2009 WGC-CA Championship

2009 WGC-CA Championship

Tournament information
Dates	March 12–15, 2009
Location	Doral, Florida, U.S.
Course(s)	Doral Golf Resort & Spa
Tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour
Statistics
Par	72
Length	7,266
Field	80 players
Cut	None
Prize fund	$8,500,000
Winner's share	$1,400,000
Champion
Phil Mickelson
269 (–19)
«2008 2010»

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.

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 (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

Past champions in the field

Player	Country	Year(s) won	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total	To par	Place
Tiger Woods	United States	1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007	71	70	68	68	277	−11	T9
Ernie Els	South Africa	2004	70	71	68	70	279	−9	T20
Mike Weir	Canada	2000	71	69	70	73	283	−5	T35
Geoff Ogilvy	Australia	2008	73	69	70	72	284	−4	T40

Round summaries

First round

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

Second round

#	Player	Country	Score	To par
1	Phil Mickelson	United States	65-66=131	–13
2	Nick Watney	United States	66-67=133	–11
T3	Rory McIlroy	Northern Ireland	68-66=134	–10
	Kenny Perry	United States	70-64=134
T5	Prayad Marksaeng	Thailand	65-70=135	–9
	Rod Pampling	Australia	66-69=135
	Camilo Villegas	Colombia	67-68=135
T6	Jim Furyk	United States	68-68=136	–8
	Dustin Johnson	United States	70-66=136
	Søren Kjeldsen	Denmark	70-66=136
	Louis Oosthuizen	South Africa	67-69=136
	Ian Poulter	England	69-67=136
	Álvaro Quirós	Spain	72-64=136
	Jeev Milkha Singh	India	65-71=136

Third round

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

Final leaderboard

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

External links

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