PGA First Look: WGC-Cadillac Championship
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WGC events bring out the best golfers in the world. Outside of the majors, this is one of the strongest fields that we are going to have all season. The event will be held at the Trump National Doral in Florida, and yes, it’s that Trump. Donald will certainly be in attendance this week to show off his amazing hair. The Blue Monster course is a Par 72 that stretches over 7,500 yards. This has been the home course for this event since 2007, although it’s worth noting that the course had a major redesign in 2014.
With the redesign, we should give a much heavier weighting to the results of the last two seasons, rather than the results from 2007-2013. This is a course that favors distance over accuracy. Fairways are tough to hit for everyone and if you are leaving yourself 200+ yard approaches, you are going to bogey a lot of holes. There will be one or two shorter hitters that pop up on the leaderboard, but make no mistake, this is a bomber’s course.
Cut Rule:
There is no cut this week. All golfers are guaranteed to play four rounds. Generally, no cut events allow us to take a few more risks when building lineups, even in cash games.
Recent Winners of this Event:
Dustin Johnson (2015), Patrick Reed (2014), Tiger Woods (2013), Justin Rose (2012), Nick Watney (2011)
Weather:
We could have pristine conditions this week in Florida. Temperatures are expected to be in the mid-80s all week with little to no chance of rain. The wind isn’t as bad as it could be, as forecasts project 8-12 MPH winds throughout the week.
Tee Times & Pairings:
Salaries, Odds, and Course History (2011-2015)
| Golfer | Salary | S Rank | Odds | O Rank | + / – | OWGR | Events | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rory McIlroy | $12,000 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 10 |
| Jordan Spieth | $11,700 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 34 | |||
| Adam Scott | $11,600 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 3 | 13 | 6 |
| Bubba Watson | $11,400 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 2 | |
| Dustin Johnson | $11,200 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 35 | 2 |
| Jason Day | $11,100 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 33 | 20 | 45 | |
| Rickie Fowler | $10,700 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 44 | 35 | 45 | 8 |
| Henrik Stenson | $10,300 | 8 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | |||
| Justin Rose | $10,100 | 9 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 55 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 42 |
| Sergio Garcia | $9,900 | 10 | 27 | 11 | -1 | 12 | 8 | 31 | 16 | 3 | 60 | |
| Phil Mickelson | $9,800 | 11 | 28 | 12 | -1 | 21 | 9 | 31 | 16 | 3 | 43 | 55 |
| Louis Oosthuizen | $9,600 | 12 | 33 | 15 | -3 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 33 | 60 | 18 |
| J.B. Holmes | $9,400 | 13 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Hideki Matsuyama | $9,300 | 14 | 32 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 23 | 34 | |||
| Brooks Koepka | $9,200 | 15 | 33 | 14 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 17 | ||||
| Patrick Reed | $9,100 | 16 | 36 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 23 | 1 | |||
| Justin Thomas | $8,800 | 17 | 41 | 17 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||||
| Brandt Snedeker | $8,600 | 18 | 47 | 19 | -1 | 16 | 4 | 17 | 46 | 45 | ||
| Charl Schwartzel | $8,500 | 19 | 41 | 18 | 1 | 32 | 7 | 44 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 24 |
| Matt Kuchar | $8,400 | 20 | 48 | 20 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 23 | 13 | 35 | 8 | 5 |
| Branden Grace | $8,300 | 21 | 49 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 54 | 40 | 49 | 35 | |
| Jimmy Walker | $8,200 | 22 | 55 | 22 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 31 | 25 | |||
| Byeong-Hun An | $8,100 | 23 | 60 | 25 | -2 | 27 | 0 | |||||
| Kevin Kisner | $8,000 | 24 | 60 | 24 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||||
| Bill Haas | $7,900 | 25 | 66 | 28 | -3 | 42 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 43 | 29 | 31 |
| Graeme McDowell | $7,900 | 25 | 58 | 23 | 2 | 55 | 8 | 56 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 42 |
| Marc Leishman | $7,800 | 27 | 64 | 26 | 1 | 26 | 1 | |||||
| Danny Willett | $7,800 | 27 | 68 | 29 | -2 | 15 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Billy Horschel | $7,700 | 29 | 65 | 27 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 46 | 50 | |||
| Russell Knox | $7,600 | 30 | 75 | 33 | -3 | 33 | 0 | |||||
| Harris English | $7,600 | 30 | 71 | 32 | -2 | 79 | 1 | 16 | ||||
| Zach Johnson | $7,500 | 32 | 68 | 29 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 49 | 16 | 47 | 17 | 24 |
| Paul Casey | $7,500 | 32 | 68 | 31 | 1 | 30 | 7 | 38 | 51 | 18 | ||
| Martin Kaymer | $7,400 | 34 | 88 | 35 | -1 | 38 | 8 | 31 | 58 | 49 | 20 | 24 |
| Shane Lowry | $7,400 | 34 | 78 | 34 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 17 | ||||
| David Lingmerth | $7,300 | 36 | 89 | 37 | -1 | 40 | 0 | |||||
| Jason Dufner | $7,200 | 37 | 92 | 38 | -1 | 71 | 5 | 49 | 9 | 12 | 29 | |
| Andy Sullivan | $7,200 | 37 | 104 | 39 | -2 | 29 | 0 | |||||
| Kevin Na | $7,100 | 39 | 89 | 36 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 9 | 35 | |||
| Victor Dubuisson | $7,100 | 39 | 143 | 46 | -7 | 39 | 2 | 62 | 62 | |||
| George Coetzee | $7,000 | 41 | 115 | 40 | 1 | 77 | 2 | 16 | 53 | |||
| Danny Lee | $7,000 | 41 | 116 | 41 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |||||
| Rafa Cabrera-Bello | $6,900 | 43 | 137 | 43 | 0 | 61 | 0 | |||||
| Emiliano Grillo | $6,900 | 43 | 142 | 45 | -2 | 36 | 0 | |||||
| Robert Streb | $6,800 | 45 | 141 | 44 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 56 | ||||
| Matthew Fitzpatrick | $6,800 | 45 | 151 | 47 | -2 | 46 | 0 | |||||
| Jamie Donaldson | $6,700 | 47 | 135 | 42 | 5 | 51 | 3 | 44 | 2 | 63 | ||
| Ross Fisher | $6,700 | 47 | 171 | 49 | -2 | 85 | 5 | 23 | 61 | |||
| Bernd Wiesberger | $6,700 | 47 | 152 | 48 | -1 | 37 | 1 | 31 | ||||
| Soren Kjeldsen | $6,600 | 50 | 196 | 53 | -3 | 44 | 3 | |||||
| Scott Piercy | $6,600 | 50 | 202 | 55 | -5 | 48 | 1 | 25 | ||||
| Daniel Berger | $6,600 | 50 | 177 | 50 | 0 | 57 | 0 | |||||
| Charley Hoffman | $6,500 | 53 | 181 | 51 | 2 | 59 | 4 | 38 | 24 | |||
| Jaco Van Zyl | $6,500 | 53 | 219 | 57 | -4 | 49 | 0 | |||||
| Smylie Kaufman | $6,500 | 53 | 185 | 52 | 1 | 65 | 0 | |||||
| Fabian Gomez | $6,400 | 56 | 225 | 59 | -3 | 54 | 0 | |||||
| Chris Wood | $6,400 | 56 | 198 | 54 | 2 | 43 | 1 | 43 | ||||
| Marcus Fraser | $6,300 | 58 | 248 | 61 | -3 | 58 | 3 | 60 | 24 | 45 | ||
| K.T. Kim | $6,300 | 58 | 265 | 62 | -4 | 73 | 0 | |||||
| Kristoffer Broberg | $6,300 | 58 | 227 | 60 | -2 | 68 | 0 | |||||
| Kiradech Aphibarnrat | $6,200 | 61 | 223 | 58 | 3 | 45 | 1 | 67 | ||||
| Anirban Lahiri | $6,200 | 61 | 211 | 56 | 5 | 50 | 1 | 71 | ||||
| Scott Hend | $6,100 | 63 | 286 | 64 | -1 | 122 | 1 | 16 | ||||
| Yusaku Miyazato | $6,100 | 63 | 373 | 65 | -2 | 101 | 0 | |||||
| Steven Bowditch | $6,000 | 65 | 414 | 66 | -1 | 78 | 0 | |||||
| Nathan Holman | $6,000 | 65 | 273 | 63 | 2 | 149 | 0 | |||||
| Jordan Zunic | $6,000 | 65 | 1357 | 67 | -2 | 530 | 0 |
Color Coding
Course history in BLUE indicates a top ten finish.
Course history in GREEN indicates a top 25 finish.
Course history in YELLOW indicates a finish outside of the top 25.
Legend
| Term | Description |
|---|---|
| S Rank | Each golfer’s salary rank compared to the field, with one being the most expensive. |
| O Rank | Each golfer’s odds rank compared to the field, with one the biggest favorite. |
| + / – | The difference between a golfer’s salary and odds rank. The bigger the number, the better. |
| OWGR | Official World Golf Ranking |
| Events | Number of appearances each golfer has at this event in the last ten seasons. |
| 2011 – 2015 Columns | Course history at this event over the last five seasons. |