Joaquin Niemann is ready to defend his title as LIV Golf Mexico City as the league’s sixth tournament of the 2026 season nears.
What you need to know
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)
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, 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.
CLUB DE GOLF CHAPULTEPEC
Naucalpan, Mexico
Par: 72
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
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