2014 WGC-Cadillac Championship

2014 WGC-Cadillac Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 6–9, 2014
LocationDoral, Florida, U.S.
Course(s)Trump National Doral
Blue Monster Course
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,481 yards (6,841 m)
Field68 players
CutNone
Prize fund$9,000,000
€6,596,935
Winner's share$1,530,000
€1,121,479
Champion
Patrick Reed
284 (−4)
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The 2014 WGC-Cadillac Championship was a golf tournament played March 6–9 on the TPC Blue Monster course at Trump National Doral in Doral, Florida, a suburb west of Miami. It was the 15th WGC-Cadillac Championship tournament, and the second of the World Golf Championships events to be staged in 2014. Patrick Reed won his first WGC event and became the youngest WGC champion at age 23.

Course layout

The tournament is played on the TPC Blue Monster course.

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 572 448 436 203 421 432 471 549 200 3,732 614 422 601 238 484 153 341 425 471 3,749 7,481
Par 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 3 36 5 4 5 3 4 3 4 4 4 36 72

Field

The field consists 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.

1. The top 30 players from the final 2013 FedExCup Points List

Keegan Bradley (7,9), Roberto Castro, Brendon de Jonge, Graham DeLaet (7,9), Luke Donald (7,9), Jason Dufner (7,9), Jim Furyk (7,9), Sergio García (2,7,8,9), Bill Haas (7,9), Billy Horschel (7,9), Dustin Johnson (7,9,10), Zach Johnson (7,9,10), Matt Kuchar (7,9), Hunter Mahan (7,9), Phil Mickelson (7,9), D. A. Points, Justin Rose (2,7,9), Charl Schwartzel (7,8,9), Adam Scott (4,7,9), Webb Simpson (7,9,10), Brandt Snedeker (7,9), Jordan Spieth (7,9), Henrik Stenson (2,7,9), Kevin Streelman (7,9), Steve Stricker (7,9), Nick Watney (7,9), Boo Weekley, Gary Woodland, Tiger Woods (7,9)

Jason Day (7,9) withdrew prior to the first round with a thumb injury.

2. The top 20 players from the final 2013 European Tour Race to Dubai

Thomas Bjørn (7,8,9), Jamie Donaldson (7,8,9), Victor Dubuisson (7,8,9), Ernie Els (7,8,9), Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (7,9), Stephen Gallacher (7,8,9), Branden Grace (8), Joost Luiten (7,9), Matteo Manassero (7,9), Graeme McDowell (7,9), Francesco Molinari (7,9), Ian Poulter (7,9), Brett Rumford, Richard Sterne, Thongchai Jaidee, Peter Uihlein, Lee Westwood (7,9)

3. The top 2 players from the final 2013 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit

Kim Hyung-sung, Hideki Matsuyama (7,9)

4. The top 2 players from the final 2013 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit

Jin Jeong

5. The top 2 players from the final 2013 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit

Darren Fichardt, Dawie van der Walt

6. The top 2 players from the final 2013 Asian Tour Order of Merit

Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Scott Hend

7. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 24, 2014

Jonas Blixt (9), Harris English (9,10), Rickie Fowler (9), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (9), Martin Kaymer, Chris Kirk (9,10), Rory McIlroy (9), Ryan Moore (9,10), Louis Oosthuizen (8,9), Patrick Reed (9,10), Jimmy Walker (9,10), Bubba Watson (9,10)

8. The top 10 players from the 2014 European Tour Race to Dubai, as of February 24, 2014

George Coetzee

9. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of March 3, 2014

Russell Henley

10. The top 10 players from the 2014 FedExCup Points List, as of March 3, 2014

Kevin Stadler

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 6, 2014
Friday, March 7, 2014

Delays caused by thunderstorms meant that only six players completed their first round on Thursday. Five players led overnight at 3-under-par, including Harris English (the only one of the five to have completed his round), Jason Dufner, Hunter Mahan, Francesco Molinari and Patrick Reed.

Place Player Score To par
1 Patrick Reed 68 −4
T2 Jason Dufner 69 −3
Harris English
Dustin Johnson
Matt Kuchar
Hunter Mahan
Francesco Molinari
T8 Luke Donald 70 −2
Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Zach Johnson
Rory McIlroy
Ryan Moore
Charl Schwartzel

Second round

Friday, March 7, 2014

Place Player Score To par
T1 Dustin Johnson 69-74=143 −1
Matt Kuchar 69-74=143
Hunter Mahan 69-74=143
Patrick Reed 68-75=143
T5 Jamie Donaldson 74-70=144 E
Graeme McDowell 73-71=144
Rory McIlroy 70-74=144
Francesco Molinari 69-75=144
T9 Zach Johnson 70-75=145 +1
Bubba Watson 73-72=145

Third round

Saturday, March 8, 2014

Place Player Score To par
1 Patrick Reed 68-75-69=212 −4
T2 Jason Dufner 69-77-68=214 −2
Hunter Mahan 69-74-71=214
T4 Jamie Donaldson 74-70-71=215 −1
Tiger Woods 76-73-66=215
T6 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 70-77-69=216 E
Dustin Johnson 69-74-73=216
Zach Johnson 70-75-71=216
T9 Matt Kuchar 69-74-74=217 +1
Graeme McDowell 73-71-73=217
Richard Sterne 74-73-70=217
Jimmy Walker 73-77-67=217
Bubba Watson 73-72-72=217

Final round

Sunday, March 9, 2014

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Patrick Reed 68-75-69-72=284 −4 1,530,000
T2 Jamie Donaldson 74-70-71-70=285 −3 753,000
Bubba Watson 73-72-72-68=285
T4 Dustin Johnson 69-74-73-72=288 E 395,000
Richard Sterne 74-73-70-71=288
T6 Stephen Gallacher 75-75-70-69=289 +1 248,333
Bill Haas 73-76-69-71=289
Thongchai Jaidee 73-74-74-68=289
T9 Jason Dufner 69-77-68-76=290 +2 151,250
Hunter Mahan 69-74-71-76=290
Graeme McDowell 73-71-73-73=290
Charl Schwartzel 70-76-76-68=290

Scorecard

Final round

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 3 5 4 5 3 4 3 4 4 4
Reed −5 −4 −5 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −6 −5 −5 −5 −5 −4
Donaldson −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 −2 −2 −3 −3 −3 −4 −3
Watson +1 +1 +1 E E E E −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −3 −3 −3
D. Johnson −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −2 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2 −2 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 E
Sterne +1 +1 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1 E E +1 +1 E +1 +1 +1 E E E

References

  1. ^ "Patrick Reed: Youngest WGC winner". ESPN. Associated Press. March 9, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
  2. ^ "Patrick Reed wins by one shot". BBC Sport. March 9, 2014. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
  3. ^ "WGC-Cadillac Championship – Venue Info". PGA European Tour. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  4. ^ "Cadillac Championship: General Info". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  5. ^ Wacker, Brian (March 6, 2014). "Day withdraws from WGC-Cadillac with injured thumb". PGA Tour.

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