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

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.

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).

Course layout Club de Golf Chapultepec Hole123456789Out101112131415161718InTotalYards3163871865064456252355253823,6074506324062254975754031723883,7387,355Meters2893541704634075722154803493,2994115783712064415263691573553,4056,726Par443445344354543454343671 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 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. 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.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Rory McIlroy 65 −6T2 Justin Thomas 67 −4 Bubba WatsonT4 Corey Conners 68 −3 Bryson DeChambeau Billy Horschel Louis OosthuizenT8 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 strokes 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.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Bryson DeChambeau 68-63=131 −11T2 Patrick Reed 69-63=132 −10 Erik van Rooyen 70-62=132T4 Hideki Matsuyama 69-64=133 −9 Justin Thomas 67-66=1336 Rory McIlroy 65-69=134 −8T7 Paul Casey 69-68=137 −5 Tyrrell Hatton 69-68=137 Sebastián Muñoz 71-66=13710 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.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Justin Thomas 67-66-65=198 −15T2 Patrick Reed 69-63-67=199 −14 Erik van Rooyen 70-62-67=199T4 Bryson DeChambeau 68-63-71=202 −11 Rory McIlroy 65-69-68=202 Jon Rahm 72-69-61=202T7 Paul Casey 69-68-66=203 −10 Tyrrell Hatton 69-68-66=203T9 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

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Patrick Reed (c) 69-63-67-67=266 −18 1,820,0002 Bryson DeChambeau 68-63-71-65=267 −17 1,150,000T3 Jon Rahm 72-69-61-67=269 −15 600,000 Erik van Rooyen 70-62-67-70=2695 Rory McIlroy 65-69-68-68=270 −14 430,000T6 Tyrrell Hatton 69-68-66-68=271 −13 320,667 Hideki Matsuyama 69-64-71-67=271 Justin Thomas 67-66-65-73=271T9 Billy Horschel 68-71-68-65=272 −12 237,500 Kevin Na 71-68-65-68=272 Leaderboard below the top 10PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)11 Paul Casey 69-68-66-70=273 −11 205,000T12 Abraham Ancer 70-70-67-68=275 −9 182,000 Gary Woodland 70-69-65-71=275T14 Sebastián Muñoz 71-66-72-67=276 −8 160,000 Xander Schauffele 72-72-66-66=276T16 Rafa Cabrera-Bello 71-71-67-68=277 −7 143,500 Carlos Ortiz 75-68-66-68=277T18 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=278T22 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=279T26 Zander Lombard 73-68-69-70=280 −4 90,000 Scottie Scheffler 73-70-67-70=280 Adam Scott (c) 74-68-68-70=280T29 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=281T37 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=282T42 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=283T48 Dustin Johnson (c) 76-71-67-70=284 E 45,500 Zach Murray 71-69-69-75=284 50 Corey Conners 68-70-72-75=285 +1 44,000T51 Jason Kokrak 73-70-73-70=286 +2 42,500 Louis Oosthuizen 68-71-76-71=286T53 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=287T58 Lucas Herbert 75-70-74-69=288 +4 36,500 Jordan Spieth 74-73-70-71=288 Matt Wallace 74-77-71-66=288T61 Lucas Glover 71-73-76-69=289 +5 35,000 Shugo Imahira 74-70-70-75=289 Webb Simpson 72-73-74-70=28964 Pablo Larrazábal 71-74-70-75=290 +6 34,00065 Scott Hend 72-75-75-70=292 +8 33,75066 Mike Lorenzo-Vera 76-73-72-73=294 +10 33,50067 Jorge Campillo 77-74-69-75=295 +11 33,25068 Ryo Ishikawa 80-72-73-71=296 +12 33,000T69 Marcus Kinhult 75-74-75-73=297 +13 32,625 Graeme McDowell 76-74-75-72=29771 Kang Sung-hoon 76-76-72-75=299 +15 32,25072 Lee Tae-hee 80-73-74-76=303 +19 32,000 Source:

Scorecard Final round Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par443445344 454345434 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 bogey Source:

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External links

Coverage on the European Tour's official site Media Guide