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Round 4 Notes – WGC - CA Championship

by Wire Services, March 23, 2008 Tournament officials at the World Golf Championships-CA Championship made
the following announcements regarding the suspension of Sunday's final
round.

1) Play was suspended at 2:21 p.m., when the leaders were through two
holes, due to dangerous weather in the area. Play resumed at 5:10 p.m. and
was called at 7:20 p.m. due to darkness, when the leaders were through nine
holes.  The 53 players (out of 77 - Sean O'Hair and Angel Cabrera were WDs)
who did not finish their final round will be back in position at 8:30 a.m.
Monday. GOLF CHANNEL will broadcast the full conclusion of the final round
beginning at 8:30 a.m.

2) Fans with Saturday or Sunday tickets are invited to attend the
completion of the final round on Monday.  Anyone without a ticket can
purchase one on Monday at the admissions gate for $20.

3)  All tournament parking lots will remain the same and will be open on
Monday.

4) The CA Championship is in need of additional volunteers on Monday.
Please call 305-513-4653 to inquire about volunteer positions available.

2008 World Golf Championships-CA Championship
(The 13th of 37 events in the PGA TOUR Regular Season)

Doral, FL            March 20-23, 2008  FedExCup Points: 26,250 Purse:
$8,000,000
Doral Golf Resort & Spa (Blue Course)   Par/Yards: 36-36—72/7,266

            Partial Final-Round Notes – Sunday, March 23, 2008

The final round began at 11:45 a.m. with threesomes off of split tees
following the suspension of the third round on Saturday due to
thunderstorms. At 2:21 p.m., fourth-round play was suspended due to
lightning in the area. Play resumed at 5:10 p.m. and was suspended for the
day due to darkness at 7:20 p.m. Play will resume on Monday at 8:30 a.m.
Preferred lies are being used during the final round.

The last Monday finish on the PGA TOUR was the 2007 Ginn sur Mer. This is
the first time in the 10-year history of the World Golf Championships that
an event has been forced to finish on a Monday.

When play was suspended for the day Geoff Ogilvy held a two-stroke lead at
17-under-par over Jim Furyk and Vijay Singh. Ogilvy is in the middle of the
fairway on the par-5 10th hole along with Singh. Furyk has finished 10
holes.

Australia’s Aaron Baddeley had six consecutive birdies and also recorded
seven birdies in his first eight holes of his final round, going out in 29.
Baddeley was 7-under thru 9 holes when the suspension occurred. When play
resumed, he recorded back-to-back bogeys. Baddeley rebounded with
back-to-back birdies on the following two holes. In total, Baddeley
recorded 10 birdies, four bogeys and four pars for an eventful 6-under 66
and is currently 9-under-par for the tournament.

Playing one group behind Baddeley, Steve Stricker shot a front-nine 30 and
had five consecutive birdies when play was suspended. When play resumed, he
picked up where he left off with a birdie on the 10th hole. The six
consecutive birdies by Baddeley and Stricker matches the longest streak of
the 2008 season with five other players. Stricker is in the clubhouse at
13-under.

Geoff Ogilvy’s attempt to become the first player on the PGA TOUR to win a
golf tournament without recording a bogey since Lee Trevino won the 1974
Greater New Orleans Open ended on the seventh hole of the final round,
snapping a streak of 60 holes without a bogey,

England’s Graeme Storm, who qualified for this event by finishing 16th on
the 2007 European Tour’s Order of Merit, is three strokes off the lead thru
nine holes at 14-under-par.

The following players are competing in their first-ever World Golf
Championships event. Here is how they stand thru the delay on Sunday:
PLAYER                  THRU        SCORE POSITION
Mark Brown        12          +9          76
S.S.P. Chowrasia        17          -2          T47
Ross Fisher       F           -5          T34
Ryuji Imada       F           -5          T34
James Kingston          15          +6          T70
Chapchai Nirat          F           +3          T62
Paul Sheehan            15          +3          T62
Heath Slocum            11          +10         77
D.J. Trahan       13          +2          T59

No player has won a WGC event in his first start, except Jeff Maggert --
who won the 1999 Accenture Match Play Championship, the first-ever WGC
event.

Sean O’Hair and Angel Cabrera each withdrew during Sunday’s third and
fourth rounds, respectively. O’Hair cited family illness while Cabrera
cited illness. Each receives $35,125 in unofficial money and zero FedExCup
points.

Tiger Woods completed his third round on Sunday with one birdie on his
scorecard. The last time Tiger Woods played an entire round with one birdie
in 18 holes was the final round of the 2007 U.S. Open, a total of 38 rounds
with at least two birdies.

Bob Hope Chrysler Classic (15-minute frost delay on Saturday), the FBR Open
(frost delays each of the first three days) and the PODS Championship
(suspensions on Thursday and Friday due to dangerous situations).

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