2010 WGC-CA Championship

The 2010 WGC-CA Championship was a golf tournament held March 11–14 at Doral Golf Resort & Spa in Doral, Florida, a suburb west of Miami. It was the eleventh WGC-CA Championship tournament, and the second of four World Golf Championships events staged in 2010.

2010 WGC-CA Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 11–14, 2010
LocationDoral, Florida, U.S.
Course(s)Doral Golf Resort & Spa
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Par72
Length7,334 yards (6,706 m)
Field68 players
CutNone
Prize fund$8,500,000
6,207,143
Winner's share$1,400,000
1,022,353
Champion
South Africa Ernie Els
270 (−18)
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The only players eligible to compete who did not enter were six-time champion Tiger Woods (on an indefinite break from golf) and Ryo Ishikawa (graduating from high school).[1]

Ernie Els, the 2004 champion, won his second WGC title with a bogey-free 66 (−6) in the final round, four strokes ahead of runner-up Charl Schwartzel, the 54-hole co-leader with Els.[2]

Field

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The field consisted of players from the top of the Official World Golf Ranking and the money lists/Order of Merit from the six main professional golf tours. 68 of the 70 qualifying players competed. Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.

1. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of March 1, 2010[3]
Robert Allenby (2), Ángel Cabrera (2,3), Paul Casey (2,5,6), Stewart Cink (2,3), Tim Clark (2), Luke Donald (2,3), Ernie Els (2,3,5), Ross Fisher (2,5), Jim Furyk (2,3), Sergio García (2,5,6), Lucas Glover (2,3), Retief Goosen (2,3), Anders Hansen (2,9), Søren Hansen (2), Pádraig Harrington (2,3,5), Yuta Ikeda (2,7), Thongchai Jaidee (2,5,6,10), Miguel Ángel Jiménez (2,6), Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Zach Johnson (2,3), Robert Karlsson (2,6), Martin Kaymer (2,5,6), Anthony Kim (2), Søren Kjeldsen (2,5), Matt Kuchar (2), Hunter Mahan (2,3,4), Graeme McDowell (2), Rory McIlroy (2,5), Phil Mickelson (2,3), Edoardo Molinari (2), Francesco Molinari (2,5), Sean O'Hair (2,3), Geoff Ogilvy (2,3,4,5), Kenny Perry (2,3), Ian Poulter (2,4,5,6), Álvaro Quirós (2,5), Charl Schwartzel (2,6,9), Adam Scott (2), Michael Sim (2,8), Vijay Singh (2), Henrik Stenson (2,5), Steve Stricker (2,3,4), Camilo Villegas (2,4,6), Nick Watney (2,3), Mike Weir (2,3), Lee Westwood (2,5,6), Oliver Wilson (2,5), Yang Yong-eun (2,3)

Ryo Ishikawa (2,7) and Tiger Woods (2,3) did not play.

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of March 8, 2010[4]

3. The top 30 players from the final 2009 FedExCup Points List
Jason Dufner, Brian Gay, Jerry Kelly, Marc Leishman, Steve Marino, Kevin Na, John Senden, Heath Slocum, David Toms, Scott Verplank

4. The top 10 players from the 2010 FedExCup Points List, as of March 8, 2010[5]
Ben Crane, Bill Haas, J. B. Holmes, Ryan Palmer

5. The top 20 players from the final 2009 European Tour Order of Merit
Simon Dyson, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Peter Hanson, Ross McGowan

6. The top 10 players from the European Tour Order of Merit, as of March 1, 2010[6]

7. The top 2 players from the final 2009 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit

8. The top 2 players from the final 2009 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
Alistair Presnell

9. The top 2 players from the final 2009 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit

10. The top 2 players from the final 2009 Asian Tour Order of Merit
Liang Wenchong

Round summaries

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First round

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Thursday, March 11, 2010

Place Player Score To par
1   Charl Schwartzel 67 −5
T2   Robert Allenby 68 −4
  Ernie Els
  Vijay Singh
T5   Paul Casey 69 −3
  Søren Hansen
  J. B. Holmes
  Dustin Johnson
  Francesco Molinari
  John Senden

Second round

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Friday, March 12, 2010

Place Player Score To par
1   Ernie Els 68-66=134 −10
2   Robert Allenby 68-67=135 −9
T3   Bill Haas 71-66=137 −7
  Charl Schwartzel 67-70=137
T5   Søren Hansen 69-69=138 −6
  Pádraig Harrington 70-68=138
T7   Tim Clark 70-69=139 −5
  Yuta Ikeda 71-68=139
  J. B. Holmes 69-70=139
  John Senden 69-70=139
  Vijay Singh 68-71=139
  Mike Weir 73-66=139

Third round

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Saturday, March 13, 2010

Place Player Score To par
T1   Ernie Els 68-66-70=204 −12
  Charl Schwartzel 67-70-67=204
3   Pádraig Harrington 70-68-67=205 −11
4   Robert Allenby 68-67-71=206 −10
5   Bill Haas 71-66-70=207 −9
6   Martin Kaymer 70-72-66=208 −8
T7   Paul Casey 69-72-68=209 −7
  Søren Hansen 69-69-71=209
  Matt Kuchar 71-71-67=209
  Vijay Singh 68-71-70=209

Final round

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Sunday, March 14, 2010

Place Player Score To par Money ($)
1   Ernie Els 68-66-70-66=270 −18 1,400,000
2   Charl Schwartzel 67-70-67-70=274 −14 850,000
T3   Pádraig Harrington 70-68-67-72=277 −11 426,667
  Martin Kaymer 70-72-66-69=277
  Matt Kuchar 71-71-67-68=277
T6   Paul Casey 69-72-68-69=278 −10 214,300
  Bill Haas 71-66-70-71=278
  Graeme McDowell 74-68-70-66=278
  Alistair Presnell 72-70-72-64=278
  Álvaro Quirós 72-69-69-68=278

Scorecard

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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
  Els −13 −13 −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −16 −16 −16 −16 −17 −17 −17 −17 −17 −18 −18
  Schwartzel −12 −13 −13 −13 −12 −13 −14 −15 −15 −16 −15 −16 −16 −16 −15 −15 −14 −14
  Harrington −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −12 −11 −10 −11 −11 −11
  Kaymer −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −10 −10 −11 −11 −11 −11
  Kuchar −8 −7 −8 −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −11 −11 −11

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Birdie Bogey

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References

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  1. ^ "Stricker, Mickelson headline field for 2010 CA Championship". PGA Tour. March 5, 2010. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
  2. ^ "Els gets first win in two years". ESPN. Associated Press. March 14, 2010. Archived from the original on March 23, 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
  3. ^ Official World Golf Ranking – February 28, 2010
  4. ^ Official World Golf Ranking – March 7, 2010
  5. ^ "FedEx Cup Standings - Week 10". Archived from the original on 2013-04-04. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
  6. ^ European tour - This Week - 1 March 2010
  7. ^ "World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship". ESPN. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
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