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

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

Round summaries

First round

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

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

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

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

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

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.

External links

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