2019 WGC-Mexico Championship


The 2019 WGC-Mexico Championship was a golf tournament played February 21–24 at Club de Golf Chapultepec in Naucalpan, Mexico, just west of Mexico City. It was the 20th time the WGC Championship was played, and the first of the World Golf Championships events to be staged in 2019. The approximate elevation of the course's clubhouse is
Dustin Johnson eased to a 5 stroke victory ahead of Rory McIlroy to win his third WGC Championship, and sixth World Golf Championship overall. Although the victory did not immediately return Johnson to world number one, he and the current number one were not competing in the following week, which meant he was guaranteed to return to top spot a week later.

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 11, 2019
Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Lucas Bjerregaard, Keegan Bradley, Rafa Cabrera-Bello, Patrick Cantlay, Paul Casey, Bryson DeChambeau, Tony Finau, Matthew Fitzpatrick, Tommy Fleetwood, Rickie Fowler, Sergio García, Branden Grace, Emiliano Grillo, Tyrrell Hatton, Billy Horschel, Dustin Johnson, Kevin Kisner, Brooks Koepka, Matt Kuchar, Marc Leishman, Li Haotong, Shane Lowry, Hideki Matsuyama, Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson, Francesco Molinari, Alex Norén, Thorbjørn Olesen, Louis Oosthuizen, Eddie Pepperell, Ian Poulter, Jon Rahm, Chez Reavie, Patrick Reed, Xander Schauffele, Webb Simpson, Cameron Smith, Jordan Spieth, Kyle Stanley, Henrik Stenson, Justin Thomas, Matt Wallace, Bubba Watson, Gary Woodland, Tiger Woods
;2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 18, 2019
Charles Howell III
;3. The top 30 players from the final 2018 FedExCup Points List
Patton Kizzire, Kevin Na, Aaron Wise
;4. The top 10 players from the 2019 FedExCup Points List, as of February 18, 2019
;5. The top 20 players from the final 2018 European Tour Race to Dubai
Alexander Björk, Russell Knox, Lee Westwood, Danny Willett
;6. The top 10 players from the 2019 European Tour Race to Dubai, as of February 11, 2019
David Lipsky, Joost Luiten, Aaron Rai, Richard Sterne
;7. The top 2 players not exempt from the final 2018 Japan Golf Tour Order of Merit
Shugo Imahira, Shaun Norris
;8. The top 2 players from the final 2018 PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit
Jake McLeod, Matthew Millar
;9. The leading two available players from the final 2017–18 Sunshine Tour Order of Merit
George Coetzee, Erik van Rooyen
;10. The top 2 players from the final 2018 Asian Tour Order of Merit
Park Sang-hyun, Shubhankar Sharma
;11. The highest-ranked available player from Mexico from the Official World Golf Ranking as of February 11, 2019
Abraham Ancer
;12. Alternates to fill field to 72 from the Official World Golf Ranking as of February 18, 2019

Past champions in the field

Round summaries

First round

Thursday, February 21, 2019
Rory McIlroy shot an 8-under-par 63 to take a one-shot lead over Dustin Johnson.
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Rory McIlroy63−8
2Dustin Johnson64−7
T3Matt Kuchar66−5
T3Justin Thomas66−5
T5George Coetzee67−4
T5Tyrrell Hatton67−4
T7Kiradech Aphibarnrat68−3
T7Billy Horschel68−3
T7David Lipsky68−3
T7Ian Poulter68−3

Second round

Friday, February 22, 2019
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Dustin Johnson64-67=131−11
T2Matt Kuchar66-67=133−9
T2Rory McIlroy63-70=133−9
T4Tommy Fleetwood70-65=135−7
T4Sergio García69-66=135−7
T6Ian Poulter68-68=136−6
T6Cameron Smith69-67=136−6
T8Kiradech Aphibarnrat68-69=137−5
T8Tyrrell Hatton67-70=137−5
T8Charles Howell III69-68=137−5
T8Richard Sterne69-68=137−5
T8Tiger Woods71-66=137−5

Third round

Saturday, February 23, 2019
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo par
1Dustin Johnson64-67-66=197−16
2Rory McIlroy63-70-68=201−12
T3Patrick Cantlay72-67-65=204−9
T3Sergio García69-66-69=204−9
T3Patrick Reed72-68-64=204−9
T3Cameron Smith69-67-68=204−9
T7Kiradech Aphibarnrat68-69-68=205−8
T7Ian Poulter68-68-69=205−8
T9Tommy Fleetwood70-65-72=207−6
T9David Lipsky68-71-68=207−6
T9Louis Oosthuizen72-66-69=207−6
T9Tiger Woods71-66-70=207−6

Final round

Sunday, February 24, 2019
PlacePlayerCountryScoreTo parMoney
1Dustin Johnson64-67-66-66=263−211,745,000
2Rory McIlroy63-70-68-67=268−161,095,000
T3Kiradech Aphibarnrat68-69-68-68=273−11472,000
T3Paul Casey71-72-65-65=273−11472,000
T3Ian Poulter68-68-69-68=273−11472,000
T6Patrick Cantlay72-67-65-70=274−10261,667
T6Sergio García69-66-69-70=274−10261,667
T6Cameron Smith69-67-68-70=274−10261,667
9Justin Thomas66-73-74-62=275−9201,000
T10Keegan Bradley69-73-69-65=276−8161,500
T10David Lipsky68-71-68-69=276−8161,500
T10Joost Luiten71-67-74-64=276−8161,500
T10Tiger Woods71-66-70-69=276−8161,500

Scorecard

Final round
Hole123456789101112131415161718
Par443445344454345434
Johnson−16−16−15−15−15−16−16−16−16−17−18−18−18−19−20−21−21−21
McIlroy−12−13−13−12−12−11−11−11−11−11−12−13−13−14−15−16−17−16
Aphibarnrat−8−8−7−7−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−9−10−11
Casey−6−7−8−8−8−9−9−9−9−10−11−11−10−10−10−11−11−11
Poulter−7−8−7−7−7−7−7−7−7−8−9−9−9−9−10−11−11−11
Cantlay−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−10−11−11−10−10−10−10−10−10
García−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−8−9−10−10−11−10−9−10−10−10−10
Smith−8−9−9−8−8−8−8−8−7−8−8−8−8−9−9−9−10−10

Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
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