WGC - Cadillac Championship

[JBones]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: March 5-8, 2015

 

 

 

Location:  Trump National Doral, Miami, FL

 

 

 

 

Defending Champion: Patrick Reed

 

 

 

 

Top Story Lines:

Is Tiger serving a suspension due to failing a drug test?

Rory looks to bounce back after a disastrous Honda Classic

Patrick Reed looking to repeat

 

 

 

Featured Pairings:

Lets face it, it's the top players in the world, they're all featured pairings, but these are the two groups I'll be paying attention to.

Brooks Koepka, Phil Mickleson, Graeme McDowell  11:11AM EST

Rory McIlroy, Bubba Watson, Henrik Stenson  11:33Am EST

 

 

 

TV Coverage:

Thursday & Friday - The Golf Channel 1:00PM-6:00PM EST

Saturday & Sunday -  The Golf Channel 12:00PM-3:00PM EST; NBC 3:00PM-6:00PM EST

[revkev]

Bittersweet tournament because it feels like the first big one of the year - that used to be Pebble (whatever name it went by.)

[Kenny B]

Tiger is a non-topic since he isn't eligible for the tournament anyway.

[mr_divots]

Interested to see if the Gil Hanse re-design plays better in its 2nd year. Looked like he messed up that course real good last year. Interesting when thinking of the Olympic venue.

[jpcgolf]

I hope the course is not changed too much, I loved the old one, but it should be a fun tournament to watch.

[wbealsd]

Tiger is a non-topic since he isn't eligible for the tournament anyway.

He may not be playing in the tournament, but I'm pretty sure we'll hear a lot about him...

[Kenny B]

He may not be playing in the tournament, but I'm pretty sure we'll hear a lot about him...

 

William,

I am not "liking" this because I want to hear a lot about him!  

 

I am just agreeing with you.  The GC guys can't say anything about other players without coming up with some comparison to Tiger.  It gets a little old.  They can't help themselves, and maybe they mean it as a compliment to the other players to be compared to Tiger.  But I think they really do it for ratings.

[RoverRick]

That was a wild first round. Crazy good and bad shots.

[revkev]

I don't know that the course was messed up too much.  It used to be brutal (hence the term blue monster) and equipment had removed lots of its teeth.  I think the intent was to put the teeth back in and the greens just need to mature a bit.  I played the old course with old equipment (persimmon driver) from the tips and it was a bear.  It seemed to be a bear again last year.  I think they'll score a little better this year because they'll know the course and the greens will hold a bit more.

 

In Florida it's always all about the weather anyway.  You have to build our courses with some space because of the swirling winds this time of year.  Our better courses will have trouble on both sides because of those winds - when they blow and swirl just about any course gets tough because it's very hard to figure out where to miss.  When the winds are down even our tougher courses are cake because its so flat and generally the conditions are soft.  You simply hit the ball from point A to point B and it stays there.  That is if you hit the ball straight.