First Look: LIV Golf Mexico City

LIV Golf Mexico City is the league’s sixth tournament of the 2026 season and marks the sixth different country to host a tournament. 

BASIC INFO

When
April 16-19, 2026

Where
Club de Golf Chapultepec 
Mexico City, Mexico

Competition
Four rounds/72 holes of stroke play

Field
57 players - 13 teams of four players each, and five wild cards

Defending Champions
Individual: Joaquin Niemann
Team: Legion XIII 

Shotgun Start
Local time

Thursday, Rd. 1 - 1:15 p.m. (3:15 p.m. ET) 

Friday, Rd. 2 - 12:15 p.m. (2:15 p.m. ET) 

Saturday, Rd. 3 - 11:45 a.m. (1:45 p.m. ET) 

Sunday, Rd. 4 - 12:05 p.m. (2:05 p.m. ET)

KEY STORYLINES

LIV Golf makes its second visit to Mexico City and fourth overall to Mexico as the league continues its global schedule in 2026 with its sixth different country in its first six tournaments 

The league seeks to build on its worldwide popularity after a successful debut in South Africa with more than 100,000 fans attending the four rounds at Steyn City 

Host course Club de Golf Chapultepec is the highest-elevated course on the LIV Golf circuit at more than 7,000 feet, helping to produce record distance totals from the tees 

Crushers GC Captain Bryson DeChambeau has won the previous two tournaments, each via playoff 

His Crushers also won the team title in South Africa, becoming the league’s all-time winningest team with nine regular-season titles and one Team Championship 

By winning his fifth LIV Golf individual title, DeChambeau has now celebrated 15 team and individual LIV Golf trophies, tying Jon Rahm for the most of any player 

Rahm, the two-time reigning Individual Champion and current points leader, remains the league’s most consistent player, with one win, three solo seconds and a fifth-place finish in the first five tournaments 

Rahm’s Legion XIII team is the defending LIV Golf Mexico City champions and last year’s Team Champions but remain in search of their first team title this season 

Torque GC Captain Joaquin Niemann is the defending Mexico City individual champion, having won by three strokes last year during a season in which he won a record five times 

Niemann’s Torque team consists of the league’s only Latin American lineup, with Abraham Ancer and Carlos Ortiz representing Mexico to go with Niemann (Chile) and Sebastian Munoz (Colombia)

Ancer, in his first season with Torque after previously playing with Fireballs GC, comes off his best finish of the season, a tie for 3rd in South Africa 

THE CHASE FOR THREE STRAIGHT

Crushers GC Captain Bryson DeChambeau will seek an unprecedented third consecutive individual title when he tees it up this week at LIV Golf Mexico City. 

DeChambeau became just the second player to win consecutive LIV Golf tournaments when he beat Jon Rahm in a playoff in South Africa. The previous week, he beat Richard T. Lee in a playoff in Singapore. 

The only other player to win back-to-back tournaments is Talor Gooch, who won Adelaide and Singapore in a 2023 season when he claimed the season-long Individual Championship. Gooch’s attempt to win a third straight ended at LIV Golf Tulsa in his native Oklahoma when finished 36th. 

Gooch was playing for RangeGoats GC that year but is now in his first year as captain of Smash GC. 

ABE AND CARLOS RETURN HOME

It’s always special for Abraham Ancer and Carlos Ortiz to return to Mexico and compete in LIV Golf’s annual trip to their homeland. It’s even more special this year since they are now teammates on the league’s only Latin American team. 

Ancer joined Torque GC prior to the 2026 season after spending his first four years as a member of Fireballs GC. He and Ortiz were teammates on Sergio Garcia’s team until Ortiz joined Torque starting with the 2024 season. 

Now the two – who have represented their country on several occasions, including as Olympic teammates – have reunited to play for Joaquin Niemann’s team. They anticipate receiving plenty of support as they chase both the individual and team trophies. 

“I’m so happy to be back,” said the 34-year-old Ortiz, born in Guadalajara. “I love that my people really enjoy it. We’re going to do our best to make it the best event on LIV Golf.” 

“It’s always a week I look forward to,” added the 35-year-old Ancer, who was born in McAllen, Texas, but raised in Reynosa. “Obviously a lot of nerves because you want to play really well in front of your people, but it’s exciting. It’s always an honor to be able to play an event like this in your own country.” 

Along with Ortiz and Ancer, the Torque team includes two players from South America – Niemann (Chile) and Sebastian Munoz (Colombia). As the league’s only Latin American team, Torque seeks to generate the same kind of enthusiasm that other LIV Golf teams have received when competing in front of their home fans this season. 

At LIV Golf Adelaide in February, the all-Australian Ripper GC won its second title there, supported by a league-record 115,000 fans. In LIV Golf’s most recent tournament, the all-South African Southern Guards GC nearly pulled off the same feat, finishing second by one stroke at LIV Golf South Africa in front of 100,000 fans in Johannesburg. 

Other teams that hope to receive similar support in their home country later this season include Korean Golf Club (at LIV Golf Korea), the all-Spanish Fireballs GC (at LIV Golf Andalucía) and the all-English Majesticks Golf Club (at LIV Golf UK presented by JCB). 

“A lot of people are supporting Torque because we have Carlos and Abraham,” Niemann said. “The Mexican people are very supportive of their home country heroes. Every time we come here, we feel that love.” 

ABOUT THE COURSE

CLUB DE GOLF CHAPULTEPEC 

Naucalpan, Mexico 

Par: 71 

Yardage: 7,443 

Meters: 6806

Mexico City is located 7,350 feet above sea level, making Club de Golf Chapultepec the highest elevation of any LIV Golf venue 

Club de Golf Chapultepec was designed initially by former U.S. Open winner Willie Smith, who died before finishing the job. His brother Alex Smith, a two-time U.S. Open champion, completed the design and the course was opened in 1921 

Percy Clifford renovated the course in 1972, with Greg Norman making renovations after last year’s LIV Golf Mexico City 

Among the current renovations:

• Hole 1 has been lengthened

• Hole 6 fairway has been reshaped

• Hole 7 has several significant changes, including a new green that was reshaped and move back to make the hole longer

• The pond between the 6th and 7th holes is larger

• The big tree in front of the green at Hole 8 has been removed, with a new green also installed …

• The pond at Hole 18 is much larger and a new tournament tee has been added

• Over 400 trees have been removed to improve airflow through the course for turf health

Key course notes include:

• 72 sand bunkers

• 2 water hazards

• 5,500 square feet average green size

• Poa/Bentgrass greens

• Kikuyu tees, fairways, rough and approaches

The club has hosted the Mexican Open 18 times, including the first seven years starting in 1944, and most recently in 2014 

The club hosted a World Golf Championships event four times, with current LIV Golf players Dustin Johnson (2017, 2019) and Phil Mickelson (2018) capturing titles 

World Golf Hall of Famer Roberto De Vicenzo of Argentina won three of his record 229 professional wins at the club during the early 1950s 

LIV Golf Mexico City will be played at par 71 instead of par 72 for the members, with the 529-yard ninth hole (normally the members’ eighth hole) playing to a par 4 instead of a par 5 

The 18th is the shortest hole on the course at 149 yards, and the par-5 seventh is the longest at 625 yards

FOX SPORTS BROADCAST 

Rd. 1 (Thursday, Apri 16) – 3 p.m.-6 p.m. on FOX One; 6 p.m. – conclusion on FS1

Rd. 2 (Friday, Apri 17) – 2 p.m.-5 p.m. on FOX; 5 p.m. – conclusion on FOX One

Rd. 3 (Saturday, Apri 18) – 1:30 p.m.-4 p.m. on FOX; 4 p.m. – conclusion on FS1

Rd. 4 (Sunday, Apri 19) – 2 p.m.-conclusion on FS1 

WEATHER FORECAST 

Round 1 – High of 81 degrees; Low of 54 degrees. Partly cloudy. 24% chance of precipitation. Winds 10-15 mph Northeast.

Round 2 – High of 81 degrees; Low of 56 degrees. Partly cloudy. 15% chance of precipitation. Winds 5-10 mph Northeast.

Round 3 – High of 81 degrees; Low of 56 degrees. Isolated thunderstorms. 34% chance of precipitation. Winds 5-10 mph East-Northeast.

Round 4 – High of 74 degrees; Low of 54 degrees. PM thunderstorms. 62% chance of precipitation. Winds 10-15 mph Northeast.