2008 WGC-CA Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 20–23, 2008 |
| Location | Doral, Florida, U.S. |
| Course(s) | Doral Golf Resort & Spa |
| Tour(s) |
PGA Tour European Tour |
| Statistics | |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,266 |
| Field | 79 players |
| Cut | None |
| Prize fund | $8,000,000 |
| Winner's share | $1,350,000 |
| Champion | |
 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
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)
- Pádraig Harrington (2,3,6) did not play.
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 Chowrasia, 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 Wen-Chong, 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
- David Smail did not play.
12. Top 3 from the final 2007 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit
James Kingston, Andrew McLardy, Louis Oosthuizen
Round summaries
First round
Second round
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geoff Ogilvy | Australia | 65-67=132 | –12 |
| 2 | Tiger Woods |  United States | 67-66=133 | –11 |
| 3 | Adam Scott | Australia | 67-68=135 | –9 |
| T4 | Anders Hansen |  Denmark | 67-71=138 | –6 |
| Robert Karlsson |  Sweden | 68-70=138 | ||
| Jeev Milkha Singh |  India | 68-70=138 | ||
| T7 | Mark Calcavecchia | United States | 68-71=139 | –5 |
| Miguel Ángel Jiménez |  Spain | 65-74=139 | ||
| Steve Stricker | United States | 71-68=139 | ||
| T10 | Woody Austin | United States | 70-70=140 | –4 |
| K. J. Choi |  South Korea | 70-70=140 | ||
| Stewart Cink | United States | 66-74=140 | ||
| Tim Clark |  South Africa | 71-69=140 | ||
| Luke Donald |  England | 68-72=140 | ||
| Jim Furyk | United States | 69-71=140 | ||
| Retief Goosen | South Africa | 71-69=140 | ||
| Søren Kjeldsen | Denmark | 69-71=140 | ||
| Chapchai Nirat |  Thailand | 70-70=140 | ||
| Andrés Romero |  Argentina | 68-72=140 |
Third round
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geoff Ogilvy | Australia | 65-67-68=200 | –16 |
| T2 | Jim Furyk | United States | 69-71-64=204 | –12 |
| Retief Goosen | South Africa | 71-69-64=204 | ||
| Adam Scott | Australia | 67-68-69=204 | ||
| Vijay Singh |  Fiji | 73-68-63=204 | ||
| Graeme Storm | England | 71-70-63=204 | ||
| T7 | Anders Hansen | Denmark | 67-71-67=205 | –11 |
| Tiger Woods | United States | 67-66-72=205 | ||
| 9 | Tim Clark | South Africa | 71-69-66=206 | –10 |
| 10 | K. J. Choi | South Korea | 70-70-67=207 | –9 |
Final leaderboard
| # | Player | Country | Score | To par | Winnings ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geoff Ogilvy | Australia | 65-67-68-71=271 | –17 | 1,350,000 |
| T2 | Jim Furyk | United States | 69-71-64-68=272 | –16 | 530,000 |
| Retief Goosen | South Africa | 71-69-64-68=272 | |||
| Vijay Singh | Fiji | 73-68-63-68=272 | |||
| 5 | Tiger Woods | United States | 67-66-72-68=273 | –15 | 285,000 |
| T6 | Nick O'Hern | Australia | 67-75-67-66=275 | –13 | 198,333 |
| Graeme Storm | England | 71-70-63-71=275 | |||
| Steve Stricker | United States | 71-68-73-63=275 | |||
| T9 | Zach Johnson | United States | 69-72-67-68=276 | –12 | 147,500 |
| Adam Scott | Australia | 67-68-69-72=276 |
References
- ↑ "Ogilvy ends Woods winning streak". BBC Sport. March 24, 2008. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
External links
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