Location | Doral, Florida, U.S. |
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Established | 1962 |
Course(s) | Doral Golf Resort & Spa |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,266 yards (6,644 m) |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | $5.5 million |
Month played | March |
Final year | 2006 |
Aggregate | 264 Tiger Woods (2005) |
To par | −24 Tiger Woods (2005) |
Tiger Woods |
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 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.