{"id":9751,"date":"2024-02-19T14:01:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T14:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.betspertsgolf.com\/raw-forum\/?post_type=article&p=9751"},"modified":"2024-02-20T06:43:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T06:43:16","slug":"the-mexico-open-at-vidanta-2024-preview","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/api.betspertsgolf.com\/raw-forum\/article\/the-mexico-open-at-vidanta-2024-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mexico Open at Vidanta – 2024 Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Instead of heading to Florida, as has typically been the case at the end of the West Coast Swing, the PGA Tour first heads to its lone stop in Mexico. Located a few miles off the Pacific coast near the town of Puerto Vallarta, the Vidanta Vallarta Resort (one of the highest-rated hotels in Mexico) and its “Signature Course” designed by LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman, will host this event for the third time. The inaugural tournament in 2022 was won by Jon Rahm at 17-under and was followed by Tony Finau’s victory last year at 24-under.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dating back to 1944, the Mexico Open has quite a historical past and has been considered Mexico’s national championship. With the PGA Tour pulling out of certain World Golf Championship (WGC) events a few years ago, such as the one at Club de Golf Chapultepec in Naucalpan, Mexico, this tournament is an official FedExCup event with a purse of $8.1 million and 500 points to the winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With its considerable length, it is a course that favors bombers off the tee and excellent players on approach from over 200 yards. Like most resort-style courses near the ocean, coastal winds and familiarity with Paspalum grass could play a significant factor in determining the winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Field<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As has been the case in the previous two years, overall, the strength of this field is quite weak. With its positioning in the schedule along with it being an international event on a “bombers” course, it is easy to see why few top-ranked players would choose to make the trip. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Headlining the 132-player field is last year’s defending Mexico Open champion, and world No. 24 Tony Finau. After him, the only other players in the top 50 teeing it up at Vidanta Vallarta are Nicolai Hojgaard (No. 33), Emiliano Grillo (No. 35) and Ryan Fox (No. 36). This field has more depth than last year’s with 21 total players ranked in the top 100 in the world. Last year’s only had eight in total. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Finish Position and Strokes Gained Course History (2022-2023)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This includes the average finish position and Strokes Gained per round for each of the categories. Players are sorted by SG: Total. Vidanta Vallarta is the least predictive (out of 44) annual course on Tour.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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