2020 WGC-Mexico Championship explained

2020 WGC-Mexico Championship
Dates:February 20–23, 2020
Location:Naucalpan, Mexico
Course:Club de Golf Chapultepec
Tour:PGA Tour
European Tour
Par:71
Yardage:7355yd
Field:72 players
Cut:None
Purse:$10,500,000
Winners Share:$1,820,000
Champion: Patrick Reed
Score:266 (−18)
Previous:2019
Next:2021
Map:Mexico#Mexico State of Mexico
Map Relief:yes
Map Label:Naucalpan
Coordinates:19.431°N -99.244°W

The 2020 WGC-Mexico Championship was a golf tournament played February 20–23 at Club de Golf Chapultepec in Naucalpan, Mexico, just west of Mexico City. It was the 21st time the WGC Championship is played, and the first of the World Golf Championships events to be staged in 2020. The approximate elevation of the course's clubhouse is 2400m (7,900feet)

Patrick Reed won his second WGC Championship (first in Mexico), by a single stroke ahead of Bryson DeChambeau. DeChambeau was leading heading into the final stages, but scored an aggregate one-over-par on the final 4 holes, whereas Reed birdied the 15th, 16th, and 17th. During the final round five players had a share of the lead, with the other main challengers being Justin Thomas, Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Erik van Rooyen.[1] [2]

This was the final time this event was held in Mexico; the following year's edition was scheduled to return, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was moved to Florida in January 2021 (and played in late February).[3]

Course layout

Club de Golf Chapultepec

Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotal
Yards3163871865064456252355253823,6074506324062254975754031723883,7387,355
Meters2893541704634075722154803493,2994115783712064415263691573553,4056,726
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] 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 10, 2020An Byeong-hun (2), Abraham Ancer (2,3), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (2), Paul Casey (2,3), Bryson DeChambeau (2,3), Matt Fitzpatrick (2,5,6), Tommy Fleetwood (2,3,5,6), Sergio García (2), Tyrrell Hatton (2,5), Billy Horschel (2), Im Sung-jae (2,3,4), Shugo Imahira (2,7), Jazz Janewattananond (2,10), Dustin Johnson (2,3), Kevin Kisner (2,3), Matt Kuchar (2,3), Marc Leishman (2,3,4), Shane Lowry (2,5), Hideki Matsuyama (2,3,4), Graeme McDowell (2,6), Rory McIlroy (2,3,4,5), Francesco Molinari (2), Kevin Na (2), Louis Oosthuizen (2,3,5,6), Victor Perez (2,5,6), Jon Rahm (2,3,5), Chez Reavie (2,3), Patrick Reed (2,3), Xander Schauffele (2,3), Adam Scott (2,3), Webb Simpson (2,3,4), Cameron Smith (2,4), Brandt Snedeker (2,3), Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas (2,3,4), Erik van Rooyen (5), Matt Wallace (2,5), Bubba Watson (2), Lee Westwood (2,6), Bernd Wiesberger (2,5), Danny Willett (2,5,6), Gary Woodland (2,3)
2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 17, 2020Christiaan Bezuidenhout (5,6), Collin Morikawa
3. The top 30 players from the final 2019 FedExCup Points ListCorey Conners, Lucas Glover, Charles Howell III, Jason Kokrak
4. The top 10 players from the 2020 FedExCup Points List, as of February 17, 2020Lanto Griffin, Sebastián Muñoz, Brendon Todd
5. The top 20 players from the final 2019 European Tour Race to DubaiJorge Campillo, Benjamin Hébert, Marcus Kinhult, Kurt Kitayama, Mike Lorenzo-Vera, Robert MacIntyre, Matthias Schwab
6. The top 10 players from the 2020 European Tour Race to Dubai, as of February 10, 2020Branden Grace, Lucas Herbert, Pablo Larrazábal
7. The top 2 players, not otherwise exempt, from the final 2019 Japan Golf Tour Order of MeritRyo Ishikawa, Shaun Norris
8. The top 2 players, not otherwise exempt, from the final 2019 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of MeritRyan Fox, Zach Murray
9. The top 2 players, not otherwise exempt, from the final 2018–19 Sunshine Tour Order of MeritJustin Harding, Zander Lombard
10. The top 2 players, not otherwise exempt, from the final 2019 Asian Tour Order of MeritScott Hend, Lee Tae-hee
11. The highest-ranked player from Mexico, not otherwise eligible, within the top 300 of the Official World Golf Ranking as of February 10, 2020Carlos Ortiz
12. Alternates to fill field to 72 (if necessary) from the Official World Golf Ranking as of February 17, 2020
  1. Scottie Scheffler (51)
  2. Kang Sung-hoon (54)

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, February 20, 2020

For the second year running, world number one Rory McIlroy led the tournament after the first round, after shooting a 6-under-par 65 to take a two-shot lead over Justin Thomas and Bubba Watson. McIlroy had an eagle on the 11th hole (his second hole) and had five birdies in his round.[6] No players completed a bogey-free round, with the field shooting a combined 100-over par and a scoring average of 72.389, the highest of any WCG round at Chapultepec.[7]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 65 −6
T2 67 −4
Bubba Watson
T4 68 −3
Bryson DeChambeau
Billy Horschel
Louis Oosthuizen
T8 69 −2
Tyrrell Hatton
Im Sung-jae
Patrick Reed
Lee Westwood

Second round

Friday, February 21, 2020

The average score was more than 2 stokes lower on day two, than on day one. An 8-under 63 gave Bryson DeChambeau solo lead after making 31 of 32 putts inside 15 feet through two rounds, which also meant he had a career high of total putting distance of 265' 10". On his 30th birthday, Erik van Rooyen was the only player to shoot a bogey-free round, and matched Justin Thomas' course record with a 9-under 62. Rory McIlroy struggled compared to his first round, but three late birdies meant he stayed within 3 strokes of the lead going into day three.[8]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 68-63=131 −11
T2 69-63=132 −10
70-62=132
T4 69-64=133 −9
67-66=133
6 65-69=134 −8
T7 69-68=137 −5
69-68=137
71-66=137
10 68-70=138 −4

Third round

Saturday, February 22, 2020

Having already won twice in the current PGA Tour season, Justin Thomas shot a 6-under 65 to lead by one stroke after 54-holes, a feat he also achieved at the 2017 WGC-Mexico Championship. Overnight leader Bryson DeChambeau could only hit a level par 71, despite being 3-under after the first two holes, and finished 4 strokes behind Thomas. Jon Rahm set a new tournament and course record after scoring a 10-under 61 which included nine birdies and a hole-in-one on the 17th to finish the day level with DeChambeau.[9]

PlacePlayerScoreTo par
1 67-66-65=198 −15
T2 69-63-67=199 −14
70-62-67=199
T4 68-63-71=202 −11
65-69-68=202
72-69-61=202
T7 69-68-66=203 −10
69-68-66=203
T9 69-64-71=204 −9
71-68-65=204
70-69-65=204

Final round

Sunday, February 23, 2020

Final leaderboard

Champion
(c) = past champion
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)
1 Patrick Reed (c) 69-63-67-67=266 −18 1,820,000
2 68-63-71-65=267 −17 1,150,000
T3 72-69-61-67=269 −15 600,000
70-62-67-70=269
5 65-69-68-68=270 −14 430,000
T6 69-68-66-68=271 −13 320,667
69-64-71-67=271
67-66-65-73=271
T9 68-71-68-65=272 −12 237,500
71-68-65-68=272
Source:[10]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718
Par443445344454345434
Reed −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −16 −16 −16 −17 −18 −19 −18
DeChambeau −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −13 −14 −13 −14 −15 −16 −17 −17 −18 −18 −18 −17 −17
Rahm −12 −13 −14 −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −14 −14 −15 −14 −15 −15 −15 −15
van Rooyen −15 −16 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −15 −13 −14 −13 −13 −13 −14 −15 −15 −15
McIlroy −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −13 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14
Hatton −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −11 −10 −11 −12 −12 −12 −12 −12 −13 −14 −14 −13 −13
Matsuyama −9 −9 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −11 −11 −12 −11 −12 −13 −13
Thomas −16 −16 −15 −15 −16 −16 −15 −14 −14 −12 −13 −13 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Double EagleEagle -->BirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+ -->
Source:[11]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fourth-Round Notes – Sunday, February 23, 2020 . PGA Tour . February 23, 2020.
  2. News: Patrick Reed Shows His Moxie and Wins Mexico Championship . Sports Illustrated . February 23, 2020.
  3. Web site: 2021 WGC-Mexico Championship to be played at The Concession Golf Club in Florida . European Tour . January 17, 2021.
  4. Web site: WGC-Mexico Championship: Card of the course . European Tour . February 17, 2020 . February 17, 2020.
  5. Web site: 2019 Qualifiers for majors, The Players, WGCs . PGA Tour . February 3, 2019.
  6. News: Rory McIlroy roars out to two-shot lead at Mexico Championship . ESPN . Associated Press . February 21, 2020.
  7. Web site: First-Round Notes – Thursday, February 20, 2020 . PGA Tour . February 21, 2020.
  8. Web site: Second-Round Notes – Friday, February 21, 2020 . PGA Tour . February 22, 2020.
  9. Web site: Third-Round Notes – Saturday, February 22, 2020 . PGA Tour . February 22, 2020.
  10. News: WGC-Mexico Championship . ESPN . 24 February 2020. mdy-all.
  11. News: World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship . PGA Tour . 1 March 2020. mdy-all.

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