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WGC-CA CHAMPIONSHIP RELATED STORIES

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| DATES: Thursday, March 22nd - Sunday, March 25th |
| SITE: Doral Golf Resort and Spa (Blue Course), Miami, Florida |
| COURSE ARCHITECT: Dick Wilson and Robert Von Hagge (1960), Raymond Floyd and Ted McAnlis, re-design (1996), Jim McLean (1999) |
| Hole-By-Hole: |
1 - Par 5 529 Yds |
10 - Par 5 551 Yds |
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2 - Par 4 376 Yds |
11 - Par 4 402 Yds |
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3 - Par 4 438 Yds |
12 - Par 5 603 Yds |
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4 - Par 3 236 Yds |
13 - Par 3 245 Yds |
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5 - Par 4 394 Yds |
14 - Par 4 460 Yds |
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6 - Par 4 442 Yds |
15 - Par 3 175 Yds |
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7 - Par 4 428 Yds |
16 - Par 4 372 Yds |
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8 - Par 5 560 Yds |
17 - Par 4 419 Yds |
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9 - Par 3 169 Yds |
18 - Par 4 467 Yds |
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36 3,572 Yds |
36 3,694 Yds |
| Annual: |
8th |
| Defending Champion: |
Tiger Woods |
| Runner-Up: |
Ian Poulter, Adam Scott |
| Tournament Record: |
261 (Tiger Woods, 2006) |
| 54-Hole Record: |
194 (Tiger Woods, 2006) |
| 36-Hole Record: |
127 (Tiger Woods, 2006) |
| 18-Hole Record: |
62 (Retief Goosen, Sergio Garcia, 2002 - Mt Juliet, Ireland) |
| Course Record: |
61 (Stephen Ames, 2000 - Doral-Ryder Open) |
| Total Purse: |
$8,000,000 |
| Shares: |
1st Place - $1,350,000; 2nd Place - $800,000; 3rd Place - $460,000 |
| 2006 Finish |
| Player |
Score |
Player |
Score |
| Tiger Woods |
261 |
Stuart Appleby |
273 |
| Ian Poulter |
269 |
Brett Wetterich |
273 |
| Adam Scott |
269 |
Luke Donald |
273 |
| Jim Furyk |
270 |
Trevor Immelman |
274 |
| Ernie Els |
271 |
Thongchai Jaidee |
274 |
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Brett Quigley |
274 |
| Past WGC-CA Championship Winners |
| Year |
Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up |
| 2006 |
Tiger Woods (261) -- Ian Poulter, Adam Scott |
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(Mount Juliet Estate, Kilkenny, Ireland) |
| 2005 |
*Tiger Woods (270) -- John Daly |
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(Harding Park Golf Course, San Francisco, California) |
| 2004 |
Ernie Els (270) -- Thomas Bjorn |
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(Mount Juliet Conrad, Kilkenny, Ireland) |
| 2003 |
Tiger Woods (274) -- Stuart Appleby, Tim Herron, Vijay Singh |
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(Capital City Club, Woodstock, Georgia) |
| 2002 |
Tiger Woods (263) -- Retief Goosen |
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(Mount Juliet Estate, Kilkenny, Ireland) |
| 2001 |
Not held due to the tragedies of September 11 |
| 2000 |
Mike Weir (277) -- Lee Westwood |
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(Valderrama Golf Club, Sotogrande, Spain) |
| 1999 |
*Tiger Woods (278) -- Miguel Angel Jimenez |
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(Valderrama Golf Club, Sotogrande, Spain) |
| Note: Formerly called WGC-American Express Championship (1999-2006). |
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