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The 2015 WGC-Cadillac Championship was a golf tournament played March 5–8 on the TPC Blue Monster course at Trump National Doral in Doral, Florida, a suburb west of Miami. It was the 16th WGC-Cadillac Championship tournament, and the first of the World Golf Championships events to be staged in 2015. The tournament was won by Dustin Johnson. [1]
Trump National Doral Miami, also known as Doral Resort and Spa, is a golf resort in Doral in South Florida in the United States. It was founded by real estate pioneer Alfred Kaskel in 1962, with the name "Doral" coming from an amalgamation of the first names of Kaskel and his wife, Doris. It currently has 72 holes of golf and its signature ...
The Doral Open was a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in the southeastern United States. It was played annually for 45 seasons, from 1962 to 2006, on the "Blue Monster" course at the Doral Golf Resort & Spa in Doral, Florida, a suburb west of Miami. The introduction of the FedEx Cup in 2007 caused a change in the PGA Tour schedule.
The tour that produced last year’s top four at The Masters returns to Doral a week before golfers head for Augusta National Golf Club and the year’s first major.
The event was reinvented with a new sponsor (CA, Inc, and later Cadillac), a new hosting month (March), and a new permanent host (Doral, Florida). [1] The decision to host on the Blue Monster course at Doral Golf Resort brought to an end the Ford Championship at Doral , a regular stop on the PGA Tour in March for 45 consecutive years (1962–2006).
With movie star looks and a distinctive flair for design [4] von Hagge designed (or participated in the design) of many award-winning golf courses, including: The Club at Emerald Hills (Hollywood), Doral "Blue Monster" (Miami), Boca Rio (Boca Raton), TPC Prestancia, Torreon Golf Club, The Woodlands TPC (Texas), Walden on Lake Conroe (Texas ...
Woods played next in the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Doral's Blue Monster course, where he had never missed the top ten in any event. Woods was never in contention to win, but kept his streak going with a tie for tenth place, scoring 70-74-70-66, for eight-under-par 280, eight shots behind winner Nick Watney .
The Doral Beach Hotel was long considered the most elegant and luxurious hotel in the area. It won several of the coveted Mobil Five Star awards. [4] The hotel hosted the headquarters of George McGovern during the 1972 Democratic National Convention. [5] The Doral was home away from home for movie stars and presidents.