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2018 WGC-Mexico Championship

Coordinates: 19°25′52″N 99°14′38″W / 19.431°N 99.244°W / 19.431; -99.244
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2018 WGC-Mexico Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 1–4, 2018
StandortNaucalpan, Mexiko
19°25′52″N 99°14′38″W / 19.431°N 99.244°W / 19.431; -99.244
Course(s)Club de Golf Chapultepec
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length7,345 yards (6,716 m)
Field64 players
CutNone
Prize fund$10,000,000
8,190,676
Winner's share$1,700,000
€1,392,415
Champion
Vereinigte Staaten Phil Mickelson
268 (−16), playoff
Location map
Naucalpan is located in Mexico
Naucalpan
Naucalpan
Location in Mexico
Naucalpan is located in State of Mexico
Naucalpan
Naucalpan
Location in State of Mexico
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The 2018 WGC-Mexico Championship was a golf tournament played March 1–4 at Club de Golf Chapultepec in Naucalpan, Mexico, just west of Mexico City. It was the 19th time the WGC Championship was played, and the first of the World Golf Championships events to be staged in 2018. The approximate elevation of the course's clubhouse is 2,400 meters (7,870 ft) above sea level.

Phil Mickelson won the tournament on the first playoff hole;[1][2] it was his first tour victory in over 4½ years, since The Open Championship in 2013.

Course layout

Club de Golf Chapultepec

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Yards 316 387 186 506 445 625 235 525 382 3,607 450 622 406 225 497 575 403 172 388 3,738 7,345
Meters 289 354 170 463 407 572 215 480 349 3,299 411 569 371 206 441 526 369 157 355 3,405 6,704
Par 4 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 4 35 4 5 4 3 4 5 4 3 4 36 71

Source:[3]

Field

The field consisted of players from the top of the Official World Golf Ranking and the money lists/Orders of Merit from the six main professional golf tours.[4] Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.

1. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 19, 2018

Kiradech Aphibarnrat (2,5), Daniel Berger (2,3), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (2,5), Patrick Cantlay (2,3), Paul Casey (2,3), Kevin Chappell (2,3), Jason Dufner (2,3), Tony Finau (2,3,4), Ross Fisher (2,5,6), Matt Fitzpatrick (2,5), Tommy Fleetwood (2,5,6), Rickie Fowler (2,3), Dylan Frittelli (2,5,6), Sergio García (2,3,5), Branden Grace (2,5), Adam Hadwin (2,3), Brian Harman (2,3), Tyrrell Hatton (2,5), Charley Hoffman (2,3), Yuta Ikeda (2), Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Kevin Kisner (2,3), Satoshi Kodaira (2,7), Matt Kuchar (2,3), Li Haotong (2,5,6), Marc Leishman (2,3), Phil Mickelson (2), Francesco Molinari (2,5), Alex Norén (2,5), Louis Oosthuizen (2), Pat Perez (2,3,4), Thomas Pieters (2,5), Jon Rahm (2,3,4,5), Chez Reavie (2,4), Patrick Reed (2,3), Justin Rose (2,3,5), Xander Schauffele (2,3), Charl Schwartzel (2), Webb Simpson (2,3), Jordan Spieth (2,3), Brendan Steele (2,4), Justin Thomas (2,3,4), Jhonattan Vegas (2,3), Bubba Watson (2), Gary Woodland (2,3,4)

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 26, 2018
3. The top 30 players from the final 2017 FedExCup Points List

Russell Henley, Kyle Stanley

4. The top 10 players from the 2018 FedExCup Points List, as of February 26, 2018

Patton Kizzire

5. The top 20 players from the final 2017 European Tour Race to Dubai

Paul Dunne, Peter Uihlein, Bernd Wiesberger

6. The top 10 players from the 2018 European Tour Race to Dubai, as of February 19, 2018

Jorge Campillo, Joost Luiten, Wade Ormsby, Chris Paisley, Shubhankar Sharma

7. The top 2 players not exempt from the final 2017 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit

Yūsaku Miyazato

8. The top 2 players from the final 2017 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit

Adam Bland, Brett Rumford

9. The top 2 players from the final 2017 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit

Dean Burmester, Brandon Stone

10. The top 2 players from the final 2017 Asian Tour Order of Merit

Gavin Green, David Lipsky

11. The highest ranked available player from Mexico from the Official World Golf Ranking as of February 19, 2018

Abraham Ancer

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 1, 2018

Place Player Score To par
1 Südafrika Louis Oosthuizen 64 −7
T2 England Chris Paisley 65 −6
Vereinigte Staaten Xander Schauffele
Indien Shubhankar Sharma
T5 Thailand Kiradech Aphibarnrat 66 −5
Spanien Rafa Cabrera-Bello
7 Spanien Jon Rahm 67 −4
T8 Vereinigte Staaten Tony Finau 68 −3
Vereinigte Staaten Rickie Fowler
Spanien Sergio García
Vereinigte Staaten Brian Harman
Vereinigte Staaten Pat Perez

Second round

Friday, March 2, 2018

Place Player Score To par
1 Indien Shubhankar Sharma 65-66=131 −11
T2 Spanien Rafa Cabrera-Bello 66-67=133 −9
Spanien Sergio García 68-65=133
Vereinigte Staaten Xander Schauffele 65-68=133
T5 Thailand Kiradech Aphibarnrat 66-69=135 −7
Vereinigte Staaten Brian Harman 68-67=135
Vereinigte Staaten Dustin Johnson 69-66=135
Südafrika Louis Oosthuizen 64-71=135
Vereinigte Staaten Pat Perez 68-67=135
Vereinigte Staaten Brendan Steele 69-66=135
Vereinigte Staaten Bubba Watson 69-66=135

Third round

Saturday, March 3, 2018

Place Player Score To par
1 Indien Shubhankar Sharma 65-66-69=200 −13
T2 Spanien Rafa Cabrera-Bello 66-67-69=202 −11
Spanien Sergio García 68-65-69=202
England Tyrrell Hatton 70-68-64=202
Vereinigte Staaten Phil Mickelson 69-68-65=202
T6 Vereinigte Staaten Brian Harman 68-67-68=203 −10
Vereinigte Staaten Dustin Johnson 69-66-68=203
Vereinigte Staaten Pat Perez 68-67-68=203
Vereinigte Staaten Xander Schauffele 65-68-70=203
10 Vereinigte Staaten Justin Thomas 72-70-62=204 −9

Final round

Sunday, March 4, 2018

Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
T1 Vereinigte Staaten Phil Mickelson 69-68-65-66=268 −16 Playoff
Vereinigte Staaten Justin Thomas 72-70-62-64=268
T3 Spanien Rafa Cabrera-Bello 66-67-69-67=269 −15 510,500
England Tyrrell Hatton 70-68-64-67=269
T5 Thailand Kiradech Aphibarnrat 66-69-71-65=271 −13 330,500
Vereinigte Staaten Brian Harman 68-67-68-68=271
T7 Spanien Sergio García 68-65-69-70=272 −12 239,750
Vereinigte Staaten Dustin Johnson 69-66-68-69=272
T9 Kanada Adam Hadwin 70-71-67-66=274 −10 182,000
Indien Shubhankar Sharma 65-66-69-74=274
Vereinigte Staaten Bubba Watson 69-66-72-67=274

Scorecard

Final round

Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Par 4 4 3 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 5 4 3 4
Vereinigte Staaten Mickelson −12 −13 −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −16 −16 −16
Vereinigte Staaten Thomas −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −15 −15 −14 −16
Spanien Cabrera-Bello −13 −13 −13 −13 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −15
England Hatton −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −13 −13 −13 −13 −13 −12 −13 −13 −14 −16 −16 −16 −15
Thailand Aphibarnrat −7 −8 −8 −8 −9 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −12 −12 −13
Vereinigte Staaten Harman −11 −11 −11 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −13 −13 −13
Indien Sharma −13 −13 −13 −13 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −12 −11 −11 −12 −11 −10

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par

Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Source:[7]

Playoff

The playoff started on the par-3 17th hole. From the tee, Thomas went past the green and Mickelson found the putting surface. Thomas left his difficult chip well short, Mickelson just missed his birdie putt and tapped in for par; Thomas missed the par putt he needed to extend the playoff.

Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
1 Vereinigte Staaten Phil Mickelson 3 E 1,700,000
2 Vereinigte Staaten Justin Thomas - - 1,072,000

References

  1. ^ "Phil Mickelson wins playoff in Mexico, ends long drought". USA Today. Associated Press. March 4, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  2. ^ "Phil Mickelson ends drought with playoff win in Mexico Championship". ESPN. Associated Press. March 5, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  3. ^ "WGC-Mexico Championship: Card of the course". European Tour. March 1, 2017. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
  4. ^ "2018 Qualifiers for majors, The Players, WGCs". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
  5. ^ Everill, Ben. "Koepka sidelined for 10 weeks, hoping to play Masters". PGA Tour. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  6. ^ "Chan Kim: Withdraws from WGC-Mexico Championship". The Score. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  7. ^ "World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship". ESPN. Retrieved August 4, 2018.