2016 WGC-Cadillac Championship
The 2016 WGC-Cadillac Championship was a golf tournament which was played March 3–6 on the TPC Blue Monster course at Trump National Doral in Doral, Florida, a suburb west of Miami. It was the 17th WGC-Cadillac Championship tournament, the first of the World Golf Championships events in 2016, the 55th PGA Tour event at Doral, and the final edition of the tournament played in Doral. The tournament was won by Adam Scott. The PGA Tour would not return to Doral until 2026.
Course layout
The tournament was 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 |
| Yards | 590 | 448 | 436 | 227 | 421 | 432 | 471 | 549 | 200 | 3,774 | 614 | 422 | 601 | 238 | 484 | 153 | 341 | 425 | 476 | 3,754 | 7,528 |
| 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/Orders 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.Five players made their WGC debut: Kristoffer Broberg, Nathan Holman, Smylie Kaufman, Yūsaku Miyazato, and Jordan Zunic.
;1. The top 30 players from the final 2015 FedExCup Points List
Daniel Berger, Steven Bowditch, Paul Casey, Jason Day, Harris English, Rickie Fowler, Bill Haas, Charley Hoffman, J. B. Holmes, Dustin Johnson, Zach Johnson, Kevin Kisner, Brooks Koepka, Matt Kuchar, Danny Lee, Hideki Matsuyama, Rory McIlroy, Kevin Na, Louis Oosthuizen, Scott Piercy, Patrick Reed, Justin Rose, Brandt Snedeker, Jordan Spieth, Henrik Stenson, Robert Streb, Jimmy Walker, Bubba Watson
- Bae Sang-moon was unable to compete due to a military obligation in South Korea.
- Jim Furyk was unable to compete due to wrist surgery.
An Byeong-hun, Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Kristoffer Broberg, Victor Dubuisson, Ross Fisher, Matt Fitzpatrick, Branden Grace, Søren Kjeldsen, Anirban Lahiri, Shane Lowry, Andy Sullivan, Bernd Wiesberger, Danny Willett, Chris Wood
- Thongchai Jaidee did not play.
Kim Kyung-tae, Yūsaku Miyazato
;4. The top 2 players from the final 2015 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
Nathan Holman, Jordan Zunic
;5. The top 2 players from the final 2015 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit
George Coetzee, Charl Schwartzel
;6. The top 2 players from the final 2015 Asian Tour Order of Merit
Scott Hend
;7. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 22, 2016
Jamie Donaldson, Sergio García, Emiliano Grillo, Billy Horschel, Martin Kaymer, Russell Knox, Marc Leishman, David Lingmerth, Phil Mickelson, Adam Scott, Justin Thomas
;8. The top 10 players from the 2016 European Tour Race to Dubai, as of February 22, 2016
Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Marcus Fraser
;9. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 29, 2016
- Jaco van Zyl did not play.
Jason Dufner, Fabián Gómez, Smylie Kaufman, Graeme McDowell
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, March 3, 2016Marcus Fraser and Scott Piercy shot rounds of 66 to take a one-shot lead over Phil Mickelson.
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| T1 |  Second roundFriday, March 4, 2016Adam Scott shot a 66 to take a two-stroke lead over Dustin Johnson and Rory McIlroy. Johnson, the defending champion, shot the low round of the day, an 8-under-par 64. First round co-leaders Marcus Fraser and Scott Piercy both shot 77 to fall down the leaderboard.
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