(((((((WGC MEXICO)))))))

Now up to #55, Phil Mickelson still won't play in Mexico even if he qualifies.....says he will be on family trip instead (if he moves into the T50 in the OWG Ranking after this week’s Genesis Invitational)..... “My kids have the week off so we are going on a trip after I shoot a commercial I have scheduled (for Work Day).”

The top 60 on Sunday, which is where he needs to be ranked on either May 18 or June 15 to earn a full exemption into the US Open. If he isn’t in the top 60 on either of those dates, he said last week that he would turn down a special exemption from the USGA into the Major, where he has finished runner-up six times.

Field of 72 + Top 10 in FedExCup after Riviera and incl Top 50 in next Monday’s OWGR.

Those few outside the Top 50 are used as alternates, so must fancy their chances as some big shots are not playing next week. Joining Phil on his “holidays” are Cantlay, Day, Fowler, Koepka, Rose, Stenson & Tiger.
Wonder if Augusta is open for play yet?????

For private jet operations, the most convenient airport is Toluca International Airport - MMTO from KLAX arrivals - https://uk.flightaware.com/live/airport/MMTO
GREAT local weather forecasts too.

11-time PGA TOUR winner and 3-time Major Champ - in 3 previous appearances at Club de Golf Chapultepec - SPIETH's best result was a T12 in 2017.

Next up for RORY is The ‘WGC-SLAM’!

3-time WGC winner, McIlroy first captured the 2014 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational at Firestone CC, then added the 2015 WGC-Dell Match Play at TPC Harding Park and defeated defending champion Xander Schauffele in a playoff to win the WGC-HSBC Champions last November. McIlroy will look to become the second player to complete the SLAM (winning all four WGC's) to join DJ, who accomplished the feat in 2017.

SADLY NO TIGER ! but Mexico’s own Carlos Ortiz officially qualifies as the next-highest ranked Mexican in the OWGR at #150 after Abraham Ancer.

Presume we have SKY SPORTS coverage next week.....US coverage at Riviera misses out alot

NEXT UP, the last event on the ((((((WEST COAST SWING)))))).....

WGC-Mexico Championship Club de Golf Chapultepec, Mexico City, MEX  • Purse: $10,500,000 Dustin Johnson $1,745,000

OWGR this week...
1 Rory
2 BK
3 Rahmbo
4 JT
5 DJ
6 Cantlay
7 Scott
8 Webb
9 Tiger
10 Xander
18 Shane
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48 Bezuidenhout
49 Morikawa - inside T50 !
50 An
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51 Scheffler - 1st alternate
52 VanRooyen
53 Spieth
54 Kang
55 Poults

Rory says “he's out” of the proposed Premier Golf League as he wants autonomy over own schedule. He also believes Tiger only wants to play 12 events a year rather than 18 mooted.
McIlroy said after being asked if his thoughts have changed on the Premier Golf League.
“The more I’ve thought about it, the more I don’t like it. The one thing as a professional golfer in my position that I value is the fact that I have autonomy and freedom over everything I do. This is a perfect example (here in Mexico), where some guys this week made the choice not to come.

A walk in the park for DUSTIN JOHNSON

Rory McIlroy 6/1
Dustin Johnson 15/2
Jon Rahm 10/1
Justin Thomas 10/1

THE LAST EVENT on the (((((WEST COAST SWING))))).....and the strongest field for the next 50 days


17:03    Jazz Janewattananond Lucas Glover Shaun Norris     9/5    9/5    13/5
17:03    Byeong-Hun An Tyrrell Hatton Scott Hend    7/5    8/5    9/2
17:15    Louis Oosthuizen Bubba Watson Ryo Ishikawa 13/10    13/8    7/2
17:15    Rafa CabreraBello Billy Hor**** Ryan Fox 8/5    17/10    11/4
17:27    Matt Kuch Cam Smith Corey Conners    26/19    9/4    23/10
17:27    Xander Schauffele Paul Casey Kevin Kisner 13/10    28/15    3/1
17:39    Dustin Johnson Abraham Ancer Francesco Molinari 10/11    5/2    19/5
17:39    Brendon Todd Marcus Kinhult Pablo Larrazabal 17/10    9/5    12/5
17:51    Branden Grace Graeme McDowell Lanto Griffin 7/4    9/5    21/10
17:51    Rory McIlroy Tommy Fleetwood Gary Woodland 11/10    9/4    17/5
18:03    Chez Reavie Matt Wallace Jorge Campillo    6/4    28/15    3/1
18:03    Patrick Reed Sungjae Im Christiaan Bezuidenhout 6/4    17/10    11/4
18:15    Collin Morikawa Bosman Hebert Zach Murray 5/6    13/5    9/2
18:15    Kurt Kitayama Lucas Herbert Tae Hee Lee    5/4    17/10    4/1
18:27    Bryson DeChambeau Matthew Fitzpatrick Bernd Wiesberger 26/19    28/15    14/5
18:27    Robert MacIntyre Charles Howell III Justin Harding 17/11    17/10    14/5
18:39    Scottie Scheffler Erik van Rooyen Michael Lorenzo-Vera     17/11    100/1    175/1
18:39    Webb Simpson Sergio Garcia Lee Westwood    5/4    23/12    16/5
18:51    Victor Perez Kevin Na Danny Willett 13/8    15/8    9/4
18:51    Justin Thomas Hideki Matsuyama Marc Leishman 26/19    9/5    3/1
19:03    Jon Rahm Adam Scott Carlos Ortiz 6/5    13/8    9/2
19:03    Brandt Snedeker Matthias Schwab Sebastian Munoz    6/4    2/1    52/21
19:15    Jason Kokrak Shugo Imahira Zander Lombard 13/10    11/5    13/5
19:15    Shane Lowry Jordan Spieth Sung Kang 17/10    9/5    5/2

*Five underlined are the most popular Piss&GiveMeAHint tips this week

27-of-the-72 man field make their DEBUT in MEXICO (incl some in hot current form winners).
These are Morikawa, Sung-Jae Im, Victor Perez, Kurt Kitayama, Bob MacIntyre, Bezuidenhout (Hot), & GMac (Hot), Schwab, Scheffler, Todd, Ortiz & Conners from Listowel, Lanto (Hot), Lorenzo-Vera, Kokrak, Jazz (Hot), Sung Kang, Glover, Lucas Herbert (Hot), Munoz, Kinhult, Benjamin Hebert, Justin Harding, Ryo Ishikawa, Zander Lombard, Zach Murray and 27th Tae-Hee Lee.

poa annua greens remember

Rory to collect the few bob that he badly needs and erase that triple bogey 7 on the 5th last week.
Hope he doesn't wear that Presentation College rugby jersey again.   

Evening for the high stool with this early start

Shane 7.15 won in of these before

*won one

Gotta love this viewing time in Ireland and better it gets in the next few weeks.

Warm and sunny with NE winds picking up this afternoon....DJ will be in the hot tub by then.

Greg Norman officially opens his Rancho San Lucas GC in Cabo San Lucas today.
The Shark's course is set in a desert landscape featuring ocean views from every hole. Future PGA venue.

DJ & Kuch +3, Cam Smith +4, Gmac +6 - all thru 8/10 holes...... wft is going on !

Rory's yardages today.....

60 - 118
56 - 132
52 - 148
P - 169
9 - 188
8 - 200
7 - 222
6 - 235
5 - 256
4 - 272
R - 300
3w - 325
D - 360
OK, we up at 7,000ft

TIPSTERS Ownership %.....
Rory 26.2%
Ortiz 22.4
Fleetwood 22.2
Xander 21.1
Scheffler 20.1
Webb 19.8
Morikawa 18.1
DJ 17.7
Im 17.4
Ancer 16.7
Rahm 16.4
Sergio 15.8
Woodland 15.5
Casey 14.7
Perez 14.2
An 13.7
Hideki 13.7
Louis 13.6
Reed 13.4
Hatton 13.1
JT 12.7

OK, LET's THIS THING STARTED...
17:03    Collin Morikawa Benjamin Hebert Zach Murray 10/11    13/5    7/2
17:03    Kurt Kitayama Lucas Herbert TaeHankhill Lee    11/8    19/13    19/4
17:15    Bryson DeChambeau Matthew Fitzpatrick Bernd Wiesberger 13/10    11/5    13/5
17:15    Charles Howell III Robert MacIntyre Justin Harding 9/5    9/5    9/4
17:27    Scottie Scheffler Erik van Rooyen Michael Lorenzo-Vera 7/4    100/1    175/1
17:27    Webb Simpson Sergio Garcia Lee Westwood 11/8    24/11    5/2
17:39    Kevin Na Danny Willett Victor Perez 6/4    25/12    23/10
17:39    Justin Thomas Hideki Matsuyama Marc Leishman 6/5    9/5    7/2
17:51    Jonny Rahmo Adam Scott Carlos Ortiz 11/10    2/1    9/2
17:51    Brandt Snedeker Matthias Schwab Sebosman Munoz 7/4    28/15    23/10
18:03    Jason Kokrak Shugo Imahira Zander Lombard 5/4    23/10    32/13
18:03    Shane Lowry Jordan Spieth Sung Kang 6/4    7/4    3/1
18:15    Lucas Glover Jazz Janewattananond Shaun Norris 7/5    7/4    16/5
18:15    Tyrrell Hatton Byeong-Hun An Rhino Hend    17/10    9/5    9/2
18:27    Louis Oosthuizen Bubba Watson Ryo Ishikawa 16/13    11/8    5/1
18:27    Billy Horsh8te Rafa Cabrera Bello Ryan Fox 6/4    13/8    3/1
18:39    Matty Kuchar Corey Conners Cameron Smith 13/8    2/1    23/10
18:39    Xander Schauffele Paul Casey Kevin Kisner 13/9    13/8    10/3
18:51    Dustbin Johnson Abraham Ancer Francesco Molinari 5/4    2/1    10/3
18:51    Brendon Todd Pablo Larrazabal Marcus Kinhult 14/9    2/1    23/10
19:03    Branden Grace Lanto Griffin Graeme McDowell 13/8    2/1    9/4
19:03    Rory McIlroy Tommy Fleetwood Gary Woodland 1/1    5/2    39/11
19:15    Chez Reavie Matt Wallace Jorge Campillo    5/4    15/8    4/1
19:15    Patrick Reed Sungjae Im Christiaan Bezuidenhout 19/13    17/11    16/5

Collin Morikawa - birdie on hole 1 -1 (E): T20th

Bryson Dechambeau - birdie on hole 11* -1 (-4): T2nd

Bryson Dechambeau - birdie on hole 15* -1 (-4): T5th

Rory McIlroy 17/5.... wins by 3

Bryson DeChambeau 7/2
Justin Thomas 7/2
Patrick Reed 11/2

Great EUROPEAN TOUR feel to proceedings
A top star in each 3ball.....

17:30 Tommy Fleetwood Louis Oosthuizen Gary Woodland 8/5 31/16 9/4
17:42 Bubba Watson Billy Horschel Matthias Schwab 32/19 15/8 23/10
17:54 Kevin Na Lee Westwood Corey Conners 9/5 19/10 21/10
18:06 Paul Casey Hatton Sebastian Munoz 6/4 2/1 13/5
18:18 Rory McIlroy Justin Thomas Hideki Matsuyama 17/11 15/8 13/5
18:30 Bryson DeChambeau Patrick Reed Erik van Rooyen 6/4 13/8 3/1

PAT REED will be a popular winner