WGC Cadillac Championship 2013: Stacked Leaderboard Sets Up Epic Weekend

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Published: March 9, 2013

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Interest in the WGC Cadillac Championship has inevitably spiked due to Tiger Woods' name being atop the leaderboard entering the weekend. Woods is not the only golfer to be excited about, though.

A whopping five major champions sit inside the top eight, all within five strokes of the 13-under number posted by Woods through 36 holes: Phil Mickelson, Bubba Watson, Keegan Bradley, Graeme McDowell and Charl Schwartzel.

Sometimes, log-jammed leaderboards can be frustrating for golf fans if relatively unknown players are heavily involved since it distracts coverage from their favorite players. Thanks to the elite 65-man field at the TPC Blue Monster Course at Doral, that is not the case.

Woods has been the standout, though. ESPN's Justin Ray illustrates just how hot Woods has been amidst one of the best 36-hole starts of his entire career.



But in 2012, Woods consistently had trouble sealing the deal in high-profile events on the weekend.

It's still too early to tell if that trend will hold true this season, although it certainly didn't in his dominant victory at the Farmers Insurance Open. The advantage Woods has also seems all the more insurmountable given his history at this event in Miami, as documented by the PGA Tour's official Twitter page.



As the prior namedrop indicates, however, there will be no shortage of fantastic competition vying for the trophy along with him.

McDowell is closest to Woods and has gone head-to-head with him before with success at Woods' own tournament late in the 2010 season, winning in a playoff at the Chevron World Challenge. That was the same year the Northern Irishman won the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach—ironically, the venue where Woods romped to a 15-shot triumph in 2000.



The prospect of a potential Tiger-Phil duel on Sunday is also tantalizing. In fact, Lefty's verified KPMG Twitter account was already hyping u...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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