Cadillac Championship 2026: Dave Tindall's each-way picks from 28/1 to 60/1

Introduction to the Cadillac Championship

Is it really 10 years since the Blue Monster Course at Doral was last used on the PGA Tour?! I would have guessed six or seven. Time flies.

Doral Resort and Spa (now called Trump National Doral Miami after snooker star Judd Trump purchased the property - not really) was last used in 2016 when Adam Scott shot 12-under to edge out Bubba Watson by a shot in the WGC-Cadillac Championship.

Prior to that, Dustin Johnson, Patrick Reed and Tiger Woods were the previous three champions. They've all won the Green Jacket too.

The Dick Wilson-designed 'Blue Monster' was revamped by Gil Hanse in 2013 and features numerous (10) water hazards. The par 72 measures in at a very lengthy 7,739 yards and it can get windy too.

We have some course form to go at courtesy of LIV Golf. Big-hitting Dean Burmester beat Sergio Garcia in a play-off with 11-under in 2024 while last year Marc Leishman took the title with 6-under. Remember, those events (both played in April) were over 54 holes.

This is the latest Signature Series Event so once again it's a limited field. Just 72 players tee it up.

Sahith Theegala @ 60/161.00

After just missing out at both Augusta and Hilton Head, Scottie Scheffler may be hard to stop this week. He's 11/43.75 to get his second win of the season.

Beneath him there are lots of players with good chances but plenty are at odds that don't reflect how infrequently they win.

But scroll a little further and there's an each-way punt I really like: Sahith Theegala at 60s (1/5, 8 Places).

The American has produced a real return to form this season, showing it early with eighth at The American Express and seventh at lengthy Torrey Pines.

In March he recorded his second top six at Bay Hill - another tough Florida course with some similar traits to this one - while Theegala has other top 10s in the Sunshine State at the Vaspar and Players Championship.

Theegala delivered another top 10 in Houston prior to the US Masters and after missing the year's opening Major he should be hungry.

Since Augusta, the 28-year-old has finished 25th at the RBC Heritage (6th for Approach) while he added another top 25 alongside Aaron Rai in the Zurich Classic pairs event.

Theegala is 15th Around The Green and in the top 40 for both Approach and Putting.

And with four par fives to go at, his ranking of 5th for Par 5 Scoring Average bodes well too.

There's lots to like about a player quite a long way down the betting.

Bet 2: Hideki Matsuyama @ 28/129.00

It's uncanny how often Masters champions pop up on leaderboards at Doral.

Even in the 2025 LIV event, Green Jacket winners finished in second, third, sixth, seventh and ninth.

That bunch included Charl Schwartzel and Phil Mickelson, who have hardly done anything on LIV in the last few seasons.

So that's one of the reasons why Hideki Matsuyama appeals at 28/129.00.

The 2021 Augusta hero hasn't generated many headlines of late but he's had five top 13 finishes in his last eight starts. The other three were 21st, 27th and 41st.

Matsuyama was last seen finishing 12th in this year's Masters where he closed with a 69 and ranked 10th for SG: Approach.

He has actually played here before, lining up in the WGC-Cadillac from 2014-2016. The results don't leap out but in 2015 he took just two more swings than winner Dustin Johnson (another Masters champ) over the final 54 holes.

Matsuyama has plenty of good past form in Florida (two top sixes at Sawgrass) and on other long courses and at a venue with water everywhere it's reassuring to see him 14th for Bogey Avoidance this season.

As for other relevant stats, he ranks 14th for Approach, 13th Around The Green and 44th for Putting. He's also 2nd for Approaches from >200 yards.

Bet 3: Rickie Fowler @ 40/141.00

Rickie Fowler has two Florida wins to his name - The Players Championship and The Honda Classic.

It's a place he now calls home and only last month he finished ninth in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Fowler has spent plenty of time at golf's top table in his career and has more Doral experience than most.

Plenty of it is positive. He was eighth on debut while in the last two events staged there he posted 12th (2015) and eighth again (2016).

After plenty of early-season promise, he dipped a little in Texas but perhaps that was partly a result of him trying too hard to get into the Masters field.

After coming up short, Fowler revealed that he opted for some social golf with friends during Masters week. "Played with a few of the guys Friday, Saturday. Yeah, nice off week, kind of let the body relax and chill and then got back into things and came up here (Hilton Head) Sunday afternoon."

Refreshed, Fowler got his head down again and finished eighth in the RBC Heritage , ranking 10th for Approach to show his iron play was in good shape.

That means he's made the top 10 in both of his last two Signature Events so he's definitely a factor in elite fields.

There's maybe a feeling this week that we're between events - the Masters has gone and prep hasn't quite started for the US PGA Championship.

It means the door could be ajar a little for the likes of Theegala and Fowler - quality players who are hungry for more wins and have spent the opening months of 2026 dropping hints that the next victory isn't far away.

Now read Steve Rawlings' Cadillac Championship preview

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