The Ford Championship at Doral is a PGA Tour golf tournament, which takes place on the "Blue Monster" course at the Doral Golf Resort & Spa in Doral, Florida, a suburb of Miami. The tournament is played in early March. It was first played in 1962 and has had various names over the years, the most recent of which was the Doral Ryder Open, in recognition of its corporate sponsor Ryder System. The PGA Tour is an organization that is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA, just south of Jacksonville. ... Golf (gowf in Scots) is a game where individual players or teams hit a ball into a hole using various clubs, and is one of the few ball games that does not use a fixed standard playing area. ... Doral is a census-designated place and city located in Miami-Dade County, Florida. ...

The tournament usually attracts one of the strongest fields on the PGA Tour outside of the major championships and the World Golf Championships. In 2005 nine of the top ten players in the official world rankings participated and after an exciting fourth day duel with 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 Major Championships, often referred to simply as the Majors are the four most prestigious annual golf tournaments in mens professional golf. ... The World Golf Championships are a group of four annual events for male professional golfers created by the International Federation of PGA Tours. ... Philip Alfred Phil Mickelson (born June 16, 1970) (nicknamed Lefty for having a left-handed swing, despite being right-handed), is an American professional golfer. ... Eldrick T. Tiger Woods (born December 30, 1975, in Cypress, California) is an American golfer widely considered to be one of the greatest golfers of all time. ... Vijay Singh (born February 22, 1963 in Lautoka, Fiji) is a Fijian golfer on the PGA TOUR who has won three major championships (one Masters in 2000 and two PGA Championships in 1998 and 2004) and was the leading money winner in 2003 and 2004. ...

The 2006 Ford Championship at Doral began on Thursday March 2. It again included the majority of the top ten golfers in the world. After the second round Tiger Woods was tied for the lead with Phil Mickelson, Scott Verplank, and Camilo Villegas at 13 under par.

Winners

Ford Championship at Doral

• 2005 Tiger Woods
• 2004 Craig Parry
• 2003 Scott Hoch

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• 2002 Ernie Els
• 2001 Joe Durant

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• 2000 Jim Furyk
• 1999 Steve Elkington
• 1998 Michael Bradley
• 1997 Steve Elkington
• 1996 Greg Norman
• 1995 Nick Faldo
• 1994 John Huston
• 1993 Greg Norman
• 1992 Raymond Floyd
• 1991 Rocco Mediate
• 1990 Greg Norman
• 1989 Bill Glasson
• 1988 Ben Crenshaw
• 1987 Lanny Wadkins

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• 1986 Andy Bean
• 1985 Mark McCumber
• 1984 Tom Kite
• 1983 Gary Koch
• 1982 Andy Bean
• 1981 Raymond Floyd
• 1980 Raymond Floyd
• 1979 Mark McCumber
• 1978 Tom Weiskopf
• 1977 Andy Bean
• 1976 Hubert Green
• 1975 Jack Nicklaus
• 1974 Brian Allin
• 1973 Lee Trevino
• 1972 Jack Nicklaus
• 1971 J.C. Snead
• 1970 Mike Hill

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• 1969 Tom Shaw
• 1968 Gardner Dickinson
• 1967 Doug Sanders
• 1966 Phil Rodgers
• 1965 Doug Sanders
• 1964 Billy Casper
• 1963 Dan Sikes
• 1962 Billy Casper

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External links

• Official site
• Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site