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2008 WGC-CA Championship

Field	Value
name	2008 WGC-CA Championship
dates	March 20–23, 2008
location	Doral, Florida, U.S.
course	Doral Golf Resort & Spa
tour	PGA Tour
European Tour
par	72
yardage	7,266
field	79 players
cut	None
purse	$8,000,000
winners_share	$1,350,000
champion	AUS Geoff Ogilvy
score	271 (−17)
previous	2007
next	2009

European Tour 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. 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 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

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

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

Second round

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

Third round

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

Final round

Place	Player	Score	To par	Winnings ($)
1	AUS Geoff Ogilvy	65-67-68-71=271	−17	1,350,000
T2	USA Jim Furyk	69-71-64-68=272	−16	530,000
ZAF Retief Goosen	71-69-64-68=272
FJI Vijay Singh	73-68-63-68=272
5	USA Tiger Woods	67-66-72-68=273	−15	285,000
T6	AUS Nick O'Hern	67-75-67-66=275	−13	198,333
ENG Graeme Storm	71-70-63-71=275
USA Steve Stricker	71-68-73-63=275
T9	USA Zach Johnson	69-72-67-68=276	−12	147,500
AUS 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
AUS Ogilvy	−17	−17	−17	−17	−17	−18	−17	−17	−17	−17	−17	−17	−17	−17	−17	−17	−17	−17
USA Furyk	−13	−12	−11	−11	−12	−13	−14	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−15	−14	−15	−15	−16	−16
RSA Goosen	−13	−13	−12	−13	−13	−13	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−15	−15	−16	−16	−16
FIJ Singh	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−14	−15	−16	−16	−16	−15	−14	−14	−15	−16	−16
USA Woods	−12	−13	−12	−11	−11	−12	−12	−13	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−14	−14	−15	−15
AUS O'Hern	−8	−7	−8	−8	−8	−9	−10	−10	−10	−11	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13
ENG Storm	−12	−13	−13	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−14	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13
USA Stricker	−5	−5	−5	−5	−6	−7	−8	−9	−10	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13
AUS 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

	Eagle --		Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey --

Source:

References

(March 24, 2008). "Ogilvy ends Woods winning streak". BBC Sport.
"World Golf Championships-CA Championship". ESPN.

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