MEXICO CITY – As Justin Thomas warmed up early Tuesday at the WGC-Mexico Championship he carefully studied each shot. More than perhaps any other week on the PGA Tour, the Mexico stop requires a higher attention to detail because of how much farther the golf ball flies.
At nearly 8,000 feet above sea level, players estimate they fly the golf ball about 15 percent farther in Mexico. It’s particularly extreme for the players, like Thomas, who played last week’s Genesis Open in Los Angeles, which is only 285 feet above sea level and played particularly long because of cold, damp conditions.