2018 WGC-Mexico Championship

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2018 WGC-Mexico Championship

Tournament information
Dates	March 1–4, 2018
Location	Naucalpan, Mexico 19°25′52″N 99°14′38″W / 19.431°N 99.244°W / 19.431; -99.244Coordinates: 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
Par	71
Length	7,345 yards (6,716 m)
Field	64 players
Cut	None
Prize fund	$10,000,000 €8,190,676
Winner's share	$1,700,000 €1,392,415
Champion
Phil Mickelson
268 (−16), playoff
Location Map
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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)

• Brooks Koepka (2,3) did not play due to injury.^[5]
• Jason Day (2,3,4), Hideki Matsuyama (2,3), Rory McIlroy (2,5,6), and Henrik Stenson (2,5) did not play.

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

• Chan Kim did not play due to a wrist injury.^[6]

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

Second round[]

Friday, March 2, 2018

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

Third round[]

Saturday, March 3, 2018

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

Final round[]

Sunday, March 4, 2018

Place	Player	Country	Score	To par	Money (US$)
T1	Phil Mickelson	United States	69-68-65-66=268	−16	Playoff
	Justin Thomas	United States	72-70-62-64=268
T3	Rafa Cabrera-Bello	Spain	66-67-69-67=269	−15	510,500
	Tyrrell Hatton	England	70-68-64-67=269
T5	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	Thailand	66-69-71-65=271	−13	330,500
	Brian Harman	United States	68-67-68-68=271
T7	Sergio García	Spain	68-65-69-70=272	−12	239,750
	Dustin Johnson	United States	69-66-68-69=272
T9	Adam Hadwin	Canada	70-71-67-66=274	−10	182,000
	Shubhankar Sharma	India	65-66-69-74=274
	Bubba Watson	United States	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
Mickelson	−12	−13	−12	−13	−13	−14	−14	−14	−14	−15	−14	−14	−14	−14	−15	−16	−16	−16
Thomas	−10	−11	−11	−11	−11	−12	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−14	−14	−14	−15	−15	−14	−16
Cabrera-Bello	−13	−13	−13	−13	−12	−12	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−12	−13	−13	−14	−14	−14	−15
Hatton	−12	−13	−13	−14	−14	−13	−13	−13	−13	−13	−12	−13	−13	−14	−16	−16	−16	−15
Aphibarnrat	−7	−8	−8	−8	−9	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−12	−12	−12	−13	−13	−12	−12	−13
Harman	−11	−11	−11	−10	−10	−10	−10	−10	−11	−11	−12	−13	−13	−14	−14	−13	−13	−13
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	Country	Score	To par	Money (US$)
1	Phil Mickelson	United States	3	E	1,700,000
2	Justin Thomas	United States	–	–	1,072,000

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Coverage on the European Tour's official site