CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Dustin Johnson won WGC-Mexico Championship 2019 on Sunday, Feb. 24. Johnson earned his 20th career PGA Tour title, his sixth at a WGC event. Rory McIlroy finished second. WGC-MEXICO CHAMPIONSHIP LEADERBOARD INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF PGA TOURS WORLD GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS-MEXICO CHAMPIONSHIP Site: Mexico City. Course: Chapultepec GC. Yardage: 7,345. Par: 71. Purse: $10.25 million. Winner's share: $1,745,000. Television: Thursday-Friday, 2-7 p.m. Saturday, noon-2:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 2:30-6 p.m. (NBC); Sunday, noon-1:30 p.m. (Golf Channel), 1:30-6 p.m. (NBC). Defending champion: Phil Mickelson. Last WGC: Xander Schauffele won the HSBC Champions in Shanghai. Notes: Tiger Woods has not been eligible for this World Golf Championship since 2014, when he shot 78 in the final round and tied for 25th at Doral. It was his last event before the first of four back surgeries. ... This is Woods' first tournament in Mexico. He will be in the same group as Abraham Ancer, who is in the field with the best world ranking (No. 61) of Mexican players. ... Justin Rose, Jason Day and Adam Scott are among those who chose not to play the first World Golf Championship of the year. Rose could lose his No. 1 ranking depending on who wins. ... Eddie Pepperell, Aaron Rai and Jake McLeod are making their World GolfChampionships debuts. ... Russell Knox is the last player to make his first PGA Tour title a WGC event, in Shanghai at the HSBC Champions three years ago. ... Americans made it a clean sweep of the WGCs last year with Mickelson winning in Mexico, Bubba Watson at the Match Play, Justin Thomas at Firestone and Xander Schauffele in Shanghai. ... Since this event began in 1999, it has gone to a playoff only three times — Woods beat Miguel Angel Jimenez in 1999 at Valderrama and John Daly in 2005 at Harding Park, and Mickelson defeated Thomas last year. Next WGC: Dell Technologies Match Play on March 27-31. Online: https://www.worldgolfchampionships.com (Fact box from Associated Press.)<doc-sep>The stats, as incredible as they were, don't tell the whole story of Dustin Johnson's monster 2019 WGC-Mexico Championship win, the 20th PGA Tour victory of his career. D.J. touched off a five-stroke title over Rory McIlroy and 10 strokes over the rest of the field with a tidy 5-under 66 on Sunday in the final round that included a closing 31 on the back nine, just for show at that point. Johnson made his first bogey of the week (not the day, the week!) on the third hole on Sunday (he also had a double bogey on Saturday) and stalled a little bit with eight 4s and a 3 on the front nine. McIlroy didn't truly push him as he shot a 1-over 36 of his own on the front. Then the fireworks started. Johnson birdied his first two on the back nine, and he and McIlroy combined for a best ball 29 coming home with 11 birdies between them, which was good for Rory but great for D.J. Add them all up and Johnson had 22 birdies and an eagle on the week. He finished second from tee to green and first in putting. He gained over five strokes per round on the best field of the year in a sport where anything north of five is pretty much a guaranteed victory. He was more or less flawless on the scorecard, but that doesn't mean there weren't bumps along the way. Johnson got multiple fortuitous rulings on the weekend that allowed him free drops clear of debris. He also made par-saving putts of 18 feet and 6 feet on the front side in his final round. When the final 18 tried to go sideways, Johnson wouldn't let it. He wrestled it into the ground, defeated one of the best in the game playing as well as he's played in years and made a bit of history in the process. "I struggled the last couple weeks," Johnson told NBC on Sunday. "I got here on Monday and talked to [coach Butch Harmon] ... worked on it and it clicked this week. I hit it really well this week." "To get 20 wins out here is very difficult," he added later on. "To do it before I turn 35 is pretty incredible. It means a lot. This is a big win for me and gives me a lot of confidence for the rest of the year." McIlroy threw plenty of punches over the weekend. He led the field from tee to green and proximity to the hole, and had a top-20 putting week. Again, these are McIlroy's stats. Led the field from tee to green and proximity to the hole. The guy who finished a distant second. Such is life against a machine like Johnson. D.J. 's worst score on the week (a 67) was two strokes better than the best scores of guys like Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau and Jordan Spieth. This is Johnson's second win in three years at this tournament and his 20th in 246 PGA Tour events -- one better than Phil Mickelson after the same number of events. We could go all day with the numbers, of course, but they wouldn't be more impressive than watching D.J. gallop. Does it go badly with him sometimes late in events? Yes it does, and when it does, it tends to go very badly. We joke about it, but he really is like a machine in that sense -- it either works perfectly or is broken beyond repair. On this week, at this course, it could not have worked better. McIlroy has faced robots before, and the results were much better than they were on Sunday. It will likely get underplayed, but for D.J. to join Tiger Woods, Tom Watson, Phil Mickelson and Johnny Miller with 20 wins on this PGA Tour before age 35 is as impossible as his swing. To watch Johnson is to be amazed over and over like it's the first time you've ever seen his move, his ball flight and his disposition. It feels simultaneously like a revelation and like the most natural thing in the world; like he could never not do what you just saw him do. Golf is golf, of course, and so he will lose much more than he will win over the next few years, but this week was another reminder -- the 20th such reminder -- that Johnson is maybe the best player in his generation and -- I hope this doesn't sound like I'm being a prisoner of the moment -- one of the best and most talented golfers to ever live. Grade: A+ Here are the rest of our grades for the 2019 WGC-Mexico Championship. Rory McIlroy (T6): What are you going to do? McIlroy finished five shots clear of third but five back of the thoroughbred ahead of him. If there was a hole he'd probably like to have back it would be the par-5 sixth, which played to an average of about 19 strokes on the week. McIlroy made three bogeys there (including one on Sunday) and played it in 23 strokes. Still, that's four straight top-five finishes to start the season and two straight weeks of 63s. Grade: A Justin Thomas (9th): I just want to talk about that Sunday round. Thomas shot a 62 -- which tied his own course record -- with 10 birdies, seven pars and a bogey. He was -- and I promise this is a real number -- eight (!) strokes better with his putter on Sunday than he was on Saturday (-4.9 to +3.1) and finished first in the field in strokes gained from tee to green, too. It was not quite the round of the tournament (McIlroy holds that distinction from his play on Thursday), but it was an absolute show as J.T. made nine birdies in his first 12 holes and looked as if he would maybe do what he's done before (which doubles as the coolest thing in golf): shoot 59 with a bogey.<doc-sep>Saturday's round at the 2019 WGC-Mexico Championship was every bit as exciting as we thought it might be, but the end result -- a monstrous Dustin Johnson lead -- doesn't exactly portend for a thrilling Sunday finish (or does it?). Johnson shot a 5-under 66 to get to 16 under on the week and leads Rory McIlroy by four and everyone else in the field by seven. Let's take a look at the third round, what went down and how it sets up for Sunday's finale. First place -- Dustin Johnson (-16): Johnson still doesn't have a bogey on the week, although he does have a double. D.J. 's lone blemish on Saturday and on the week was a disaster of a 10th hole in which he hit his drive into the trees and twice hit limbs as he tried to make his way out. It added up to a six, but he recovered nicely with four birdies in his next eight holes to close like the thoroughbred he is. Last place -- Shaun Norris (+19): If he shoots a 56 on Sunday and Johnson shoots an 85, there's a chance. Other contenders -- Rory McIlroy (-12): I would list others, but McIlroy is the only real contender. If you do happen to somehow run down D.J. from seven back it's probably not going to be in the same day in which you also run down McIlroy from three back. So everybody else is playing for second (or probably third). McIlroy had a bizarre Saturday that included as many birdies (7) as it did pars. His 68 felt like it could have been both a 72 and a 65. But every time he gets within striking distance of the guy he's chasing, he's either stymied by his own mistakes or Johnson reels off two or three in a row. What did Tiger Woods do? Big Cat shot a letdown of a 70. After working it all the way to 3 under through 14 holes, Woods ejected with a double bogey-bogey stretch at Nos. 15 and 16 that included seven putts. He got one back at the 18th, but he's well out of contention. Who had a great day? The two Patricks -- Patrick Reed and Patrick Cantlay -- shot 64 and 65 respectively to get to 9 under overall and among the final groups on Sunday. Cantlay had the shot of the day (more on that below), but Reed's round was far crazier. He somehow shot that 64 with three bogeys, and he did it on the back of two eagles early and a turkey (three straight birdies) on the final three holes. Lights out. Who had a lousy day? After a strong Saturday, Matt Kuchar shot a shocking 79 on Saturday in the final group with McIlroy and Johnson. He was more or less dropped from TV coverage over the last few hours, and had three three-putts in one six-hole stretch in the middle of his round. Hole that told a story: McIlroy's best hole of the day doubled as a microcosm of what it's like to take on a robot that rarely malfunctions. It came at the par-5 15th where McIlroy hooded a 3-wood and ran it 275 yards up to the green for a 12-foot eagle putt. Of course he missed and Johnson -- who had just hit an awful approach -- got up and down from somewhere he had no business getting up and down, and they both made four. The 2019 WGC-Mexico Championship in five minutes. Shot of the day: Patrick Cantlay nearly aced (!) the par-4 12th with a 394-yard drive. The only problem is that he hit into Kevin Kisner, who was putting at the time. I don't know which of these two was the shot of the day -- Cantlay for a preposterously accurate drive or Kisner for not getting shook over his putt. Stat of the day: There's hope for McIlroy. Not a lot, but at least a little bit. Golf Channel What to watch on Day 4: It's going to either be Johnson or McIlroy, and if it's D.J., it's going to be history. McIlroy has faded slightly with the putter in Rounds 2 and 3, but he's still first in the field from tee to green. There's going to be an interesting tipping point on Sunday when he's either leading or close to it, and I can't wait to see how it plays out. CBS Sports was with you the entire way updating this story with the latest scores, analysis and highlights from the WGC-Mexico Championship, particularly while Woods was on the course. If you are unable to view the live updates below, please click here. 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After 36 holes of the 2019 WGC-Mexico Championship, we got the leaderboard we thought we would. The top of the tournament is littered with names like Rory McIlroy, Dustin Johnson and Sergio Garcia as we head to the weekend. And those golfers didn't provide the only fireworks of Friday's Round 2, either. Tiger Woods hit probably the shot of the day and Tommy Fleetwood had an unbelievable stretch to start off his second round. Here's a detailed look at who's playing well and how it all went down in Round 2 at Chapultepec. First place -- Dustin Johnson (-11): No surprise here. Johnson has two top-10 finishes in two starts here, and won this event back in 2017 over Fleetwood. He chased his 64 on Thursday with another bogey-free round of 67 on Friday and made a little history in the process. He's very much the guy to beat (Vegas has him as a +125 favorite the rest of the way), and I expect him to hold on for his 20th PGA Tour victory and sixth WGC title (to pull within 12 of Woods). Last place -- Shaun Norris and Sanghyun Park (+17): Because these events don't have cuts, the variance between first and last is always comical. These guys are down 28 to D.J. with 36 holes still to go. Other contenders -- Matt Kuchar (-10), Rory McIlroy (-9), Sergio Garcia (-7), Tommy Fleetwood (-7): McIlroy may have had the most disappointing Round 2 of this group after he ran his 8-under score to 11 under after starting 3-3-3-3. He played weakly coming home, though, hit a ball in the water on a par 5 and four-putted the ninth. It wasn't pretty, but the good news for him is that his 63 on Thursday is a buoy for his week, and he'll still play next to D.J. late on Saturday afternoon. What did Tiger Woods do? Big Cat is in the tournament! Woods fired a 5-under 66 that included the shot of the event (and his best shot of the year) on his final hole of the day. He led the field in putting for most of the day and now has an opportunity to truly scratch his way into contention with a fast start on Saturday. Who had a great day? Phil Mickelson shot a 79 in Round 1 and a 65 in Round 2 because 14-shot differences between two consecutive rounds are normal. In all seriousness, it was cool to watch Lefty grind even though he has no chance of winning the tournament. A pro. Stat of the day: 2-2, as in the start Fleetwood got off to. He eagled the first two holes -- also known as an American -- and looked as if he might melt the scoreboard. He finished with a nice 6-under 65, but that start was pretty legendary. Shot of the day: Maybe the shot of the year. What to watch on Day 3: Everything! This leaderboard is loaded, this golf course is fun and there are innumerable storylines either at the top or lurking just below the D.J.-McIlroy duo, which will go last off. Their chasers will include Kuchar, Fleetwood, Garcia, Woods and more, and if the first two years of this tournament are any indication, we're in for an awesome final two days. CBS Sports was with you the entire way updating this story with the latest scores, analysis and highlights from the WGC-Mexico Championship, particularly while Woods was on the course. If you are unable to view the live updates below, please click here. Thanks for stopping by.