The star power was superfluous in Donald Trump’s first year as owner of the new Trump Doral Resort. Big names ruled the week as Tiger Woods won his 76th PGA Tour event last week at the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Trump’s new playground in Miami.
It was an exciting weekend to watch. Many of the worlds top players found their way to the top of the leaderboard. In fact, the top nine players in Miami are all ranked in the top 25 in the World Golf Rankings.
Here is the final leader board. http://www.cbssports.com/golf/leaderboard/pga-tour/1186082/world-golf-championships-cadillac-championship
The WGC-Ford Championship is Tiger’s second victory on this young PGA Tour Season. The win propels Tiger into second place in the season long race for the FedEx cup.
Tiger made 27 birdies on the week because his putter caught fire after friend and foe Steve Stricker have him a putting lesson on Wednesday during a practice round. Woods and Stricker finished the week as the top 2 in strokes gained putting. I bet Strick regrets giving Tiger all that advice.
This already being his second victory of the season, Tiger is going into The Masters with a lot of confidence. Seeing the Sunday red and black outfit lead a field of the worlds top golfers is not unusual in Miami as this was Tiger’s 17th victory in a World Golf Championship event.
Tiger will play in the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Arnie’s course in Orlando, Bay Hill. Then we will see Tiger play alongside Tim Clark, Ian Poulter, and Justin Rose for Team Albany at the Tavistock Cup.