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 Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards3163871865064456252355253823,6074506224062254975754031723883,7387,345Meters2893541704634075722154803493,2994115693712064415263691573553,4056,704Par443445344354543454343671 Source:

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 (2,5), Daniel Berger (2,3), Rafa Cabrera-Bello (2,5), Patrick Cantlay (2,3), Paul Casey (2,3), Kevin Chappell (2,3), Jason Dufner (2,3), Tony Finau (2,3,4), Ross Fisher (2,5,6), Matt Fitzpatrick (2,5), Tommy Fleetwood (2,5,6), Rickie Fowler (2,3), Dylan Frittelli (2,5,6), Sergio García (2,3,5), Branden Grace (2,5), Adam Hadwin (2,3), Brian Harman (2,3), Tyrrell Hatton (2,5), Charley Hoffman (2,3), Yuta Ikeda (2), Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Kevin Kisner (2,3), Satoshi Kodaira (2,7), Matt Kuchar (2,3), Li Haotong (2,5,6), Marc Leishman (2,3), Phil Mickelson (2), Francesco Molinari (2,5), Alex Norén (2,5), Louis Oosthuizen (2), Pat Perez (2,3,4), Thomas Pieters (2,5), Jon Rahm (2,3,4,5), Chez Reavie (2,4), Patrick Reed (2,3), Justin Rose (2,3,5), Xander Schauffele (2,3), Charl Schwartzel (2), Webb Simpson (2,3), Jordan Spieth (2,3), Brendan Steele (2,4), Justin Thomas (2,3,4), Jhonattan Vegas (2,3), Bubba Watson (2), Gary Woodland (2,3,4) Brooks Koepka (2,3) did not play due to injury. Jason Day (2,3,4), Hideki Matsuyama (2,3), Rory McIlroy (2,5,6), and Henrik Stenson (2,5) did not play.

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

Chan Kim did not play due to a wrist injury.

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

Round summaries First round Thursday, March 1, 2018 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Louis Oosthuizen 64 −7T2 Chris Paisley 65 −6 Xander Schauffele Shubhankar SharmaT5 Kiradech Aphibarnrat 66 −5 Rafa Cabrera-Bello7 Jon Rahm 67 −4T8 Tony Finau 68 −3 Rickie Fowler Sergio García Brian Harman Pat Perez

Second round Friday, March 2, 2018 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Shubhankar Sharma 65-66=131 −11T2 Rafa Cabrera-Bello 66-67=133 −9 Sergio García 68-65=133 Xander Schauffele 65-68=133T5 Kiradech Aphibarnrat 66-69=135 −7 Brian Harman 68-67=135 Dustin Johnson 69-66=135 Louis Oosthuizen 64-71=135 Pat Perez 68-67=135 Brendan Steele 69-66=135 Bubba Watson 69-66=135

Third round Saturday, March 3, 2018 PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Shubhankar Sharma 65-66-69=200 −13T2 Rafa Cabrera-Bello 66-67-69=202 −11 Sergio García 68-65-69=202 Tyrrell Hatton 70-68-64=202 Phil Mickelson 69-68-65=202T6 Brian Harman 68-67-68=203 −10 Dustin Johnson 69-66-68=203 Pat Perez 68-67-68=203 Xander Schauffele 65-68-70=20310 Justin Thomas 72-70-62=204 −9

Final round Sunday, March 4, 2018 PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)T1 Phil Mickelson 69-68-65-66=268 −16 Playoff Justin Thomas 72-70-62-64=268 T3 Rafa Cabrera-Bello 66-67-69-67=269 −15 510,500 Tyrrell Hatton 70-68-64-67=269T5 Kiradech Aphibarnrat 66-69-71-65=271 −13 330,500 Brian Harman 68-67-68-68=271T7 Sergio García 68-65-69-70=272 −12 239,750 Dustin Johnson 69-66-68-69=272T9 Adam Hadwin 70-71-67-66=274 −10 182,000 Shubhankar Sharma 65-66-69-74=274 Bubba Watson 69-66-72-67=274

Scorecard Final round Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par443445344 454345434 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 Double Eagle -->EagleBirdieBogeyDouble bogeyTriple bogey+ --> Source:

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.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney (US$)1 Phil Mickelson 3 E 1,700,0002 Justin Thomas – – 1,072,000

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External links

Coverage on the European Tour's official site