2008 WGC-CA Championship
# 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.

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 | Miguel Ángel Jiménez | 65 | −7 |
| T1 | Geoff Ogilvy | 65 | −7 |
| 3 | Stewart Cink | 66 | −6 |
| T4 | Anders Hansen | 67 | −5 |
| T4 | Phil Mickelson | 67 | −5 |
| T4 | Nick O'Hern | 67 | −5 |
| T4 | Adam Scott | 67 | −5 |
| T4 | Tiger Woods | 67 | −5 |
| T9 | Mark Calcavecchia | 68 | −4 |
| T9 | Luke Donald | 68 | −4 |
| T9 | Ross Fisher | 68 | −4 |
| T9 | Grégory Havret | 68 | −4 |
| T9 | Ryuji Imada | 68 | −4 |
| T9 | Robert Karlsson | 68 | −4 |
| T9 | Martin Kaymer | 68 | −4 |
| T9 | Andrés Romero | 68 | −4 |
| T9 | Jeev Milkha Singh | 68 | −4 |
| T9 | Toru Taniguchi | 68 | −4 |

### Second round

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

### Third round

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

### Final round

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

**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 |
| 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 |
| - | - |

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