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Looking Back: Memorable moments

Mar. 17, 2008

Editor's Note: The World Golf Championships are celebrating 10 years of global competition in 2008. Check out some highlights from the World Golf Championships-CA Championship.

Video: Top moments of the World Golf Championships-CA Championship
Video profile: The brutal finishing hole at Doral

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1999
Winner:
Tiger Woods, 6 under, 278 total
Location: Valderrama Golf Club
Andalucia, Spain
Par 71, 6,830 yards
Despite a triple bogey 8 on the 71st hole, Tiger Woods went on to win the inaugural playing of the CA Championship in a playoff over local favorite Miguel Angel Jimenez. Both players shot a 6-under-par total of 278 for 72 holes. Woods birdied the first extra hole to secure the title. With his performance at Valderrama, he earned a $1 million first prize and produced his eighth and final victory of 1999.

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2000
Winner:
Mike Weir, 11 under, 277 total
Location: Valderrama Golf Club
Andalucia, Spain
Par 72, 6,974 yards
Like Woods the year before, Weir made a triple-bogey 8 on the 17th hole in second round before rallying to win over Lee Westwood with 67-67 effort on the weekend. The win was the second of Weir's PGA TOUR career and served as a catalyst for a remarkable stretch of golf for the Canadian -- he went on to win The Masters in 2003.

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2001
Winner:
None
Location:
Bellerive Country Club
St. Louis, Mo.
The tournament is canceled due to the terror attacks on Sept. 11.

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2002
Winner: Tiger Woods, 25 under, 263 total
Location: Mount Juliet Estate
Kilkenny, Ireland
Par 72, 7,246 yards
Tiger Woods posted a tournament record 25-under as the tournament moved to Ireland. He went 71 holes without a bogey before bogeying the final hole. The 2002 CA Championship was held at Mount Juliet Conrad in County Kilkenny. The Jack Nicklaus-designed Mount Juliet Conrad layout received high praise from the world's best players.

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2003
Winner: Tiger Woods, 6 under, 274 total
Location: Capital City Club, Crabapple course
Woodstock, Ga.
Par 70, 7,189 yards
Tiger Woods won the first playing of CA Championship in the United States. The 2003 CA Championship was held at Capital City Club's Crabapple Course in Woodstock, Ga. Tiger Woods claimed his third CA Championship and eighth World Golf Championships title with a 6-under par total of 274. Tied for second place, two shots back, were Vijay Singh, Stuart Appleby and Tim Herron.

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2004
Winner:
Ernie Els, 18 under, 270 total
Location: Mount Juliet Conrad
Kilkenny, Ireland
Par 72, 7,256 yards
The CA Championship returned to Mount Juliet Conrad in 2004, and Ernie Els survived tough conditions to beat Thomas Bjorn by one. Els recorded an 18-under-par total of 270 that was good enough for a one-shot victory of Thomas Bjorn. The win was Els' second World Golf Championship victory. In 2001, he teamed with Retief Goosen to win the World Cup for South Africa.

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2005
Winner:
Tiger Woods, 10 under, 270 total
Location: Harding Park Golf Course
San Francisco, Calif.
Par 70, 7,086 yards
In 2005, San Francisco's Harding Park Golf Course hosted the CA Championship for the first time. Tiger Woods defeated John Daly on the second playoff hole to capture the CA Championship for the fourth time. Daly missed a 3-foot par putt on second playoff hole to give Woods the title. The famed public course will serve as the host of the 2009 Presidents Cup.

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2006
Winner: Tiger Woods, 23 under, 261 total
Location: The Grove
Hertfordshire, England
Par 71, 7,125 yards
Tiger Woods won by a record eight strokes after the CA Championship traveled to the other side of the pond to The Grove in Hertfordshire, England. Woods, a dominant force in the World Golf Championships events, defeated Ian Poulter and Adam Scott for his fifth CA Championship.

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2007
Winner: Tiger Woods, 10 under, 278 total
Location: Doral Golf Resort and Spa
Doral, Fla.
Par 72, 7,266 Yards
Tiger Woods hung on to win by two after shooting a 73 in the final round. He had fired rounds of 66-68 on Friday and Saturday to take control of the tournament. It was Woods' sixth victory in this event, making it the first time he had recorded six wins in a single tournament. In eight appearances at this event, he's never finished outside the top 10.