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]

2017 WGC-Mexico Championship
Tournament information
DatesMarch 2–5, 2017
LocationNaucalpan, Mexico
Course(s)Club de Golf Chapultepec
Tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Par71
Length7,330 yards (6,703 m)
Field77 players
CutNone
Prize fund$9,750,000
€9,183,384
Winner's share$1,660,000
€1,563,530
Champion
United States Dustin Johnson
270 (−14)
Mexico City is located in Mexico
Mexico City
Mexico City
Location in Mexico

Course layout

Club de Golf Chapultepec

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3163871865064456252355253823,6074506224062254825754031723883,7237,330
Meters2893541704634075722154803493,2994115693712064415263691573553,4056,704
Par443445344354543454343671

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), 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)

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 par
T1England Ross Fisher67−4
United States Phil Mickelson
United States Ryan Moore
Spain Jon Rahm
United States Jimmy Walker
England Lee Westwood
T7Spain Sergio García68−3
United States Matt Kuchar
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
United States Pat Perez
Belgium Thomas Pieters
England Chris Wood
Paraguay Fabrizio Zanotti

Second round

Friday, March 3, 2017

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy68-65=133−9
T2England Ross Fisher67-68=135−7
United States Phil Mickelson67-68=135
United States Justin Thomas69-66=135
T5United States Daniel Berger70-66=136−6
United States Dustin Johnson70-66=136
England Andy Sullivan71-65=136
T8United States Roberto Castro69-68=137−5
England Tyrrell Hatton70-67=137
United States J. B. Holmes69-68=137
Germany Martin Kaymer70-67=137
Belgium Thomas Pieters68-69=137
Spain Jon Rahm67-70=137
Paraguay Fabrizio Zanotti68-69=137

Third round

Saturday, March 4, 2017

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1United States Justin Thomas69-66-66=201−12
2United States Dustin Johnson70-66-66=202−11
T3Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy68-65-70=203−10
United States Phil Mickelson67-68-68=203
T5Spain Jon Rahm67-70-67=204−9
England Lee Westwood67-71-66=204
T7England Tommy Fleetwood69-70-66=205−8
England Tyrrell Hatton70-67-68=205
Belgium Thomas Pieters68-69-68=205
T10United States Daniel Berger70-66-70=206−7
United States J. B. Holmes69-68-69=206
United States Matt Kuchar68-71-67=206
United States Jordan Spieth71-72-63=206

Final round

Sunday, March 5, 2017

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)
1United States Dustin Johnson70-66-66-68=270−141,660,000
2England Tommy Fleetwood69-70-66-66=271−131,045,000
T3England Ross Fisher67-68-72-65=272−12497,000
Spain Jon Rahm67-70-67-68=272
T5Belgium Thomas Pieters68-69-68-68=273−11312,500
United States Justin Thomas69-66-66-72=273
T7Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy68-65-70-71=274−10211,667
United States Phil Mickelson67-68-68-71=274
United States Brandt Snedeker75-68-66-65=274
10England Tyrrell Hatton70-67-68-70=275−9166,000

Scorecard
Eagle Birdie Bogey Double bogey

Final round

Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par443445344454345434
United States Johnson−11−12−12−12−12−13−13−14−14−15−15−14−13−13−14−14−14−14
England Fleetwood−9−9−9−9−9−10−10−9−9−9−10−11−11−11−12−12−12−13
England Fisher−5−5−6−7−6−7−7−7−8−8−9−10−10−9−9−10−11−12
Spain Rahm−10−10−10−10−9−10−10−10−10−10−12−12−12−13−14−13−12−12
Belgium Pieters−9−10−10−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−11−12−11
United States Thomas−13−12−12−11−12−12−10−9−9−9−10−10−9−10−11−11−11−11
Northern Ireland McIlroy−10−10−9−9−9−10−9−9−9−9−9−9−9−10−10−10−10−10
United States Mickelson−9−9−9−9−9−10−9−7−7−7−9−9−9−9−10−10−10−10
United States Snedeker−5−5−5−5−6−6−6−6−6−6−7−8−8−8−9−10−11−10
England Hatton−8−8−9−9−9−9−9−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−10−9−9−9

References
  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.
  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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