Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Tiger Watch - Cadillac Championship


Two important qualification deadlines ended today as more of the world's best players became officially qualified for the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship through the Official World Golf Ranking and the European Tour's Race to Dubai standings. 

The 2011 Cadillac Championship returns to Doral Resort & Spa, a Marriott Resort, March 9th -13th and will feature the best players from across the globe through a variety of qualification criteria.

Nine players who were not previously qualified for the event via last year's FedExCup, Race to Dubai or other Federation requirements have now qualified for the Cadillac Championship via the top 50 in the OWGR. 

These players include six-time Cadillac Championship winner Tiger Woods, Anthony Kim, Rickie Fowler, Ryo Ishikawa, Yuta Ikeda, Y.E. Yang, Bill Haas, Vijay Singh and 2011 standout Mark Wilson.

Two players finished in the top 10 of the European Tour's 2011 Race to Dubai standings who were not otherwise qualified: Denmark's Thomas Bjorn and India's SSP Chowrasia.

Players have one final opportunity to gain entrance into the Cadillac Championship field this week as on Monday, March 7, players in the top 10 in the 2011 FedExCup standings and any players moving into the top 50 in the OWGR, will qualify for the event.