CADILLAC CHAMPIONSHIP

Site: Doral, Fla.

Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.

Course: TPC Blue Monster at Doral (7,334 yards, par 72).

Purse: $8.5 million. Winner’s share: $1.4 million.

Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; Saturday, 9-11 a.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m.-noon) and NBC (Saturday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; Sunday, noon-4 p.m.).

Last year: Nick Watney won his first WGC title, closing with a 67 for a two-stroke victory over Dustin Johnson.

Last week: Rory McIlroy won the Honda Classic to take the top spot in the world ranking from Luke Donald. McIlroy finished with a 69 to beat Tiger Woods and Tom Gillis by two strokes at PGA National. Woods closed with a 62, his lowest final round ever.

Notes: Woods has won the event six times — in 1999 at Valderrama in Spain, 2002 at Mount Juliet in Ireland, 2003 at Capital City in Atlanta, 2005 at Harding Park in San Francisco, 2006 at The Grove in England and 2007 at Doral. He also won regular tour events at Doral in 2004 and 2006. Winless on the PGA Tour since September 2009, he has 16 WGC victories and 71 overall PGA Tour titles. … Phil Mickelson won in 2009. Taken to a hospital on the eve of the final round because of heat exhaustion and dehydration, he parred the final seven holes to beat Watney by a stroke. Mickelson won at Pebble Beach last month for his 40th PGA Tour title.