2021 WGC-Workday Championship explained

2021 WGC-Workday Championship
Dates:	February 25–28, 2021
Location:	Bradenton, Florida
Course:	The Concession Golf Club
Tour:	PGA Tour European Tour
Par:	72
Yardage:	7564yd
Field:	72 players
Cut:	None
Purse:	$10,500,000
Winners Share:	$1,820,000
Champion:	Collin Morikawa
Score:	270 (−18)
Previous:	2020
Map:	USA#USA Florida
Map Size:	220
Map Relief:	yes
Map Label:	TheConcession Golf Club
Map Label Position:	left
Coordinates:	27.404°N -82.345°W

The 2021 WGC-Workday Championship was a golf tournament that was played February 25–28 at The Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Florida. It was the 22nd and final time the WGC Championship has been played and the first of the World Golf Championships events to be staged in 2021. The event was originally scheduled to take place in Mexico, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was moved to Florida in January 2021.^[1] On February 16, it was announced Workday, Inc. would become the new title sponsor.^[2]

Collin Morikawa won the event by three strokes over Billy Horschel, Viktor Hovland, and Brooks Koepka.^[3]

Course layout

The Concession Golf Club

Hole	Yards	Par		Hole	Yards	Par
1	428	4		10	410	4
2	476	4	11	211	3
3	605	5	12	349	4
4	237	3	13	545	5
5	478	4	14	222	3
6	183	3	15	424	4
7	606	5	16	442	4
8	402	4	17	610	5
9	450	4	18	486	4
Out	3,865	36	In	3,699	36
Source:^[4]	Total			7,564	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.^{[5] [6]} Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.

1. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 15, 2021:

• Abraham Ancer (2,3)
• Daniel Berger (2,3)
• Christiaan Bezuidenhout (2,5)
• Jason Day (2)
• Bryson DeChambeau (2,3)
• Harris English (2,3,4)
• Tony Finau (2,3,4,6)
• Matt Fitzpatrick (2,5)
• Tommy Fleetwood (2,5)
• Sergio García (2)
• Tyrrell Hatton (2,3,5,6)
• Billy Horschel (2,3)
• Viktor Hovland (2,3,4)
• Im Sung-jae (2,3,5)
• Dustin Johnson (2,3,4)
• Kevin Kisner (2,3)
• Brooks Koepka (2)
• Jason Kokrak (2)
• Matt Kuchar (2)
• Marc Leishman (2,3)
• Shane Lowry (2)
• Robert MacIntyre (2,6)
• Hideki Matsuyama (2,3)
• Rory McIlroy (2,3,5,6)
• Collin Morikawa (2,3,5)
• Kevin Na (2,3)
• Joaquín Niemann (2,3,4)
• Louis Oosthuizen (2,5)
• Carlos Ortiz (2,4)
• Ryan Palmer (2,3)
• Victor Perez (2,5)
• Jon Rahm (2,3)
• Patrick Reed (2,3,5)
• Justin Rose (2,6)
• Xander Schauffele (2,3,4)
• Scottie Scheffler (2,3)
• Adam Scott (2)
• Webb Simpson (2,3)
• Cameron Smith (2,3)
• Justin Thomas (2,3,4)
• Brendon Todd (2,3)
• Bubba Watson
• Lee Westwood (2,5)
• Bernd Wiesberger (2)
• Matthew Wolff (2,3)
• Gary Woodland (2)
• Will Zalatoris (2)

• Patrick Cantlay (2,4),^[7] Paul Casey (2,5,6) and Tiger Woods (2) did not play.^[5]

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 22, 2021:

• Max Homa (4)

3. The top 30 players from the final 2020 FedExCup Points List:

• Cameron Champ
• Lanto Griffin
• Mackenzie Hughes
• Sebastián Muñoz

4. The top 10 players from the 2021 FedExCup Points List, as of February 22, 2021:

5. The top 20 players from the final 2020 European Tour Race to Dubai:

• Laurie Canter
• Thomas Detry
• Lucas Herbert
• Rasmus Højgaard
• Aaron Rai
• Andy Sullivan
• Sami Välimäki
• Erik van Rooyen

6. The top 10 players from the 2021 European Tour Race to Dubai, as of February 8, 2021:

• Rafa Cabrera-Bello
• David Lipsky
• Jason Scrivener
• Brandon Stone

7. The top 2 players, not otherwise exempt, from the 2020–21 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit, as of December 31, 2020:

• Yuki Inamori
• Chan Kim

8. The top 2 players, not otherwise exempt, from the 2020–21 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit, as of December 31, 2020:

• Brad Kennedy
• Min Woo Lee

9. The top 2 players, not otherwise exempt, from the final 2019–20 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit:

• J. C. Ritchie
• Daniel van Tonder

10. The top 2 players, not otherwise exempt, from the 2020–21 Asian Tour Order of Merit, as of December 31, 2020:

• Wade Ormsby
• Trevor Simsby

11. The highest ranked available player from Mexico from the Official World Golf Ranking as of February 15, 2021. If the highest ranked available player from Mexico from the Official World Golf Ranking is otherwise eligible, the next highest ranked available player from Mexico within the top 300 on the Official World Golf Ranking as of February 15, 2021

12. The highest ranked players not otherwise qualified from outside the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 22, 2021, to bring the field up to 72 players:

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, February 25, 2021

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1		66	−6
Webb Simpson
T3		67	−5
Billy Horschel
Kevin Kisner
Brooks Koepka
T7		68	−4
Im Sung-jae
Wade Ormsby
Cameron Smith
Jon Rahm
Patrick Reed

Second round

Friday, February 26, 2021

Place	Player	Score	To par
1		67-66=133	−11
T2		67-67=134	−10
	70-64=134
	68-66=134
T5		68-67=135	−9
	66-69=135
	66-69=135
T8		67-69=136	−8
	68-68=136
T10		71-66=137	−7
	69-68=137

Third round

Saturday, February 27, 2021

Place	Player	Score	To par
1		70-64-67=201	−15
T2		67-67-69=203	−13
	67-66-70=203
4		66-69-69=204	−12
T5		69-70-66=205	−11
	68-68-69=205
T7		66-69-71=206	−10
	71-69-66=206
	72-66-68=206
	69-70-67=206

Final round

Sunday, February 28, 2021

Final leaderboard

Champion
(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1		70-64-67-69=270	−18	1,820,000
T2		67-67-69-70=273	−15	783,333
	71-69-66-67=273
	67-66-70-70=273
5		69-70-67-68=274	−14	430,000
T6		69-70-66-71=276	−12	320,667
	69-68-70-69=276
	66-69-69-72=276
T9		70-69-69-69=277	−11	237,500
Patrick Reed (c)	68-68-69-72=277

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
T11		66-69-71-72=278	−10	189,667
	73-69-69-67=278
	68-66-77-67=278
14		68-67-72-72=279	−9	165,000
T15		72-66-68-74=280	−8	147,333
	73-72-69-66=280
	73-66-70-71=280
T18		71-66-70-74=281	−7	125,500
	71-69-69-72=281
	72-70-69-70=281
	74-71-67-69=281
T22		77-64-72-69=282	−6	100,833
	70-72-71-69=282
	70-73-70-69=282
	73-70-67-72=282
	69-72-70-71=282
	72-69-68-73=282
T28		70-73-70-70=283	−5	82,500
	68-74-69-72=283
	74-71-66-72=283
	69-72-73-69=283
T32		71-72-71-70=284	−4	72,000
	67-74-67-76=284
	68-76-72-68=284
T35		73-71-69-72=285	−3	64,500
	71-71-72-71=285
T37		71-75-72-68=286	−2	59,000
	74-70-70-72=286
T39		72-70-74-71=287	−1	55,000
	71-72-73-71=287
T41		67-69-80-72=288	E	52,500
	75-68-70-75=288
43		71-69-71-78=289	+1	51,000
T44		75-72-68-75=290	+2	48,500
	73-73-69-75=290
	73-72-69-76=290
	71-74-74-71=290
T48		72-70-72-77=291	+3	44,500
	73-68-72-78=291
	70-76-74-71=291
	72-70-76-73=291
T52		68-74-78-72=292	+4	41,500
	69-75-75-73=292
T54	Dustin Johnson (c)	77-69-69-78=293	+5	38,300
	71-72-78-72=293
Justin Rose (c)	73-71-76-73=293
Adam Scott (c)	72-72-72-77=293
	77-72-70-74=293
T59		74-73-73-75=295	+7	36,250
	76-75-72-72=295
T61		81-73-69-73=296	+8	35,000
	74-72-78-72=296
	74-69-77-76=296
T64		72-75-76-74=297	+9	33,875
	72-76-72-77=297
66		78-69-71-80=298	+10	33,500
67		74-73-71-82=300	+12	33,250
T68		78-73-72-78=301	+13	32,875
	78-77-73-73=301
70		77-77-74-74=302	+14	32,500
71		76-73-75-79=303	+15	32,250
WD		83	+11

External links

• • Coverage on the European Tour's official site
• Media Guide
• GCSAA tournament fact sheet

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2021 WGC-Mexico Championship to be played at The Concession Golf Club in Florida . European Tour . January 17, 2021.
2. Web site: Workday announced as title sponsor of World Golf Championships Event at The Concession Golf Club . PGA Tour . February 16, 2021.
3. News: Collin Morikawa wins Workday Championship by 3 strokes, says thank you to Tiger Woods, late grandfather . ESPN . February 28, 2021.
4. Web site: Course Card . European Tour . February 22, 2021.
5. Web site: The First Look: World Golf Championships-Workday Championship at The Concession . PGA Tour . February 21, 2021.
6. Web site: WGC at The Concession Fact Sheet . Golf Coast Magazine . February 21, 2021.
7. Web site: Lavner . Ryan . Patrick Cantlay WDs from WGC-Workday with upset stomach, dehydration . Golf Channel . February 25, 2021 . February 25, 2021.