Fantasy Golf Sleeper Report – WGC-Cadillac Championship

The Sleeper Report: Fantasy Golf Sleepers, Long Shots, and Undervalued Picks for the 2016 WGC-Cadillac Championship

The WGC-Cadilliac Championship Fantasy Sleeper Preview

Since the inception of the FedExCup, the WGC-Cadillac Championship has been a staple at Trump National Dural in early March.  As with all World Golf Classic events, the field will be filled with the best players from around the world as well as a few surprises in the mix.  The par-72, 7,461-yard course is the second event on the Florida swing and the players are coming here on the heels of a tough test last week in Palm Springs where Adam Scott jumped back into the OWGR top-10 behind an impressive victory.

Scott will join another 47 players from the top-50 in the Official World Golf Rankings which is headlined by the current “big three,” Jordan Spieth, Jason Day, and Rory McIlroy.  They will be contending with the rest of the top players in an attempt to take down the reigning champion and current world No. 8 golfer; Dustin Johnson.

Last year, Johnson was able to put his personal issues—which cost him six months of tournaments—behind him and take home a nice come-from-behind victory over J.B. Holmes.  It was the ninth PGA TOUR victory of his career, but he has been unable to get to the top of the leaderboard since.  DJ has however maintained his high ranking with top-sevens in three of the four majors and will once again be one of the heavy favorites this week.

Besides the top-three of McIlroy, Spieth, and Day (who are favored in that order this week), Bubba Watson will be a man on a mission as he has finished second twice at Doral (2012, 2014) and will be looking to ride the momentum of a victory in his last time out at the Northern Trust Open.

The course has proven to be more of a test to the top echelon of golfers in recent years as the winners over the past two seasons have combined to go a mere 13-under-par after the previous six victors had surpassed 16-under in each of their individual rounds.  To no one’s surprise, Tiger Woods holds the title of “top dog” at the Blue Monster as he was the winner here seven times; including getting six victories over eight tourneys between 1999 and 2007.  Since then, it has been mainly Americans taking home the trophy on Sunday with each of the last three, Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed, and Tiger Woods, all holding that distinction.  The last golfer from out of town walk away with the win was world No. 7 Justin Rose, who should also be considered a very serious contender again this week.

It is tough to really call any of these players here big time “sleepers” as they have all competed at a very high level to get here, but there also are certainly some large favorites, lesser known golfers, and top golfers from other tours out there.  Let’s take a look through the 75-man field and find some names that could be going unnoticed as the PGA TOUR hits Trump Doral.

The 2016 WGC-Cadillac Championship Fantasy Sleeper Report

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