2021 WGC-Workday Championship
The 2021 WGC-Workday Championship was a golf tournament that was played February 25–28 at The Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Florida. It was the 22nd and final time the WGC Championship has been played and the first of the World Golf Championships events to be staged in 2021. The event was originally scheduled to take place in Mexico, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was moved to Florida in January 2021.[1] On February 16, it was announced Workday, Inc. would become the new title sponsor.[2]
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | February 25–28, 2021 |
| Location | Bradenton, Florida 27.404°N 82.345°W |
| Course(s) | The Concession Golf Club |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,564 yards (6,917 m) |
| Field | 72 players |
| Cut | None |
| Prize fund | $10,500,000 |
| Winner's share | $1,820,000 |
| Champion | |
 Collin Morikawa | |
| 270 (−18) | |
| Location Map | |
  The Concession Golf Club Location in the United States  The Concession Golf Club Location in the Florida | |
Collin Morikawa won the event by three strokes over Billy Horschel, Viktor Hovland, and Brooks Koepka.[3]
Course layout
The Concession Golf Club
| Hole | Yards | Par | Hole | Yards | Par | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 428 | 4 | 10 | 410 | 4 | |
| 2 | 476 | 4 | 11 | 211 | 3 | |
| 3 | 605 | 5 | 12 | 349 | 4 | |
| 4 | 237 | 3 | 13 | 545 | 5 | |
| 5 | 478 | 4 | 14 | 222 | 3 | |
| 6 | 183 | 3 | 15 | 424 | 4 | |
| 7 | 606 | 5 | 16 | 442 | 4 | |
| 8 | 402 | 4 | 17 | 610 | 5 | |
| 9 | 450 | 4 | 18 | 486 | 4 | |
| Out | 3,865 | 36 | In | 3,699 | 36 | |
| Source:[4] | Total | 7,564 | 72 | |||
Field
The field consisted of players from the top of the Official World Golf Ranking and the money lists/Orders of Merit from the six main professional golf tours.[5][6] Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.
1. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 15, 2021:
- Abraham Ancer (2,3)
- Daniel Berger (2,3)
- Christiaan Bezuidenhout (2,5)
- Jason Day (2)
- Bryson DeChambeau (2,3)
- Harris English (2,3,4)
- Tony Finau (2,3,4,6)
- Matt Fitzpatrick (2,5)
- Tommy Fleetwood (2,5)
- Sergio García (2)
- Tyrrell Hatton (2,3,5,6)
- Billy Horschel (2,3)
- Viktor Hovland (2,3,4)
- Im Sung-jae (2,3,5)
- Dustin Johnson (2,3,4)
- Kevin Kisner (2,3)
- Brooks Koepka (2)
- Jason Kokrak (2)
- Matt Kuchar (2)
- Marc Leishman (2,3)
- Shane Lowry (2)
- Robert MacIntyre (2,6)
- Hideki Matsuyama (2,3)
- Rory McIlroy (2,3,5,6)
- Collin Morikawa (2,3,5)
- Kevin Na (2,3)
- Joaquín Niemann (2,3,4)
- Louis Oosthuizen (2,5)
- Carlos Ortiz (2,4)
- Ryan Palmer (2,3)
- Victor Perez (2,5)
- Jon Rahm (2,3)
- Patrick Reed (2,3,5)
- Justin Rose (2,6)
- Xander Schauffele (2,3,4)
- Scottie Scheffler (2,3)
- Adam Scott (2)
- Webb Simpson (2,3)
- Cameron Smith (2,3)
- Justin Thomas (2,3,4)
- Brendon Todd (2,3)
- Bubba Watson
- Lee Westwood (2,5)
- Bernd Wiesberger (2)
- Matthew Wolff (2,3)
- Gary Woodland (2)
- Will Zalatoris (2)
- Patrick Cantlay (2,4),[7] Paul Casey (2,5,6) and Tiger Woods (2) did not play.[5]
2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 22, 2021:
- Max Homa (4)
3. The top 30 players from the final 2020 FedExCup Points List:
4. The top 10 players from the 2021 FedExCup Points List, as of February 22, 2021:
5. The top 20 players from the final 2020 European Tour Race to Dubai:
6. The top 10 players from the 2021 European Tour Race to Dubai, as of February 8, 2021:
7. The top 2 players, not otherwise exempt, from the 2020–21 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit, as of December 31, 2020:
8. The top 2 players, not otherwise exempt, from the 2020–21 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit, as of December 31, 2020:
9. The top 2 players, not otherwise exempt, from the final 2019–20 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit:
10. The top 2 players, not otherwise exempt, from the 2020–21 Asian Tour Order of Merit, as of December 31, 2020:
11. The highest ranked available player from Mexico from the Official World Golf Ranking as of February 15, 2021. If the highest ranked available player from Mexico from the Official World Golf Ranking is otherwise eligible, the next highest ranked available player from Mexico within the top 300 on the Official World Golf Ranking as of February 15, 2021
12. The highest ranked players not otherwise qualified from outside the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 22, 2021, to bring the field up to 72 players:
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, February 25, 2021
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| T1 |  Matt Fitzpatrick | 66 | −6 |
| Webb Simpson | |||
| T3 |  Sergio García | 67 | −5 |
| Billy Horschel | |||
| Kevin Kisner | |||
| Brooks Koepka | |||
| T7 | Tony Finau | 68 | −4 |
 Im Sung-jae | |||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Wade Ormsby | |||
| Cameron Smith | |||
| Jon Rahm | |||
| Patrick Reed |
Second round
Friday, February 26, 2021
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brooks Koepka | 67-66=133 | −11 |
| T2 | Billy Horschel | 67-67=134 | −10 |
| Collin Morikawa | 70-64=134 | ||
| Cameron Smith | 68-66=134 | ||
| T5 | Tony Finau | 68-67=135 | −9 |
| Matt Fitzpatrick | 66-69=135 | ||
| Webb Simpson | 66-69=135 | ||
| T8 | Kevin Kisner | 67-69=136 | −8 |
| Patrick Reed | 68-68=136 | ||
| T10 |  Abraham Ancer | 71-66=137 | −7 |
 Louis Oosthuizen | 69-68=137 |
Third round
Saturday, February 27, 2021
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Collin Morikawa | 70-64-67=201 | −15 |
| T2 | Billy Horschel | 67-67-69=203 | −13 |
| Brooks Koepka | 67-66-70=203 | ||
| 4 | Webb Simpson | 66-69-69=204 | −12 |
| T5 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Rory McIlroy | 69-70-66=205 | −11 |
| Patrick Reed | 68-68-69=205 | ||
| T7 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 66-69-71=206 | −10 |
 Viktor Hovland | 71-69-66=206 | ||
 Hideki Matsuyama | 72-66-68=206 | ||
| Scottie Scheffler | 69-70-67=206 |
Final round
Sunday, February 28, 2021
Final leaderboard
| Champion |
| (c) = past champion |
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Collin Morikawa | 70-64-67-69=270 | −18 | 1,820,000 |
| T2 | Billy Horschel | 67-67-69-70=273 | −15 | 783,333 |
| Viktor Hovland | 71-69-66-67=273 | |||
| Brooks Koepka | 67-66-70-70=273 | |||
| 5 | Scottie Scheffler | 69-70-67-68=274 | −14 | 430,000 |
| T6 | Rory McIlroy | 69-70-66-71=276 | −12 | 320,667 |
| Louis Oosthuizen | 69-68-70-69=276 | |||
| Webb Simpson | 66-69-69-72=276 | |||
| T9 | Jason Kokrak | 70-69-69-69=277 | −11 | 237,500 |
| Patrick Reed (c) | 68-68-69-72=277 |
| Leaderboard below the top 10 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money ($) | |
| T11 | Matt Fitzpatrick | 66-69-71-72=278 | −10 | 189,667 | |
| Kevin Na | 73-69-69-67=278 | ||||
| Cameron Smith | 68-66-77-67=278 | ||||
| 14 | Tony Finau | 68-67-72-72=279 | −9 | 165,000 | |
| T15 | Hideki Matsuyama | 72-66-68-74=280 | −8 | 147,333 | |
| Carlos Ortiz | 73-72-69-66=280 | ||||
| Justin Thomas | 73-66-70-71=280 | ||||
| T18 | Abraham Ancer | 71-66-70-74=281 | −7 | 125,500 | |
| Jason Day | 71-69-69-72=281 | ||||
| Aaron Rai | 72-70-69-70=281 | ||||
| Brendon Todd | 74-71-67-69=281 | ||||
| T22 | Bryson DeChambeau | 77-64-72-69=282 | −6 | 100,833 | |
| Lanto Griffin | 70-72-71-69=282 | ||||
| Tyrrell Hatton | 70-73-70-69=282 | ||||
| Max Homa | 73-70-67-72=282 | ||||
 Sebastián Muñoz | 69-72-70-71=282 | ||||
| Will Zalatoris | 72-69-68-73=282 | ||||
| T28 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Thomas Detry | 70-73-70-70=283 | −5 | 82,500 | |
| Im Sung-jae | 68-74-69-72=283 | ||||
| Min Woo Lee | 74-71-66-72=283 | ||||
 Joaquín Niemann | 69-72-73-69=283 | ||||
| T32 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 71-72-71-70=284 | −4 | 72,000 | |
| Sergio García | 67-74-67-76=284 | ||||
| Jon Rahm | 68-76-72-68=284 | ||||
| T35 | Daniel Berger | 73-71-69-72=285 | −3 | 64,500 | |
| Chan Kim | 71-71-72-71=285 | ||||
| T37 | Erik van Rooyen | 71-75-72-68=286 | −2 | 59,000 | |
| Trevor Simsby | 74-70-70-72=286 | ||||
| T39 | Marc Leishman | 72-70-74-71=287 | −1 | 55,000 | |
| Xander Schauffele | 71-72-73-71=287 | ||||
| T41 | Kevin Kisner | 67-69-80-72=288 | E | 52,500 | |
| Jason Scrivener | 75-68-70-75=288 | ||||
| 43 | Gary Woodland | 71-69-71-78=289 | +1 | 51,000 | |
| T44 | Tommy Fleetwood | 75-72-68-75=290 | +2 | 48,500 | |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Mackenzie Hughes | 73-73-69-75=290 | ||||
| Matt Kuchar | 73-72-69-76=290 | ||||
| Brandon Stone | 71-74-74-71=290 | ||||
| T48 | Cameron Champ | 72-70-72-77=291 | +3 | 44,500 | |
| Yuki Inamori | 73-68-72-78=291 | ||||
| David Lipsky | 70-76-74-71=291 | ||||
 Shane Lowry | 72-70-76-73=291 | ||||
| T52 | Wade Ormsby | 68-74-78-72=292 | +4 | 41,500 | |
 Victor Perez | 69-75-75-73=292 | ||||
| T54 | Dustin Johnson (c) | 77-69-69-78=293 | +5 | 38,300 | |
| Ryan Palmer | 71-72-78-72=293 | ||||
| Justin Rose (c) | 73-71-76-73=293 | ||||
| Adam Scott (c) | 72-72-72-77=293 | ||||
| Bubba Watson | 77-72-70-74=293 | ||||
| T59 | Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 74-73-73-75=295 | +7 | 36,250 | |
 Bernd Wiesberger | 76-75-72-72=295 | ||||
| T61 | Brad Kennedy | 81-73-69-73=296 | +8 | 35,000 | |
 Robert MacIntyre | 74-72-78-72=296 | ||||
| Lee Westwood | 74-69-77-76=296 | ||||
| T64 | Laurie Canter | 72-75-76-74=297 | +9 | 33,875 | |
 Sami Välimäki | 72-76-72-77=297 | ||||
| 66 | Harris English | 78-69-71-80=298 | +10 | 33,500 | |
| 67 |  Rasmus Højgaard | 74-73-71-82=300 | +12 | 33,250 | |
| T68 | J. C. Ritchie | 78-73-72-78=301 | +13 | 32,875 | |
| Andy Sullivan | 78-77-73-73=301 | ||||
| 70 | Lucas Herbert | 77-77-74-74=302 | +14 | 32,500 | |
| 71 | Daniel van Tonder | 76-73-75-79=303 | +15 | 32,250 | |
| WD | Matthew Wolff | 83 | +11 | ||
References
- "2021 WGC-Mexico Championship to be played at The Concession Golf Club in Florida". European Tour. January 17, 2021.
- "Workday announced as title sponsor of World Golf Championships Event at The Concession Golf Club". PGA Tour. February 16, 2021.
- "Collin Morikawa wins Workday Championship by 3 strokes, says thank you to Tiger Woods, late grandfather". ESPN. February 28, 2021.
- "Course Card". European Tour. February 22, 2021.
- "The First Look: World Golf Championships-Workday Championship at The Concession". PGA Tour. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
- "WGC at The Concession Fact Sheet". Golf Coast Magazine. February 21, 2021.
- Lavner, Ryan (February 25, 2021). "Patrick Cantlay WDs from WGC-Workday with upset stomach, dehydration". Golf Channel. Retrieved February 25, 2021.