8 70 −2
Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Zach Johnson
Rory McIlroy
Ryan Moore
Charl Schwartzel

Second round

Friday, March 7, 2014

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
align=center rowspan=4T1 69-74=143 align=center rowspan=4−1
69-74=143
69-74=143
68-75=143
align=center rowspan=4T5 74-70=144 align=center rowspan=4E
73-71=144
70-74=144
69-75=144
align=center rowspan=2T9 70-75=145 align=center rowspan=2+1
73-72=145

Third round

Saturday, March 8, 2014

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 68-75-69=212 −4
align=center rowspan=2T2 69-77-68=214 align=center rowspan=2−2
69-74-71=214
align=center rowspan=2T4 74-70-71=215 align=center rowspan=2−1
76-73-66=215 -align=center rowspan=3T6 70-77-69=216 align=center rowspan=3E
69-74-73=216
70-75-71=216
align=center rowspan=5T9 69-74-74=217 align=center rowspan=5+1
73-71-73=217
74-73-70=217
73-77-67=217
73-72-72=217

Final round

Sunday, March 9, 2014

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Patrick Reed 68-75-69-72=284 −4 1,530,000
align=center rowspan=2T2 74-70-71-70=285 align=center rowspan=2−3 align=center rowspan=2753,000
73-72-72-68=285
align=center rowspan=2T4 69-74-73-72=288 align=center rowspan=2E align=center rowspan=2395,000
74-73-70-71=288
align=center rowspan=3T6 75-75-70-69=289 align=center rowspan=3+1 align=center rowspan=3248,333
73-76-69-71=289
73-74-74-68=289
align=center rowspan=4T9 69-77-68-76=290 align=center rowspan=4+2 align=center rowspan=4151,250
69-74-71-76=290
73-71-73-73=290
70-76-76-68=290

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par544344453545343444
Reed −5 −4 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4
Donaldson −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −4 −3
Watson +1 +1 +1 E E E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −3 −3 −3
D. Johnson −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −2 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 E
Sterne +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 E E +1 +1 E +1 +1 +1 E E E

External links

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Notes and References

  1. News: Patrick Reed: Youngest WGC winner . March 9, 2014 . ESPN . Associated Press . April 9, 2014.
  2. Web site: Patrick Reed wins by one shot . March 9, 2014 . BBC Sport . April 9, 2014.
  3. Web site: WGC-Cadillac Championship – Venue Info . PGA European Tour . March 4, 2014.
  4. Web site: Cadillac Championship: General Info . PGA Tour . March 4, 2014.
  5. Web site: Day withdraws from WGC-Cadillac with injured thumb . PGA Tour . Brian . Wacker . March 6, 2014.