The LIV season rolls onto Mexico City for the first event at the famed Club de Golf Chapultepec, a course where Dustin Johnson, Phil Mickelson and Patrick Reed have all won on.
Key Stats/Skill Set Required
- Strokes Gained: Putting
- Putting: 20+ Feet
- Three Putt Avoidance
- Putting: Bentgrass
- Approach <100 Yards
- Approach 100-225 Yards
- Approach 225+ Yards
- Driving Accuracy
Club de Golf Chapultepec is a tight course that rewards an ability to hit a variety of iron shots and putt incredibly well.
Key Correlation Courses
- Valderama
BEST BET
CAMERON SMITH
It has been a while between drinks for the three-time LIV winner but this is a great setup for Smith, who can break a long drought.
He comes in playing well with a T-9 in Miami his best LIV result of the season.
Smith leads LIV in approaches from under 100 yards while he ranks third in Strokes Gained: Putting and in putts from 20-plus yards, plus fourth in putting on bent.
Big player.
BEST VALUE
CARLOS ORTIZ
No player will be more driven for success this week than local Carlos Ortiz.
Ortiz is in hot form, winning in Macau with a second in Adelaide and a fourth in Miami among his last five starts.
He finished T-16 at his only start here.
Ranks second in putts from 20-plus yards and fifth in Strokes Gained: Putting.
CHARL SCHWARTZEL
The veteran South African leads LIV in Strokes Gained: Putting while he ranks fourth this season in putts from outside 20-plus feet.
He is going well with an outright second in Miami.
Looks a big hope this week.
BEST ROUGHIES
ADRIAN MERONK
Leads LIV in Putting from 20-plus feet.
Also ranks second in putting on bentgrass and fourth in Strokes Gained: Putting.
The Pole has been playing well having won in Riyadh and finished T-6 in Macau two starts back.
A T-25 at Valderama suggests he will like it here.
MATT JONES
Matt Jones has not shown a lot on the LIV circuit this year but gets a course that suits here.
He ranks fifth in putting on bentgrass and also in putts from 20-plus feet.
Nice Top 10 play this week.
5+ BIRDIES OR BETTER R1
CAMERON SMITH
Smith is a great hope this week and expecting him to run a real birdie/bogey heavy card based on his ability to find the fairway.
6+ BIRDIES OR BETTER R1
SERGIO GARCIA
Sergio is playing well and he dominated Valderama so expecting him to score well again this weekend.