2018 WGC-Mexico Championship


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
Phil Mickelson won the tournament on the first playoff hole; it was his first tour victory in over 4½ years, since The Open Championship in 2013.

Course layout

Club de Golf Chapultepec
Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3163871865064456252355253823,6074506224062254975754031723883,7387,345
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 19, 2018
Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Daniel Berger, Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Patrick Cantlay, Paul Casey, Kevin Chappell, Jason Dufner, Tony Finau, Ross Fisher, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Rickie Fowler, Dylan Frittelli, Sergio García, Branden Grace, Adam Hadwin, Brian Harman, Tyrrell Hatton, Charley Hoffman, Yuta Ikeda, Dustin Johnson, Kevin Kisner, Satoshi Kodaira, Matt Kuchar, Li Haotong, Marc Leishman, Phil Mickelson, Francesco Molinari, Alex Norén, Louis Oosthuizen, Pat Perez, Thomas Pieters, Jon Rahm, Chez Reavie, Patrick Reed, Justin Rose, Xander Schauffele, Charl Schwartzel, Webb Simpson, Jordan Spieth, Brendan Steele, Justin Thomas, Jhonattan Vegas, Bubba Watson, Gary Woodland
;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
Russell Henley, Kyle Stanley
;4. The top 10 players from the 2018 FedExCup Points List, as of February 26, 2018
Patton Kizzire
;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
Yūsaku Miyazato
;8. The top 2 players from the final 2017 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
Adam Bland, Brett Rumford
;9. The top 2 players from the final 2017 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit
Dean Burmester, Brandon Stone
;10. The top 2 players from the final 2017 Asian Tour Order of Merit
Gavin Green, David Lipsky
;11. The highest ranked available player from Mexico from the Official World Golf Ranking as of February 19, 2018
Abraham Ancer

Nationalities in the field

Past champions in the field

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, March 1, 2018
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Louis Oosthuizen64−7
T2Chris Paisley65−6
T2Xander Schauffele65−6
T2Shubhankar Sharma65−6
T5Kiradech Aphibarnrat66−5
T5Rafael Cabrera-Bello66−5
7Jon Rahm67−4
T8Tony Finau68−3
T8Rickie Fowler68−3
T8Sergio García68−3
T8Brian Harman68−3
T8Pat Perez68−3

Second round

Friday, March 2, 2018
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Shubhankar Sharma65-66=131−11
T2Rafael Cabrera-Bello66-67=133−9
T2Sergio García68-65=133−9
T2Xander Schauffele65-68=133−9
T5Kiradech Aphibarnrat66-69=135−7
T5Brian Harman68-67=135−7
T5Dustin Johnson69-66=135−7
T5Louis Oosthuizen64-71=135−7
T5Pat Perez68-67=135−7
T5Brendan Steele69-66=135−7
T5Bubba Watson69-66=135−7

Third round

Saturday, March 3, 2018
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Shubhankar Sharma65-66-69=200−13
T2Rafael Cabrera-Bello66-67-69=202−11
T2Sergio García68-65-69=202−11
T2Tyrrell Hatton70-68-64=202−11
T2Phil Mickelson69-68-65=202−11
T6Brian Harman68-67-68=203−10
T6Dustin Johnson69-66-68=203−10
T6Pat Perez68-67-68=203−10
T6Xander Schauffele65-68-70=203−10
10Justin Thomas72-70-62=204−9

Final round

Sunday, March 4, 2018
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
T1Phil Mickelson69-68-65-66=268−16Playoff
T1Justin Thomas72-70-62-64=268−16Playoff
T3Rafael Cabrera-Bello66-67-69-67=269−15510,500
T3Tyrrell Hatton70-68-64-67=269−15510,500
T5Kiradech Aphibarnrat66-69-71-65=271−13330,500
T5Brian Harman68-67-68-68=271−13330,500
T7Sergio García68-65-69-70=272−12239,750
T7Dustin Johnson69-66-68-69=272−12239,750
T9Adam Hadwin70-71-67-66=274−10182,000
T9Shubhankar Sharma65-66-69-74=274−10182,000
T9Bubba Watson69-66-72-67=274−10182,000

Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par443445344454345434
Mickelson−12−13−12−13−13−14−14−14−14−15−14−14−14−14−15−16−16−16
Thomas−10−11−11−11−11−12−12−12−12−13−13−14−14−14−15−15−14−16
Cabrera-Bello−13−13−13−13−12−12−13−13−13−13−13−12−13−13−14−14−14−15
Hatton−12−13−13−14−14−13−13−13−13−13−12−13−13−14−16−16−16−15
Aphibarnrat−7−8−8−8−9−10−10−10−10−11−12−12−12−13−13−12−12−13
Harman−11−11−11−10−10−10−10−10−11−11−12−13−13−14−14−13−13−13
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
EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogey

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Playoff

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.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Phil Mickelson3E1,700,000
2Justin Thomas––1,072,000