World Wide Technology Championship: Predictions, tips and odds

The World Wide Technology Championship returns to Mexico and El Cardonal at Diamante at Cabo San Lucas for the fifth of eight FedExCup Fall events and the PGA TOUR's Mike Glasscott has six tips across three markets.

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World Wide Technology Championship tips

Tip to win

Harris English (25/1)

The veteran, already a previous winner at this event on a different course in 2013, rolls into town with back-to-back top-10 paydays in the deserts of Utah and Las Vegas.

Possessing plenty of power, I’m more interested in his patience and putter to pick up his first win since the 2021 Travelers Championship, another shootout.

Matti Schmid (25/1)

Representing Germany at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the Munich native has hit his stride in the FedExCup Fall.

Cashing T3 at the Shriners Open after solo fifth at the Black Desert Championship, his trend of beating the previous result has reached five starts in a row.

Tips to finish top 10

Nate Lashley (5/1)

Veterans tend to gravitate to the top of the leaderboard this time of year. Lashley, 41, has a win on Paspalum and a top-five result at Corales Puntacana, plus three top-10 paychecks on the same grass at the Puerto Rico Open.

Sam Stevens (3/1)

A big boy ball striker, the Texan can handle a coastal breeze. His partner from the Zurich Classic (T4) in late April, Nico Echavarria, won two weeks ago in Japan.

Big fairways will produce more chances to pepper flags. He makes tons of birdies as well.  

Tip to finish to 20

Joe Highsmith (2/1)

Producing three T16 or better finishes from four made cuts in the FedExCup Fall, the left-hander needs another big finish, or two, to maintain the dream of keeping his card.

Cashing T6 at Puerto Rico on the same Paspalum grass produced his best payday of the year.

Vince Whaley (12/5)

The runner-up, one of four at the ISCO Championship in July in a playoff, has also cashed T16 twice in his last three starts.

A big hitter who makes plenty of birdies, the 28-year-old should enjoy the wide open layout.

Others to consider

Max Greyserman (16/1) – The favourite has yet to win on the PGA TOUR, but he has finished second or T2 in three of his last five starts. A big hitter, he’s also a deft putter and is in the form of his life.

Doug Ghim (22/1) – Only two top-10 paydays on the season include solo second, a career-best in Las Vegas three weeks ago, and T8 at Vidanta Vallarta in Mexico on Paspalum in late February.

J.J. Spaun (25/1) – Another veteran infiltrating the top of the board, the Californian is one of the few favorites with a trophy on the mantle. Three top-10 finishes in his last seven events, including T6 in Japan two weeks ago, demands attention.

El Cardonal at Diamante course guide and fact file

Par	72
Length	7,452 yards
Fairways	Platinum Paspalum
Rough	N/A
Greens	Platinum Paspalum
Holes with water in play	1
Designer	Tiger Woods (TGR Design; 2014)

The inaugural event, hosted in Los Cabos for the first time in 2023, crowned South African Erik van Rooyen as the champion on 27-under 261.

The 2023 event, with only 132 players, produced the most birdies and eagles on TOUR.

Ranking in the top three of the easiest played on TOUR, the scoring average was more than three shots under par (68.993).

Fairways providing 60 yards of landing area and the absence of rough will create scoring opportunities for the premium iron players. Hitting GIR on the massive greens is the easy part; staking it close and converting the putts will cause the separation on the leaderboard.

The top nine players on the 2023 leaderboard were 20-under-par or better, and 68 of the 73 who qualified for the weekend posted 10-under-par or better.

Of the 73 players, 12 posted a round over par. Only one of those players cashed T30 or better.

All odds displayed on this page were correct at the time of writing and are subject to withdrawal or change at any time.