Ogily Wins WGC-CA Championship
Geoff Ogilvy won the rain-delayed World Golf Championships-CA Championship, holding off major tournament winners Retief Goosen, Vijay Singh and Jim Furyk and putting an end to Tiger Woods's six-month win streak.
Ogilvy began the final day with a two-shot lead over Furyk with nine holes remaining and finished with all pars for his first victory since capturing the 2006 U.S. Open at New York's Winged Foot Golf Club.
Goosen, Singh and Furyk tied for second at 16-under, one shot ahead of Woods, who failed to win for the first time since finishing runner-up to Phil Mickelson at the Deutsche Bank Championship outside of Boston in September. Woods had won the past seven tournaments he had entered, including five straight U.S. PGA Tour events.
βIt was going to end at some point,β' Ogilvy told reporters after the round. βI'm very glad that I did it. There was a fair bit of talent on the top 10 of the leaderboard.'β
Ogilvy's victory included a chip-in to save par from off the par-3 13th green, a similar shot to one he hit on the 17th hole at Winged Foot en route to his lone major title.
This win makes Geoff just the third player to win more than one WGC event, joining Woods (15) and Darren Clarke (two).
After the round, Woods, Goosen and several other players flew to Orlando, Florida, to participate in the Tavistock Cup, a two-day exhibition match between professionals from Lake Nona and Isleworth clubs.
Which is a good job because our Features Editor Shaun has gone out to Florida to cover the Tavistock Cup for GP39.
3/25/2008 11:48:44 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) 
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