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.
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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.
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Patrick Reed 68 −4T2 Jason Dufner 69 −3 Harris English Dustin Johnson Matt Kuchar Hunter Mahan Francesco MolinariT8 Luke Donald 70 −2 Miguel Ángel Jiménez Zach Johnson Rory McIlroy Ryan Moore Charl Schwartzel
Second round Friday, March 7, 2014 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Dustin Johnson 69-74=143 −1 Matt Kuchar 69-74=143 Hunter Mahan 69-74=143 Patrick Reed 68-75=143T5 Jamie Donaldson 74-70=144 E Graeme McDowell 73-71=144 Rory McIlroy 70-74=144 Francesco Molinari 69-75=144T9 Zach Johnson 70-75=145 +1 Bubba Watson 73-72=145
Third round Saturday, March 8, 2014 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Patrick Reed 68-75-69=212 −4T2 Jason Dufner 69-77-68=214 −2 Hunter Mahan 69-74-71=214T4 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=216T9 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 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Patrick Reed 68-75-69-72=284 −4 1,530,000T2 Jamie Donaldson 74-70-71-70=285 −3 753,000 Bubba Watson 73-72-72-68=285T4 Dustin Johnson 69-74-73-72=288 E 395,000 Richard Sterne 74-73-70-71=288T6 Stephen Gallacher 75-75-70-69=289 +1 248,333 Bill Haas 73-76-69-71=289 Thongchai Jaidee 73-74-74-68=289T9 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 Hole123456789101112131415161718Par544344453 545343444 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
External links
Coverage on the European Tour's official site