BLOG#331Cad Preview & Results, April 29 to May 4, 2026

BLOG#331Cad Preview & Results, April 29 to May 4, 2026

Cadillac Championship, Trump National Doral, Blue Monster Course, Par 72 Purse $20M

HISTORY

This course hosted the Doral Open from 1962 to 2016. Tiger Woods won 4 times from 2005 to 2013 and Adam Scott won the last one in 2016. Top players who will not be playing;

Rory McIlroy, Matt Fitzpatrick, Xander Schaufele, Robert MacIntyre, and Ludvig Aberg.

Patrick Cantlay#8 33/1) withdrew due to illness, replaced by Michael Thorbjornsen. 53 $46K

Jake Knapp withdrew due to sprained thumb, replaced by Kristoffer Reitan.

FAVORITES with (odds) MY FAVORITES #1Scottie Scheffler, #2 Cameron Young.

1 Scottie Scheffler 3/1 Having RD 1 issues and 2nd at Heritage & Masters.

2 Cameron Young 16/1 Took early lead at Masters but could not finish.

FAVORITES WHO WERE NEVER IN IT. (Odds&Finish)

3 C Morikawa (22/1-62) 4 T Fleetwood (25/1-15) 4 R Henley (25/1-49) 6 S Burns (27/1-38)

7 Chris Gotterup (30/1-38) 9 Adam Scott (33/1-4)10 Justin Rose (33/1-65)

ROUND 1 FINISH

1 C Young-8 64 Great start bogie free with 8 birdies, may go wire to wire. WIN$3.6M

2 J Spieth-7 65 Tied for lead until poor approach shot on #16 for bogie. 18 $265K

2 A Smalley-7 65 Last week bogie on #71 prevented payoff, today1 bogie 8 birdies. 7 $650K

9 R Fowler-3 69 Birdies 5 of 1st 8 holes, then +2 last 10 with 3 bogies. 9 $505K

15 T Fleetwood-2 70 Bogie free but only 2 birdies. 23 $170K

27 S Scheffler-1 71 Great start birdies 3 on 1st 4 holes, then all pars with 2 bogies. 2 $2.2M

48 C Gotterup+1 73 Good start 3 birdies 1st 5 holes but then 5 bogies. 38 $72.1K

72 J Bridgeman+7 79 One birdie 3 bogies 2 DB’s one on 18. 65 $42K

ROUND 2. Watch our for Scotty, must play well to be on hunt and he did.

1 C Young-13 67 Only 1 bogie in 1st 2 RDs.

2 Nick Taylor-8 70 After bogie free RD1, 1 eagle 2 birdies 2 bogies, 1 on 18. 9 $505

2 J Spieth-8 71 Probably out of it with 3 bogies 1st 13 holes, but birdies 16&18.

2 A Smalley-8 71 Like Spieth, to many bogies 4.

5 Alex Fitzpatrick-6 66 Bogie free, moves up from #37. 9 $505K

5 Kristoffer Reitan-6 68 Bogie free up 10 spots, was not supposed to be playing. 14 $355K

5 SW Kim-6 66 Close to lead until DB on #18. 4 $842K

5 S Scheffler-6 67 Stays in hunt with bogie free RD., up 22 spots.

ROUND 3 Looks like another match play finish.

As speculated after RD1 Young should go wire to wire, not a bad bet at 16/1.

1 C Young-15 70 Two bogies, 4 birdies, each RD getting higher but still in command.

2 S Scheffler-9 69 Two bogies, 5 birdies to get into final RD. Can he make up 6 shots?

2 K Reitan-9 69 Norway OWGR #48, in 11 tournaments missed 3 cuts, 1 top 10, 1 top 20.

5 B Griffin-8 69 After 5 bogies in RD1 & thru #15 RD 2, eagles #16, up 11 spots.

12 J Spieth-5 75 After 2 good RDs, 2 bogies&2DBs, will he ever stay away from bad holes?

FINAL ROUND Young led by 1 after RD 1, of next 14, only #7 Smalley& 9 Fowler make top 10.

1 C Young-19 68 A dominating performance when lead was never threatened. $3/6M

2 S Scheffler-13 68 Third straight #2, trailed by 7 after RD1 and lost by 6. $2.2M

3 B Griffin-12 68 Twelve events missed 3 cuts, 1 top 10 at Zurich, this is his best yet. $1.4M

4 A Scott-11 64 In RD1, 76 #66, never in it but-15 final 2 RDs despite 2 stroke penalty. $842K

65 J Rose+2 68 First 3 RDs+6, bogie free RD4, 1 win (Farmers) 3 missed cuts, & this. $39K

COMMENTARY. Are the signature events still relevant? Next week is another and Scotty Scheffler and a few others will skip in preparation for the PGA Championship. Part off next years plan is to add 8 more. That means 16 signature events 4 majors, the Players and 3 Tour Champion events=24. I say eliminate all signature events, spend the $ on other events and you will still have enough top names to make every event relevant. Most top players are comfortable with 20 to 25 events, and Rory and a few other Europeans prefer to play in 4 or 5 DP World tour events. Again eliminate all signature events!