2014 WGC-Cadillac Championship

2014 WGC-Cadillac Championship
Tournament information
Dates March 6–9, 2014
Location Doral, Florida, U.S.
Course(s) Trump National Doral
Blue Monster Course
Tour(s) PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Statistics
Par 72
Length 7,481 yards (6,841 m)
Field 68 players
Cut None
Prize fund $9,000,000
6,596,935
Winner's share $1,530,000
€1,121,479
Champion
United States Patrick Reed
284 (−4)
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Trump National Doral
Location in the United States

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.[1][2]

Course layout

The tournament is played on the TPC Blue Monster course.[3]

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards5724484362034214324715492003,7326144226012384841533414254713,7497,481
Par544344453365453434443672

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.[4] 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.[5]

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

Nationalities in the field

North America (32)South America (0)Europe (19)Oceania (4)Asia (5)Africa (9)
 Canada (1)  England (4)  Australia (4)  Japan (1)  South Africa (8)
 United States (31)  Northern Ireland (2)  South Korea (2)  Zimbabwe (1)
 Scotland (1)  Thailand (2)
 Wales (1)
 Denmark (1)
 France (1)
 Germany (1)
 Italy (2)
 Netherlands (1)
 Spain (3)
 Sweden (2)

Past champions in the field

Player Country Year(s) won R1 R2 R3 R4 Total To par Place
Phil Mickelson  United States 2009 74756964292+4T16
Tiger Woods  United States 1999, 2002,
2003, 2005,
2006, 2007, 2013
76736678293+5T25
Justin Rose  England 2012 74777073294+6T34
Ernie Els  South Africa 2004, 2010 75787374300+12T52
Nick Watney  United States 2011 727571WD

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.

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1 Patrick Reed  United States 68 −4
T2 Jason Dufner  United States 69 −3
Harris English  United States
Dustin Johnson  United States
Matt Kuchar  United States
Hunter Mahan  United States
Francesco Molinari  Italy
T8 Luke Donald  England 70 −2
Miguel Ángel Jiménez  Spain
Zach Johnson  United States
Rory McIlroy  Northern Ireland
Ryan Moore  United States
Charl Schwartzel  South Africa

Second round

Friday, March 7, 2014

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1 Dustin Johnson  United States 69-74=143 −1
Matt Kuchar  United States 69-74=143
Hunter Mahan  United States 69-74=143
Patrick Reed  United States 68-75=143
T5 Jamie Donaldson  Wales 74-70=144 E
Graeme McDowell  Northern Ireland 73-71=144
Rory McIlroy  Northern Ireland 70-74=144
Francesco Molinari  Italy 69-75=144
T9 Zach Johnson  United States 70-75=145 +1
Bubba Watson  United States 73-72=145

Third round

Saturday, March 8, 2014

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

Final round

Sunday, March 9, 2014

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Patrick Reed  United States 68-75-69-72=284 −4 1,530,000
T2 Jamie Donaldson  Wales 74-70-71-70=285 −3 753,000
Bubba Watson  United States 73-72-72-68=285
T4 Dustin Johnson  United States 69-74-73-72=288 E 395,000
Richard Sterne  South Africa 74-73-70-71=288
T6 Stephen Gallacher  Scotland 75-75-70-69=289 +1 248,333
Bill Haas  United States 73-76-69-71=289
Thongchai Jaidee  Thailand 73-74-74-68=289
T9 Jason Dufner  United States 69-77-68-76=290 +2 151,250
Hunter Mahan  United States 69-74-71-76=290
Graeme McDowell  Northern Ireland 73-71-73-73=290
Charl Schwartzel  South Africa 70-76-76-68=290

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.

External links

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