2008 WGC-CA Championship

2008 WGC-CA Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 20–23, 2008
LocationDoral, Florida, U.S.
Course(s)Doral Golf Resort & Spa
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,266
Field79 players
CutNone
Prize fund$8,000,000
Winner's share$1,350,000
Champion
Geoff Ogilvy
271 (−17)

The 2008 WGC-CA Championship was a golf tournament that was contested from March 20–23 at Doral Golf Resort & Spa in Doral, Florida. It was the ninth WGC-CA Championship tournament, and the second of three World Golf Championships events held in 2008.

Geoff Ogilvy won the tournament to capture his second World Golf Championships title.[1] Tiger Woods was the 3-time defending champion but finished in 5th place.

Field

1. Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings two weeks prior to event
Robert Allenby (2,3), Stephen Ames (2), Stuart Appleby (2), Woody Austin (2,3), Aaron Baddeley (2,3), Ángel Cabrera (2,6), Mark Calcavecchia (2,3), Paul Casey (2,6), K. J. Choi (2,3,4,5), Stewart Cink (2,3,4,5), Tim Clark (2,3), Luke Donald (2), Ernie Els (2,3,6,7), Niclas Fasth (2,6), Jim Furyk (2,3), Sergio García (2,3,6), Retief Goosen (2,6), Richard Green, Søren Hansen (2,6), Charles Howell III (2,3), Trevor Immelman (2), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (2,7,8), Zach Johnson (2,3), Robert Karlsson (2), Martin Kaymer (2,7,8), Justin Leonard (2,4,5), Hunter Mahan (2,3), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4,5), Arron Oberholser (2), Geoff Ogilvy (2,3), Sean O'Hair (2,5), Nick O'Hern (2), Ian Poulter (2), Andrés Romero (2,6), Justin Rose (2,3,6), Rory Sabbatini (2,3), Adam Scott (2,3,7,8), Vijay Singh (2,3,5,7,8), Brandt Snedeker (2,3), Henrik Stenson (2,6,7,8), Richard Sterne (2,6), Steve Stricker (2,3,4,5), Toru Taniguchi (2,10), Scott Verplank (2,3), Boo Weekley (2,3), Mike Weir (2), Lee Westwood (2,6,7,8), Brett Wetterich (3), Tiger Woods (2,3,4,5)

2. Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings one week prior to event
Nick Dougherty (6), Shingo Katayama (10)

3. Top 30 from the final 2007 PGA Tour FedEx Cup points list
Jonathan Byrd, John Rollins, Heath Slocum, Camilo Villegas

4. Top 10 from the PGA Tour FedEx Cup points list two weeks prior to event
Daniel Chopra, J. B. Holmes (5), Ryuji Imada (5), D. J. Trahan

5. Top 10 from the PGA Tour FedEx Cup points list one week prior to event

6. Top 20 from the final 2007 European Tour Order of Merit
Anders Hansen, Peter Hanson, Grégory Havret, Søren Kjeldsen, Colin Montgomerie, Graeme Storm

7. Top 10 from the European Tour Order of Merit two weeks prior to event
Mark Brown (8), Shiv Chawrasia, Ross Fisher (8)

8. Top 10 from the European Tour Order of Merit one week prior to event
Graeme McDowell, Jeev Milkha Singh

9. Top 3 from the final 2007 Asian Tour Order of Merit
Anton Haig, Liang Wenchong, Chapchai Nirat

10. Top 3 from the final 2007 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit
Brendan Jones

11. Top 3 from the final 2007 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
Craig Parry, Paul Sheehan

12. Top 3 from the final 2007 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit
James Kingston, Andrew McLardy, Louis Oosthuizen

Round summaries

First round

Place Player Score To par
T1 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 65 −7
Geoff Ogilvy
3 Stewart Cink 66 −6
T4 Anders Hansen 67 −5
Phil Mickelson
Nick O'Hern
Adam Scott
Tiger Woods
T9 Mark Calcavecchia 68 −4
Luke Donald
Ross Fisher
Grégory Havret
Ryuji Imada
Robert Karlsson
Martin Kaymer
Andrés Romero
Jeev Milkha Singh
Toru Taniguchi

Second round

Place Player Score To par
1 Geoff Ogilvy 65-67=132 −12
2 Tiger Woods 67-66=133 −11
3 Adam Scott 67-68=135 −9
T4 Anders Hansen 67-71=138 −6
Robert Karlsson 68-70=138
Jeev Milkha Singh 68-70=138
T7 Mark Calcavecchia 68-71=139 −5
Miguel Ángel Jiménez 65-74=139
Steve Stricker 71-68=139
T10 Woody Austin 70-70=140 −4
K. J. Choi 70-70=140
Stewart Cink 66-74=140
Tim Clark 71-69=140
Luke Donald 68-72=140
Jim Furyk 69-71=140
Retief Goosen 71-69=140
Søren Kjeldsen 69-71=140
Chapchai Nirat 70-70=140
Andrés Romero 68-72=140

Third round

Place Player Score To par
1 Geoff Ogilvy 65-67-68=200 −16
T2 Jim Furyk 69-71-64=204 −12
Retief Goosen 71-69-64=204
Adam Scott 67-68-69=204
Vijay Singh 73-68-63=204
Graeme Storm 71-70-63=204
T7 Anders Hansen 67-71-67=205 −11
Tiger Woods 67-66-72=205
9 Tim Clark 71-69-66=206 −10
10 K. J. Choi 70-70-67=207 −9

Final round

Place Player Score To par Winnings ($)
1 Geoff Ogilvy 65-67-68-71=271 −17 1,350,000
T2 Jim Furyk 69-71-64-68=272 −16 530,000
Retief Goosen 71-69-64-68=272
Vijay Singh 73-68-63-68=272
5 Tiger Woods 67-66-72-68=273 −15 285,000
T6 Nick O'Hern 67-75-67-66=275 −13 198,333
Graeme Storm 71-70-63-71=275
Steve Stricker 71-68-73-63=275
T9 Zach Johnson 69-72-67-68=276 −12 147,500
Adam Scott 67-68-69-72=276

Scorecard

Final round

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 3 5 4 5 3 4 3 4 4 4
Ogilvy −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −18 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17
Furyk −13 −12 −11 −11 −12 −13 −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −14 −15 −15 −16 −16
Goosen −13 −13 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −15 −16 −16 −16
Singh −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −14 −15 −16 −16 −16 −15 −14 −14 −15 −16 −16
Woods −12 −13 −12 −11 −11 −12 −12 −13 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −15 −15
O'Hern −8 −7 −8 −8 −8 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13
Storm −12 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13
Stricker −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −8 −9 −10 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13
Scott −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −13 −13 −12 −12 −12 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey

Source:[2]

References

  1. ^ "Ogilvy ends Woods winning streak". BBC Sport. March 24, 2008. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
  2. ^ "World Golf Championships-CA Championship". ESPN. Retrieved 31 August 2018.

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