2009 WGC-CA Championship explained

2009 WGC-CA Championship
Dates:	March 12–15, 2009
Location:	Doral, Florida, U.S.
Course:	Doral Golf Resort & Spa
Tour:	PGA Tour European Tour
Par:	72
Yardage:	7,266
Field:	80 players
Cut:	None
Purse:	$8,500,000
Winners Share:	$1,400,000
Score:	269 (−19)
Previous:	2008
Next:	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.^[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	align=center	65-66=131	−13
2	Nick Watney	align=center	66-67=133	−11
T3	Rory McIlroy	align=center	68-66=134	−10
	Kenny Perry	align=center	70-64=134
T5	Prayad Marksaeng	65-70=135	−9
	Rod Pampling	align=center		66-69=135
	Camilo Villegas	align=center		67-68=135
T8	Jim Furyk	align=center	68-68=136	−8
	Dustin Johnson	align=center	70-66=136
	Søren Kjeldsen	align=center	70-66=136
	Louis Oosthuizen	align=center	67-69=136
	Ian Poulter	align=center	69-67=136
	Álvaro Quirós	align=center	72-64=136
	Jeev Milkha Singh	align=center	65-71=136

Third round

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Phil Mickelson	align=center	65-66-69=200	−16
	Nick Watney	align=center	66-67-67=200
T3	Jeev Milkha Singh	align=center	65-71-68=204	−12
	Camilo Villegas	67-68-69=204
T5	Jim Furyk	align=center	68-68-69=205	−11
	Charley Hoffman	align=center	68-70-67=205
	Søren Kjeldsen	align=center	70-66-69=205
	Kenny Perry	align=center	70-64-71=205
	Álvaro Quirós	align=center	72-64-69=205
T10	Justin Leonard	69-69-68=206	−10
	Rory McIlroy	68-66-72=206
	Rod Pampling	align=center		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		66-67-67-70=270	−18	820,000
3		68-68-69-67=272	−16	470,000
4		65-71-68-70=274	−14	360,000
T5		67-68-69-71=275	−13	275,000
		67-70-72-66=275
T7		74-66-71-65=276	−12	192,500
		70-66-69-71=276
T9		69-69-68-71=277	−11	142,500
		66-69-71-71=277
		70-64-71-72=277
		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]

External links

• Full results

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Gritty Mickelson ekes out WGC win . March 15, 2009 . BBC Sport . June 28, 2009.
2. News: World Golf Championships-CA Championship . ESPN . 30 August 2018.