2017 WGC-Mexico Championship

2017 WGC-Mexico Championship
Tournament information
Dates March 2–5, 2017
Location Mexico City, Mexico
Course(s) Club de Golf Chapultepec
Tour(s) PGA Tour
European Tour
Statistics
Cut None
Prize fund $9,750,000
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The 2017 WGC-Mexico Championship is a golf tournament which will be played March 2–5 at Club de Golf Chapultepec in Mexico City, Mexico. It will be the 18th time the WGC Championship has been played, and the first of the World Golf Championships events to be staged in 2017.


Field

The field consists 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.[1] Each player is classified according to the first category in which he qualified, but other categories are shown in parentheses.

1. The top 30 players from the final 2016 FedExCup Points List

Daniel Berger, Paul Casey, Roberto Castro, Kevin Chappell, Jason Day, Jason Dufner, Emiliano Grillo, J. B. Holmes, Dustin Johnson, Kim Si-woo, Kevin Kisner, Russell Knox, Matt Kuchar, Hideki Matsuyama, William McGirt, Rory McIlroy (2), Phil Mickelson, Ryan Moore, Kevin Na, Sean O'Hair, Patrick Reed, Charl Schwartzel, Adam Scott, Brandt Snedeker, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Jhonattan Vegas, Jimmy Walker, Bubba Watson, Gary Woodland

2. The top 20 players from the final 2016 European Tour Race to Dubai

Rafael Cabrera-Bello, Ross Fisher, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Branden Grace, Tyrrell Hatton, Martin Kaymer, Søren Kjeldsen, Joost Luiten, Francesco Molinari, Alexander Norén, Thorbjørn Olesen, Louis Oosthuizen, Henrik Stenson, Andy Sullivan, Wang Jeung-hun, Lee Westwood, Bernd Wiesberger, Danny Willett, Chris Wood

3. The top 2 players from the final 2016 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit

Yuta Ikeda, Hideto Tanihara

4. The top 2 players from the final 2016 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit

Matthew Griffin, Michael Hendry

5. The top 2 players from the 2016 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit as of December 5

Richard Sterne, Brandon Stone

6. The top 2 players from the final 2016 Asian Tour Order of Merit

December 12

7. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 21, 2017
8. The top 10 players from the 2017 European Tour Race to Dubai, as of February 21, 2017
9. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 28, 2017
10. The top 10 players from the 2017 FedExCup Points List, as of February 28, 2017
11. The highest ranked available player from Mexico from the Official World Golf Ranking as of February 20, 2017

Past champions expected in the field

Player Country Year won
Adam Scott  Australia 2016
Dustin Johnson  United States 2015
Patrick Reed  United States 2014
Justin Rose  England 2012

References

  1. "First 30 players qualify for the World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship". PGA Tour. October 3, 2016. Retrieved December 3, 2016.

External links

Coordinates: 19°16′N 99°48′W / 19.26°N 99.8°W / 19.26; -99.8

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