The World Wide Technology Championship is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in Mexico, contested at the Tiger Woods-designed El Cardonal golf course within the Diamante Cabo San Lucas resort. It debuted in February 2007 and was the first PGA Tour event to take place in Mexico. The first 16 years of the tournament took place in Riviera Maya before the tournament was moved to Los Cabos in 2023.
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
| Established | 2007 |
| Course(s) | El Cardonal |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 7,363 yards (6,733 m) |
| Tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Format | Stroke play |
| Prize fund | US$7,200,000 |
| Month played | November |
| Tournament record score | |
| Aggregate | 261 Viktor Hovland (2021) 261 Russell Henley (2022) 261 Erik van Rooyen (2023) |
| To par | −27 Erik van Rooyen (2023) |
| Current champion | |
 Austin Eckroat | |
| Location map | |
  El Cardonal Location in Mexico  El Cardonal Location in Baja California Sur | |
History
editOriginally an alternate event in late winter, the tournament was played the same week as the WGC Match Play event in Arizona. Mayakoba was part of the FedEx Cup, but only earned half the points of a regular event. The prize fund in 2007 was US$3.5 million (with a winner's share of $630,000),[1] making it the richest golf tournament in Mexico.[2]
Fred Funk, a winner four months earlier on the Champions Tour, took the inaugural event in a playoff over José Cóceres of Argentina.[1][3] Funk was 50 years, 257 days of age and became the oldest player to win a PGA Tour event in nearly 32 years;[4] Art Wall was about eleven months older when he won the Greater Milwaukee Open in July 1975.[5]
In 2013, the event was moved to mid-November to be part of the 2014 season as a primary event in the early part of the season, which began in October for the first time.[6] The tournament now offered full FedEx Cup points, a Masters invitation, and a large purse increase (over 60%, to $6 million). With the tour's new schedule, the Mayakoba event was not part of the abbreviated 2013 season.
The Golf Classic is allocated four additional sponsor exemptions designated for players of Spanish or Mexican heritage from Latin America, South America, Spain, or Mexico.[7]
In 2021, World Wide Technology was announced as the new title sponsor of the event, in a deal lasting until 2027.[8]
In November 2022, it was noted that the El Camaleón Golf Course had been added to the roster for the 2023 LIV Golf League.[9] With the PGA Tour and LIV Golf's ongoing legal battle, the tour decided to end its relationship with Mayakoba.[10] In January 2023, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan confirmed that the tour was working with World Wide Technology, but did not see them being back at Mayakoba.[11]
Winners
edit| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Purse ($) |
Winner's share ($) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Wide Technology Championship | |||||||||
| 2024 | Austin Eckroat | 264 | −24 | 1 stroke | Justin Lower Carson Young |
7,200,000 | 1,296,000 | ||
| 2023 | Erik van Rooyen | 261 | −27 | 2 strokes | Matt Kuchar Camilo Villegas |
8,200,000 | 1,476,000 | ||
| 2022 | Russell Henley | 261 | −23 | 4 strokes | Brian Harman | 8,200,000 | 1,476,000 | ||
| 2021 | Viktor Hovland (2) | 261 | −23 | 4 strokes | Carlos Ortiz | 7,200,000 | 1,296,000 | ||
| Mayakoba Golf Classic | |||||||||
| 2020 | Viktor Hovland | 264 | −20 | 1 stroke | Aaron Wise | 7,200,000 | 1,296,000 | ||
| 2019 | Brendon Todd | 264 | −20 | 1 stroke | Adam Long Carlos Ortiz Vaughn Taylor |
7,200,000 | 1,296,000 | ||
| 2018 | Matt Kuchar | 262 | −22 | 1 stroke | Danny Lee | 7,200,000 | 1,296,000 | ||
| OHL Classic at Mayakoba | |||||||||
| 2017 | Patton Kizzire | 265 | −19 | 1 stroke | Rickie Fowler | 7,100,000 | 1,278,000 | ||
| 2016 | Pat Perez | 263 | −21 | 2 strokes | Gary Woodland | 7,000,000 | 1,260,000 | ||
| 2015 | Graeme McDowell | 266 | −18 | Playoff | Jason Bohn Russell Knox |
6,200,000 | 1,116,000 | ||
| 2014 | Charley Hoffman | 267 | −17 | 1 stroke | Shawn Stefani | 6,100,000 | 1,098,000 | ||
| 2013 | Harris English | 263 | −21 | 4 strokes | Brian Stuard | 6,000,000 | 1,080,000 | ||
| Mayakoba Golf Classic | |||||||||
| 2012 | John Huh | 271 | −13 | Playoff | Robert Allenby | 3,700,000 | 666,000 | ||
| 2011 | Johnson Wagner | 267 | −17 | Playoff | Spencer Levin | 3,700,000 | 666,000 | ||
| 2010 | Cameron Beckman | 269 | −15 | 2 strokes | Joe Durant Brian Stuard |
3,600,000 | 648,000 | ||
| 2009 | Mark Wilson | 267 | −13 | 2 strokes | J. J. Henry | 3,600,000 | 648,000 | ||
| 2008 | Brian Gay | 264 | −16 | 2 strokes | Steve Marino | 3,500,000 | 630,000 | ||
| 2007 | Fred Funk | 266 | −14 | Playoff | José Cóceres | 3,500,000 | 630,000 | ||
Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.
References
edit- ^ a b "Scoreboard: At Playa del Carmen, Mexico". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). February 26, 2007. p. D4.
- ^ "Mayakoba Golf Classic". Archived from the original on October 30, 2006.
- ^ "50-year-old Funk wins at Mayakoba". Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). Associated Press. February 26, 2007. p. 3C.
- ^ "Oldest PGA Tour winners". Retrieved May 14, 2009.
- ^ "Art Wall a winner at Milwaukee". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. (Florida). Associated Press. July 7, 1975. p. 1C.
- ^ "2013–14 PGA Tour schedule (2013 tournaments)". PGA Tour. December 12, 2012. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
- ^ "2015–16 PGA Tour Player Handbook & Tournament Regulations" (PDF). October 5, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 12, 2016.
- ^ "World Wide Technology Named Mayakoba Title Sponsor Through 2027". Yahoo! Finance. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ Schupak, Adam (28 November 2022). "Mexico's Mayakoba Resort jumps ship from PGA Tour to LIV Golf". Golfweek. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ Bastable, Alan (5 December 2022). "'Not an easy decision': Why this longtime PGA Tour site embraced LIV Golf". Golf.com. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ Dethier, Dylan (9 January 2023). "Jay Monahan met with media. Here are 15 issues he addressed". Golf.com. Retrieved 9 January 2023.