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 The Championship was won by Dustin Johnson in his first tournament as the World number 1.
Course layout Club de Golf Chapultepec Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards3163871865064456252355253823,6074506224062254825754031723883,7237,330Meters2893541704634075722154803493,2994115693712064415263691573553,4056,704Par443445344354543454343671 Source:
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. 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), Matt 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) Jason Day (2,3) did not compete due to illness.
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
Round summaries First round Thursday, March 2, 2017 PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Ross Fisher 67 −4 Phil Mickelson Ryan Moore Jon Rahm Jimmy Walker Lee WestwoodT7 Sergio García 68 −3 Matt Kuchar Rory McIlroy Pat Perez Thomas Pieters Chris Wood Fabrizio Zanotti
Second round Friday, March 3, 2017 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Rory McIlroy 68-65=133 −9T2 Ross Fisher 67-68=135 −7 Phil Mickelson 67-68=135 Justin Thomas 69-66=135T5 Daniel Berger 70-66=136 −6 Dustin Johnson 70-66=136 Andy Sullivan 71-65=136T8 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 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Justin Thomas 69-66-66=201 −122 Dustin Johnson 70-66-66=202 −11T3 Rory McIlroy 68-65-70=203 −10 Phil Mickelson 67-68-68=203T5 Jon Rahm 67-70-67=204 −9 Lee Westwood 67-71-66=204T7 Tommy Fleetwood 69-70-66=205 −8 Tyrrell Hatton 70-67-68=205 Thomas Pieters 68-69-68=205T10 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 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 Dustin Johnson 70-66-66-68=270 −14 1,660,0002 Tommy Fleetwood 69-70-66-66=271 −13 1,045,000T3 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=27410 Tyrrell Hatton 70-67-68-70=275 −9 166,000
Scorecard EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogey
Final round Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par443445344 454345434 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
External links
Coverage on the European Tour's official site