2020 WGC-Mexico Championship

2020 WGC-Mexico Championship
Tournament information
Dates	February 20–23, 2020
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	7,355 yards (6,725 m)
Field	72 players
Cut	None
Prize fund	$10,500,000
Winner's share	$1,820,000
Champion
	Patrick Reed
	266 (−18)
Location map
	Naucalpan Location in Mexico Naucalpan Location in State of Mexico
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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 2,400 meters (7,870 ft) above sea level.

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

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Yards	316	387	186	506	445	625	235	525	382	3,607	450	632	406	225	497	575	403	172	388	3,738	7,355
Meters	289	354	170	463	407	572	215	480	349	3,299	411	578	371	206	441	526	369	157	355	3,405	6,726
Par	4	4	3	4	4	5	3	4	4	35	4	5	4	3	4	5	4	3	4	36	71

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, 2020

An 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)

Patrick Cantlay (2,3), Jason Day (2), Tony Finau (2,3), Rickie Fowler (2,3), Brooks Koepka (2), Justin Rose (2,3), Henrik Stenson (2), and Tiger Woods (2) did not play.

2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 17, 2020

Christiaan Bezuidenhout (5,6), Collin Morikawa

3. The top 30 players from the final 2019 FedExCup Points List

Corey Conners, Lucas Glover, Charles Howell III, Jason Kokrak

4. The top 10 players from the 2020 FedExCup Points List, as of February 17, 2020

Lanto Griffin, Sebastián Muñoz, Brendon Todd

5. The top 20 players from the final 2019 European Tour Race to Dubai

Jorge 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, 2020

Branden Grace, Lucas Herbert, Pablo Larrazábal

7. The top 2 players, not otherwise exempt, from the final 2019 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit

Ryo Ishikawa, Shaun Norris

8. The top 2 players, not otherwise exempt, from the final 2019 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit

Ryan Fox, Zach Murray

9. The top 2 players, not otherwise exempt, from the final 2018–19 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit

Justin Harding, Zander Lombard

10. The top 2 players, not otherwise exempt, from the final 2019 Asian Tour Order of Merit

Scott 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, 2020

Carlos Ortiz

12. Alternates to fill field to 72 (if necessary) from the Official World Golf Ranking as of February 17, 2020

Scottie Scheffler (51)
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]

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Rory McIlroy	65	−6
T2	Justin Thomas	67	−4
T2	Bubba Watson	67	−4
T4	Corey Conners	68	−3
	Bryson DeChambeau
	Billy Horschel
	Louis Oosthuizen
T8	Paul Casey	69	−2
	Tyrrell Hatton
	Im Sung-jae
	Hideki Matsuyama
	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]

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Bryson DeChambeau	68-63=131	−11
T2	Patrick Reed	69-63=132	−10
T2	Erik van Rooyen	70-62=132	−10
T4	Hideki Matsuyama	69-64=133	−9
T4	Justin Thomas	67-66=133	−9
6	Rory McIlroy	65-69=134	−8
T7	Paul Casey	69-68=137	−5
	Tyrrell Hatton	69-68=137
	Sebastián Muñoz	71-66=137
10	Corey Conners	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]

Place	Player	Score	To par
1	Justin Thomas	67-66-65=198	−15
T2	Patrick Reed	69-63-67=199	−14
T2	Erik van Rooyen	70-62-67=199	−14
T4	Bryson DeChambeau	68-63-71=202	−11
	Rory McIlroy	65-69-68=202
	Jon Rahm	72-69-61=202
T7	Paul Casey	69-68-66=203	−10
T7	Tyrrell Hatton	69-68-66=203	−10
T9	Hideki Matsuyama	69-64-71=204	−9
	Kevin Na	71-68-65=204
	Gary Woodland	70-69-65=204

Final round

Sunday, February 23, 2020

Final leaderboard

Champion
(c) = past champion

Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
1	Patrick Reed (c)	69-63-67-67=266	−18	1,820,000
2	Bryson DeChambeau	68-63-71-65=267	−17	1,150,000
T3	Jon Rahm	72-69-61-67=269	−15	600,000
T3	Erik van Rooyen	70-62-67-70=269	−15	600,000
5	Rory McIlroy	65-69-68-68=270	−14	430,000
T6	Tyrrell Hatton	69-68-66-68=271	−13	320,667
	Hideki Matsuyama	69-64-71-67=271
	Justin Thomas	67-66-65-73=271
T9	Billy Horschel	68-71-68-65=272	−12	237,500
T9	Kevin Na	71-68-65-68=272	−12	237,500

Leaderboard below the top 10
Place	Player	Score	To par	Money ($)
11	Paul Casey	69-68-66-70=273	−11	205,000
T12	Abraham Ancer	70-70-67-68=275	−9	182,000
T12	Gary Woodland	70-69-65-71=275	−9	182,000
T14	Sebastián Muñoz	71-66-72-67=276	−8	160,000
T14	Xander Schauffele	72-72-66-66=276	−8	160,000
T16	Rafa Cabrera-Bello	71-71-67-68=277	−7	143,500
T16	Carlos Ortiz	75-68-66-68=277	−7	143,500
T18	Tommy Fleetwood	70-69-70-69=278	−6	125,500
	Benjamin Hébert	73-70-65-70=278
	Kevin Kisner	73-69-67-69=278
	Bubba Watson	67-72-71-68=278
T22	Matt Kuchar	75-67-67-70=279	−5	105,500
	Cameron Smith	73-73-69-64=279
	Brandt Snedeker	76-69-70-64=279
	Lee Westwood	69-70-70-70=279
T26	Zander Lombard	73-68-69-70=280	−4	90,000
	Scottie Scheffler	73-70-67-70=280
	Adam Scott (c)	74-68-68-70=280
T29	An Byeong-hun	75-69-72-65=281	−3	73,500
	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	72-72-70-67=281
	Ryan Fox	72-68-73-68=281
	Lanto Griffin	72-69-70-70=281
	Justin Harding	71-71-67-72=281
	Im Sung-jae	69-72-70-70=281
	Shane Lowry	72-69-71-69=281
	Chez Reavie	71-73-67-70=281
T37	Matt Fitzpatrick	72-70-70-70=282	−2	56,200
	Sergio García	74-72-70-66=282
	Shaun Norris	75-68-70-69=282
	Brendon Todd	72-71-71-68=282
	Bernd Wiesberger	70-76-68-68=282
T42	Branden Grace	71-71-71-70=283	−1	49,500
	Marc Leishman	74-70-68-71=283
	Robert MacIntyre	76-68-70-69=283
	Collin Morikawa	72-70-72-69=283
	Matthias Schwab	71-68-74-70=283
	Danny Willett	73-68-70-72=283
T48	Dustin Johnson (c)	76-71-67-70=284	E	45,500
T48	Zach Murray	71-69-69-75=284	E	45,500
50	Corey Conners	68-70-72-75=285	+1	44,000
T51	Jason Kokrak	73-70-73-70=286	+2	42,500
T51	Louis Oosthuizen	68-71-76-71=286	+2	42,500
T53	Charles Howell III	75-74-68-70=287	+3	39,100
	Jazz Janewattananond	73-73-73-68=287
	Kurt Kitayama	76-70-72-69=287
	Francesco Molinari	72-74-71-70=287
	Victor Perez	81-70-66-70=287
T58	Lucas Herbert	75-70-74-69=288	+4	36,500
	Jordan Spieth	74-73-70-71=288
	Matt Wallace	74-77-71-66=288
T61	Lucas Glover	71-73-76-69=289	+5	35,000
	Shugo Imahira	74-70-70-75=289
	Webb Simpson	72-73-74-70=289
64	Pablo Larrazábal	71-74-70-75=290	+6	34,000
65	Scott Hend	72-75-75-70=292	+8	33,750
66	Mike Lorenzo-Vera	76-73-72-73=294	+10	33,500
67	Jorge Campillo	77-74-69-75=295	+11	33,250
68	Ryo Ishikawa	80-72-73-71=296	+12	33,000
T69	Marcus Kinhult	75-74-75-73=297	+13	32,625
T69	Graeme McDowell	76-74-75-72=297	+13	32,625
71	Kang Sung-hoon	76-76-72-75=299	+15	32,250
72	Lee Tae-hee	80-73-74-76=303	+19	32,000

Source:^[10]

Scorecard

Final round

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Par	4	4	3	4	4	5	3	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	5	4	3	4
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

	Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey

Source:^[11]

References

^ "Fourth-Round Notes – Sunday, February 23, 2020" (PDF). PGA Tour. February 23, 2020.
^ "Patrick Reed Shows His Moxie and Wins Mexico Championship". Sports Illustrated. February 23, 2020.
^ "2021 WGC-Mexico Championship to be played at The Concession Golf Club in Florida". European Tour. January 17, 2021.
^ "WGC-Mexico Championship: Card of the course". European Tour. February 17, 2020. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
^ "2019 Qualifiers for majors, The Players, WGCs". PGA Tour. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
^ "Rory McIlroy roars out to two-shot lead at Mexico Championship". ESPN. Associated Press. February 21, 2020.
^ "First-Round Notes – Thursday, February 20, 2020" (PDF). PGA Tour. February 21, 2020.
^ "Second-Round Notes – Friday, February 21, 2020" (PDF). PGA Tour. February 22, 2020.
^ "Third-Round Notes – Saturday, February 22, 2020" (PDF). PGA Tour. February 22, 2020.
^ "WGC-Mexico Championship". ESPN. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
^ "World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 1, 2020.

External links

[1] "Fourth-Round Notes – Sunday, February 23, 2020" (PDF). PGA Tour. February 23, 2020.

[2] "Patrick Reed Shows His Moxie and Wins Mexico Championship". Sports Illustrated. February 23, 2020.

[3] "2021 WGC-Mexico Championship to be played at The Concession Golf Club in Florida". European Tour. January 17, 2021.

[etrcarcs-4] "WGC-Mexico Championship: Card of the course". European Tour. February 17, 2020. Retrieved February 17, 2020.

[5] "2019 Qualifiers for majors, The Players, WGCs". PGA Tour. Retrieved February 3, 2019.

[6] "Rory McIlroy roars out to two-shot lead at Mexico Championship". ESPN. Associated Press. February 21, 2020.

[7] "First-Round Notes – Thursday, February 20, 2020" (PDF). PGA Tour. February 21, 2020.

[8] "Second-Round Notes – Friday, February 21, 2020" (PDF). PGA Tour. February 22, 2020.

[9] "Third-Round Notes – Saturday, February 22, 2020" (PDF). PGA Tour. February 22, 2020.

[ldr-10] "WGC-Mexico Championship". ESPN. Retrieved February 24, 2020.

[scr-11] "World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship". PGA Tour. Retrieved March 1, 2020.

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