2017 WGC-Mexico Championship

2017 WGC-Mexico Championship
Tournament information
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
	Dustin Johnson
	270 (−14)
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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]

Mexico City

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Location in Mexico

Course layout edit

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	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 edit

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), 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.^[7]

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 edit

First round edit

Thursday, March 2, 2017

Place	Player	Score	To par
T1	Ross Fisher	67	−4
	Phil Mickelson
	Ryan Moore
	Jon Rahm
	Jimmy Walker
	Lee Westwood
T7	Sergio García	68	−3
	Matt Kuchar
	Rory McIlroy
	Pat Perez
	Thomas Pieters
	Chris Wood
	Fabrizio Zanotti

Second round edit

Friday, March 3, 2017

Place	Player	Score	To par
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 edit

Saturday, March 4, 2017

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Justin Thomas	69-66-66=201	−12
2	Dustin Johnson	70-66-66=202	−11
T3	Rory McIlroy	68-65-70=203	−10
T3	Phil Mickelson	67-68-68=203	−10
T5	Jon Rahm	67-70-67=204	−9
T5	Lee Westwood	67-71-66=204	−9
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 edit

Sunday, March 5, 2017

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money (US$)
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
T3	Jon Rahm	67-70-67-68=272	−12	497,000
T5	Thomas Pieters	68-69-68-68=273	−11	312,500
T5	Justin Thomas	69-66-66-72=273	−11	312,500
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 edit

	Eagle		Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey

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
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 edit

^ 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. Archived from the original on May 1, 2022. 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.

External links edit

19°25′52″N 99°14′38″W / 19.431°N 99.244°W / 19.431; -99.244

[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. Archived from the original on May 1, 2022. Retrieved March 8, 2017.

[etrcarcs-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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