MEXICO OPEN RESULTS 2023

RESULTS OF  MEXICO OPEN 

AT VIDNTA MEX APR 27-30 

PAR 71 PURSE  $7.7M +400K 5%

Field of 144.  Jon Rahm and Tony Finau are the only top 50 OWGR players.  Rahm won last year and Finau tied for 2nd.  Back 9 has 3 par 3’&5’s, could determine the outcome.

OPENING ODDS FOR FAVORITES:

#1 Jon Rahm 3/1 Should win if he is on.

#2 Tony Finau 8/1 Should finish 2nd again. 

#3 Wyndham Clark 18/1 Finished 3rd at Zuric.  Tied for 33.

LONGSHOTS:

#1 Patrick Rogers 33/1 Almost won at the Texas Open.  Under par all 4 RDs tied 9th.

#2 Beau Hossler 40/1 Led for 1st 3 rounds at Zurich last week. Tied for 15th.

#3 Ben Martin 50/1 He has finished in the top10 in 3 of his last 6 starts.  Tied for37th.

FIRST ROUND

#1 Austin Smotherman-8 63 Birdied 8 of first 14 holes, 0 bogies.

#2 Erik van Rooyen 1 eagle, 6 birdies, 1 bogie-7 64. 

#14 Jon Rahm-7 Four bogies and 1 DB in first 2 rounds. 

SECOND ROUND

#1 Tony Finau-13 64 8 birdies I bogie, 15 birdies and 2 bogies first 2 rounds, todays best RD.

#2 Eric van Rooyen-12 7 birdies 2 bogies.  Final RD 1 DB 5 bogies finishes 33rd.

#2 Brandon Wu

#4 Will Gordon-9 Andrew Putnam, Eric Cole, Akshay Bhatia, A. Smotherman.

#12 Jon Rahm, Beau Hossler-7 & 5 others. 

CUT-2 Sean O’Hair shot 77in 2nd RD, from #9 to cut.

THIRD ROUND. Looks like match play with final group.   

#1 Tony Finau-19 65 Seven birdies 1 bogie.  After loosing lead birdies 18 for +2.

#2 Jon Rahm-17 61 Ten birdies 0 bogies.  Low RD 61 to move from 12 to 2.

#3 Akshay Bhatia-17 63 Eagled 18 to tie Rahm for.  Moves from #4 to #2 with 2nd lowest RD.

#4 B. Wu-16 67 #5 Gordon-13 #6 Austin Smotherman-12 #7 Cole, Van Rooyen, Putnam-11

FINAL ROUND

#1 Finau-24 220 $1,386,000 5 birdies 0 bogies, out played Rahm & Wu. 

#2 Rahm-23 221 $839,300 4 birdies 1 bogies.  Usually wins in this position.

#3 Wu-19 $531,300 On holes 8 to 10 he goes+3 then bogies 18

#4 $377,30

Total $2,225,300 of $7.7M=29% is won by 2 of 144= 1.4% of the Players.

LIV SINGAPORE RESULTS PURSE $20M No OWGR points awarded.

#1 Taylor Gooch-17 $4,000,000 Wins his second straight event in a playoff

#2 SergioGarcia-17 $2,250,000 Looses on 2nd P/O hole.

#3 B. Koepka-16 $1,500,000

#6T C. Smith-12 $700,000

#13T P. Mickelson-9 $350,000

#23T Dustin Johnson & Bubba Watson-6 $167,000