2017 WGC-Mexico Championship

The 2017 WGC-Mexico Championship was a golf tournament played March 2–5 at Club de Golf Chapultepec in Naucalpan, Mexico, just west of Mexico City. It was the 18th time the WGC Championship has been played, and the first of the World Golf Championships events to be staged in 2017. The approximate elevation of the course's clubhouse is 2,400 meters (7,870 ft) above sea level. The Championship was won by Dustin Johnson in his first tournament as the World number 1.[1][2][3]

2017 WGC-Mexico Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 2–5, 2017
LocationNaucalpan, Mexico
Course(s)Club de Golf Chapultepec
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length7,330 yards (6,703 m)
Field77 players
CutNone
Prize fund$9,750,000
€9,183,384
Winner's share$1,660,000
€1,563,530
Champion
Dustin Johnson
270 (−14)
Mexico City
Location in Mexico

Course layout

Club de Golf Chapultepec

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3163871865064456252355253823,6074506224062254825754031723883,7237,330
Meters2893541704634075722154803493,2994115693712064415263691573553,4056,704
Par443445344354543454343671

Source:[4]

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.[5][6] 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 20, 2017

An Byeong-hun (2), Daniel Berger (2,3), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (2,5,6), Paul Casey (2,3), Kevin Chappell (2,3), Matthew Fitzpatrick (2,5), Rickie Fowler (2,4), Jim Furyk (2), Sergio García (2,6), Branden Grace (2,5), Emiliano Grillo (2,3), Bill Haas (2), Tyrrell Hatton (2,5), J. B. Holmes (2,3), Yuta Ikeda (2,7), Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Zach Johnson (2), Kevin Kisner (2,3), Russell Knox (2,3), Brooks Koepka (2), Matt Kuchar (2,3), Hideki Matsuyama (2,3,4), William McGirt (3), Rory McIlroy (2,3,5), Phil Mickelson (2,3), Francesco Molinari (2,5), Ryan Moore (2,3), Kevin Na (2,3), Alex Norén (2,5), Louis Oosthuizen (2,5), Scott Piercy (2), Thomas Pieters (2), Jon Rahm (2,4), Patrick Reed (2,3), Justin Rose (2), Charl Schwartzel (2,3), Adam Scott (2,3), Brandt Snedeker (2,3), Jordan Spieth (2,3,4), Henrik Stenson (2,5,6), Justin Thomas (2,3,4), Jimmy Walker (2,3), Wang Jeung-hun (2,5,6), Bubba Watson (2,3), Lee Westwood (2,5), Bernd Wiesberger (2,5,6), Danny Willett (2,5), Chris Wood (5), Gary Woodland (2,3,4)

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 27, 2017

Martin Kaymer (5), Brendan Steele (4)

3. The top 30 players from the final 2016 FedExCup Points List

Roberto Castro, Jason Dufner, Kim Si-woo, Sean O'Hair, Jhonattan Vegas

4. The top 10 players from the 2017 FedExCup Points List, as of February 27, 2017

Mackenzie Hughes, Pat Perez

5. The top 20 players from the final 2016 European Tour Race to Dubai

Ross Fisher, Søren Kjeldsen, Joost Luiten, Thorbjørn Olesen, Andy Sullivan

6. The top 10 players from the 2017 European Tour Race to Dubai, as of February 20, 2017

Sam Brazel, Tommy Fleetwood, Pablo Larrazábal, David Lipsky, Fabrizio Zanotti

7. The top 2 players from the final 2016 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit

Kim Kyung-tae, Hideto Tanihara

8. The top 2 players from the final 2016 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit

Matthew Griffin, Michael Hendry

9. The top 2 players from the 2016 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit as of December 5

Richard Sterne, Brandon Stone

10. The top 2 players from the final 2016 Asian Tour Order of Merit

Marcus Fraser, Scott Hend

11. The highest ranked available player from Mexico from the Official World Golf Ranking as of February 20, 2017

Roberto Díaz

Nationalities in the field
North America (31)South America (3)Europe (25)Oceania (6)Asia (7)Africa (5)
 Canada (1) Argentina (1) England (10) Australia (5) Japan (3) South Africa (5)
 Mexico (1) Paraguay (1) Northern Ireland (1) New Zealand (1) South Korea (4)
 United States (29) Venezuela (1) Scotland (1)
 Austria (1)
 Belgium (1)
 Denmark (2)
 Germany (1)
 Italy (1)
 Netherlands (1)
 Spain (4)
 Sweden (2)

Past champions in the field
PlayerCountryYear wonR1R2R3R4TotalTo parPlace
Dustin Johnson United States201570666668270−141
Phil Mickelson United States200967686871274−10T7
Justin Rose England201270727171284ET38
Adam Scott Australia201673766868285+1T45
Patrick Reed United States201471767271290+6T61

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 2, 2017

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Ross Fisher England67−4
Phil Mickelson United States
Ryan Moore United States
Jon Rahm Spain
Jimmy Walker United States
Lee Westwood England
T7Sergio García Spain68−3
Matt Kuchar United States
Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland
Pat Perez United States
Thomas Pieters Belgium
Chris Wood England
Fabrizio Zanotti Paraguay

Second round

Friday, March 3, 2017

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland68-65=133−9
T2Ross Fisher England67-68=135−7
Phil Mickelson United States67-68=135
Justin Thomas United States69-66=135
T5Daniel Berger United States70-66=136−6
Dustin Johnson United States70-66=136
Andy Sullivan England71-65=136
T8Roberto Castro United States69-68=137−5
Tyrrell Hatton England70-67=137
J. B. Holmes United States69-68=137
Martin Kaymer Germany70-67=137
Thomas Pieters Belgium68-69=137
Jon Rahm Spain67-70=137
Fabrizio Zanotti Paraguay68-69=137

Third round

Saturday, March 4, 2017

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Justin Thomas United States69-66-66=201−12
2Dustin Johnson United States70-66-66=202−11
T3Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland68-65-70=203−10
Phil Mickelson United States67-68-68=203
T5Jon Rahm Spain67-70-67=204−9
Lee Westwood England67-71-66=204
T7Tommy Fleetwood England69-70-66=205−8
Tyrrell Hatton England70-67-68=205
Thomas Pieters Belgium68-69-68=205
T10Daniel Berger United States70-66-70=206−7
J. B. Holmes United States69-68-69=206
Matt Kuchar United States68-71-67=206
Jordan Spieth United States71-72-63=206

Final round

Sunday, March 5, 2017

PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1Dustin Johnson United States70-66-66-68=270−141,660,000
2Tommy Fleetwood England69-70-66-66=271−131,045,000
T3Ross Fisher England67-68-72-65=272−12497,000
Jon Rahm Spain67-70-67-68=272
T5Thomas Pieters Belgium68-69-68-68=273−11312,500
Justin Thomas United States69-66-66-72=273
T7Rory McIlroy Northern Ireland68-65-70-71=274−10211,667
Phil Mickelson United States67-68-68-71=274
Brandt Snedeker United States75-68-66-65=274
10Tyrrell Hatton England70-67-68-70=275−9166,000

Scorecard
Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par443445344454345434
Johnson−11−12−12−12−12−13−13−14−14−15−15−14−13−13−14−14−14−14
Fleetwood−9−9−9−9−9−10−10−9−9−9−10−11−11−11−12−12−12−13
Fisher−5−5−6−7−6−7−7−7−8−8−9−10−10−9−9−10−11−12
Rahm−10−10−10−10−9−10−10−10−10−10−12−12−12−13−14−13−12−12
Pieters−9−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−12−11
Thomas−13−12−12−11−12−12−10−9−9−9−10−10−9−10−11−11−11−11
McIlroy−10−10−9−9−9−10−9−9−9−9−9−9−9−10−10−10−10−10
Mickelson−9−9−9−9−9−10−9−7−7−7−9−9−9−9−10−10−10−10
Snedeker−5−5−5−5−6−6−6−6−6−6−7−8−8−8−9−10−11−10
Hatton−8−8−9−9−9−9−9−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−10−9−9−9

References
  1. DiMeglio, Steve (March 5, 2017). "Dustin Johnson wins WGC-Mexico Championship in his debut as No. 1". USA Today. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  2. Corrigan, James (March 5, 2017). "Dustin Johnson wins WGC-Mexico Championship to strengthen grip on world No 1 ranking". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  3. Casey, Phil (March 6, 2017). "Dustin Johnson wins WGC Mexico Championship to tighten grip on world No 1 spot as Rory McIlroy falls away". Independent. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  4. "WGC-Mexico Championship: Card of the course". European Tour. March 1, 2017. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
  5. "First 30 players qualify for the World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship". PGA Tour. October 3, 2016. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
  6. "Inside the Field: WGC-Mexico Championship". PGA Tour. February 24, 2017.
  7. "Jason Day withdraws from World Golf Championship". ESPN. February 26, 2017.

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