DID YOU KNOW – WGC – CADILLAC CHAMPIONSHIP
• Patrick Reed made World Golf Championship history in 2014 when he became the youngest player to win a WGC event, aged 23 years and 216 days. This broke the previous record of Tiger Woods, who was 23 years and 242 days at the 1999 WGC – Bridgestone Invitational.
• Should Patrick Reed make a successful defence of a WGC title he would be only the second player in WGC history to achieve this feat, following Tiger Woods.
• Should Masters Tournament Champion, Bubba Watson win the WGC – Cadillac Championship, he would join Tiger Woods as the only players to win consecutive WGC titles, following his win in the 2014 WGC –M HSBC Champions.
• The 2007 WGC – Cadillac Championship saw Tiger Woods create a record by becoming the first player to win two different European Tour events for three consecutive years. The first tournament he won three years in succession was the WGC – Bridgestone Invitational between 1999-01.
• There will be 12 European Tour Members playing in the WGC – Cadillac Championship for the first time. They are: Tommy Fleetwood, Mikko Ilonen, Brooks Koepka, Anirban Lahiri, Alexander Levy, David Lipsky, Shane Lowry, Gary Stal, Danie Van Tonder, Marc Warren, Danny Willett and Bernd Wiesberger. Of those 12, three will be making their debuts in a WGC event. They are: Koepka, Stal and Van Tonder.
• There are 74 players in the field from 20 different nations.
• Lee Westwood will create World Golf Championship history by becoming the first player to play in 50 WGC individual events.
