2016 WGC-Cadillac Championship explained

2016 WGC-Cadillac Championship
Dates:	March 3–6, 2016
Location:	Doral, Florida, U.S.
Course:	Trump National Doral Blue Monster Course
Tour:	PGA Tour European Tour
Par:	72
Field:	66 players
Cut:	None
Purse:	$9,500,000 €8,583,303
Winners Share:	$1,620,000 €1,463,679
Champion:	Adam Scott
Score:	276 (−12)
Previous:	2015
Next:	2017

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.

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 ListDaniel 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 DubaiAn 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)

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

3. The top 2 players from the final 2015 Japan Golf Tour Order of MeritKim Kyung-tae, Yūsaku Miyazato

4. The top 2 players from the final 2015 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of MeritNathan Holman (8), Jordan Zunic

5. The top 2 players from the final 2015 Sunshine Tour Order of MeritGeorge Coetzee, Charl Schwartzel (7,8,9)

6. The top 2 players from the final 2015 Asian Tour Order of MeritScott Hend

7. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 22, 2016Jamie 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, 2016Rafa 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, 2016Jason Dufner, Fabián Gómez, Smylie Kaufman, Graeme McDowell

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	Score	To par
align=center rowspan=2	T1		align=center rowspan=2	66	align=center rowspan=2	−6
Scott Piercy
3		67	−5
align=center rowspan=4	T4		align=center rowspan=4	68	align=center rowspan=4	−4
Charley Hoffman
Adam Scott
Danny Willett
align=center rowspan=3	T8		align=center rowspan=3	69	align=center rowspan=3	−3
Jimmy Walker
Bubba Watson

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	Score	To par
1		68-66=134	−10
T2		72-64=136	−8
	71-65=136
4		68-69=137	−7
T5		68-70=138	−6
	69-69=138
T7		71-68=139	−5
	67-72=139
T9		68-72=140	−4
	70-70=140
	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	Score	To par
1		71-65-68=204	−12
T2		72-64-71=207	−9
	68-66-73=207
T4		67-72-70=209	−7
	69-69-71=209
	68-69-72=209
T7		73-71-67=211	−5
	73-71-67=211
	70-70-71=211
T10		71-70-71=212	−4
	70-71-71=212
	68-70-74=212
	71-70-71=212
	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	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Adam Scott	68-66-73-69=276	−12	1,620,000
2		69-69-71-68=277	−11	1,018,000
T3		71-65-68-74=278	−10	483,000
	68-69-72-69=278
5		67-72-70-70=279	−9	342,000
6		69-72-73-66=280	−8	280,000
7		71-68-75-68=282	−6	240,000
T8		70-71-71-71=283	−5	197,500
	71-70-71-71=283
10		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

External links

• • Coverage on the European Tour's official site

25.815°N -80.34°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: PGA Tour moves tournament from Trump Doral to Mexico City. ESPN.com. 1 June 2016.
2. Web site: Course . WGC-Cadillac Championship . 2016 . September 21, 2015.
3. Web site: Cadillac Championship: General Info . PGA Tour . March 4, 2014.
4. Web site: 2015–16 Qualifiers for majors, The Players, WGCs . PGA Tour . Rob . Bolton . November 17, 2014.
5. News: Phil Mickelson shoots 67 at Doral; Scott Piercy, Marcus Fraser lead . ESPN . Associated Press . March 3, 2016.
6. News: Adam Scott leads Cadillac Championship; Rory McIlroy 2 back . ESPN . Associated Press . March 5, 2016.
7. News: Rory McIlroy takes three-shot lead over Adam Scott, Dustin Johnson . ESPN . Associated Press . March 6, 2016.
8. News: Adam Scott rallies at Cadillac for 2nd straight win . ESPN . March 6, 2016 . March 6, 2016.