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. The tournament was won by Adam Scott.

Course layout

The tournament was played on the TPC Blue Monster course.
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards5904484362274214324715492003,7746144226012384841533414254763,7547,528
Par544344453365453434443672

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. 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, Jason Day, Harris English, Rickie Fowler, Bill Haas, Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes, Dustin Johnson, Zach Johnson, Kevin Kisner, Brooks Koepka, Matt Kuchar, Danny Lee, Hideki Matsuyama, Rory McIlroy, Kevin Na, Louis Oosthuizen, Scott Piercy, Patrick Reed, Justin Rose, Brandt Snedeker, Jordan Spieth, Henrik Stenson, Robert Streb, Jimmy Walker, Bubba Watson
;2. The top 20 players from the final 2015 European Tour Race to Dubai
An Byeong-hun, Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Kristoffer Broberg, Victor Dubuisson, Ross Fisher, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Branden Grace, Søren Kjeldsen, Anirban Lahiri, Shane Lowry, Andy Sullivan, Bernd Wiesberger, Danny Willett, Chris Wood
;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, Jordan Zunic
;5. The top 2 players from the final 2015 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit
George Coetzee, Charl Schwartzel
;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, Emiliano Grillo, Billy Horschel, Martin Kaymer, Russell Knox, Marc Leishman, David Lingmerth, Phil Mickelson, Adam Scott, Justin Thomas
;8. The top 10 players from the 2016 European Tour Race to Dubai, as of February 22, 2016
Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Marcus Fraser
;9. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 29, 2016
;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

Past champions in the field

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 3, 2016
Marcus Fraser and Scott Piercy shot rounds of 66 to take a one-shot lead over Phil Mickelson.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Marcus Fraser66−6
T1Scott Piercy66−6
3Phil Mickelson67−5
T4Jason Dufner68−4
T4Charley Hoffman68−4
T4Adam Scott68−4
T4Danny Willett68−4
T8Jordan Spieth69−3
T8Jimmy Walker69−3
T8Bubba Watson69−3

Second round

Friday, March 4, 2016
Adam Scott shot a 66 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.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Adam Scott68-66=134−10
T2Dustin Johnson72-64=136−8
T2Rory McIlroy71-65=136−8
4Danny Willett68-69=137−7
T5Charley Hoffman68-70=138−6
T5Bubba Watson69-69=138−6
T7Paul Casey71-68=139−5
T7Phil Mickelson67-72=139−5
T9Jason Dufner68-72=140−4
T9Anirban Lahiri70-70=140−4
T9Charl Schwartzel73-67=140−4

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.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Rory McIlroy71-65-68=204−12
T2Dustin Johnson72-64-71=207−9
T2Adam Scott68-66-73=207−9
T4Phil Mickelson67-72-70=209−7
T4Bubba Watson69-69-71=209−7
T4Danny Willett68-69-72=209−7
T7Rafael Cabrera-Bello73-71-67=211−5
T7Sergio García73-71-67=211−5
T7Anirban Lahiri70-70-71=211−5
T10Harris English71-70-71=212−4
T10Rickie Fowler70-71-71=212−4
T10Charley Hoffman68-70-74=212−4
T10Smylie Kaufman71-70-71=212−4
T10Charl Schwartzel73-67-72=212−4

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.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Adam Scott68-66-73-69=276−121,620,000
2Bubba Watson69-69-71-68=277−111,018,000
T3Rory McIlroy71-65-68-74=278−10483,000
T3Danny Willett68-69-72-69=278−10483,000
5Phil Mickelson67-72-70-70=279−9342,000
6Jimmy Walker69-72-73-66=280−8280,000
7Paul Casey71-68-75-68=282−6240,000
T8Rickie Fowler70-71-71-71=283−5197,500
T8Smylie Kaufman71-70-71-71=283−5197,500
10Harris English71-70-71-72=284−4165,000

Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par544344453545343444
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