2011 WGC-Cadillac Championship

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.^[10]

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Hunter Mahan	64	−8
2	Ryo Ishikawa	65	−7
3	Martin Kaymer	66	−6
T4	Luke Donald	67	−5
	Charley Hoffman
	Martin Laird
	Nick Watney
T8	Thomas Aiken	68	−4
	Pádraig Harrington
	Matt Kuchar
	Rory McIlroy
	Francesco Molinari
	D. A. Points
	Adam Scott
	Vijay Singh
	Kevin Streelman
	Steve Stricker

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.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Hunter Mahan	64-71=135	−9
T2	Martin Kaymer	66-70=136	−8
	Francesco Molinari	68-68=136
T4	Matt Kuchar	68-69=137	−7
	Martin Laird	67-70=137
	Rory McIlroy	68-69=137
	Nick Watney	67-70=137
T8	Aaron Baddeley	72-66=138	−6
	Dustin Johnson	69-69=138
	Adam Scott	69-69=138

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.

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Dustin Johnson	69-69-65=203	−13
T2	Luke Donald	67-72-66=205	−11
	Matt Kuchar	68-69-68=205
	Nick Watney	67-70-68=205
T5	Hunter Mahan	64-71-71=206	−10
	Rory McIlroy	68-69-69=206
	Francesco Molinari	68-68-70=206
	Adam Scott	68-70-68=206
T9	Pádraig Harrington	68-71-68=207	−9
	Martin Laird	67-70-70=207

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.

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Nick Watney	67-70-68-67=272	−16	1,400,000
2	Dustin Johnson	69-69-65-71=274	−14	850,000
T3	Anders Hansen	71-69-68-67=275	−13	465,000
	Francesco Molinari	68-68-70-69=275
5	Matt Kuchar	68-69-68-71=276	−12	350,000
T6	Luke Donald	67-72-66-72=277	−11	271,000
	Adam Scott	68-70-68-71=277
8	Rickie Fowler	71-73-68-66=278	−10	200,000
9	Hunter Mahan	64-71-71-73=279	−9	175,000
T10	Jonathan Byrd	70-74-68-68=280	−8	129,000
	Pádraig Harrington	68-71-68-73=280
	Martin Laird	67-70-70-73=280
	Rory McIlroy	68-69-69-74=280
	Tiger Woods	70-74-70-66=280

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
Watney	−12	−13	−13	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−14	−15	−14	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−16
Johnson	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−15	−15	−14	−14	−14
Hansen	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−10	−11	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−13
Molinari	−10	−10	−9	−9	−9	−9	−10	−11	−12	−12	−12	−13	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−13
Kuchar	−12	−12	−13	−13	−14	−14	−13	−13	−13	−14	−13	−13	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12	−12
Donald	−12	−12	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−12	−12	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11
Scott	−11	−12	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11
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

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Source:^[11]

• Coverage on the European Tour's official site

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