Doral Open

Doral Open
Tournament information
Location Doral, Florida, U.S.
Established 1962
Course(s) Doral Golf Resort & Spa
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Format Stroke play
Final year 2006
Tournament record score
Aggregate 264 Tiger Woods (2005)
To par −24 Tiger Woods (2005)
Final champion
United States Tiger Woods

The Doral Open was a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, played annually for 45 seasons. It was contested from 1962 to 2006 on the "Blue Monster" course at the Doral Golf Resort & Spa in Doral, Florida, a suburb of Miami.

The introduction of the FedEx Cup in 2007 caused a change in the PGA Tour schedule. The WGC-CA Championship, a World Golf Championship event co-sponsored by the PGA Tour, moved from October to March and took the Doral Open's spot on the schedule. This championship is also held at the Blue Monster course and was renamed the WGC-Cadillac Championship in 2011.

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, and included Ford Motor Company, Genuity, Ryder, and Eastern Airlines. 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, Hubert Green, Ben Crenshaw, Tom Kite, Nick Faldo, 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.

The historical broadcaster of the event was CBS Sports. With the PGA Tour's first centralized TV deal in 1999, the Southern Swing, including Doral, was assigned to NBC Sports. NBC covered the event until its conclusion as a regular event, and continues to cover it after its elevation to World Golf Championship.

Winners

YearWinnerCountryScoreTo ParMargin
of victory
Runner(s)-up1st prize ($)
Ford Championship at Doral
2006 Tiger Woods (2)  United States 268 −20 1 stroke United States David Toms
Colombia Camilo Villegas
990,000
2005 Tiger Woods  United States 264 −24 1 stroke United States Phil Mickelson 990,000
2004 Craig Parry  Australia 271 −17 Playoff United States Scott Verplank 900,000
2003 Scott Hoch  United States 271 −17 Playoff United States Jim Furyk 900,000
Genuity Championship
2002 Ernie Els  South Africa 271 −17 2 strokes United States Tiger Woods 846,000
2001 Joe Durant  United States 270 −18 2 strokes Canada Mike Weir 810,000
Doral-Ryder Open
2000 Jim Furyk  United States 265 −23 2 strokes United States Franklin Langham 540,000
1999 Steve Elkington (2)  Australia 275 −13 1 stroke United States Greg Kraft 540,000
1998 Michael Bradley  United States 278 −10 1 stroke United States John Huston
United States Billy Mayfair
360,000
1997 Steve Elkington  Australia 275 −13 2 strokes United States Larry Nelson
Zimbabwe Nick Price
324,000
1996 Greg Norman (3)  Australia 269 −19 2 strokes United States Michael Bradley
Fiji Vijay Singh
324,000
1995 Nick Faldo  England 273 −15 1 stroke United States Peter Jacobsen
Australia Greg Norman
270,000
1994 John Huston  United States 274 −14 3 strokes United States Billy Andrade
United States Brad Bryant
252,000
1993 Greg Norman (2)  Australia 265 −23 4 strokes United States Paul Azinger
United States Mark McCumber
252,000
1992 Raymond Floyd (3)  United States 271 −17 2 strokes United States Keith Clearwater
United States Fred Couples
252,000
1991 Rocco Mediate  United States 276 −12 Playoff United States Curtis Strange 252,000
1990 Greg Norman  Australia 273 −15 Playoff United States Paul Azinger
United States Mark Calcavecchia
United States Tim Simpson
252,000
1989 Bill Glasson  United States 275 −13 1 stroke United States Fred Couples 234,000
1988 Ben Crenshaw  United States 274 −14 1 stroke United States Chip Beck
United States Mark McCumber
180,000
1987 Lanny Wadkins  United States 277 −11 3 strokes Spain Seve Ballesteros
United States Tom Kite
United States Don Pooley
180,000
Doral-Eastern Open
1986 Andy Bean (3)  United States 276 −12 Playoff United States Hubert Green 90,000
1985 Mark McCumber (2)  United States 284 −4 1 stroke United States Tom Kite 72,000
1984 Tom Kite  United States 272 −16 2 strokes United States Jack Nicklaus 72,000
1983 Gary Koch  United States 271 −17 5 strokes United States Ed Fiori 54,000
1982 Andy Bean (2)  United States 278 −10 1 stroke United States Scott Hoch
United States Mike Nicolette
United States Jerry Pate
54,000
1981 Raymond Floyd (2)  United States 273 −15 1 stroke United States Keith Fergus
Australia David Graham
45,000
1980 Raymond Floyd  United States 279 −9 Playoff United States Jack Nicklaus 45,000
1979 Mark McCumber  United States 279 −9 1 stroke United States Bill Rogers 45,000
1978 Tom Weiskopf  United States 272 −16 1 stroke United States Jack Nicklaus 40,000
1977 Andy Bean  United States 277 −11 1 stroke Australia David Graham 40,000
1976 Hubert Green  United States 270 −18 6 strokes United States Mark Hayes
United States Jack Nicklaus
40,000
1975 Jack Nicklaus (2)  United States 276 −12 3 strokes United States Forrest Fezler
United States Bert Yancey
30,000
1974 Buddy Allin  United States 272 −16 1 stroke United States Jerry Heard 30,000
1973 Lee Trevino  United States 276 −12 1 stroke Australia Bruce Crampton
United States Tom Weiskopf
30,000
1972 Jack Nicklaus  United States 276 −12 2 strokes United States Bob Rosburg
United States Lee Trevino
30,000
Doral-Eastern Open Invitational
1971 J. C. Snead  United States 275 −13 1 stroke United States Gardner Dickinson 30,000
1970 Mike Hill  United States 279 −9 4 strokes United States Jim Colbert 30,000
Doral Open Invitational
1969 Tom Shaw  United States 276 −12 1 stroke United States Tommy Aaron 30,000
1968 Gardner Dickinson  United States 275 −13 1 stroke United States Tom Weiskopf 20,000
1967 Doug Sanders (2)  United States 275 −9 1 stroke South Africa Harold Henning
United States Art Wall, Jr.
20,000
1966 Phil Rodgers  United States 278 −10 1 stroke United States Jay Dolan
United States Kermit Zarley
20,000
1965 Doug Sanders  United States 274 −14 1 stroke Australia Bruce Devlin 11,000
1964 Billy Casper (2)  United States 277 −11 1 stroke United States Jack Nicklaus 7,500
Doral C.C. Open Invitational
1963 Dan Sikes  United States 283 −5 1 stroke United States Sam Snead 9,000
1962 Billy Casper  United States 283 −5 1 stroke United States Pete Bondeson 9,000

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