The PGA Tour will be traveling south of the boarder for the first WGC Championship of the year. The field of 65 will be fighting to win at the Club de Golf Chapultepec in Mexico City.
The par 35-36=71 averaged 0.049 strokes over par as an unknown test. The field averaged 11.3 greens in regulation per golfer per round and connected for par breakers on 30 percent of those opportunities. Those splits aren’t outrageous in either direction. Additionally, the fairways-hit average of 8.59 (of 14) was dead center among all courses last season.
Chapultepec can stretch to 7,345 yards. It’s up 15 due to a new tee box on the par-4 14th hole, which now measures 497 yards. If there’s a specific challenge on the course, it’s quantified in the undulations in the previously unfamiliar greens. Chapultepec ranked third-stingiest of all courses last season in conversion percentage inside 10 feet, but that didn’t stop Johnson, who placed T74 in the stat for the week.
Top players like: Dustin Johnson, Jon Rahm, Justin Thomas and Rickie Fowler will have their hands full. Expect excellent play and numerous great shots from this top field in Mexico.
