PGA Tour, Oct 29-Nov 1, 2026
VidantaWorld Mexico Open 2026 Fantasy Golf Rankings
VidantaWorld Mexico Open 2026 runs Oct 29-Nov 1 at Vidanta Vallarta in Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico (par 71, 7,436 yards). The field is not posted yet, so this ranks the golfers who played here last time and still play: Ben Griffin leads, then Jake Knapp. Henrik Norlander has the best course history in this list, +0.78 strokes a round over his own level in 2 starts here.
Returning golfers, ranked
Ratings as of Oct 11, 2026The 2026 field is not posted yet. Until it is, this ranks every golfer from the last edition who has played in the past year, on the same model the field will get.
| Rank | Golfer | Proj. finish | Form | Course | Recent finishes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Griffin USA | 30 | +0.78 | +0.401 start, best T4 | T44T42CUTCUTT59 |
| 2 | Jake Knapp USA | 32 | +0.57 | +0.532 starts, best a win | T41T7CUTT13CUT |
| 3 | Aaron Rai England | 32 | +0.65 | +0.422 starts, best T4 | T2T16T63T29CUT |
| 4 | Ryan Gerard USA | 33 | +0.96 | +0.061 start, best T17 | T4T14T27T303 |
| 5 | Stephan Jaeger Germany | 36 | +0.15 | +0.712 starts, best T3 | T4T26T57CUTT26 |
| 6 | 36 | +0.56 | +0.291 start, best 9 | T18T1268CUTCUT | |
| 7 | 37 | +1.05 | -0.252 starts, best a missed cut | T4T4T30CUTT18 | |
| 8 | 39 | +0.97 | -0.262 starts, best T34 | T21T49T30 | |
| 9 | Sami Välimäki Finland | 40 | +0.14 | +0.502 starts, best 2 | T13CUT10T60CUT |
| 10 | Alex Smalley USA | 42 | +0.41 | +0.162 starts, best T10 | T63T6227T16T24 |
| 11 | Michael Kim USA | 43 | +0.53 | -0.012 starts, best T13 | T17T7T24T55T54 |
| 12 | Harry Hall England | 43 | +0.52 | 0.002 starts, best T33 | T13693T30T24 |
| 13 | Nicolai Højgaard Denmark | 43 | +0.30 | +0.202 starts, best 8 | CUTCUTCUTCUTT41 |
| 14 | Kevin Roy USA | 44 | +0.24 | +0.211 start, best T17 | T13T32T24T19T26 |
| 15 | 44 | -0.02 | +0.472 starts, best T6 | T29T45T19CUTCUT | |
| 16 | 45 | +0.64 | -0.221 start, best a missed cut | T61T26T12T24T40 | |
| 17 | Ryo Hisatsune Japan | 46 | +0.20 | +0.192 starts, best T10 | T41CUTT12T52CUT |
| 18 | Blades Brown USA | 46 | +0.31 | +0.041 start, best T34 | T17CUTT11T12T14 |
| 19 | Matt Wallace England | 47 | +0.76 | -0.422 starts, best T33 | T50CUTT10T14T9 |
| 20 | Rasmus Højgaard Denmark | 47 | +0.27 | +0.051 start, best T34 | CUTCUTT31T11T2 |
Advertisement
| Rank | Golfer | Proj. finish | Form | Course | Recent finishes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Kevin Yu Chinese Taipei | 47 | +0.33 | -0.011 start, best T45 | T59T32T244T31 |
| 22 | Ben Kohles USA | 47 | +0.52 | -0.212 starts, best T25 | T17T13T15T29T26 |
| 23 | Joel Dahmen USA | 48 | -0.26 | +0.561 start, best T6 | T62CUTT38CUTT34 |
| 24 | Josele Ballester Spain | 48 | +0.05 | +0.251 start, best T17 | T32T11T46CUTCUT |
| 25 | Max McGreevy USA | 48 | +0.07 | +0.191 start, best T25 | T26CUTCUTCUTCUT |
| 26 | Antoine Rozner France | 49 | +0.37 | -0.121 start, best T55 | T20T20CUTCUTT15 |
| 27 | Chan Kim USA | 49 | -0.35 | +0.582 starts, best T8 | T62T34T51T38T45 |
| 28 | Steven Fisk USA | 49 | -0.06 | +0.271 start, best T17 | 66T7T22CUTCUT |
| 29 | Kristoffer Ventura Norway | 49 | +0.01 | +0.201 start, best T25 | T41T32CUTT54T5 |
| 30 | 50 | +0.30 | -0.101 start, best T55 | T29T3T63T49T20 | |
| 31 | 50 | +0.51 | -0.321 start, best a missed cut | T33T37T471T40 | |
| 32 | Greyson Sigg USA | 50 | -0.31 | +0.492 starts, best T17 | T13T25T46T46T15 |
| 33 | Aldrich Potgieter South Africa | 51 | -0.65 | +0.791 start, best 2 | 72CUTT61CUTCUT |
| 34 | Niklas Nørgaard Denmark | 51 | +0.04 | +0.101 start, best T34 | T20T270T31CUT |
| 35 | Takumi Kanaya Japan | 51 | -0.05 | +0.171 start, best T32 | T23T26T43CUTCUT |
| 36 | Thorbjørn Olesen Denmark | 51 | +0.17 | -0.052 starts, best T46 | CUTCUTT9T39T61 |
| 37 | 52 | -0.18 | +0.282 starts, best T24 | T54CUTT53T22CUT | |
| 38 | Ryan Fox New Zealand | 52 | +0.48 | -0.392 starts, best a missed cut | T626T47T581 |
| 39 | Chad Ramey USA | 53 | -0.20 | +0.242 starts, best T33 | T40T33T38CUTCUT |
| 40 | Emiliano Grillo Argentina | 54 | +0.15 | -0.132 starts, best T33 | T43CUTCUTT31T7 |
| 41 | 54 | +0.19 | -0.171 start, best a missed cut | T41T40T15T22T50 | |
| 42 | 54 | +0.01 | 0.001 start, best T49 | T33CUTT66T54CUT | |
| 43 | Victor Perez France | 54 | +0.56 | -0.552 starts, best T52 | T2T30CUTCUTT28 |
| 44 | Ben Silverman Canada | 54 | -0.20 | +0.212 starts, best T13 | CUTT43CUTCUTCUT |
| 45 | 54 | -0.76 | +0.761 start, best 3 | CUTT57CUTT46T50 | |
| 46 | Taylor Moore USA | 54 | -0.16 | +0.141 start, best T34 | T41T45CUTCUTCUT |
| 47 | Matt McCarty USA | 54 | +0.16 | -0.181 start, best T63 | T50T53T33T63T29 |
| 48 | 55 | -0.86 | +0.831 start, best a win | CUTT61CUTCUTCUT | |
| 49 | Beau Hossler USA | 55 | +0.13 | -0.171 start, best a missed cut | T41T53CUT2T45 |
| 50 | Justin Lower USA | 55 | -0.46 | +0.412 starts, best T3 | T21T33T77T38CUT |
| 51 | Erik van Rooyen South Africa | 55 | -0.35 | +0.292 starts, best T8 | T45CUTCUTT18T51 |
| 52 | Rico Hoey Philippines | 56 | +0.19 | -0.282 starts, best a missed cut | T10T39T25T15T62 |
| 53 | Henrik Norlander Sweden | 57 | -0.93 | +0.782 starts, best T13 | CUTCUTCUTT68T57 |
| 54 | 57 | -0.36 | +0.212 starts, best T38 | CUTT43T29CUTCUT | |
| 55 | Thriston Lawrence South Africa | 58 | -0.12 | -0.071 start, best T59 | T13CUTT28CUTCUT |
| 56 | Thomas Rosenmueller Germany | 58 | +0.05 | -0.251 start, best T68 | CUTCUTCUTCUTT6 |
| 57 | Justin Hastings Cayman Islands | 59 | -0.65 | +0.441 start, best T13 | CUTT22T26CUTT55 |
| 58 | Sam Ryder USA | 59 | -0.14 | -0.071 start, best T59 | T45CUTT31T17T21 |
| 59 | Francesco Molinari Italy | 59 | -0.06 | -0.162 starts, best T49 | T20T55T6868T46 |
| 60 | William Mouw USA | 59 | -0.08 | -0.141 start, best a missed cut | T32T62CUTT68CUT |
Course profile
- Course
- Vidanta Vallarta
- Where
- Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico
- Par
- 71
- Length
- 7,436 yards
- Purse
- $6.00M
- Format
- 4 rounds, cut after round 2
- Defending champion
- Brian Campbell
Past winners and scoring
| Year | Winner | Score | Field avg. | Course |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Brian Campbell | -20 | 69.51 (-1.49) | Vidanta Vallarta, par 71, 7,436 yds |
| 2024 | Jake Knapp | -19 | 70.07 (-0.93) | Vidanta Vallarta, par 71, 7,456 yds |
Advertisement
Around this week
How the ranking works
Each round is scored against how hard that round played: its difficulty is fitted from every score in it and the skill of the golfers who posted them, so beating a weekend field of cut survivors, or a PGA Tour field rather than a weaker one, counts for more. Zero is an average PGA Tour round. A golfer's form rating is his average against that difficulty over the last 2 years, with a round 180 days old counting half as much as a new one, blended with 12 rounds at -1.0 so a handful of good days cannot top the board. Course history is how much better or worse he has played at this tournament than his own rating, shrunk as if he had 16 more average rounds there. The ranking is form plus course history. The projected finish treats every round as his rating plus or minus 2.9 strokes and counts how many of the field he would be expected to beat. ESPN publishes no strokes-gained data, so none is used.
- Window
- 730 days of rounds
- Half-life
- 180 days
- Prior
- 12 rounds at -1.0
- Course history shrink
- 16 rounds
- Round spread
- 2.9 strokes
- Rounds fitted
- 93,497 rounds, 2,201 golfers
- Tour field gap
- PGA Tour fields 0.42 strokes a round stronger than DP World Tour fields
By the Parlae deskRankings updated Oct 14, 2026 at 8:13 AM ETHow this is builtReport a wrong number