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The WGC-CA Championship is one of the four annual World Golf Championships tournaments for male professional golfers. It is sanctioned and organized by the International Federation of PGA Tours and the prize money is official money on both the PGA Tour and the European Tour. It was previously held each October, and known as the WGC-American Express Championship (1999-2006). It now takes place in March, and is currently sponsored by CA Inc.
During its first eight years, the CA Championship was played at different locations in the USA and Europe. Since 2007 it has been played annually in the United States, on the Blue Monster Course of the Doral Golf Resort & Spa, in Doral, Florida. Doral was previously the site of the tournament the CA Championship replaced on the PGA Tour schedule, the Ford Championship at Doral (aka Doral Open). Tiger Woods has won the event six times out of its ten stagings.
[edit] Tournament format and field
The CA Championship is played over 72 holes in the stroke play format. The starting field consists of:[1]
- Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings (one week and two weeks prior to event)
- Top players from member tours' money lists or orders of merit (from last complete season)
The field will consist of approximately 70 eligible players, half that (144 to 156 players) for most regular PGA Tour events. Because of the limited field, there is no 36-hole cut.
World Golf Championship events do not use the prize money breakdown formula employed at regular PGA Tour events. So, exact prize payouts for the CA Championship will not be known until the event is played.
[edit] Winners
- See also Winners of the Doral Open, also played at Doral Golf Resort & Spa's Blue Monster Course
| Year |
Player |
Country |
Venue |
Score |
| 2009 |
Phil Mickelson |
 United States |
Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Miami, Florida, USA |
269 (-19) |
| 2008 |
Geoff Ogilvy |
 Australia |
Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Miami, Florida, USA |
271 (-17) |
| 2007 |
Tiger Woods (6) |
United States |
Doral Golf Resort & Spa, Miami, Florida, USA |
278 (-10) |
| 2006 |
Tiger Woods (5) |
United States |
The Grove, Hertfordshire, England |
261 (-23) |
| 2005 |
Tiger Woods (4) |
United States |
Harding Park Golf Club, San Francisco, USA |
270 (-10) |
| 2004 |
Ernie Els |
 South Africa |
Mount Juliet Conrad, Republic of Ireland |
270 (-18) |
| 2003 |
Tiger Woods (3) |
United States |
Capital City Club, Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
274 (-6) |
| 2002 |
Tiger Woods (2) |
United States |
Mount Juliet Conrad, Republic of Ireland |
263 (-25) |
| 2001 |
Cancelled due to September 11 attacks |
Bellerive Country Club, St Louis, Missouri, USA |
N/A |
| 2000 |
Mike Weir |
 Canada |
Valderrama Golf Club, Spain |
277 (-7) |
| 1999 |
Tiger Woods |
United States |
Valderrama Golf Club, Spain |
278 (-6) |
Note - The 2001 tournament, which would have been contested at Bellerive Country Club, St Louis, Missouri, USA, was cancelled following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The attacks also forced cancellation of the Tampa Bay Classic, which would have been played the very same week. The attacks also forced the 2001 Ryder Cup Matches to be postponed until 2002.
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