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, the 55th PGA Tour event at Doral, and the final edition of the tournament played in Doral. The tournament was won by Adam Scott. The PGA Tour would not return to Doral until 2026.

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 (7,9), Jason Day (7,9), Harris English, Rickie Fowler (7,9), Bill Haas (7,9), Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes (7,9), Dustin Johnson (7,9), Zach Johnson (7,9), Kevin Kisner (7,9,10), Brooks Koepka (7,9), Matt Kuchar (7,9), Danny Lee (7,9), Hideki Matsuyama (7,9), Rory McIlroy (2,7.9), Kevin Na (7,9,10), Louis Oosthuizen (2,7,9), Scott Piercy (7,9), Patrick Reed (2,7,9), Justin Rose (2,7,9), Brandt Snedeker (7,9,10), Jordan Spieth (7,9), Henrik Stenson (2,7,8,9), Robert Streb (7,9), Jimmy Walker (7,9), Bubba Watson (7,9) Bae Sang-moon was unable to compete due to a military obligation in South Korea. Jim Furyk (7,9) was unable to compete due to wrist surgery.

2. The top 20 players from the final 2015 European Tour Race to Dubai An Byeong-hun (7,8,9), Kiradech Aphibarnrat (7,9), Kristoffer Broberg, Victor Dubuisson (7,9), Ross Fisher, Matt Fitzpatrick (7,9), Branden Grace (7,8,9), Søren Kjeldsen (7,9), Anirban Lahiri (6,7,9), Shane Lowry (7,9), Andy Sullivan (7,8,9), Bernd Wiesberger (7,9), Danny Willett (7,8,9), Chris Wood (7,8,9) Thongchai Jaidee (7,9) did not play.

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 (8), Jordan Zunic

5. The top 2 players from the final 2015 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit George Coetzee, Charl Schwartzel (7,8,9)

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 (9), Emiliano Grillo (9), Billy Horschel (9), Martin Kaymer (9), Russell Knox (9,10), Marc Leishman (9), David Lingmerth (9), Phil Mickelson (9), Adam Scott (9,10), Justin Thomas (9,10)

8. The top 10 players from the 2016 European Tour Race to Dubai, as of February 22, 2016 Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Marcus Fraser

9. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 29, 2016 Jaco van Zyl did not play.

10. The top 10 players from the 2016 FedExCup Points List, as of February 29, 2016 Jason Dufner, Fabián Gómez, Smylie Kaufman, Graeme McDowell

Round summaries

First round Thursday, March 3, 2016

Marcus Fraser and Scott Piercy shot rounds of 66 (−6) to take a one-shot lead over Phil Mickelson.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Marcus Fraser 66 −6 Scott Piercy3 Phil Mickelson 67 −5T4 Jason Dufner 68 −4 Charley Hoffman Adam Scott Danny WillettT8 Jordan Spieth 69 −3 Jimmy Walker Bubba Watson

Second round Friday, March 4, 2016

Adam Scott shot a 66 (−6) 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.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Adam Scott 68-66=134 −10T2 Dustin Johnson 72-64=136 −8 Rory McIlroy 71-65=136 4 Danny Willett 68-69=137 −7T5 Charley Hoffman 68-70=138 −6 Bubba Watson 69-69=138 T7 Paul Casey 71-68=139 −5 Phil Mickelson 67-72=139 T9 Jason Dufner 68-72=140 −4 Anirban Lahiri 70-70=140 Charl Schwartzel 73-67=140

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.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Rory McIlroy 71-65-68=204 −12T2 Dustin Johnson 72-64-71=207 −9 Adam Scott 68-66-73=207T4 Phil Mickelson 67-72-70=209 −7 Bubba Watson 69-69-71=209 Danny Willett 68-69-72=209T7 Rafa Cabrera-Bello 73-71-67=211 −5 Sergio García 73-71-67=211 Anirban Lahiri 70-70-71=211T10 Harris English 71-70-71=212 −4 Rickie Fowler 70-71-71=212 Charley Hoffman 68-70-74=212 Smylie Kaufman 71-70-71=212 Charl Schwartzel 73-67-72=212

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.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Adam Scott 68-66-73-69=276 −12 1,620,0002 Bubba Watson 69-69-71-68=277 −11 1,018,000T3 Rory McIlroy 71-65-68-74=278 −10 483,000 Danny Willett 68-69-72-69=2785 Phil Mickelson 67-72-70-70=279 −9 342,0006 Jimmy Walker 69-72-73-66=280 −8 280,0007 Paul Casey 71-68-75-68=282 −6 240,000T8 Rickie Fowler 70-71-71-71=283 −5 197,500 Smylie Kaufman 71-70-71-71=28310 Harris English 71-70-71-72=284 −4 165,000

Scorecard EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogey

Final round Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par544344453 545343444 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

References

External links

Coverage on the European Tour's official site