Tournament information | |
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Dates | March 1–4, 2018 |
Location | Naucalpan, Mexico 19°25′52″N 99°14′38″W / 19.431°N 99.244°W |
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 | |
Location in Mexico Location in State of Mexico | |
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.
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 |
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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]
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.
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)
Paul Dunne, Peter Uihlein, Bernd Wiesberger
Jorge Campillo, Joost Luiten, Wade Ormsby, Chris Paisley, Shubhankar Sharma
Thursday, March 1, 2018
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | Louis Oosthuizen | 64 | −7 |
T2 | Chris Paisley | 65 | −6 |
Xander Schauffele | |||
Shubhankar Sharma | |||
T5 | Kiradech Aphibarnrat | 66 | −5 |
Rafa Cabrera-Bello | |||
7 | Jon Rahm | 67 | −4 |
T8 | Tony Finau | 68 | −3 |
Rickie Fowler | |||
Sergio García | |||
Brian Harman | |||
Pat Perez |
Friday, March 2, 2018
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | Shubhankar Sharma | 65-66=131 | −11 |
T2 | Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 66-67=133 | −9 |
Sergio García | 68-65=133 | ||
Xander Schauffele | 65-68=133 | ||
T5 | Kiradech Aphibarnrat | 66-69=135 | −7 |
Brian Harman | 68-67=135 | ||
Dustin Johnson | 69-66=135 | ||
Louis Oosthuizen | 64-71=135 | ||
Pat Perez | 68-67=135 | ||
Brendan Steele | 69-66=135 | ||
Bubba Watson | 69-66=135 |
Saturday, March 3, 2018
Place | Player | Score | To par |
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1 | Shubhankar Sharma | 65-66-69=200 | −13 |
T2 | Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 66-67-69=202 | −11 |
Sergio García | 68-65-69=202 | ||
Tyrrell Hatton | 70-68-64=202 | ||
Phil Mickelson | 69-68-65=202 | ||
T6 | Brian Harman | 68-67-68=203 | −10 |
Dustin Johnson | 69-66-68=203 | ||
Pat Perez | 68-67-68=203 | ||
Xander Schauffele | 65-68-70=203 | ||
10 | Justin Thomas | 72-70-62=204 | −9 |
Sunday, March 4, 2018
Place | Player | Score | To par | Money (US$) |
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T1 | Phil Mickelson | 69-68-65-66=268 | −16 | Playoff |
Justin Thomas | 72-70-62-64=268 | |||
T3 | Rafa Cabrera-Bello | 66-67-69-67=269 | −15 | 510,500 |
Tyrrell Hatton | 70-68-64-67=269 | |||
T5 | Kiradech Aphibarnrat | 66-69-71-65=271 | −13 | 330,500 |
Brian Harman | 68-67-68-68=271 | |||
T7 | Sergio García | 68-65-69-70=272 | −12 | 239,750 |
Dustin Johnson | 69-66-68-69=272 | |||
T9 | Adam Hadwin | 70-71-67-66=274 | −10 | 182,000 |
Shubhankar Sharma | 65-66-69-74=274 | |||
Bubba Watson | 69-66-72-67=274 |
Final round
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Eagle | Birdie | Bogey | Double bogey |
Source:[7]
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$) |
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1 | Phil Mickelson | 3 | E | 1,700,000 |
2 | Justin Thomas | – | – | 1,072,000 |
Championship | |
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Match Play | |
Invitational | |
Champions | |
World Cup |