2018 WGC-Mexico Championship
This article needs additional citations for verification. (May 2021) |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 1–4, 2018 |
| Location | Naucalpan, Mexico Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| Course | 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 | |
| United States Phil Mickelson | |
| 268 (−16), playoff | |
| Location map | |
| Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 411: Malformed coordinates value. | |
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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
- 4. The top 10 players from the 2018 FedExCup Points List, as of February 26, 2018
- 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
- 8. The top 2 players from the final 2017 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
- 9. The top 2 players from the final 2017 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit
- 10. The top 2 players from the final 2017 Asian Tour Order of Merit
- 11. The highest ranked available player from Mexico from the Official World Golf Ranking as of February 19, 2018
Round summaries
[edit | edit source]First round
[edit | edit source]Thursday, March 1, 2018
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa Louis Oosthuizen | 64 | −7 |
| T2 | England Chris Paisley | 65 | −6 |
| United States Xander Schauffele | |||
| India Shubhankar Sharma | |||
| T5 | Thailand Kiradech Aphibarnrat | 66 | −5 |
| Spain Rafa Cabrera-Bello | |||
| 7 | Spain Jon Rahm | 67 | −4 |
| T8 | United States Tony Finau | 68 | −3 |
| United States Rickie Fowler | |||
| Spain Sergio García | |||
| United States Brian Harman | |||
| United States Pat Perez |
Second round
[edit | edit source]Friday, March 2, 2018
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India Shubhankar Sharma | 65-66=131 | −11 |
| T2 | Spain Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 66-67=133 | −9 |
| Spain Sergio García | 68-65=133 | ||
| United States Xander Schauffele | 65-68=133 | ||
| T5 | Thailand Kiradech Aphibarnrat | 66-69=135 | −7 |
| United States Brian Harman | 68-67=135 | ||
| United States Dustin Johnson | 69-66=135 | ||
| South Africa Louis Oosthuizen | 64-71=135 | ||
| United States Pat Perez | 68-67=135 | ||
| United States Brendan Steele | 69-66=135 | ||
| United States Bubba Watson | 69-66=135 |
Third round
[edit | edit source]Saturday, March 3, 2018
| Place | Player | Score | To par |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India Shubhankar Sharma | 65-66-69=200 | −13 |
| T2 | Spain Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 66-67-69=202 | −11 |
| Spain Sergio García | 68-65-69=202 | ||
| England Tyrrell Hatton | 70-68-64=202 | ||
| United States Phil Mickelson | 69-68-65=202 | ||
| T6 | United States Brian Harman | 68-67-68=203 | −10 |
| United States Dustin Johnson | 69-66-68=203 | ||
| United States Pat Perez | 68-67-68=203 | ||
| United States Xander Schauffele | 65-68-70=203 | ||
| 10 | United States Justin Thomas | 72-70-62=204 | −9 |
Final round
[edit | edit source]Sunday, March 4, 2018
| Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | United States Phil Mickelson | 69-68-65-66=268 | −16 | Playoff |
| United States Justin Thomas | 72-70-62-64=268 | |||
| T3 | Spain Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 66-67-69-67=269 | −15 | 510,500 |
| England Tyrrell Hatton | 70-68-64-67=269 | |||
| T5 | Thailand Kiradech Aphibarnrat | 66-69-71-65=271 | −13 | 330,500 |
| United States Brian Harman | 68-67-68-68=271 | |||
| T7 | Spain Sergio García | 68-65-69-70=272 | −12 | 239,750 |
| United States Dustin Johnson | 69-66-68-69=272 | |||
| T9 |  Adam Hadwin |
70-71-67-66=274 | −10 | 182,000 |
| India Shubhankar Sharma | 65-66-69-74=274 | |||
| United States Bubba Watson | 69-66-72-67=274 |
Scorecard
[edit | edit source]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 |
| United States Mickelson | −12 | −13 | −12 | −13 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −15 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −15 | −16 | −16 | −16 |
| United States Thomas | −10 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −13 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −15 | −15 | −14 | −16 |
| Spain Cabrera-Bello | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −12 | −12 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −12 | −13 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −15 |
| England Hatton | −12 | −13 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −12 | −13 | −13 | −14 | −16 | −16 | −16 | −15 |
| Thailand Aphibarnrat | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −13 | −13 | −12 | −12 | −13 |
| United States Harman | −11 | −11 | −11 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 | −11 | −12 | −13 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −13 | −13 | −13 |
| India 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
[edit | edit source]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 | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Phil Mickelson | 3 | E | 1,700,000 |
| 2 | United States Justin Thomas | – | – | 1,072,000 |
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).