The 2012 WGC-Cadillac Championship was a golf tournament played from March 8–11 on the TPC Blue Monster course at Doral Golf Resort & Spa in Doral, Florida, a suburb west of Miami. It was the 13th WGC-Cadillac Championship tournament, and the second of the World Golf Championships events to be staged in 2012.

Justin Rose won his first WGC event, one stroke ahead of runner-up Bubba Watson, the 54-hole leader. Watson rebounded and won his first Masters the following month.

Course layout The tournament was played on the TPC Blue Monster course. Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal Yards5294184382363944424545601693,6405514026032454601753724194673,6947,334 Par544344453365453434443672

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. All 74 players that qualified for the tournament played in it. Branden Grace was the only player in the field who was appearing in his first WGC event. Players qualified based on the following qualification rules: 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 27, 2012 Aaron Baddeley (2,3), Bae Sang-moon (2,7), Thomas Bjørn (2,5), Keegan Bradley (2,3,4), Paul Casey (2), K. J. Choi (2,3), Ben Crane (2), Jason Day (2,3), Luke Donald (2,3,5), Jason Dufner (2,3), Simon Dyson (2,5), Rickie Fowler (2), Sergio García (2,5), Bill Haas (2,3,4), Anders Hansen (2,5), Peter Hanson (2,5,6), Freddie Jacobson (2,3), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (5), Dustin Johnson (2,3), Zach Johnson (2), Robert Karlsson (2), Martin Kaymer (2,5), Kim Kyung-tae (2), Matt Kuchar (2,3), Martin Laird (2), Paul Lawrie (2,5,6), Hunter Mahan (2,3,4), Graeme McDowell (2,5), Rory McIlroy (2,4,5,6), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4), Francesco Molinari (2), Geoff Ogilvy (2,3), Louis Oosthuizen (2,5,6), Ian Poulter (2), Álvaro Quirós (2,5), Justin Rose (2,3), Charl Schwartzel (2,5), Adam Scott (2,3), John Senden (2,3), Webb Simpson (2,3), Brandt Snedeker (2,3,4), Kyle Stanley (2,4), Steve Stricker (2,3,4), David Toms (2,3), Bo Van Pelt (2,3), Nick Watney (2,3), Bubba Watson (2,3), Lee Westwood (2,5,6), Mark Wilson (2,3,4), Tiger Woods (2)

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of March 5, 2012Official World Golf Ranking – March 4, 2012 Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (5)

3. The top 30 players from the final 2011 FedExCup Points List Jonathan Byrd, Charles Howell III, Chez Reavie, Vijay Singh, Gary Woodland, Yang Yong-eun

4. The top 10 players from the 2012 FedExCup Points List, as of March 5, 2012 Johnson Wagner

5. The top 20 players from the final 2011 European Tour Order of Merit Darren Clarke, Nicolas Colsaerts, Pablo Larrazábal, Alex Norén

6. The top 10 players from the European Tour Race to Dubai Standings, as of February 27, 2012European Tour - This Week - 27 February 2012 Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Retief Goosen, Branden Grace, Jbe' Kruger, Robert Rock

7. The top 2 players from the final 2011 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit Tadahiro Takayama

8. The top 2 players from the final 2011 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit Greg Chalmers, Marcus Fraser

9. The top 2 players from the final 2011 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit Garth Mulroy, Hennie Otto

10. The top 2 players from the final 2011 Asian Tour Order of Merit Tetsuji Hiratsuka, Juvic Pagunsan

Round summaries

First round Thursday, March 8, 2012

PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Jason Dufner66−6 Adam ScottT3 Thomas Bjørn68−4 Charl SchwartzelT5 Aaron Baddeley69−3 Keegan Bradley Miguel Ángel Jiménez Juvic Pagunsan Álvaro Quirós Justin Rose Kyle Stanley Steve Stricker

Second round Friday, March 9, 2012

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Bubba Watson70-62=132−122 Justin Rose69-64=133−113 Adam Scott66-68=134−104 Peter Hanson70-65=135−9T5 Thomas Bjørn68-68=136−8 Keegan Bradley69-67=136T7 Charles Howell III70-67=137−7 Martin Kaymer73-64=137 Charl Schwartzel68-69=137T10 Luke Donald70-68=138−6 Jason Dufner66-72=138 Zach Johnson70-68=138 Kyle Stanley69-69=138 Bo Van Pelt73-65=138

Third round Saturday, March 10, 2012

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Bubba Watson70-62-67=199−17T2 Keegan Bradley69-67-66=202−14 Justin Rose69-64-69=2024 Peter Hanson70-65-69=204−12T5 Zach Johnson70-68-67=205−11 Matt Kuchar72-67-66=2057 Johnson Wagner70-69-67=206−10T8 Luke Donald70-68-69=207−9 Martin Kaymer73-64-70=207 Rory McIlroy73-69-65=207 Charl Schwartzel68-69-70=207 Webb Simpson75-66-66=207 Tiger Woods72-67-68=207

Final round Sunday, March 11, 2012

The 54-hole leader Bubba Watson stumbled early in the round and was 3 over par for the front nine, surrendering the lead to Keegan Bradley who was −3 after 7 holes. At one point Bradley led by 2 strokes but he stumbled on the back nine which included a three-putt from 4 feet and a 4 over par finish in the last 4 holes. Rory McIlroy also got into contention with an eagle on the 12th hole and was 1 back of the lead but a bogey on the 14th stopped his momentum. Justin Rose grabbed the lead on the back nine and never relinquished it, though on the final hole, Watson hit a brilliant shot from the rough and around the trees to 8 feet, but missed the ensuing putt which would have resulted in him getting into a playoff with Rose. Tiger Woods withdrew from the tournament after the third round because of an Achilles injury.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Justin Rose69-64-69-70=272−16 1,400,0002 Bubba Watson70-62-67-74=273−15 845,0003 Rory McIlroy73-69-65-67=274−14 516,000T4 Peter Hanson70-65-69-71=275−13 362,500 Charl Schwartzel68-69-70-68=275T6 Luke Donald70-68-69-69=276−12 260,000 John Senden76-67-68-65=276T8 Keegan Bradley69-67-66-75=277−11 165,000 Matt Kuchar72-67-66-72=277 Steve Stricker69-70-69-69=277 Bo Van Pelt73-65-70-69=277

Scorecard Final round Hole123456789101112131415161718Par544344453 545343444 Rose −15 −15 −15 −16 −16 −15 −15 −15 −15 −16 −16 −16 −16 −17 −17 −17 −17 −16 Watson −18 −18 −17 −16 −15 −15 −15 −15 −14 −14 −15 −16 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 McIlroy −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −12 −12 −13 −13 −15 −15 −14 −14 −15 −15 −14 Hanson −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −12 −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −13 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 Schwartzel −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −13 −14 −14 −14 −13 Bradley −16 −16 −15 −15 −16 −16 −17 −16 −16 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −14 −14 −13 −11 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Source:

References

External links

Coverage on the European Tour's official site