Adam Scott captured his first PGA Tour victory of the 2015-2016 season last week at the Honda Classic. He captured his second this weekend at the WGC-Cadillac Championship.
And of course, Donald Trump made an appearance on Sunday at the event, which was being played on his course, Trump National Doral. The frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination arrived in a helicopter this afternoon and greeted fans and spoke to the media about the possibility of Doral not hosting a PGA Tour event next year.
We'll get to that later.
But the big story is Scott's consistent, and again, dominant performance. The 35-year-old finished 12-under par and defeated Bubba Watson by one stroke as well as Danny Willett and Rory McIlroy by two. McIlroy (-10) held a three-stroke lead coming into the final round, but he finished two-over during Sunday's final round and instead tied for third place. Phil Mickelson took fifth (-9) after solid play all weekend and Jimmy Walker's 66 was the best round of the day, but he finished in sixth at eight-under par.
Scott's final-round 69, which included four birdies on the back nine, sealed the deal.
His clutch par on the par-4 18th hole prevented a playoff with Watson. His second shot nearly went into the water, but he went up-and-down from the dangerous spot and salvaged a par with a huge six-foot putt.
He also avoided a disaster after two double bogeys on the front nine (holes three and five) and instead rallied to finish six-under on his remaining 13 holes.
Scott took home $1.62 million of the $9.5 million purse and earned 550 FedEx Points while Watson made just over $1 million and got 315 FedEx points with his second-place finish in what may have been the final PGA Tour event at Doral for a long time.
Trump's controversial comments throughout his presidential campaign have perhaps turned the PGA Tour off from doing future business with him. It's possible the WGC-Cadillac leaves Doral next year even though Trump signed a 10-year contract back in 2013 to host the event. Back in December the Tour released a statement on in response to Trump's comments about banning Muslins from entering the U.S. and said it will "explore all options regarding the event's future."
If that's the case, 2017 could be the first time since 1962 a PGA Tour event wasn't hosted at Doral.
