Scottie Scheffler Leads Cadillac Championship Return to Doral
scottie scheffler is back on the schedule in a different form this week: the Cadillac Championship returned to Trump National Doral’s Blue Monster Course after a nine-year hiatus. The fifth Signature Event of the season brings a 72-player field and no cut to a course built to ask harder questions than it did in its last PGA TOUR appearance.
Trump National Doral Blue Monster
The Blue Monster last appeared in the PGA TOUR rotation in 2016, when Adam Scott won the event at 12-under 276 by one stroke. Ten players from that 2016 field are committed again, giving this week’s return a direct link to the tournament’s last run at the course.
This time, the layout plays at 7,739 yards and par 72, which is 141 yards longer than it was when it last hosted a robust field. The course changes are concentrated in six holes, with added yardage on the par-4 second hole, par-5 eighth hole, par-5 12th hole and par-4 17th hole. The par-5 12th hole now measures 667 yards.
Adam Scott and 2016
Scott’s win in 2016 came on a week when the field averaged 72.854 strokes, and the par-4 18th hole was the hardest hole on the course in the last two visits. That result is part of why the return to Doral reads as more than a simple venue change; it reconnects the event to a setup that already produced a narrow finish and a difficult scoring environment.
The par-3 fourth hole is unchanged at 227 yards, but the bigger picture this week is the combination of distance, no cut and a limited field. With only 72 players and every entrant guaranteed four rounds, the course itself becomes the main separator rather than survival through the weekend.
Blue Monster Test
Bermudagrass rough is governed to three inches, while the Bermudagrass greens are set to roll 12 feet on the Stimpmeter. That leaves little room for error on approaches and putts, especially on a course that was redesigned by architect Gil Hanse and presented as a harder test off the tee.
For the players in the field, the practical shift is simple: the return to Trump National Doral does not just bring back a familiar name, it brings back a longer Blue Monster with no cut and a setup built to expose mistakes over four rounds. Adam Scott’s 2016 victory is the last benchmark, and this week’s version asks whether anyone can get close enough to repeat it on a tougher track.
