Club de Golf Chapultepec, Mexico City, 7,330 yards, par 71
Defending champion: Dustin Johnson
Last week: Justin Thomas prevailed on the first hole playoff over Luke List as he birdied 18 while List parred it to capture the Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida on the Champions Course at PGA National.
TV this week: Thursday-Friday, Golf Channel, 1-6 PM CT; Saturday, 11 AM-2 PM GC, 2-5 PM NBC; Sunday, 11 AM-1 PM GC, 1-5 PM NBC.
Weather, Sunny 78-79 all 4 days. Winds light, 5-7 MPH.
Winner
I’m going with this 27 year old Englishman who finished 2nd to Dustin last year shooting a 5 under, 66 on Sunday and sinking a 40 foot putt on 18 to capture second place over Jon Rahm. He finished 4th last week at the Honda shooting 1 under 69 on Sunday. He went 70, 68.67, 69 for the four days. He’s also already won the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, played in the United Arab Emirates in January, where he finished -22 for the four days. I’m seeing this guy breaking out this weekend and capturing the WGC Mexico event.
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I like DJ to claim the Trophy!! Pieters is my Darkhorse!
Nice selection as Mexico winner. Tommy Boy is not known as a long ball hitter. The scorecard lists the yardage as 7330, but the players calculate differently. The altitude near Mexico City is approximately 7500 feet above sea level and the field figures the yardage at less 15% and a bit more with high lofted clubs ( Rory Mac source). DJ won this event last year so it seems you may need a bomber in your fantasy picks, but I feel that this venue makes a victory wide open for the hot putter and Tommy Fleetwood has one of those.
Thanks Bama, Spike.
Justin Rose to win…
Good picks all of them. Can’t miss with any of the picks you guys and I have made.
I have no where to go but up after last week. DW you can " Go your own way" with Fleetwood and he may win by a " Landslide" and feel really good "Monday Morning" but I am going with Jon Rahm. He knows the language . Spike is a gemologist and a geomorphologist.
Great stuff Walter! Love the Mick Fleetwood references.
Obtained the Geomorphologist designation just recently, on line! My "enthusiams" (Robert DeNiro) level is peaking. "You talkin’ to me"?