2013 WGC-Cadillac Championship

2013 WGC-Cadillac Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 7–10, 2013
LocationDoral, Florida, U.S.
Course(s)Doral Golf Resort & Spa
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,334 yards (6,706 m)
Field65 players
CutNone
Prize fund$8,750,000
6,647,218
Winner's share$1,500,000
€1,139,523
Champion
Tiger Woods
269 (−19)
Doral
Location in the United States

The 2013 WGC-Cadillac Championship was a golf tournament played March 7–10 on the TPC Blue Monster course at Doral Golf Resort & Spa in Doral, Florida, a suburb west of Miami. It was the 14th WGC-Cadillac Championship tournament, and the second of the World Golf Championships events to be staged in 2013.

Tiger Woods won with a score of 19-under-par, two strokes ahead of runner-up Steve Stricker.[1] It was the seventh time Woods had won the event and was his 17th WGC victory.[2][3][4]

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 [5]
Yards 529 418 438 236 394 442 454 560 169 3,640 551 402 603 245 460 175 372 419 467 3,694 7,334
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 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.[6] Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses. A total of 69 players qualified but four of these did not play and the field was reduced to 65. Michael Hendry, John Huh, Scott Jamieson, John Merrick and Michael Thompson played in their first WGC event.

1. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 25, 2013[7]
Keegan Bradley (2,3), Tim Clark, George Coetzee (2,6,9), Nicolas Colsaerts (2,5), Jason Day (2), Luke Donald (2,3,5), Jamie Donaldson (2,5,6), Jason Dufner (2,3), Ernie Els (2,3), Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (2,5), Rickie Fowler (2,3), Jim Furyk (2,3), Sergio García (2,3), Robert Garrigus (2,3), Branden Grace (2,5,9), Bill Haas (2), Peter Hanson (2,5), Pádraig Harrington, Freddie Jacobson (2), Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Zach Johnson (2,3), Martin Kaymer (2), Matt Kuchar (2,3,4), Paul Lawrie (2,5), Hunter Mahan (2,3,4), Matteo Manassero (2,5), Graeme McDowell (2,5), Rory McIlroy (2,3,5), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4), Francesco Molinari (2,5), Ryan Moore (2,3), Alex Norén, Thorbjørn Olesen (2,5,6), Louis Oosthuizen (2,3,5,6), Carl Pettersson (2,3), Scott Piercy (2,3), Ian Poulter (2,5,6), Justin Rose (2,3,5), Charl Schwartzel (2,5,6), Adam Scott (2,3), John Senden (2,3), Webb Simpson (2,3), Steve Stricker (2,3), Bo Van Pelt (2,3), Nick Watney (2,3), Bubba Watson (2,3), Lee Westwood (2,3,5), Tiger Woods (2,3,4)

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of March 4, 2013[9]
David Lynn (5), Geoff Ogilvy, Michael Thompson

3. The top 30 players from the final 2012 FedExCup Points List
John Huh

4. The top 10 players from the 2013 FedExCup Points List, as of March 4, 2013
Brian Gay, Russell Henley, Charles Howell III, John Merrick

5. The top 20 players from the final 2012 European Tour Order of Merit
Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Marcel Siem

6. The top 10 players from the 2013 European Tour Order of Merit, as of February 25, 2013 [10]
Stephen Gallacher, Scott Jamieson, Richard Sterne, Chris Wood

7. The top 2 players from the final 2012 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit

8. The top 2 players from the final 2012 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
Michael Hendry

9. The top 2 players from the final 2012 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit

10. The top 2 players from the final 2012 Asian Tour Order of Merit
Marcus Fraser, Thaworn Wiratchant

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Place Player Score To par
T1 Sergio García 66 −6
Freddie Jacobson
Graeme McDowell
Bubba Watson
Tiger Woods
T6 Peter Hanson 67 −5
Hunter Mahan
Phil Mickelson
Steve Stricker
T10 Keegan Bradley 68 −4
Charles Howell III
Dustin Johnson
Ian Poulter
Justin Rose
Bo Van Pelt

Second round

Friday, March 8, 2013

Place Player Score To par
1 Tiger Woods 66-65=131 −13
2 Graeme McDowell 66-67=133 −11
T3 Phil Mickelson 67-67=134 −10
Steve Stricker 67-67=134
T5 Freddie Jacobson 66-69=135 −9
Bubba Watson 66-69=135
T7 Keegan Bradley 68-68=136 −8
Charl Schwartzel 71-65=136
9 Dustin Johnson 68-69=137 −7
T10 Jason Dufner 69-69=138 −6
Rickie Fowler 69-69=138
Sergio García 66-72=138
Peter Hanson 67-71=138
Michael Hendry 72-66=138
John Huh 71-67=138
Zach Johnson 71-67=138
Ian Poulter 68-70=138
John Senden 69-69=138
Thaworn Wiratchant 69-69=138
Michael Thompson 69-69=138

Third round

Saturday, March 9, 2013

Place Player Score To par
1 Tiger Woods 66-65-67=198 −18
2 Graeme McDowell 66-67-69=202 −14
T3 Phil Mickelson 67-67-69=203 −13
Steve Stricker 67-67-69=203
T5 Keegan Bradley 68-68-69=205 −11
Sergio García 66-72-67=205
Charl Schwartzel 71-65-69=205
Michael Thompson 69-69-67=205
T9 Freddie Jacobson 66-69-71=206 −10
Bubba Watson 66-69-71=206

Final round

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1 Tiger Woods 66-65-67-71=269 −19 1,500,000
2 Steve Stricker 67-67-69-68=271 −17 880,000
T3 Sergio García 66-72-67-69=274 −14 417,500
Graeme McDowell 66-67-69-72=274
Phil Mickelson 67-67-69-71=274
Adam Scott 72-70-68-64=274
7 Keegan Bradley 68-68-69-71=276 −12 240,000
T8 Peter Hanson 67-71-70-70=278 −10 163,750
Rory McIlroy 73-69-71-65=278
Justin Rose 68-72-70-68=278
Michael Thompson 69-69-67-73=278

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
Woods −18 −19 −19 −20 −20 −20 −20 −20 −20 −21 −21 −21 −21 −21 −21 −20 −20 −19
Stricker −14 −14 −13 −13 −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −16 −16 −16 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17
García −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −14 −15 −15 −15 −14
McDowell −15 −16 −16 −16 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −14 −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −16 −14
Mickelson −14 −15 −14 −14 −15 −15 −15 −16 −15 −15 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14
Scott −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14

References

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  2. ^ "Tiger Woods wins in Miami as Graeme McDowell slides to third". BBC Sport. March 10, 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  3. ^ "Tiger Woods prevails at Doral". ESPN. Associated Press. March 10, 2013. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  4. ^ Waters, Steve (March 10, 2013). "Tiger Woods stays in charge and wins Cadillac Championship by two shots". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
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  6. ^ "Cadillac Championship: General Info". November 26, 2012. Retrieved March 12, 2013.
  7. ^ "Official World Golf Ranking – Week 8, 2013" (PDF). February 24, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
  8. ^ "The Tour Report - First Look: Cadillac Championship". PGA Tour. March 1, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
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