WGC-Mexico Championship Winners and History

WGC-Mexico Championship Winners and History

Update: The WGC Mexico Championship is now the WGC Workday. Follow the link for updated information: WGC Workday Winners and History

The WGC-Mexico Championship is one of four World Golf Championship events for the mens’ professional golf tours. Prize money from the event is official on both the PGA Tour and the European PGA Tour.

Beginning in 2017, the event moves to Club de Golf Chapultepec in Mexico City. It had previously been at Doral.

The event has been played at eight different venues in its short history:

• 1999 – 2000 at the Valderrama Golf Club in San Roque, Spain
• 2001 (scheduled for, but not played due to the Sept. 11 attacks) at the Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri
• 2002 at the Mount Juliet Golf Club in Thomastown, Ireland
• 2003 at the Capital City Club in Atlanta, Georgia
• 2004 at the Mount Juliet Golf Club in Thomastown, Ireland
• 2005 at Harding Park in San Francisco
• 2006 at the Grove in Hertfordshire, England
• 2007 – 2016 at the Doral Golf Resort and Spa in FloridaThe event also has had three different sponsors. The initial sponsor was American Expresss (1999 – 2006), followed by CA (2007 – 2010) and Cadillac.
• Beginning in 2017 at Club de Golf Chapultepec in Mexico City.

The WGC Championship is played over 72 holes in the stroke play format.

The starting field consists of:

• Top 50 players from the Official World Golf Rankings (one week and two weeks prior to event)
• Top players from member tours’ money lists or orders of merit (from last complete season)
• Top 30 PGA Tour FedEx Cup list (also top 10 from one week prior to event)
• Top 20 European Tour (also top 10 from two weeks prior to event)
• Top 2 each from Asian Tour, Japan Golf Tour, PGA Tour of Australasia, and Sunshine TourDue to overlaps on the above qualifications, the field consisst of approximately 70 eligible players, half that (144 to 156 players) for most regular PGA Tour events.

Because of the limited field, there is no 36-hole cut.Tiger Woods (who else?) holds the record for most wins at 6. He also had the lowest aggregate score at 261 (2006) and the lowest to par at -25 (2002).

For a list of WGC-Mexico Championship winners, see below:

Year	Player	Country	Score	To par
2020	Patrick Reed (2)	United States	266	-18
2019	Dustin Johnson (3)	United States	263	-21
2018	Phil Mickelson	United States	268	-16 (PO)
2017	Dustin Johnson (2)	United States	270	-14
2016	Adam Scott	Australia	276	-12
2015	Dustin Johnson	United States	279	-9
2014	Patrick Reed	United States	284	-4
2013	Tiger Woods	United States	269	-19
2012	Justin Rose	England	272	-16
2011	Nick Watney	United States	272	-16
2010	Ernie Els	South Africa	270	-18
2009	Phil Mickelson	United States	269	-19
2008	Geoff Ogilvy	Australia	271	-17
2007	Tiger Woods	United States	278	-10
2006	Tiger Woods	United States	261	-23
2005	Tiger Woods	United States	270	-10
2004	Ernie Els	South Africa	270	-18
2003	Tiger Woods	United States	274	-6
2002	Tiger Woods	United States	263	-25
2001	Cancelled due to September 11 attacks
2000	Mike Weir	Canada	277	-7
1999	Tiger Woods	United States	278	-6

Prior to the WGC Championship, a long-running PGA Tour event was held at Doral. Michigan’s own Mike Hill was the winner in 1970! The past winners for that tournament are listed below:

Year	Winner	Country	Winning Score
Ford Championship at Doral
2006	Tiger Woods (2)	United States	268 (-20)
2005	Tiger Woods (1)	United States	264 (-24)
2004	Craig Parry	Australia	271 (-17)PO
2003	Scott Hoch	United States	271 (-17)PO
Genuity Championship
2002	Ernie Els	South Africa	271 (-17)
2001	Joe Durant	United States	270 (-18)
Doral – Ryder Open
2000	Jim Furyk	United States	265 (-23)
1999	Steve Elkington (2)	Australia	275 (-13)
1998	Michael Bradley	United States	278 (-10)
1997	Steve Elkington (1)	Australia	275 (-13)
1996	Greg Norman (3)	Australia	269 (-19)
1995	Nick Faldo	England	273 (-15)
1994	John Huston	United States	274 (-14)
1993	Greg Norman (2)	Australia	265 (-23)
1992	Raymond Floyd (3)	United States	271 (-17)
1991	Rocco Mediate	United States	276 (-12)PO
1990	Greg Norman (1)	Australia	273 (-15)PO
1989	Bill Glasson	United States	275 (-13)
1988	Ben Crenshaw	United States	274 (-14)
1987	Lanny Wadkins	United States	277 (-11)
Doral-Eastern Open
1986	Andy Bean (3)	United States	276 (-12)PO
1985	Mark McCumber (2)	United States	284 (-4)
1984	Tom Kite	United States	272 (-16)
1983	Gary Koch	United States	271 (-17)
1982	Andy Bean (2)	United States	278 (-10)
1981	Raymond Floyd (2)	United States	273 (-15)
1980	Raymond Floyd (1)	United States	279 (-9)PO
1979	Mark McCumber (1)	United States	279 (-9)
1978	Tom Weiskopf	United States	272 (-16)
1977	Andy Bean (1)	United States	277 (-11)
1976	Hubert Green	United States	270 (-18)
1975	Jack Nicklaus (2)	United States	276 (-12)
1974	Buddy Allin	United States	272 (-16)
1973	Lee Trevino	United States	276 (-12)
1972	Jack Nicklaus (1)	United States	276 (-12)
Doral-Eastern Open Invitational
1971	J. C. Snead	United States	275 (-13)
1970	Mike Hill	United States	279 (-9)
Doral Open Invitational
1969	Tom Shaw	United States	276 (-12)
1968	Gardner Dickinson	United States	275 (-13)
1967	Doug Sanders (2)	United States	275 (-9)
1966	Phil Rodgers	United States	278 (-10)
1965	Doug Sanders (1)	United States	274 (-14)
1964	Billy Casper (2)	United States	277 (-11)
Doral C.C. Open Invitational
1963	Dan Sikes	United States	283 (-5)
1962	Billy Casper (1)	United States	283 (-5)