The PGA Tour’s fall series continues this week with the VidantaWorld Mexico Open, the fifth event of the FedExCup Fall. A 120–player field competes for a $6 million purse and 500 FedExCup points at the Greg Norman-designed course.
The long-running national championship of Mexico will feature a relatively weak field in 2026 with only three players ranked inside the world top 50.
As we do each week, here’s a roundup of information and data to get you prepped for a week of PGA Tour golf south of the border.
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PGA Tour Skinny
Tournament: Mexico Open
Title Sponsor: VidantaWorld
PGA Tour Debut: 2022
PGA Tour Fall Week: 5th (of 8)
Dates: Oct. 29-Nov. 1, 2026
Where: Vallarta, Mexico
Venue: Vidanta Vallarta
Course: Norman Course
Distance: Par 71, 7456 yards
Architect: Greg Norman (2015)
Format: 72-holes, stroke play
Purse: $6,000,000
Winning Share: $1,080,000
Defending Champion: Brian Campbell
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Mexico Open History
The roots of the Mexico Open date back to 1944 with PGA Tour pro Al Espinosa taking the first four editions. The famed Chapultepec course hosted fourteen of the tournament’s first 16 editions.
From 1944 through 2002 it was called the Mexican Open and was not associated with any tour. In 2003, it became part of the Tour de las Américas – the principal pro golf tour throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, superseded by PGA Tour Latinoamérica.
From 2008 through 2012 it was part of the PGA Tour’s major developmental tour (Nationwide and Web). In 2013 it became part of the PGA Tour Latinoamérica, formerly known as the aforementioned Tour de las Américas.
The Mexican-American Espinosa holds the record for the most Mexico Open wins with four. He’s followed by Argentinian legend Roberto De Vicenzo, who won three titles in a five-year span (1951, 1953, 1955).
Then world No. 1 Jon Rahm won the reboot edition in 2022.
Lee Trevino is the tournament’s most iconic champion. The “Merry Mex” is a two-time winner (1973, 1975) and the only player in history to win the national open championship of the United States (US Open), Canada (Canadian Open), Britain (British Open), and Mexico (Mexico Open).
Other two-time winners include Americans Tony Holguin (1949-50), Tony Lema (1961-62) and Stewart Cink (1996, 1999).
Ernesto Pérez Acosta (1970, 1976) is the only Mexican native to win multiple titles.
The new version of the Mexico Open also has bloodlines to the WGC-Mexico Championship as this was the tournament it replaced on the PGA Tour schedule. It was also initially retitled to the Mexico Championship, before deciding to take ownership of the Mexico Open’s history.
It’s also being managed and sponsored by Grupo Salinas, which ran the three editions of the WGC stop in Mexico at Chapultepec.
History: Recent Winners
2025 Brian Campbell (-20)
2024 Jake Knapp (-19)
2023 Tony Finau (-24)
2022 Jon Rahm (-17)
History: Tournament Names
- VidantaWorld Mexico Open (2026)
- Mexico Open at VidantaWorld (2025)
- Mexico Open (2022-24)
- Abierto Mexicano de Golf (2018-21)
- Mexico Open (2015-16)
- TransAmerican Power Products CRV Mexico Open (2014)
- Abierto Mexicano de Golf (2013)
- Mexico Open (2011-12)
- Mexico Open Bicentenary (2010)
- Mexico Open (2008-09)
- Abierto Mexicano Corona (2005-06)
- Mexican Open (1944-2003)
Mexico Open Field
A relatively weak field will tee it up at Vidanta Vallarta for the Mexico Open’s fifth edition on the PGA Tour.
Leading the way is Wyndham Clark, who enters as the world’s fifth-ranked player. The two-time major winner is coming off a poor T63 finish at the Baycurrent Classic in Japan.
Other familiar names include Ben Griffin, Tom Kim, Corey Conners and Max Homa.
Top-5 Betting Favorites
1. Wyndham Clark (12-1)
2. Ben James (18-1)
2. Tom Kim (18-1)
4. Doug Ghim (20-1)
5. Ben Griffin (22-1)
5. Johnny Keefer (22-1)
Full Field: Rank & Odds
Mexico Open . Vidanta Vallarta . Vallarta, Mexico . Oct 29-Nov 1, 2026
Joel Cook contributed to this preview.
Credits: PGA Tour Media, OWGR, Bovada, Getty Images, Wikipedia
