Mayakoba Golf Classic
The Mayakoba Golf Classic is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in Mexico, held at Playa del Carmen, south of Cancún. It debuted in February 2007 and was the first PGA Tour event in Mexico this century.
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Established | 2007 |
| Course(s) | El Camaleon Golf Club |
| Par | 71 |
| Length | 6,987 yards (6,389 m) |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | $7.2 million |
| Month played | November |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 262 Matt Kuchar (2018) |
| To par | −22 as above |
| Current champion | |
 Viktor Hovland | |
History
Originally an alternate event in late winter, the tournament was played the same week as the WGC Match Play event in Arizona. Mayakoba was part of the FedEx Cup, but only earned half the points of a regular event. The prize fund in 2007 was US$3.5 million (with a winner's share of $630,000),[1] making it the richest golf tournament in Mexico.[2]
Fred Funk, a winner four months earlier on the Champions Tour, took the inaugural event in a playoff over José Cóceres of Argentina.[1][3] Funk was 50 years, 257 days of age and became the oldest player to win a PGA Tour event in nearly 32 years;[4] Art Wall was about eleven months older when he won the Greater Milwaukee Open in July 1975.[5]
In 2013, the event was moved to mid-November to be part of the 2014 season as a primary event in the early part of the season, which began in October for the first time.[6] The tournament now offered full FedEx Cup points, a Masters invitation, and a large purse increase (over 60%, to $6 million). With the tour's new schedule, the Mayakoba event was not part of the abbreviated 2013 season.
The Golf Classic is allocated four additional sponsor exemptions designated for players of Spanish or Mexican heritage from Latin America, South America, Spain, or Mexico.[7]
Winners
| Year | Season | Player | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Winner's share ($) |
Purse ($) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2020 | 2020–21 | Viktor Hovland | 264 | −20 | 1 stroke |  Aaron Wise | 1,296,000 | 7,200,000 | |
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| 2019 | 2019–20 | Brendon Todd | 264 | −20 | 1 stroke | Adam Long Carlos Ortiz Vaughn Taylor | 1,296,000 | 7,200,000 | |
| 2018 | 2018–19 | Matt Kuchar | 262 | −22 | 1 stroke |  Danny Lee | 1,296,000 | 7,200,000 | |
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| 2017 | 2017–18 | Patton Kizzire | 265 | −19 | 1 stroke | Rickie Fowler | 1,278,000 | 7,100,000 | |
| 2016 | 2016–17 | Pat Perez | 263 | −21 | 2 strokes | Gary Woodland | 1,260,000 | 7,000,000 | |
| 2015 | 2015–16 |  Graeme McDowell | 266 | −18 | Playoff | Jason Bohn Russell Knox | 1,116,000 | 6,200,000 | |
| 2014 | 2014–15 | Charley Hoffman | 267 | −17 | 1 stroke | Shawn Stefani | 1,098,000 | 6,100,000 | |
| 2013 | 2013–14 | Harris English | 263 | −21 | 4 strokes | Brian Stuard | 1,080,000 | 6,000,000 | |
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| 2012 | John Huh | 271 | −13 | Playoff | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Robert Allenby | 666,000 | 3,700,000 | ||
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| 2011 | Johnson Wagner | 267 | −17 | Playoff | Spencer Levin | 666,000 | 3,700,000 | ||
| 2010 | Cameron Beckman | 269 | −15 | 2 strokes | Joe Durant Brian Stuard | 648,000 | 3,600,000 | ||
| 2009 | Mark Wilson | 267 | −13 | 2 strokes | J. J. Henry | 648,000 | 3,600,000 | ||
| 2008 | Brian Gay | 264 | −16 | 2 strokes | Steve Marino | 630,000 | 3,500,000 | ||
| 2007 | Fred Funk | 266 | −14 | Playoff |  José Cóceres | 630,000 | 3,500,000 | ||
Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.
References
- "Scoreboard: At Playa del Carmen, Mexico". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). February 26, 2007. p. D4.
- "Mayakoba Golf Classic". Archived from the original on October 30, 2006.
- "50-year-old Funk wins at Mayakoba". Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). Associated Press. February 26, 2007. p. 3C.
- "Oldest PGA Tour winners". Retrieved May 14, 2009.
- "Art Wall a winner at Milwaukee". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. (Florida). Associated Press. July 7, 1975. p. 1C.
- "2013–14 PGA Tour schedule (2013 tournaments)". PGA Tour. December 12, 2012. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
- "2015–16 PGA Tour Player Handbook & Tournament Regulations" (PDF). October 5, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 12, 2016.