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 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Miguel Ángel Jiménez65−7 Geoff Ogilvy3 Stewart Cink66−6T4 Anders Hansen67−5 Phil Mickelson Nick O'Hern Adam Scott Tiger WoodsT9 Mark Calcavecchia68−4 Luke Donald Ross Fisher Grégory Havret Ryuji Imada Robert Karlsson Martin Kaymer Andrés Romero Jeev Milkha Singh Toru Taniguchi
Second round PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Geoff Ogilvy65-67=132−122 Tiger Woods67-66=133−113 Adam Scott67-68=135−9T4 Anders Hansen67-71=138−6 Robert Karlsson68-70=138 Jeev Milkha Singh68-70=138T7 Mark Calcavecchia68-71=139−5 Miguel Ángel Jiménez65-74=139 Steve Stricker71-68=139T10 Woody Austin70-70=140−4 K. J. Choi70-70=140 Stewart Cink66-74=140 Tim Clark71-69=140 Luke Donald68-72=140 Jim Furyk69-71=140 Retief Goosen71-69=140 Søren Kjeldsen69-71=140 Chapchai Nirat70-70=140 Andrés Romero68-72=140
Third round PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Geoff Ogilvy65-67-68=200−16T2 Jim Furyk69-71-64=204−12 Retief Goosen71-69-64=204 Adam Scott67-68-69=204 Vijay Singh73-68-63=204 Graeme Storm71-70-63=204T7 Anders Hansen67-71-67=205−11 Tiger Woods67-66-72=2059 Tim Clark71-69-66=206−1010 K. J. Choi70-70-67=207−9
Final round PlacePlayerScoreTo parWinnings ($)1 Geoff Ogilvy 65-67-68-71=271 −17 1,350,000T2 Jim Furyk 69-71-64-68=272 −16 530,000 Retief Goosen 71-69-64-68=272 Vijay Singh 73-68-63-68=2725 Tiger Woods 67-66-72-68=273 −15 285,000T6 Nick O'Hern 67-75-67-66=275 −13 198,333 Graeme Storm 71-70-63-71=275 Steve Stricker 71-68-73-63=275T9 Zach Johnson 69-72-67-68=276 −12 147,500 Adam Scott 67-68-69-72=276
Scorecard Final round Hole123456789101112131415161718Par544344453 545343444 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 Eagle -->BirdieBogey Source:
References
External links Full results