Ogilvy seals wire-to-wire win

Australian retains composure to claim victory at Doral

Last updated: 27th March 2008

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Ogilvy: One-shot victory

Final round leaderboard:
(US unless stated)
G Ogilvy (Aus) -17
J Furyk -16
R Goosen (SA) -16
V Singh (Fij) -16
T Woods -15
N O'Hern (Aus) -13
G Storm (Eng) -13
S Stricker -13

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Geoff Ogilvy held his nerve to take the WGC-CA Championship by a single stroke as Tiger Woods' winning streak came to an end.

With the players forced to return on Monday to complete the tournament after heavy rain delayed the climax on Sunday, the Australian produced a measured display to par the final nine holes of his fourth round and edge out Jim Furyk, Retief Goosen and Vijay Singh.

The turning point came when Ogilvy and partner Singh played the 13th, with Ogilvy chipping in when seemingly set to drop at least a shot and the Fijian subsequently missing his par putt to fall two behind.

Woods put up a typically defiant display having resumed five shots behind Ogilvy and engineered three birdies over his remaining seven holes to climb to -15.

However, the world number one had left himself too much to do and ultimately finished two back of the winner, bringing to an end his incredible seven-event winning run.

Englishman Graeme Storm finished on -13, in a tie for sixth with Steve Stricker and Nick O'Hern, to emerge as the top European performer.

Starting the day two clear, Ogilvy immediately saw his lead halved as Singh made birdie at the par-five tenth to move back within one.

After an early birdie at 12, Woods briefly hinted at another remarkable triumph as he put his tee-shot at the par-three 15th to 18 inches, setting up a birdie that pulled him to within three of the lead at -14.

Turning point

He looked set to close further as Ogilvy found trouble at short 13th, putting his tee-shot in thick rough beside the green and then duffing his first chip shot. His second attempt looked set to roll several feet past until the cup came to his rescue with the ball dropping to secure the Australian what proved a crucial par.

Singh failed to get up and down to make his par and then proceeded to bogey the 14th also as he dropped three shots off the pace at -14.

Woods did conjure another birdie at 17 courtesy of a wonderful approach, but Tiger was always no more than on the fringes of the fight and was left to rue some costly missed putts earlier in the week.

With his challengers all falling away, it was left to Goosen to put some pressure on Ogilvy with the South African holing a monster putt on 14 for birdie and then moving to within one of the leader with a second at 16.

Furyk, who dropped an early shot, breathed life back into his challenge as he birdied 15 and 17 to join Goosen on -16 and the duo became a threesome when Singh recovered his momentum with back-to-back birdies at 16 and 17.

However, Ogilvy continued to cut a serene figure out in front and headed down the last knowing that Singh would have to make a birdie to force a play-off if he could produce a par.

The Australian duly found the centre of the fairway, the heart of the green and then confidently rolled his first putt to within a foot of the hole. That left Singh needing to chip in from just off the green to extend the competition, but his excellent effort pulled up just short leaving Ogilvy to tap in for his first victory since his 2006 US Open success.

"It was a pretty stellar looking leaderboard over those last nine holes, so it was very satisfying to beat those players and to win a big one. It was nice," said Ogilvy, who hit just one bogey in 72 holes at the event.