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WGC-CA Championship Rained Out
Written on Saturday, March 22nd 2008
At about 1:15 PM local time, heavy rain caused the championship came to come to a halt, and there haven't been any signs of improvement over the last couple of hours. Tiger Woods was just 3 strokes from taking the lead when play stopped, although he started the day just one stroke down.
However, on a languid morning at the Doral Resort's Blue Monster, Woods struggled uncharacteristically with his putter in the early going. Ogilvy, the 2006 United States Open champion, led at 14 under, one stroke ahead of fellow Australian Adam Scott, with Woods equal third at 11 under. The three frontrunners had completed 11 holes when the horn sounded to stop play, with only 24 players having completed the round. Joining Woods at 11 under was Fiji's Vijay Singh.
Woods, seeking to preserve his seven-event, six-month winning streak, missed a short birdie putt at the first hole and an even shorter par putt at the second. Scott, on the other hand, started like a house on fire with a 15-foot eagle at the par-five first, followed by a birdie at the third to pull level with Ogilvy, before taking the lead two holes later.
A stiff breeze is the only defense this course has, but there was hardly a puff of wind at the start of play, so it was little surprise that the world's best players were plundering birdies and eagles, and as the delay stretched into its second hour, it was far from certain whether the round would be completed.
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