Doral Open

Ford Championship at Doral
Tournament information
Location	Doral, Florida
Established	1962
Course(s)	Doral Golf Resort & Spa
Par	72
Length	7,481 yards (6,841 m)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour
Format	Stroke play
Prize fund	US$5,500,000
Month played	March
Final year	2006
Tournament record score
Aggregate	264 Tiger Woods (2005)
To par	−24 as above
Final champion
	Tiger Woods
Location map
	Doral Golf Resort & Spa Location in the United States Doral Golf Resort & Spa Location in Florida

The Doral Open was a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in the southeastern United States. It was played annually for 45 seasons, from 1962 to 2006, on the "Blue Monster" course at the Doral Golf Resort & Spa in Doral, Florida, a suburb west 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 was also held at the Blue Monster course for the next decade; it was renamed the WGC-Cadillac Championship in 2011 and continued at Doral through 2016. The resort was sold in 2012 and became Trump National Doral Miami. The PGA Tour Latinoamérica development tour will host the season-ending Shell Championship in December 2018 on the Golden Palm course to continue the PGA Tour's tradition of hosting at Doral.^[2]

History edit

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 Air Lines. 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. The champions at Doral include major winners Jack Nicklaus, Tom Weiskopf, Lee Trevino, Billy Casper, Raymond Floyd, Greg Norman, Hubert Green, Ben Crenshaw, Lanny Wadkins, Tom Kite, Nick Faldo, Ernie Els, Jim Furyk, and Tiger Woods.

In 2005, nine of the top ten players in the official world rankings participated. After an exciting final round 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.^[3]

The 2006 Ford Championship at Doral marked the end of the Doral Open tournament and the field again included nine of the top ten in the world rankings. Woods repeated as champion, one-stroke ahead of runners-up Camilo Villegas and David Toms.^[1]

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 continued for its ten years as a World Golf Championship.

Tournament highlights edit

1962: Billy Casper down by four shots with eight holes to go, comes back to win the inaugural version of the tournament. He beats Pete Bondeson by one shot.^[4]
1964: Billy Casper becomes Doral's first repeat winner. He finishes one shot ahead of Jack Nicklaus.^[5]
1965: Doug Sanders, winner the week before at the Pensacola Open, comes out victorious at Doral for the first time. He beats Bruce Devlin by one shot.^[6]
1969: Tom Shaw holds on to win his first ever PGA Tour title by one shot over Tommy Aaron in spite of making both a triple bogey and a double bogey during the tournament's final nine holes.^[7]
1973: Lee Trevino shoots a first round 64 on his way to a wire to wire victory. He finishes one shot ahead of Bruce Crampton and Tom Weiskopf.^[8]
1976: Hubert Green shoots a tournament record 270 for 72 holes on his way to a six-shot win over Mark Hayes and Jack Nicklaus.^[9]
1977: Andy Bean takes home his first Doral title on his 24th birthday. He edges David Graham by one shot.^[10]
1978: Previously a three-time runner-up at Doral, Tom Weiskopf wins by one shot over Jack Nicklaus in spite of a final round 65 by the Golden Bear that included his holing out three wedge shots during the tournament's closing 18 holes.^[11]
1979: Monday morning qualifier Mark McCumber wins by one shot over Bill Rogers.^[12]
1980: Doral for the first time ever goes to sudden death to determine the winner. On the second playoff hole, Raymond Floyd chips in from just off the green to beat Jack Nicklaus.^[13]
1981: Raymond Floyd becomes the first Doral champion to successfully defend his title. He wins by one shot over Keith Fergus and David Graham.^[14]
1986: Andy Bean defeats Hubert Green on the fourth hole of a sudden death playoff to become Doral's first three-time winner.^[15]
1988: Ben Crenshaw birdies the 72nd hole to win by one shot over Chip Beck and Mark McCumber.^[16]
1990: Greg Norman shoots a final round 62. Then on the first hole of a sudden death playoff with Tim Simpson, Mark Calcavecchia, and Paul Azinger, he chips in for eagle to take home the title.^[17]
1993: Greg Norman sets a new Doral record for 72 holes of 265 on his way to four stroke victory over Paul Azinger and Mark McCumber.^[18]
1994: John Huston, playing most of the final 18 holes by himself after his player partner Fred Couples withdraws due to injury, wins by three shots over Brad Bryant and Billy Andrade.^[19]
1999: Steve Elkington shoots a final round 64 to earn his second win at Doral. He edges Greg Kraft by one shot.^[20]
2004: On the first hole of a sudden death playoff with Scott Verplank, Craig Parry wins by holing out a 7-iron from 176 yards.^[21]
2006: In spite of bogeying the final two holes, Tiger Woods holds on to win Doral for the second consecutive year. He finishes one shot ahead of David Toms and Camilo Villegas.^[22]

Winners edit

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