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Description

The
World Golf Championships
(
WGC
) are a group of four annual events for professional golfers created by the
International Federation of PGA Tours
as a means of gathering the best players in the world together more frequently than the pre-existing four
major championships
. All four WGC tournaments are official money events on the
PGA Tour
and the
European Tour
, and officially sanctioned by the
Asian Tour
,
Japan Golf Tour
,
Sunshine Tour
, and
PGA Tour of Australasia
.
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citation needed
]
The WGC tournaments offer comparable prize money to the
major championships
. In the pantheon of golf events, the WGCs rank below the major championships and above most other competitions, although
The Players Championship
, promoted by the PGA Tour as the "fifth major", may also claim such status.
In 2007 the
PGA Tour
introduced the
FedEx Cup
, and moved the
Tour Championship
forward to mid September. As the event was historically held after this date it would have meant that it would not have formed part of the PGA Tour regular season unless it was moved. The event was reinvented with a new sponsor (
CA, Inc
, and later
Cadillac
), a new hosting month (March), and a new permanent host (
Doral, Florida
).
WGC-
CA
Championship
2010
Mar 14
Ernie Els
(2)
South Africa
Doral
,
Florida
270
−18
4 strokes
Charl Schwartzel
8,500,000
1,400,000
2009
Mar 15
Phil Mickelson
United States
Doral
,
Florida
269
−19
1 stroke
Nick Watney
8,500,000
1,400,000
2008
Mar 23
Geoff Ogilvy
Australia
Doral
,
Florida
271
−17
1 stroke
Jim Furyk
Retief Goosen
Vijay Singh
8,000,000
1,350,000
2007
Mar 25
Tiger Woods
(6)
United States
Doral
,
Florida
278
−10
2 strokes
Brett Wetterich
8,000,000
1,350,000