WGC-Cadillac Match Play Championship
April 29th – May 3rd, 2015
TPC Harding Park
San Francisco, Ca.
Par: 71 / Yardage:7,115
Purse: $9.25 million
with $1,570,000 to the winner
Defending Champion:
Jason Day

This week’s field includes:
The field includes 47 of the top 50 in the latest Official World Rankings, with only #59 Tim Clark, #51 Luke Donald and Phil Mickelson not playing.
The field includes only 18 of the top 25 on the FedEx point standings for 2015. Those players not in the field are #12 Sangmoon Bae, #13 Robert Streb, #18 Daniel Berger, #19 Brendon de Jonge, #21 James Hahn, #23 Shawn Stefani and #24 Cameron Tringale. Sad for Daniel Berger because he moved up to #62 and Cameron Tringale who moved up to #55 this week in the world rankings but was a week late in getting into the field.
The field includes 21 players in the top 25 on this year’s PGA Tour money list. Those players not in the field are #13 Sangmoon Bae, #14 Robert Streb, #18 Daniel Berger and #22 James Hahn.
The field includes 5 past champions: Henrik Stenson (2007), Ian Poulter (2010), Hunter Mahan (2012), Matt Kuchar (2013) and Jason Day (2014).
A perfect way for fantasy golfers to check on the past performance of all the players in the WGC-Cadillac Match Play Championship field is our performance chart listed by average finish. Another way to check who is the best is through a special formula worked out in Golfstats that gives us the best average performances at the WGC-Cadillac Match Play Championship in the last five years or check out our sortable 8-year glance at the WGC-Cadillac Match Play Championship.
A good cheat sheet is this list of odds from the top bookmakers in England.
Another cheat sheet is this list of odds from the top bookmaker North America, Vovada. They give winning odds plus top-five and first round leader odds.
Another cheat sheet is this list of odds from the top bookmaker in Las Vegas.
**NOTE**
Please remember this event starts on Wednesday and is a five day event.
On Monday at noon east coast time, the PGA Tour will draw for first round pairings and putting the 16 groups together. I am presently in Tacoma for U.S. Open media day and when I get a chance in the evening will give a better assessment on what to look for in the first three days. We also will do write-ups on Friday night and Saturday night on who should win.
One thing to look for is our new GOLFstats IQ. For those that play in fantasy golf it’s a perfect way to help you pick those players in Draft Kings and Victiv games. You can customize the list of those in the tournaments, to look back a couple or many years of tournament stats and you can go back a couple or ten weeks prior to the tournament. On top of that, all the stats are fully sortable to help you pick your six players, we even give you their value for the week to help you chose.
That’s GOLFstats IQ, give it a try and tell us what you think of it
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Time to look at our who’s hot and who isn’t:
Who’s Hot in the field for the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship
Player | Zurich Classic | Volvo China | RBC Heritage | Shenzhen | Masters | Shell Houston | Valero Texas | Trophee Hassan | Arnold Palmer | Valspar | Tshwane Open | WGC Cadillac | Puerto Rico |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jordan Spieth (496.83 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T11 (39) |
DNP | Win (264) |
T2 (66.67) |
2 (66.67) |
DNP | DNP | Win (44) |
DNP | T17 (16.5) |
DNP |
Justin Rose (337.33 pts) |
Win (132) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T2 (200) |
T37 (8.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | 55 (0) |
DNP |
Phil Mickelson (244.83 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T2 (200) |
T17 (22) |
T30 (13.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T31 (9.5) |
DNP |
Dustin Johnson (233 pts) |
T43 (7) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T6 (120) |
DNP | T6 (40) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | Win (66) |
DNP |
Henrik Stenson (195.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T19 (62) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | 2 (66.67) |
4 (26.67) |
DNP | T4 (40) |
DNP |
Ian Poulter (180.5 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T18 (32) |
DNP | T6 (120) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T21 (19.33) |
T24 (8.67) |
DNP | T49 (0.5) |
DNP |
Hideki Matsuyama (172.83 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 5 (140) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T21 (19.33) |
DNP | DNP | T23 (13.5) |
DNP |
Kevin Na (171.83 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T12 (76) |
DNP | T20 (20) |
DNP | T6 (40) |
T10 (13.33) |
DNP | T9 (22.5) |
DNP |
Louis Oosthuizen (167 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T7 (55) |
DNP | T19 (62) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | T9 (30) |
CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | 6 (30) |
DNP |
Jason Day (155.5 pts) |
T4 (80) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T28 (44) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T17 (22) |
DNP | DNP | T31 (9.5) |
DNP |
Paul Casey (149.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T6 (120) |
9 (30) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | T38 (6) |
DNP |
Charley Hoffman (144.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T64 (0) |
DNP | T9 (90) |
T11 (26) |
T11 (26) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T38 (6) |
DNP |
Keegan Bradley (137.33 pts) |
T22 (28) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T22 (56) |
T5 (46.67) |
DNP | DNP | T49 (0.67) |
DNP | DNP | T38 (6) |
DNP |
Jim Furyk (134.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | Win (132) |
DNP | CUT (-20) |
DNP | T58 (0) |
DNP | DNP | T40 (3.33) |
DNP | T12 (19) |
DNP |
Zach Johnson (130.5 pts) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | T9 (90) |
DNP | T20 (20) |
DNP | T9 (30) |
DNP | DNP | T49 (0.5) |
DNP |
Ryan Moore (121.83 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T12 (76) |
T57 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | 5 (23.33) |
DNP | T9 (22.5) |
DNP |
Jimmy Walker (121.5 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T38 (24) |
DNP | Win (88) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T31 (9.5) |
DNP |
Matt Kuchar (120.5 pts) |
DNP | DNP | 5 (70) |
DNP | T46 (8) |
70 (0) |
T15 (23.33) |
DNP | DNP | T33 (5.67) |
DNP | T23 (13.5) |
DNP |
Bill Haas (115.83 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T31 (19) |
DNP | T12 (76) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T7 (27.5) |
DNP |
Patrick Reed (114.83 pts) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | T22 (56) |
T17 (22) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T2 (33.33) |
DNP | T23 (13.5) |
DNP |
J.B. Holmes (111.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-20) |
Win (88) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | 2 (50) |
DNP |
Alexander Levy (107.67 pts) |
DNP | T3 (90) |
DNP | T25 (25) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | T38 (6) |
DNP |
Matt Every (106.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T18 (32) |
DNP | CUT (-20) |
DNP | T35 (10) |
DNP | Win (88) |
CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP | DNP |
Hunter Mahan (106.67 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T9 (90) |
T25 (16.67) |
DNP | DNP | T57 (0) |
DNP | DNP | 65 (0) |
DNP |
George Coetzee (104 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T3 (60) |
DNP | DNP | Win (44) |
DNP | DNP |
How Player Rankings are Computed
Who’s Not Hot in the field for the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship
Player | Zurich Classic | Volvo China | RBC Heritage | Shenzhen | Masters | Shell Houston | Valero Texas | Trophee Hassan | Arnold Palmer | Valspar | Tshwane Open | WGC Cadillac | Puerto Rico |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Martin Kaymer (-23.83 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-20) |
CUT (-6.67) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T31 (9.5) |
DNP |
Stephen Gallacher (-20 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-20) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T66 (0) |
DNP |
Miguel A. Jimenez (-20 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-20) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
Shane Lowry (-10.17 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-20) |
DNP | T58 (0) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | T17 (16.5) |
DNP |
Thongchai Jaidee (-10 pts) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) |
DNP | 55 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 69 (0) |
DNP |
Andy Sullivan (-10 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | 54 (0) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | DNP |
Joost Luiten (-9 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T31 (19) |
DNP | CUT (-20) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T46 (2) |
DNP |
Anirban Lahiri (1.33 pts) |
DNP | DNP | T44 (6) |
DNP | T49 (2) |
CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T71 (0) |
DNP |
Victor Dubuisson (2 pts) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-20) |
T17 (22) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T62 (0) |
DNP |
John Senden (6.83 pts) |
CUT (-10) |
DNP | DNP | DNP | T38 (24) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
DNP | CUT (-6.67) |
CUT (-3.33) |
DNP | T31 (9.5) |
DNP |
How Player Rankings are Computed
Who to watch for at the WGC-Cadillac Match Play Championship
Best Bets:
Jason Day
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Win | 3 | T17 | T9 |
Have to say that with his good finish at New Orleans, that is game is coming into shape.
Jordan Spieth
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T5 |
Until he cools off a bit, he has to be in my top-three. Played well in this event last year in Tucson, remember he did win two USGA Juniors which is at match play.
Rory McIlroy
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T17 | T33 | 2 | T17 | T17 | T5 |
Now that he doesn’t have to worry about going home early, think that it will relax him to play great the first two days. If he gets to the weekend, will be tough.
Best of the rest:
Phil Mickelson – Sorry he withdrew Sunday Night
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T17 | T9 | T17 | T17 | T9 | T9 | T5 | T9 |
Showed that he liked the course in 2009 at the Presidents Cup, think that he will do nice now that it’s away from Dove Mountain. Look for him on the weekend.
Matt Kuchar
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T9 | Win | T5 | 3 | T17 |
Has played well when this event was in Arizona, the question mark is if it was Dove Mountain or was he just a great match player? He did win the U.S. Amateur so have to think match play is his game.
Adam Scott
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T33 | T33 | T33 | T17 | T33 | T17 | T33 | T17 | T5 | T9 | 3 |
Greens are flat and should be right up his alley.
Ian Poulter
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T33 | 4 | T33 | T33 | Win | T9 | T17 | T9 | T33 | 4 | T5 |
Always great in match play events.
Solid contenders
Sergio Garcia
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T9 | T17 | T33 | 4 | T33 | T17 | T17 | T9 | T33 | T33 |
Has had his moments in this event, Harding Park will be perfect for him.
Graeme McDowell
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T5 | T5 | T33 | T9 | T33 | T33 | T33 | T17 |
Has the game for match play, has done well in this event, the Volvo Match Play and Ryder Cup.
Dustin Johnson
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T33 | T33 | T9 | T33 | T33 | T33 |
This guy would be tough to face in match play, think that those that play him will think the same thing.
Jimmy Walker
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T17 |
Think that with his Ryder Cup experience he will be good.
Long shots that could come through:
Victor Dubuisson
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 |
Could he of saved some of his match play magic from last year to do well this year?
Ryan Moore
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T17 | T33 | T5 | T33 |
A perfect long shot, he did win the U.S. Amateur and should do well this week.
J.B. Holmes
2015 | ’14 | ’13 | ’12 | ’11 | ’10 | ’09 | ’08 | ’07 | ’06 | ’05 | ’04 | ’03 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T5 | T33 |
Could not only overpower Harding Park but also do the same to the players he is up against.
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You have Kuchar as a top pick but Mahan advancing in his group?
James,
I had to do the picks Sunday Night before the pairings, so that is why I have both Kuchar and Mahan. But if you look at my three day guide it takes care of it. Sorry this format of match play with a round robin format is not the best for our sheet.
Okay, that’s what I thought. Great site by the way. Thanks again.
Curious why you’re so down on Stenson? Former winner and 4 consecutive top 5’s this year before his top 20 at the Masters (where he supposedly had the flu). Am I missing something?
Stenson is hurt and his game is in flux right now.
He plays his best in the summer anyway
Didn’t see that he was still hurt… Thanks
Love the site