2009 WGC-CA Championship

2009 WGC-CA Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 12–15, 2009
LocationDoral, Florida, U.S.
Course(s)Doral Golf Resort & Spa
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,266
Field80 players
CutNone
Prize fund$8,500,000
Winner's share$1,400,000
Champion
United States Phil Mickelson
269 (−19)
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The 2009 WGC-CA Championship was a golf tournament that was contested from March 12–15 at Doral Golf Resort & Spa in Doral, Florida. It was the tenth WGC-CA Championship tournament, and the second of four World Golf Championships events staged in 2009.

Phil Mickelson won the tournament to capture his first World Golf Championships title.[1]

Field

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1. Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings two weeks prior to event
Robert Allenby (2,3), Stephen Ames (2), Stuart Appleby (3), Aaron Baddeley (2), Paul Casey (2,7), K. J. Choi (2,3), Stewart Cink (2,3), Tim Clark (2,3), Ben Curtis (2,3), Luke Donald (2), Ernie Els (2,3), Ross Fisher (2,6,7), Jim Furyk (2,3), Sergio García (2,3,6,7), Retief Goosen (2,6), Pádraig Harrington (2,6), Trevor Immelman (2,3), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (2,6), Dustin Johnson (2,4,5), Zach Johnson (2,4,5), Robert Karlsson (2,6), Shingo Katayama (2,9), Martin Kaymer (2,6), Anthony Kim (2,3), Justin Leonard (2,3), Hunter Mahan (2,3), Graeme McDowell (2,6), Rory McIlroy (2,7), Phil Mickelson (2,3,4,5), Geoff Ogilvy (2,4,5,7,10), Sean O'Hair (2), Louis Oosthuizen (2,7), Kenny Perry (2,3,4,5), Ian Poulter (2,6), Álvaro Quirós (2,7), Andrés Romero (2,3), Justin Rose (2), Rory Sabbatini (2), Adam Scott (2), Jeev Milkha Singh (2,6,8), Vijay Singh (2,3), Henrik Stenson (2,6,7), Richard Sterne (2,7,11), Steve Stricker (2,3,4,5), Camilo Villegas (2,3), Boo Weekley, Mike Weir (2,3,4), Lee Westwood (2,6), Oliver Wilson (2,6,7), Tiger Woods (2)

2. Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings one week prior to event
Peter Hanson (6), Davis Love III

3. Top 30 from the final 2008 PGA Tour FedEx Cup points list
Briny Baird, Chad Campbell, Ken Duke, Dudley Hart, Ryuji Imada, Billy Mayfair, Carl Pettersson, Kevin Sutherland, D. J. Trahan, Bubba Watson

4. Top 10 from the PGA Tour FedEx Cup points list two weeks prior to event
Charley Hoffman, Pat Perez (5), Nick Watney (5)

5. Top 10 from the PGA Tour FedEx Cup points list one week prior to event
John Rollins, Yang Yong-eun

6. Top 20 from the final 2008 European Tour Order of Merit
Darren Clarke, Richard Finch, Søren Hansen, James Kingston, Søren Kjeldsen, Pablo Larrazábal

7. Top 10 from the European Tour Race to Dubai two weeks prior to event

8. Top 3 from the final 2008 Asian Tour Order of Merit
Mark Brown (10), Lin Wen-tang

9. Top 3 from the final 2008 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit
Prayad Marksaeng, Azuma Yano

10. Top 3 from the final 2008 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
Rod Pampling

11. Top 3 from the final 2008 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit
Thomas Aiken, Garth Mulroy

Round summaries

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First round

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Place Player Score To par
T1 South Africa Retief Goosen 65 −7
Thailand Prayad Marksaeng
United States Phil Mickelson
India Jeev Milkha Singh
T5 Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington 66 −6
South Africa James Kingston
Australia Rod Pampling
United States Nick Watney
T9 United States Sean O'Hair 67 −5
South Africa Louis Oosthuizen
Argentina Andrés Romero
Colombia Camilo Villegas
England Oliver Wilson

Second round

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Place Player Score To par
1 United States Phil Mickelson 65-66=131 −13
2 United States Nick Watney 66-67=133 −11
T3 Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 68-66=134 −10
United States Kenny Perry 70-64=134
T5 Thailand Prayad Marksaeng 65-70=135 −9
Australia Rod Pampling 66-69=135
Colombia Camilo Villegas 67-68=135
T8 United States Jim Furyk 68-68=136 −8
United States Dustin Johnson 70-66=136
Denmark Søren Kjeldsen 70-66=136
South Africa Louis Oosthuizen 67-69=136
England Ian Poulter 69-67=136
Spain Álvaro Quirós 72-64=136
India Jeev Milkha Singh 65-71=136

Third round

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Place Player Score To par
T1 United States Phil Mickelson 65-66-69=200 −16
United States Nick Watney 66-67-67=200
T3 India Jeev Milkha Singh 65-71-68=204 −12
Colombia Camilo Villegas 67-68-69=204
T5 United States Jim Furyk 68-68-69=205 −11
United States Charley Hoffman 68-70-67=205
Denmark Søren Kjeldsen 70-66-69=205
United States Kenny Perry 70-64-71=205
Spain Álvaro Quirós 72-64-69=205
T10 United States Justin Leonard 69-69-68=206 −10
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy 68-66-72=206
Australia Rod Pampling 66-69-71=206

Final round

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Place Player Score To par Winnings ($)
1 United States Phil Mickelson 65-66-69-69=269 −19 1,400,000
2 United States Nick Watney 66-67-67-70=270 −18 820,000
3 United States Jim Furyk 68-68-69-67=272 −16 470,000
4 India Jeev Milkha Singh 65-71-68-70=274 −14 360,000
T5 Colombia Camilo Villegas 67-68-69-71=275 −13 275,000
England Oliver Wilson 67-70-72-66=275
T7 South Africa Thomas Aiken 74-66-71-65=276 −12 192,500
Denmark Søren Kjeldsen 70-66-69-71=276
T9 United States Justin Leonard 69-69-68-71=277 −11 142,500
Australia Rod Pampling 66-69-71-71=277
United States Kenny Perry 70-64-71-72=277
United States Tiger Woods 71-70-68-68=277

Scorecard

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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
United States Mickelson −17 −18 −18 −17 −18 −18 −18 −19 −19 −20 −20 −19 −19 −19 −19 −19 −19 −19
United States Watney −17 −17 −18 −18 −18 −18 −17 −17 −18 −20 −19 −18 −18 −18 −18 −18 −18 −18
United States Furyk −12 −12 −12 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −13 −13 −14 −15 −15 −16 −16
India Singh −13 −13 −13 −12 −13 −13 −14 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14
Colombia Villegas −13 −13 −13 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −13 −13
England Wilson −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Gritty Mickelson ekes out WGC win". BBC Sport. March 15, 2009. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
  2. ^ "World Golf Championships-CA Championship". ESPN. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
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