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2017 WGC Mexico Championship

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Dates
  
March 2–5, 2017

Tour(s)
  
PGA Tour European Tour

Length
  
7,330 yards (6,700 m)

Location
  
Naucalpan, Mexico

Par
  
71

2017 WGC-Mexico Championship

Course(s)
  
Club de Golf Chapultepec

The 2017 WGC-Mexico Championship is a golf tournament scheduled for March 2–5 at Club de Golf Chapultepec in Naucalpan, Mexico, just west of Mexico City. 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. The approximate elevation of the course's clubhouse is 2,400 meters (7,870 ft) above sea level.

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. 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 20, 2017

An Byeong-hun (2), Daniel Berger (2,3), Rafael Cabrera-Bello (2,5,6), Paul Casey (2,3), Kevin Chappell (2,3), Matthew Fitzpatrick (2,5), Rickie Fowler (2,4), Jim Furyk (2), Sergio García (2,6), Branden Grace (2,5), Emiliano Grillo (2,3), Bill Haas (2), Tyrrell Hatton (2,5), J. B. Holmes (2,3), Yuta Ikeda (2,7), Dustin Johnson (2,3,4), Zach Johnson (2), Kevin Kisner (2,3), Russell Knox (2,3), Brooks Koepka (2), Matt Kuchar (2,3), Hideki Matsuyama (2,3,4), William McGirt (3), Rory McIlroy (2,2,3), Phil Mickelson (2,3), Francesco Molinari (2,5), Ryan Moore (2,3), Kevin Na (2,3), Alexander Norén (2,5), Louis Oosthuizen (2,5), Scott Piercy (2), Thomas Pieters (2), Jon Rahm (2,4), Patrick Reed (2,3), Justin Rose (2), Charl Schwartzel (2,3), Adam Scott (2,3), Brandt Snedeker (2,3), Jordan Spieth (2,3,4), Henrik Stenson (2,5,6), Justin Thomas (2,3,4), Jimmy Walker (2,3), Wang Jeung-hun (2,5,6), Bubba Watson (2,3), Lee Westwood (2,5), Bernd Wiesberger (2,5,6), Danny Willett (2,5), Chris Wood (5), Gary Woodland (2,3,4)

  • Jason Day (2,3) did not compete due to illness.
    • 2. The top 50 players from the Official World Golf Ranking, as of February 27, 2017

    Martin Kaymer (5), Brendan Steele (4)

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

    Roberto Castro, Jason Dufner, Kim Si-woo, Sean O'Hair, Jhonattan Vegas

    4. The top 10 players from the 2017 FedExCup Points List, as of February 27, 2017

    Mackenzie Hughes, Pat Perez

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

    Ross Fisher, Søren Kjeldsen, Joost Luiten, Thorbjørn Olesen, Andy Sullivan

    6. The top 10 players from the 2017 European Tour Race to Dubai, as of February 20, 2017

    Sam Brazel, Tommy Fleetwood, Pablo Larrazábal, David Lipsky, Fabrizio Zanotti

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

    Kim Kyung-tae, Hideto Tanihara

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

    Matthew Griffin, Michael Hendry

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

    Richard Sterne, Brandon Stone

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

    Marcus Fraser, Scott Hend

    11. The highest ranked available player from Mexico from the Official World Golf Ranking as of February 20, 2017

    Roberto Díaz

    References

    2017 WGC-Mexico Championship Wikipedia
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