WGC Cadillac Championship

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Tiger Woods is a 6-time winner of the WGC Cadillac Championship.

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About the WGC Cadillac Championship:

The WGC Cadillac Championship debuted as part of the World Golf Championships series in 1999. The tournament originally rotated from course to course each year, but beginning in 2007 became permanently housed at the Doral Country Club in Doral, Fla., and has replaced that site's previous event, the Doral Open, on the PGA Tour schedule.

The event became known as the Cadillac Championship beginning in 2011 when the auto brand replaced CA as title sponsor. The Cadillac Championship is a limited-field event with entry determined mostly by money list ranking, but also by FedEx Cup points and World Ranking points.

2012 WGC Cadillac Championship
Justin Rose won the 2012 WGC Caddy with a final score of 16-under 272, one stroke better than third-round leader Bubba Watson. Watson struggled to a 74, although he hit a fantastic approach on the final hole and had a birdie putt to force a playoff. Rose shot 70 in the final round. It was the fourth career PGA Tour win for Rose.

2011 Tournament
Nick Watney made a string of clutch putts - including a long par-saver on the 14th and a birdie putt at the last - in the final round to claim the title, his third PGA Tour victory. Watney closed with a 67 to finish at 272, two strokes ahead of runner-up Dustin Johnson.

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WGC Cadillac Championship Records:

Overall: 261 - Tiger Woods, 2006
Tournament course record: 62 - Bubba Watson, 2012; Sergio Garcia, Retief Goosen, 2002

WGC Cadillac Championship Golf Courses:

The WGC Cadillac Championship is now played at Doral Resort & Spa's Doral Country Club, on the Blue Course, in Doral, Fla. The tournament moved permanently to this site in 2007. Prior to that, the tourney rotated to courses around the world:

Valderrama Golf Club, Valderrama, Spain (1999-2000)
Mount Juliet Conrad Estate, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland (2002, 2004)
Capital City Club, Crabapple Course, Atlanta, Ga. (2003)
Harding Park Golf Course, San Francisco, Calif. (2005)
The Grove, Hertfordshire, England (2006)

Tournament Trivia and Notes:

When Tiger Woods won this event for the sixth time in 2007, it was only the eighth time the tournament had been played. At that point, Wood had won the tournament 75-percent of its young history.
In 2010, Ernie Els won the CA Championship for the second time, joining Woods as the only multiple winners to date.
The tournament was canceled in 2001 in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States.

WGC Cadillac Championship Winners:

(p-playoff)

WGC Cadillac Championship
2012 - Justin Rose, 272
2011 - Nick Watney, 272

WGC CA Championship
2010 - Ernie Els, 270
2009 - Phil Mickelson, 269
2008 - Geoff Ogilvy, 271
2007 - Tiger Woods, 270

WGC American Express Championship
2006 - Tiger Woods, 261
2005 - Tiger Woods-p, 270
2004 - Ernie Els, 270
2003 - Tiger Woods, 274
2002 - Tiger Woods, 263
2001 - No Tournament
2000 - Mike Weir, 277
1999 - Tiger Woods-p, 278