Three Players to Watch at the Cadillac Championship

After a decade away, the PGA TOUR returns to Doral this week for the revived Cadillac Championship, the fifth Signature Event of the season. The field is stacked—notable absentees include Rory McIlroy, Ludvig Åberg, Xander Schauffele, and Matt Fitzpatrick—and I have three players you should keep an eye on.

But first, some housekeeping.

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World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler—who enters the week with back-to-back runner-up finishes at the Masters and RBC Heritage—is the betting favorite, at 3/1. Sunday's champion will take home $3.6 million of the $20 million purse and 700 FedExCup points. As for the golf course: Doral is a beast, a par 72 measuring just under 7,800 yards.

Now, three players worthy of some eyeballs in South Florida.

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Three Players to Watch at the Cadillac Championship

Cameron Young (13/1)

Young is second on the odds board behind only Scheffler, and for good reason. Doral is a bomber's paradise, and few players do that better than the reigning PLAYERS champion. He ranks 32nd in driving distance and 24th in accuracy—good for second behind Matt Fitzpatrick in total driving.

And with nearly 7,800 yards to navigate, long-iron play will be crucial. Young ranks fourth in average proximity from 175–200 yards this season.

Stats aside, he's been flat-out balling. T-7 at the Genesis, T-3 at Bay Hill, a win at THE PLAYERS, T-3 at the Masters, T-25 at Harbour Town. It would be surprising not to see him in the mix come Sunday.

Adam Scott (35/1)

There's plenty of reason to like Scott at Doral—and that's before you factor in that he was the last champion here, back in 2016.

His long-iron play this season has been phenomenal: second in proximity from 150–175 yards, second from 175–200, 10th from 200–225, and fourth on approaches of 200 yards or longer. He also ranks 12th in total driving and, at 45 years old, 18th in distance.

A decade later, Scott winning at Doral again feels entirely plausible.

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Sepp Straka (55/1)

Sepp Straka? Really? Yes—and here's why.

His long-iron game is stellar: third in average proximity from 175–200 yards this season, and 15 under across 77 attempts from that range, second only to Si Woo Kim. His Florida record over the last two seasons is also hard to ignore—T-13 at the '26 Arnold Palmer Invitational, T-8 at the '26 PLAYERS, T-11 at the '25 Cognizant Classic, T-5 at the '25 API, and T-14 at the '25 PLAYERS. There's something about the Austrian and the Sunshine State.