(ANSA) - Rome, February 21 - The 2019 WGC Mexico Championship
starting Thursday through Sunday is set to be a show with top
players competing in the first of four tournaments that are part
of the World Golf Championship, the circuit that is second in
importance only to major championships.
Francesco Molinari is hitting the green again and Tiger Woods
will be competing for the first time in Mexico City.
Top players, except for world leader Justin Rose, will be
competing at the Club de Golf Chapultepec in Mexico City.
Brooks Koepka and Dustin Johnson (the winner in 2017),
respectively number two and three in the world ranking, will
compete for the top spot.
Italy is ready to dream again with Molinari in his first
great event of 2019 after a 2018 that saw him rise to the very
top.
The only Italian player in the competition, the Race to Dubai
champion is back in shape after the flu forced him to skip the
Genesis Open (PGA tour).
Expectations are high also for Woods, who will be playing for
the first time at the Club de Golf Chapultepec in a tournament
which he has already won seven times in his career.
He has won a total of 18 WGC titles, 13 more than any other
player.
Phil Mickelson will be defending the 2018 title.
Potential winners include Justin Thomas, after a second spot
in the Genesis One, Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm, Xander
Schauffele and Rickie Fowler.
Major contenders are also Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood,
Patrick Reed, Bubba Watson, Jordan Spieth, Sergio Garcia and Ian
Poulter.
Top players will be vying for a win in Mexico City in the
first leading event of 2019 with Mickelson set to play beside
Johnson and Thomas in the first two days of competitions.
Woods will face DeChambeau and Abraham Ancer while Molinari
will compete with Schauffele and Thorbjorn Olesen.