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WGC CA Championship

By Brent Kelley, About.com

Tiger Woods - 2008 Buick Invitational

Tiger Woods is a 6-time winner of the CA Championship.

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About the WGC CA Championship:

The WGC CA Championship debuted as part of the World Golf Championships series in 1999. The tournament originally rotated from course to course each year, but beginning in 2007 is permanently housed at the Doral Country Club in Doral, Fla., and has replaced that site's previous event, the Doral Open, on the PGA Tour schedule. The CA Championship is a limited-field event with entry determined mostly by money list ranking, but also by FedEx Cup points and World Ranking points.

2010 WGC CA Championship
• When: March 11-14
• Where: TPC Blue Monster at Doral, Doral, Fla.

2009 Tournament
Phil Mickelson opened with a 65 and closed with a one stroke victory over Nick Watney. Mickelson, who visited a hospital between the third and final rounds due to illness, closed with a 69 to finish at 19-under. It was Mickelson's first-ever WGC victory.

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WGC CA Championship Records:

  • Overall: 261 - Tiger Woods, 2006
  • Tournament course record: 62 - Sergio Garcia, Retief Goosen, 2002 (Mount Juliet Estate).

WGC CA Championship Golf Courses:

The WGC CA Championship is now played at Doral Resort & Spa's Doral Country Club, on the Blue Course, in Doral, Fla. The tournament moved permanently to this site in 2007. Prior to that, the CA Championship rotated to courses around the world:
  • Valderrama Golf Club, Valderrama, Spain (1999-2000)
  • Mount Juliet Conrad Estate, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland (2002, 2004)
  • Capital City Club, Crabapple Course, Atlanta, Ga. (2003)
  • Harding Park Golf Course, San Francisco, Calif. (2005)
  • The Grove, Hertfordshire, England (2006)

WGC CA Championship Winners:

(p-playoff)

WGC CA Championship
2009 - Phil Mickelson, 269
2008 - Geoff Ogilvy, 271
2007 - Tiger Woods, 270

WGC American Express Championship
2006 - Tiger Woods, 261
2005 - Tiger Woods-p, 270
2004 - Ernie Els, 270
2003 - Tiger Woods, 274
2002 - Tiger Woods, 263
2001 - No Tournament (canceled due to Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in America)
2000 - Mike Weir, 277
1999 - Tiger Woods-p, 278

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