Before the first World Golf Championships event of the year kicks off in Miami, europeantour.com takes a closer look at the star-studded field assembled for this year’s WGC-Cadillac Championship.
In the field this week are (as of today):
74 players from 20 different countries
15 Major champions with a total of 24 Major victories
Phil Mickelson (5 – 2004 Masters, 2005 US PGA, 2006 Masters, 2010 Masters, 2013 Open)
Rory McIlroy (4 – 2011 US Open, 2012 US PGA, 2014 Open, 2014 US PGA)
Martin Kaymer (2 – 2010 US PGA, 2014 US Open)
Bubba Watson (2 – 2012 Masters, 2014 Masters)
Keegan Bradley (1 – 2011 US PGA)
Jason Dufner (1 – 2013 US PGA)
Jim Furyk (1 – 2003 US Open)
Zach Johnson (1 – 2007 Masters)
Graeme McDowell (1 – 2010 US Open)
Geoff Ogilvy (1 – 2006 US Open)
Louis Oosthuizen (1 – 2010 Open)
Justin Rose (1 – 2013 US Open)
Charl Schwartzel (1 – 2011 Masters)
Adam Scott (1 – 2013 Masters)
Webb Simpson (1 – 2012 US Open)
50 players in the top 50 in the Official World Golf Rankings
48 European Tour winners with 231 titles between them
35 European Tour members
12 European Tour rookies for the event
Tommy Fleetwood
Mikko Ilonen
Brooks Koepka
Anirban Lahiri
Alexander Levy
David Lipsky
Shane Lowry
Gary Stal
Danie Van Tonder
Marc Warren
Bernd Wiesberger
Danny Willett
3 of those are also WGC debutants
Brooks Koepka
Gary Stal
Danie Van Tonder
4 past winners of the WGC-Cadillac Championship
Patrick Reed (1 – 2014)
Justin Rose (1 – 2012)
Phil Mickelson (1 – 2009)
Geoff Ogilvy (1 – 2008)
16 WGC winners with 20 victories between them
Geoff Ogilvy (3)
Hunter Mahan (2)
Ian Poulter (2)
Keegan Bradley (1)
Jason Day (1)
Luke Donald (1)
Dustin Johnson (1)
Martin Kaymer (1)
Matt Kuchar (1)
Rory McIlroy (1)
Phil Mickelson (1)
Patrick Reed (1)
Justin Rose (1)
Adam Scott (1)
Henrik Stenson (1)
Bubba Watson (1)
31 Ryder Cup players with a combined 97 appearances
5 winners in The 2015 Race to Dubai
Danny Willett (Nedbank Golf Challenge)
Branden Grace (Alfred Dunhill Championship, Commercial Bank Qatar Masters)
Gary Stal (Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship)
Rory McIlroy (Omega Dubai Desert Classic)
Anirban Lahiri (Maybank Malaysian Open, Hero Indian Open)
1 player with 50 WGC appearances this week
Lee Westwood
