Tournament Info: March 5-8 in Doral, Florida – TPC Blue Monster at Doral, total purse is $9,250,000
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The World Golf Championships Cadillac Championship gets underway today and listed below are the top 5 favorites.
Rory McIlroy – 11/2 – McIlroy is the favorite coming in to this tournament. He’s also currently ranked #1 in the official world golf ranking. He’s played in 1 event this season, the Honda Classic, but failed to make the cut. 2014 was a banner season for him as he won 3 of the 17 events he played in. He finished 2nd twice and was in the top 10 twelve times. He made the cut in every tournament he played last season. His season earnings for 2014 were the highest of his career at $8,280.096. His victories last season were in The Open Championship, the WCG Bridgeston Invitational, and the PGA Championship. In 2014 he finished 5 over, 9 shots behind the winner for 25th place in the WGC Cadillac Championship.
Jason Day – 14/1 – Day is currently ranked 5th in the 2015 FedExCup standings, he is 303 points back of the FedExCup leader. His official world golf ranking is 4th. He’s played in 4 events this season. His lone win so far this season was at Farmers Insurance Open. He has 1 3rd place finish and 3 top 10 finishes in 2015. He’s made the cut in all 4 events he’s participated in. His current total earnings in 2015 are $1,816,178. In the 2014 season he played in 15 events and made the cut in 14 of them. In the 2014 season he was the winner of the WGC Accenture Match Play event. He finished 2nd twice and was in the top 10 6 times. His total earnings for the 2014 season were $3,789,574. He finished 10th in the 2014 FedExCup standings. He got a DNS (did not start) in this event last year.
Bubba Watson – 14/1 – Watson is currently ranked 3rd in the 2015 FedExCup standings, he is 225 points back of the FedExCup leader. His official world golf ranking is 2nd. He’s played in 4 events this season. His lone win so far this season was at the WGC HSBC Champions. He has 1 2nd place finish and 3 top 10 finishes so far this season. He’s made the cut in all 4 events he’s participated in. His current total earnings in 2015 are $2,140,950. In the 2014 season he played in 21 events and made the cut in 18 of them. The highlight of his season was his 2014 Masters victory. He also was the winner of the 2014 Northern Trust Open. He finished 2nd 3 times and was in the top 10 8 times. His total earnings for the 2014 season were $6,336,978. He finished 5th in the 2014 FedExCup standings. In this event last year he finished tied for 2nd (with Jamie Donaldson) 3 under par, 1 stroke behind the winner, Patrick Reed.
Jordan Spieth – 18/1 – Spieth is currently ranked 49th in the 2015 FedExCup standings, he is 801 points back of the FedExCup leader. His official world golf ranking is 9th. He’s played in 5 events this season. To date he hasn’t recorded a win this season but he has 3 top 10 finishes. He’s made the cut in 4 of the 5 events he’s participated in. His current total earnings in 2015 are $748,296. During the 2014 season he played in 27 events and made the cut in 24 of them. He didn’t record a win in the 2014 season but finished 2nd two times and had 8 top 10 finishes. His total earnings for 2014 season were $4,342,748. He finished 15th in the 2014 FedExCup standings. In this event last year he finished tied for 34th as he recorded a score of 6 over par, 10 shots behind the winner.
Dustin Johnson – 20/1 – Johnson is currently ranked 40th in the 2015 FedExCup standings, he is 753 points back of the FedExCup leader. His official world golf ranking is 16th. He’s played in 4 events this season. To date he hasn’t recorded a win this season but he has 1 2nd place finish and 2 top 10 finishes. He’s missed the cut in 2 of the 4 events he’s participated in. His current total earnings in 2015 are $870,667. In the 2014 season he played in 17 events and made the cut 14 times. His lone win during the 2014 season was in the WGC HSBC Champions. He also had 2 2nd place finishes and 7 top 10 finishes. His total earnings for the 2014 season were $4,249,180. He finished 30th in the 2014 FedExCup standings. In this event last year he finished tied for 4th even par, 4 strokes behind the winner.
Prediction – Bubba Watson has had some success in this tournament, finishing 2nd twice in the last 3 years. He handles this course very well and I think it’s his year to shine at the top of this tournament. Take Bubba Watson at 14/1.
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