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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
LocationNaucalpan, Mexico
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
United States 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

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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

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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

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First round

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Thursday, March 1, 2018

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

Second round

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Friday, March 2, 2018

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

Third round

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Saturday, March 3, 2018

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

Final round

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Sunday, March 4, 2018

Place Player Score To par Money (US$)
T1 United States Phil Mickelson 69-68-65-66=268 −16 Playoff
United States Justin Thomas 72-70-62-64=268
T3 Spain 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
United States Brian Harman 68-67-68-68=271
T7 Spain Sergio García 68-65-69-70=272 −12 239,750
United States Dustin Johnson 69-66-68-69=272
T9 Canada Adam Hadwin 70-71-67-66=274 −10 182,000
India Shubhankar Sharma 65-66-69-74=274
United States Bubba Watson 69-66-72-67=274

Scorecard

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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
United States Mickelson −12 −13 −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −16 −16 −16
United States Thomas −10 −11 −11 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −15 −15 −14 −16
Spain 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
United States Harman −11 −11 −11 −10 −10 −10 −10 −10 −11 −11 −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −13 −13 −13
India 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

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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 United States Phil Mickelson 3 E 1,700,000
2 United States Justin Thomas 1,072,000

References

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  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.
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