MEXICO OPEN AT VIDANTAWORLD

Site: Vallarta, Mexico.

Course: Vallarta Vidanta. Yardage: 7,436. Par: 71.

Prize money: $7 million. Winner's share: $1.26 million.

Television: Thursday-Friday, 4-7 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday, 1-3 p.m. (Golf Channel), 3-6 p.m. (NBC).

Defending champion: Jake Knapp.

FedEx Cup leader: Ludvig Aberg.

Last week: Ludvig Aberg won the Genesis Invitational.

Notes: The Mexico Open technically is on the western coast of America, but it's the start of NBC's coverage until the Masters. ... Aaron Rai (No. 29) is the highest-ranked player in a field that features only four from the top 50. ... The 132-man field includes six additional sponsor exemptions set aside for Latin American players. That list includes Alvaro Ortiz, a former Latin American Amateur champion and the younger brother of Carlos Ortiz. ... Padraig Harrington is in the field. He played three times on the European tour earlier this year. ... The winner gets an invitation to the Masters. Only 11 players in the field are already in the Masters. That includes two amateurs, U.S. Amateur champion Jose Luis Ballester and Latin American Amateur champion Justin Hastings. ... Blades Brown, the latest teenager to turn pro, has received another sponsor exemption. He missed the cut in The American Express.

Next week: Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches.

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