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
The Championship was won by Dustin Johnson in his first tournament as the World number 1.

Course layout

Club de Golf Chapultepec
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3163871865064456252355253823,6074506224062254825754031723883,7237,330
Meters2893541704634075722154803493,2994115693712064415263691573553,4056,704
Par443445344354543454343671

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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, Daniel Berger, Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Paul Casey, Kevin Chappell, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Rickie Fowler, Jim Furyk, Sergio García, Branden Grace, Emiliano Grillo, Bill Haas, Tyrrell Hatton, J. B. Holmes, Yuta Ikeda, Dustin Johnson, Zach Johnson, Kevin Kisner, Russell Knox, Brooks Koepka, Matt Kuchar, Hideki Matsuyama, William McGirt, Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson, Francesco Molinari, Ryan Moore, Kevin Na, Alex Norén, Louis Oosthuizen, Scott Piercy, Thomas Pieters, Jon Rahm, Patrick Reed, Justin Rose, Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott, Brandt Snedeker, Jordan Spieth, Henrik Stenson, Justin Thomas, Jimmy Walker, Wang Jeung-hun, Bubba Watson, Lee Westwood, Bernd Wiesberger, Danny Willett, Chris Wood, Gary Woodland
;2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 27, 2017
Martin Kaymer, Brendan Steele
;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

Nationalities in the field

Past champions in the field

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 2, 2017
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
T1Ross Fisher67−4
T1Phil Mickelson67−4
T1Ryan Moore67−4
T1Jon Rahm67−4
T1Jimmy Walker67−4
T1Lee Westwood67−4
T7Sergio García68−3
T7Matt Kuchar68−3
T7Rory McIlroy68−3
T7Pat Perez68−3
T7Thomas Pieters68−3
T7Chris Wood68−3
T7Fabrizio Zanotti68−3

Second round

Friday, March 3, 2017
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Rory McIlroy68-65=133−9
T2Ross Fisher67-68=135−7
T2Phil Mickelson67-68=135−7
T2Justin Thomas69-66=135−7
T5Daniel Berger70-66=136−6
T5Dustin Johnson70-66=136−6
T5Andy Sullivan71-65=136−6
T8Roberto Castro69-68=137−5
T8Tyrrell Hatton70-67=137−5
T8J. B. Holmes69-68=137−5
T8Martin Kaymer70-67=137−5
T8Thomas Pieters68-69=137−5
T8Jon Rahm67-70=137−5
T8Fabrizio Zanotti68-69=137−5

Third round

Saturday, March 4, 2017
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Justin Thomas69-66-66=201−12
2Dustin Johnson70-66-66=202−11
T3Rory McIlroy68-65-70=203−10
T3Phil Mickelson67-68-68=203−10
T5Jon Rahm67-70-67=204−9
T5Lee Westwood67-71-66=204−9
T7Tommy Fleetwood69-70-66=205−8
T7Tyrrell Hatton70-67-68=205−8
T7Thomas Pieters68-69-68=205−8
T10Daniel Berger70-66-70=206−7
T10J. B. Holmes69-68-69=206−7
T10Matt Kuchar68-71-67=206−7
T10Jordan Spieth71-72-63=206−7

Final round

Sunday, March 5, 2017
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Dustin Johnson70-66-66-68=270−141,660,000
2Tommy Fleetwood69-70-66-66=271−131,045,000
T3Ross Fisher67-68-72-65=272−12497,000
T3Jon Rahm67-70-67-68=272−12497,000
T5Thomas Pieters68-69-68-68=273−11312,500
T5Justin Thomas69-66-66-72=273−11312,500
T7Rory McIlroy68-65-70-71=274−10211,667
T7Phil Mickelson67-68-68-71=274−10211,667
T7Brandt Snedeker75-68-66-65=274−10211,667
10Tyrrell Hatton70-67-68-70=275−9166,000

Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par443445344454345434
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