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]
Tournament information | |
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Dates | March 2–5, 2017 |
Location | Naucalpan, Mexico |
Course(s) | Club de Golf Chapultepec |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour |
Statistics | |
Par | 71 |
Length | 7,330 yards (6,703 m) |
Field | 77 players |
Cut | None |
Prize fund | $9,750,000 €9,183,384 |
Winner's share | $1,660,000 €1,563,530 |
Champion | |
270 (−14) | |
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 |
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Yards | 316 | 387 | 186 | 506 | 445 | 625 | 235 | 525 | 382 | 3,607 | 450 | 622 | 406 | 225 | 482 | 575 | 403 | 172 | 388 | 3,723 | 7,330 |
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:[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), Rafael 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
- 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
- 10. The top 2 players from the final 2016 Asian Tour Order of Merit
- 11. The highest ranked available player from Mexico from the Official World Golf Ranking as of February 20, 2017
Nationalities in the field
North America (31) | South America (3) | Europe (25) | Oceania (6) | Asia (7) | Africa (5) |
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Past champions in the field
Player | Country | Year won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Place |
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Dustin Johnson | 2015 | 70 | 66 | 66 | 68 | 270 | −14 | 1 | |
Phil Mickelson | 2009 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 71 | 274 | −10 | T7 | |
Justin Rose | 2012 | 70 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 284 | E | T38 | |
Adam Scott | 2016 | 73 | 76 | 68 | 68 | 285 | +1 | T45 | |
Patrick Reed | 2014 | 71 | 76 | 72 | 71 | 290 | +6 | T61 |
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Second round
Friday, March 3, 2017
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Rory McIlroy | 68-65=133 | −9 | |
T2 | Ross Fisher | 67-68=135 | −7 | |
Phil Mickelson | 67-68=135 | |||
Justin Thomas | 69-66=135 | |||
T5 | Daniel Berger | 70-66=136 | −6 | |
Dustin Johnson | 70-66=136 | |||
Andy Sullivan | 71-65=136 | |||
T8 | Roberto Castro | 69-68=137 | −5 | |
Tyrrell Hatton | 70-67=137 | |||
J. B. Holmes | 69-68=137 | |||
Martin Kaymer | 70-67=137 | |||
Thomas Pieters | 68-69=137 | |||
Jon Rahm | 67-70=137 | |||
Fabrizio Zanotti | 68-69=137 |
Third round
Saturday, March 4, 2017
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Justin Thomas | 69-66-66=201 | −12 | |
2 | Dustin Johnson | 70-66-66=202 | −11 | |
T3 | Rory McIlroy | 68-65-70=203 | −10 | |
Phil Mickelson | 67-68-68=203 | |||
T5 | Jon Rahm | 67-70-67=204 | −9 | |
Lee Westwood | 67-71-66=204 | |||
T7 | Tommy Fleetwood | 69-70-66=205 | −8 | |
Tyrrell Hatton | 70-67-68=205 | |||
Thomas Pieters | 68-69-68=205 | |||
T10 | Daniel Berger | 70-66-70=206 | −7 | |
J. B. Holmes | 69-68-69=206 | |||
Matt Kuchar | 68-71-67=206 | |||
Jordan Spieth | 71-72-63=206 |
Final round
Sunday, March 5, 2017
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
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1 | Dustin Johnson | 70-66-66-68=270 | −14 | 1,660,000 | |
2 | Tommy Fleetwood | 69-70-66-66=271 | −13 | 1,045,000 | |
T3 | Ross Fisher | 67-68-72-65=272 | −12 | 497,000 | |
Jon Rahm | 67-70-67-68=272 | ||||
T5 | Thomas Pieters | 68-69-68-68=273 | −11 | 312,500 | |
Justin Thomas | 69-66-66-72=273 | ||||
T7 | Rory McIlroy | 68-65-70-71=274 | −10 | 211,667 | |
Phil Mickelson | 67-68-68-71=274 | ||||
Brandt Snedeker | 75-68-66-65=274 | ||||
10 | Tyrrell Hatton | 70-67-68-70=275 | −9 | 166,000 |
Scorecard
Eagle | Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |
Final round
References
- DiMeglio, Steve (March 5, 2017). "Dustin Johnson wins WGC-Mexico Championship in his debut as No. 1". USA Today. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
- 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.
- 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.
- "WGC-Mexico Championship: Card of the course". European Tour. March 1, 2017. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
- "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.
- "Inside the Field: WGC-Mexico Championship". PGA Tour. February 24, 2017.
- "Jason Day withdraws from World Golf Championship". ESPN. February 26, 2017.