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| Thursday Apr 30, 2026 |
Cadillac Championship Talking Points:
▪️ Scottie Scheffler will make his ninth start of the season and debut at Trump National Doral (Blue Monster). With a win, he would become the second player this season to finish runner-up and then win the next week (Matt Fitzpatrick, 2nd, The Players Championship; won, Valspar Championship).
▪️ Scheffler has 29 straight top-25 finishes on Tour. His last finish outside the top 25 was the 2024 BMW Championship.
▪️ Justin Rose won the 2012 WGC-Cadillac Championship played at Trump National Doral, while Adam Scott won the 2016 WGC-Cadillac Championship, the most recent event held at Trump National Doral prior to this week.
▪️ Following a 10-year hiatus, the Tour returns to Miami and the City of Doral for the inaugural Cadillac Championship (the event will not carry the history of previous PGA Tour events contested at Doral).
▪️ The Cadillac Championship will mark the 56th playing of a Tour event at the famed Blue Monster having previously hosted the Tour consecutively from 1962 to 2016.
▪️ Of the 72 players in the field at the Cadillac Championship, 18 have played in previous PGA Tour events held at Trump National Doral, including two players with wins at the venue.
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