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2008 WGC-CA Championship

Coordinates: 25°49′10″N 80°20′34″W / 25.81944°N 80.34278°W / 25.81944; -80.34278
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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
Australia Geoff Ogilvy
271 (−17)
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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

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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

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First round

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

Second round

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

Third round

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

Final round

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

Scorecard

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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
Australia Ogilvy −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −18 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17
United States Furyk −13 −12 −11 −11 −12 −13 −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −14 −15 −15 −16 −16
South Africa Goosen −13 −13 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −15 −16 −16 −16
Fiji Singh −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −14 −15 −16 −16 −16 −15 −14 −14 −15 −16 −16
United States Woods −12 −13 −12 −11 −11 −12 −12 −13 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −15 −15
Australia O'Hern −8 −7 −8 −8 −8 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13
England Storm −12 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13
United States Stricker −5 −5 −5 −5 −6 −7 −8 −9 −10 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13
Australia 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

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  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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