DORAL OPEN

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The 'Doral Open' was a PGA Tour golf tournament, contested from 1962 to 2006 on the "Blue Monster" course at the Doral Golf Resort & Spa in Doral, Florida, a suburb of Miami.
Beginning 2007, the WGC-CA Championship, a World Golf Championship event co-sponsored by the PGA Tour, takes the Doral Open's spot on the schedule. The CA Championship will also be contested at the Blue Monster course.

Contents
History
Winners
External Links

History


The tournament was played at various points in March, and sometimes in late February. Both the tournament's title and sponsor changed over the years, as one can see by viewing the Winners section below. The Doral Golf Resort & Spa was formerly known as the Doral Country Club and was the sister hotel to the famous Doral Hotel on the ocean in Miami Beach, Florida.
The tournament usually attracted one of the strongest fields on the PGA Tour outside of the major championships and the World Golf Championships, as evidenced by many of the champions, including Jack Nicklaus, Tom Weiskopf, Lee Trevino, Billy Casper, Raymond Floyd, Greg Norman, Ben Crenshaw, Tom Kite, Ernie Els and Jim Furyk.
In 2005, nine of the top ten players in the official world rankings participated and after an exciting fourth day duel with then-World Number 4 Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods won by a shot to regain the number one ranking he had lost six months earlier to Vijay Singh, who finished in a tie for third.
The 2006 Ford Championship at Doral marked the end of the Doral Open tournament. Once again nine of the top ten golfers in the world were present, and once again Tiger Woods was victorious, a one-shot winner over Camilo Villegas and David Toms.

Winners


YearWinnerCountryWinning Score1st Prize ($)
Ford Championship At Doral
2006Tiger Woods (2)268 (-20)990,000
2005Tiger Woods (1)264 (-24)990,000
2004Craig Parry271 (-17)PO900,000
2003Scott Hoch271 (-17)PO900,000
Genuity Championship
2002Ernie Els271 (-17)846,000
2001Joe Durant270 (-18)810,000
Doral - Ryder Open
2000Jim Furyk265 (-23)540,000
1999Steve Elkington (2)275 (-13)540,000
1998Michael Bradley278 (-10)360,000
1997Steve Elkington (1)275 (-13)324,000
1996Greg Norman (3)269 (-19)324,000
1995Nick Faldo273 (-15)270,000
1994John Huston274 (-14)252,000
1993Greg Norman (2)265 (-23)252,000
1992Raymond Floyd271 (-17)252,000
1991Rocco Mediate276 (-12)PO252,000
1990Greg Norman (1)273 (-15)PO252,000
1989Bill Glasson275 (-13)234,000
1988Ben Crenshaw274 (-14)180,000
1987Lanny Wadkins277 (-11)180,000
Doral - Eastern Open Invitational
1986Andy Bean (3)276 (-12)PO90,000
1985Mark McCumber (2)284 (-4)72,000
1984Tom Kite272 (-16)72,000
1983Gary Koch271 (-17)54,000
1982Andy Bean (2)278 (-10)54,000
1981Raymond Floyd (2)273 (-15)45,000
1980Raymond Floyd (1)279 (-9)PO45,000
1979Mark McCumber (1)279 (-9)45,000
1978Tom Weiskopf272 (-16)40,000
1977Andy Bean (1)277 (-11)40,000
1976Hubert Green270 (-18)40,000
1975Jack Nicklaus (2)276 (-12)30,000
1974Bud Allin272 (-16)30,000
1973Lee Trevino276 (-12)30,000
1972Jack Nicklaus (1)276 (-12)30,000
1971J. C. Snead275 (-13)30,000
1970Mike Hill279 (-9)30,000
Doral Open Invitational
1969Tom Shaw276 (-12)30,000
1968Gardner Dickinson275 (-13)20,000
1967Doug Sanders (2)275 (-9)20,000
1966Phil Rodgers278 (-10)20,000
1965Doug Sanders (1)274 (-14)11,000
1964Billy Casper (2)277 (-11)7,500
Doral C.C. Open Invitational
1963Dan Sikes283 (-5)9,000
1962Billy Casper (1)283 (-5)9,000

External Links



Doral Open results from 1970 to 2006 - Winners, Finishers, Scores and Earnings

PGA Tour's tournament site

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