New for 2026, the Cadillac Championship was inserted into the PGA Tour’s run of Signature Events which offer a $20 million tournament purse to the 72 players involved.
The last time US President Donald Trump’s Miami golf course welcomed the PGA Tour – back in 2016 – it was around 200 yards shorter.
Plenty has changed in the decade since, not least the increased distance golf balls fly and the equipment pros are using it to make it happen.
In addition to altered golf equipment, the tournaments themselves have been tweaked, too. Since the invention of LIV Golf in 2022, which is famous for its lack of halfway cut, the PGA Tour has introduced a similar policy at a handful of its elevated events.
The three Signature Events which are hosted by legends of the game – the Genesis Championship (Tiger Woods), the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the Memorial Tournament (Jack Nicklaus) – wave goodbye to those out of sight to the leader on Friday, as is tradition.
However, the other five Signature Events in 2026 do have a halfway cut, and the Cadillac Championship is one of those.
So, for the 72 players involved in Florida this week, they can rest easy knowing they are guaranteed a paycheck of more than $30,000 and four full rounds of golf ahead of the upcoming PGA Championship.
Whether the lack of early exit is a positive for those struggling at the bottom is debatable, but they’ll be here on Sunday regardless.
At the other end of the leaderboard, there is a huge prize money payout on offer to the champion, standing at $3.6 million. Meanwhile the runner-up could scoop $2.16 million and the player in third will bank in excess of $1.3 million.
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