2009 WGC-CA Championship

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.

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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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   Retief Goosen 65 −7
  Prayad Marksaeng
  Phil Mickelson
  Jeev Milkha Singh
T5   Pádraig Harrington 66 −6
  James Kingston
  Rod Pampling
  Nick Watney
T9   Sean O'Hair 67 −5
  Louis Oosthuizen
  Andrés Romero
  Camilo Villegas
  Oliver Wilson

Second round

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

Third round

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

Final round

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Place Player Score To par Winnings ($)
1   Phil Mickelson 65-66-69-69=269 −19 1,400,000
2   Nick Watney 66-67-67-70=270 −18 820,000
3   Jim Furyk 68-68-69-67=272 −16 470,000
4   Jeev Milkha Singh 65-71-68-70=274 −14 360,000
T5   Camilo Villegas 67-68-69-71=275 −13 275,000
  Oliver Wilson 67-70-72-66=275
T7   Thomas Aiken 74-66-71-65=276 −12 192,500
  Søren Kjeldsen 70-66-69-71=276
T9   Justin Leonard 69-69-68-71=277 −11 142,500
  Rod Pampling 66-69-71-71=277
  Kenny Perry 70-64-71-72=277
  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
  Mickelson −17 −18 −18 −17 −18 −18 −18 −19 −19 −20 −20 −19 −19 −19 −19 −19 −19 −19
  Watney −17 −17 −18 −18 −18 −18 −17 −17 −18 −20 −19 −18 −18 −18 −18 −18 −18 −18
  Furyk −12 −12 −12 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −13 −13 −14 −15 −15 −16 −16
  Singh −13 −13 −13 −12 −13 −13 −14 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14
  Villegas −13 −13 −13 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −13 −13
  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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