Tee It Up Preview-WGC Mexico Championship

WGC-Mexico Championship

This week Tee It Up Preview-WGC Mexico Championship. This is 1 of 2 events this week on the PGA Tour, the Puerto Rico Open. The event has had a couple of names, the WGC-American Express Championship and the WGC-CA Championship. They have also had multiple playing locations,

• Club de Golf Chapultepec (2017-Present)
• Trump National Doral Miami (2007-2016)
• The Grove Hertfordshire (2006)
• Harding Park Golf Club (2005)
• Mount Juliet Golf Club (2002 & 2004)
• Capital City Club (2003)
• Bellerive Country Club (2001) *Event canceled following September 11th terrorist attacks.
• Valderrama Golf Club (1999-2000)

Format

• Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings
• Top Players from member tours’ money lists or orders of merit
• Top 30 PGA Tour FedEx Cup list
• Top 20 European Tour
• Top 2 each from Asian Tour, Japan Golf Tour, PGA Tour of Australasia, and Sunshine Tour
• No 36-hole cut

Notable Winners

7x –

• Tiger Woods – 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2013

2x –

• Dustin Johnson – 2015, 2017
• Phil Mickelson – 2009, 2018
• Ernie Els – 2004, 2010

Notable Round 1 Pairings

• 11:27 AM – Xander Schauffele, Francesco Molinari, Thorbjorn Olesen – #10
• 11:39 AM – Brooks Koepka, Bubba Watson, Rory McIlroy – #10
• 11:51 AM – Phil Mickelson, Justin Thomas, Dustin Johnson – #10
• 12:03 PM – Henrik Stenson, Matt Kuchar, Tommy Fleetwood – #10
• 12:51 PM – Rickie Fowler, Jon Rahm, Patrick Reed – #1
• 1:03 PM – Tiger Woods, Bryson DeChambeau, Abraham Ancer – #1

TV Schedule

Thursday	2:00 PM	7:00 PM	Golf Channel
Friday	2:00 PM	7:00 PM	Golf Channel
Saturday	12:00 PM	2:30 PM	Golf Channel
Saturday	2:30 PM	6:00 PM	NBC
Sunday	12:00 PM	1:30 PM	Golf Channel
Sunday	1:30 PM	6:00 PM	NBC

Weather

Day	High	Low	Precip	Description
Thursday	77	44	0%	Sunny
Friday	77	47	0%	Mostly Sunny
Saturday	75	45	20%	Partly Cloudy
Sunday	75	46	40%	PM Showers