Mexico Open: Preview, betting tips, how to watch

The PGA Tour is in Mexico this week, and the world No.1 is in town.

Jon Rahm heads the field for this week’s Mexico Open, as the Masters champion comes to Vidanta Vallarta to defend his title.

This week isn’t a designated event, and with a fairly full-on schedule around the first major of the year, a lot of the bigger names are skipping this trip to Mexico. 

The man who you would expect to be Rahm’s closest challenger this week is world No. 16 Tony Finau, who comes into this week on a steady, if unspectacular run of form. Finau was joint runner-up to Rahm last year, along with Kurt Kitayama and Brandon Wu.

The course is a Greg Norman signature design that opened in 2016, and certainly wasn’t an easy test for the players. Rahm got to 17-under-par, but those who got to two-under after Friday were in for the weekend.

This is the second time the Mexico Open has been on the PGA Tour. Before that, it was a regular fixture on the PGA Latin American Tour, as well as what is now the Korn Ferry Tour and has been played since 1944.

Here’s the full Mexico Open preview.

Mexico Open details

Course: Vidanta Vallarta, Mexico

Course Stats: 7,456 yards, par 71

Defending Champion: Jon Rahm

Purse: $7,700,000

Winner’s share: $1,386,000

Mexico Open betting tips

No prizes for guessing who the favourite is this week…

Jon Rahm 10/3

Tony Finau 8/1

Wyndham Clark 20/1

Maverick McNealy 30/1

Gary Woodland 33/1

Alex Noren 35/1

Patrick Rodgers 35/1

Ben An 40/1

Nicolai Højgaard 40/1

Davis Riley 40/1

The bunkered Bet 

Aaron Rai 55/1

There’s one name that everyone will look to this week, but there’s not much value in Jon Rahm. If you want a good each way bet, the Englishman is in steady form and finished nine-under-par here last year.

Muy emocionados con la noticia:

¡Tony Finau confirma su asistencia y estará por segundo año consecutivo en el #MexicoOpenatVidanta!

El estadounidense, número 16 del ranking mundial, cinco veces ganador en el #PGATOUR y dos veces miembro de la Ryder Cup, regresa al mejor evento… pic.twitter.com/ycwZ4s5J7R

— Mexico Open at Vidanta (@MexicoOpenGolf) April 21, 2023

Mexico Open how to watch

You can tune into the PGA Tour this week via Sky Sports Golf…

Thursday: Sky Sports Golf, 1.45pm

Friday: Sky Sports Golf, 1.45pm

Saturday: Sky Sports Golf, 1.30pm

Sunday: Sky Sports Golf, 1.30pm