2008 WGC-CA Championship

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.

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)

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 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

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

Past champions in the field
PlayerCountryYear(s) wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parPlace
Tiger Woods United States1999, 2002, 2003,
2005, 2006, 2007		67667268273−155
Mike Weir Canada200073696771280−8T20
Ernie Els South Africa200474757374296+875

Round summaries

First round
#PlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain65−7
Geoff Ogilvy Australia
3Stewart Cink United States66−6
T4Anders Hansen Denmark67−5
Phil Mickelson United States
Nick O'Hern Australia
Adam Scott Australia
Tiger Woods United States
T9Mark Calcavecchia United States68−4
Luke Donald England
Ross Fisher England
Grégory Havret France
Ryuji Imada Japan
Robert Karlsson Sweden
Martin Kaymer Germany
Andrés Romero Argentina
Jeev Milkha Singh India
Toru Taniguchi Japan

Second round
#PlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Geoff Ogilvy Australia65-67=132−12
2Tiger Woods United States67-66=133−11
3Adam Scott Australia67-68=135−9
T4Anders Hansen Denmark67-71=138−6
Robert Karlsson Sweden68-70=138
Jeev Milkha Singh India68-70=138
T7Mark Calcavecchia United States68-71=139−5
Miguel Ángel Jiménez Spain65-74=139
Steve Stricker United States71-68=139
T10Woody Austin United States70-70=140−4
K. J. Choi South Korea70-70=140
Stewart Cink United States66-74=140
Tim Clark South Africa71-69=140
Luke Donald England68-72=140
Jim Furyk United States69-71=140
Retief Goosen South Africa71-69=140
Søren Kjeldsen Denmark69-71=140
Chapchai Nirat Thailand70-70=140
Andrés Romero Argentina68-72=140

Third round
#PlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Geoff Ogilvy Australia65-67-68=200−16
T2Jim Furyk United States69-71-64=204−12
Retief Goosen South Africa71-69-64=204
Adam Scott Australia67-68-69=204
Vijay Singh Fiji73-68-63=204
Graeme Storm England71-70-63=204
T7Anders Hansen Denmark67-71-67=205−11
Tiger Woods United States67-66-72=205
9Tim Clark South Africa71-69-66=206−10
10K. J. Choi South Korea70-70-67=207−9

Final round
#PlayerCountryScoreTo parWinnings ($)
1Geoff Ogilvy Australia65-67-68-71=271−171,350,000
T2Jim Furyk United States69-71-64-68=272−16530,000
Retief Goosen South Africa71-69-64-68=272
Vijay Singh Fiji73-68-63-68=272
5Tiger Woods United States67-66-72-68=273−15285,000
T6Nick O'Hern Australia67-75-67-66=275−13198,333
Graeme Storm England71-70-63-71=275
Steve Stricker United States71-68-73-63=275
T9Zach Johnson United States69-72-67-68=276−12147,500
Adam Scott Australia67-68-69-72=276

Scorecard

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par544344453545343444
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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