The 2011 WGC-Cadillac Championship was a golf tournament held March 10–13 at Doral Golf Resort & Spa in Doral, Florida, a suburb west of Miami. It was the 12th WGC-Cadillac Championship tournament, the second of four World Golf Championships events staged in 2011. Cadillac replaced CA Technologies as the title sponsor.

Nick Watney shot a final round 67 (−5) to win his first WGC event, two strokes ahead of runner-up Dustin Johnson.

Field The field consisted 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. Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.

Initially, all 69 players who qualified for the tournament were scheduled to play.

1. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 28, 2011 Robert Allenby (2,3), Paul Casey (2,3,5,6), K. J. Choi (2,3), Jason Day (2,3), Luke Donald (2,3,4,5,6), Ernie Els (2,3,5), Ross Fisher (2,5), Rickie Fowler (2), Jim Furyk (2,3), Retief Goosen (2,3), Bill Haas (2), Peter Hanson (2,5), Pádraig Harrington (2,5), Yuta Ikeda (2), Ryo Ishikawa (2), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (2,5,6), Dustin Johnson (2,3), Zach Johnson (2,3), Robert Karlsson (2,5), Martin Kaymer (2,5,6), Anthony Kim (2), Kim Kyung-tae (2,7), Matt Kuchar (2,3,4), Martin Laird (2,3), Hunter Mahan (2,3), Graeme McDowell (2,5), Rory McIlroy (2,5,6), Phil Mickelson (2,3), Edoardo Molinari (2,5), Francesco Molinari (2,5), Ryan Moore (2,3), Geoff Ogilvy (2,3,8), Louis Oosthuizen (2,5), Ian Poulter (2,5), Álvaro Quirós (2,5,6), Justin Rose (2,3), Charl Schwartzel (2,5,6,9), Adam Scott (2,3), Vijay Singh (4), Steve Stricker (2,3), Bo Van Pelt (2,3), Camilo Villegas (2,3), Nick Watney (2,3), Lee Westwood (2,5), Mark Wilson (2,4), Tiger Woods (2), Yang Yong-eun (2)

Three golfers withdrew from the tournament shortly before it started: Tim Clark (2,3) (elbow), Ben Crane (2,3) (back), and Bubba Watson (2,3,4) (flu).

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of March 7, 2011 Hiroyuki Fujita (7)

3. The top 30 players from the final 2010 FedExCup Points List Charley Hoffman, Kevin Na, Jeff Overton, Ryan Palmer, Kevin Streelman

4. The top 10 players from the 2011 FedExCup Points List, as of March 7, 2011 Aaron Baddeley, Jonathan Byrd, D. A. Points, Rory Sabbatini, Jhonattan Vegas

5. The top 20 players from the final 2010 European Tour Order of Merit Rhys Davies, Anders Hansen

6. The top 10 players from the European Tour Order of Merit, as of February 28, 2011 Thomas Aiken (9), Thomas Bjørn, Shiv Chawrasia

7. The top 2 players from the final 2010 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit

8. The top 2 players from the final 2010 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit Peter Senior

9. The top 2 players from the final 2010 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit

10. The top 2 players from the final 2010 Asian Tour Order of Merit Marcus Fraser, Noh Seung-yul

Round summaries First round Thursday, March 10, 2011 Friday, March 11, 2011

The first round was significantly delayed when a storm blew in shortly after play began on Thursday. Play was resumed in the afternoon, but almost all players were still on the course when darkness fell. At this point, Hunter Mahan led the field at 7-under-par through his first 11 holes, and held on to the lead when the first round was concluded on Friday morning. Teenager Ryo Ishikawa was one shot back in second, while new world number one Martin Kaymer was third; several players including Luke Donald and Matt Kuchar had reached the 6-under mark in their rounds, then dropped back.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Hunter Mahan64−82 Ryo Ishikawa65−73 Martin Kaymer66−6T4 Luke Donald67−5 Charley Hoffman Martin Laird Nick WatneyT8 Thomas Aiken68−4 Pádraig Harrington Matt Kuchar Rory McIlroy Francesco Molinari D. A. Points Adam Scott Vijay Singh Kevin Streelman Steve Stricker

Second round Friday, March 11, 2011

Scoring proved more difficult in the second round as high winds returned to the Doral course. The low round of the day was Aaron Baddeley's 66. Hunter Mahan retained his one shot lead after a steady 71, with Martin Kaymer and Francesco Molinari a shot further back. This meant that the three leading players at the halfway stage were the World Number One, and the winners of the previous two stroke play-format WGC events. Ryo Ishikawa, who started the round in second place, shot a four-over-par 76 on the day his home nation of Japan was devastated by an earthquake and tsunami.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Hunter Mahan64-71=135−9T2 Martin Kaymer66-70=136−8 Francesco Molinari68-68=136T4 Matt Kuchar68-69=137−7 Martin Laird67-70=137 Rory McIlroy68-69=137 Nick Watney67-70=137T8 Aaron Baddeley72-66=138−6 Dustin Johnson69-69=138 Adam Scott 69-69=138

Third round Saturday, March 12, 2011

Dustin Johnson was the big mover on Saturday, shooting a 65, the lowest round of the day, to open up a two-shot advantage. Behind him the leaderboard was bunched with seven players within three shots. Luke Donald, Nick Watney and overnight leader Hunter Mahan all had chances to match Johnson's score before faltering over the closing holes, while Martin Kaymer, in the final group, fell away after a 74.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Dustin Johnson69-69-65=203−13T2 Luke Donald67-72-66=205−11 Matt Kuchar68-69-68=205 Nick Watney67-70-68=205T5 Hunter Mahan64-71-71=206−10 Rory McIlroy68-69-69=206 Francesco Molinari68-68-70=206 Adam Scott68-70-68=206T9 Pádraig Harrington68-71-68=207−9 Martin Laird67-70-70=207

Final round Sunday, March 13, 2011

The final round began strongly for the American challengers, with Nick Watney, Hunter Mahan, Dustin Johnson and Matt Kuchar all getting under par early, while the international players struggled. As the leaders reached the turn, Doral's famous back nine began to bite, with a number of the leading players making bogeys and double bogeys. This opened the tournament back up to the field; ahead of the leaders, Anders Hansen was going low, but missed makeable birdie putts on 16 and 17 to settle for a 67 and 13-under. Meanwhile, Nick Watney holed long par putts at 13 and 15 to stay at 15-under, and shared the lead with Dustin Johnson going into the final stretch. But Johnson bogeyed 16, and when Watney birdied the tough 18 it left Johnson, in the final group, needing to hole his second shot to force a playoff; he hit it close, but eventually had to settle for a par, leaving Watney the winner by two. The low rounds on the final day were a pair of 66s by the young American Rickie Fowler, and former world number one Tiger Woods, a multiple winner of this event.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Nick Watney67-70-68-67=272−16 1,400,0002 Dustin Johnson69-69-65-71=274−14 850,000T3 Anders Hansen71-69-68-67=275−13 465,000 Francesco Molinari68-68-70-69=2755 Matt Kuchar68-69-68-71=276−12 350,000T6 Luke Donald67-72-66-72=277−11 271,000 Adam Scott68-70-68-71=2778 Rickie Fowler71-73-68-66=278−10 200,0009 Hunter Mahan64-71-71-73=279−9 175,000T10 Jonathan Byrd70-74-68-68=280−8 129,000 Pádraig Harrington68-71-68-73=280 Martin Laird67-70-70-73=280 Rory McIlroy68-69-69-74=280 Tiger Woods70-74-70-66=280

Scorecard Final round Hole123456789101112131415161718Par544344453 545343444 Watney −12 −13 −13 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −14 −15 −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −16 Johnson −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −15 −14 −14 −14 Hansen −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 Molinari −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −11 −12 −12 −12 −13 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 Kuchar −12 −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −13 −13 −13 −14 −13 −13 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 Donald −12 −12 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −12 −12 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 Scott −11 −12 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 Fowler −6 −7 −7 −7 −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogey Source:

References

External links Coverage on the European Tour's official site