2011 WGC-Cadillac Championship

2011 WGC-Cadillac Championship March 10–13, 2011 Doral, Florida, U.S. Doral Golf Resort & Spa PGA TourEuropean Tour 72 7266 yd 66 players None $8,500,000€5,984,757 $1,400,000€999,572 USA Nick Watney 272 (−16) 2010 2012 USA 1 Doral 25.4910 -80.2034 Location in the United States 240 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.http://www.golfweek.com/news/2010/nov/29/ap-source-cadillac-sponsor-doral-event/ Cadillac to sponsor WGC event at Doral Golfweek Gene Yasuda November 29, 2010 March 13, 2013 Nick Watney shot a final round 67 (−5) to win his first WGC event, two strokes ahead of runner-up Dustin Johnson.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/9423854.stm Nick Watney wins WGC Cadillac Championship at Doral March 13, 2011 BBC Sport March 13, 2013https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/uspga/8688153/Tiger-Woods-ex-caddie-Steve-Williams-uses-victory-with-Adam-Scott-at-Bridgestone-to-rub-salt-in-former-employers-wounds.html Tiger Woods' ex-caddie Steve Williams uses victory with Adam Scott at Bridgestone to rub salt in former employer's wounds Kevin Garside August 8, 2011 Daily Telegraph March 13, 2013 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.http://www.pgatour.com/news/2011/03/07/field-finalized.html Sabbatini's win gives him final spot in Cadillac Championship PGA Tour March 7, 2011 March 13, 2013 1. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 28, 2011http://dps.endavadigital.net/owgr/doc/content/archive/2011/owgr09f2011.pdf Official World Golf Ranking – February 27, 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).https://www.espn.com/golf/news/story?id=6201944 Bubba Watson among 3 withdrawals ESPN Associated Press March 10, 2011 March 13, 2013 2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of March 7, 2011http://dps.endavadigital.net/owgr/doc/content/archive/2011/owgr10f2011.pdf Official World Golf Ranking – March 6, 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, 2011http://www.golftoday.co.uk/tours/fedex_cup/week10_11.html FedEx Cup Standings – Week 10 GolfToday 2013-02-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20130404223424/http://golftoday.co.uk/tours/fedex_cup/week10_11.html 2013-04-04 dead 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, 2011http://www.europeantour.com/mm/document/mediacentre/mediacentre/13/43/55/134355_pdf.pdf European Tour – This Week – 28 February 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.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/9419192.stm Martin Kaymer & Luke Donald in touch at WGC in Florida March 11, 2011 BBC Sport March 14, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110310143602/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/9419192.stm March 10, 2011 live PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 USA Hunter Mahan64−82 JPN Ryo Ishikawa65−73 DEU Martin Kaymer66−6T4 ENG Luke Donald67−5 USA Charley Hoffman SCO Martin Laird USA Nick WatneyT8 ZAF Thomas Aiken68−4 IRL Pádraig Harrington USA Matt Kuchar NIR Rory McIlroy ITA Francesco Molinari USA D. A. Points AUS Adam Scott FJI Vijay Singh USA Kevin Streelman USA 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 USA Hunter Mahan64-71=135−9T2 DEU Martin Kaymer66-70=136−8 ITA Francesco Molinari68-68=136T4 USA Matt Kuchar68-69=137−7 SCO Martin Laird67-70=137 NIR Rory McIlroy68-69=137 USA Nick Watney67-70=137T8 AUS Aaron Baddeley72-66=138−6 USA Dustin Johnson69-69=138 AUS 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 USA Dustin Johnson69-69-65=203−13T2 ENG Luke Donald67-72-66=205−11 USA Matt Kuchar68-69-68=205 USA Nick Watney67-70-68=205T5 USA Hunter Mahan64-71-71=206−10 NIR Rory McIlroy68-69-69=206 ITA Francesco Molinari68-68-70=206 AUS Adam Scott68-70-68=206T9 IRL Pádraig Harrington68-71-68=207−9 SCO 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 USA Nick Watney67-70-68-67=272−16 1,400,0002 USA Dustin Johnson69-69-65-71=274−14 850,000T3 DEN Anders Hansen71-69-68-67=275−13 465,000 ITA Francesco Molinari68-68-70-69=2755 USA Matt Kuchar68-69-68-71=276−12 350,000T6 ENG Luke Donald67-72-66-72=277−11 271,000 AUS Adam Scott68-70-68-71=2778 USA Rickie Fowler71-73-68-66=278−10 200,0009 USA Hunter Mahan64-71-71-73=279−9 175,000T10 USA Jonathan Byrd70-74-68-68=280−8 129,000 IRL Pádraig Harrington68-71-68-73=280 SCO Martin Laird67-70-70-73=280 NIR Rory McIlroy68-69-69-74=280 USA Tiger Woods70-74-70-66=280 Scorecard Final round Hole123456789101112131415161718Par544344453 545343444 USA Watney −12 −13 −13 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −14 −15 −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −16 USA Johnson −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −15 −14 −14 −14 DEN Hansen −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 ITA Molinari −10 −10 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −11 −12 −12 −12 −13 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 USA Kuchar −12 −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −13 −13 −13 −14 −13 −13 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 ENG Donald −12 −12 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −12 −12 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 AUS Scott −11 −12 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 USA 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:http://www.espn.com/golf/leaderboard?tournamentId=985 ESPN World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship 30 August 2018 References 2 External links Coverage on the European Tour's official site 25.815 N 80.340 W type:event title Category:WGC Championship Category:Golf tournaments in Florida WGC-Cadillac Championship WGC-Cadillac Championship WGC-Cadillac Championship