The PGA Tour will travel approximately 340 miles up the western coast of Mexico and then out to the Baja Peninsula for the World Wide Technology Championship.

From VidantaWorld to the Diamante Resort, players and their families are having two incredible back-to-back resort weeks south of the border. Twenty-one of the top 100 in the OWGR had traveled to Cabo San Lucas.

More important than world rankings, players numbers 95-126 on the FEC points list are in attendance. Keep in mind, only the top 100 earn their 2027 PGA Tour card. Those 31 guys have a ton to play for over the next three weeks!

The El Cardonal Course at Diamante was designed by Tiger Woods in 2014 and has been the host of this event since 2023. A true resort venue, El Cardonal boasts over 98 acres of fairway across 18 holes. And new users can bet $10 on the tournament and get $200 in Bonus Bets win or lose at bet365 Sportsbook.

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Best bet to win

One of the hottest wedge players in the field is Chris Kirk. Kirk’s problems with the putter are popular knowledge. Before Bermuda, Chris had not gained with his flatstick since Memorial Park in March. At Port Royal, Kirk gained nearly five strokes on the field putting. Most of Kirk’s six PGA Tour wins came on grainy Bermudagrass. When you talk about wedge proximity, Chris is ranked second in total number of approaches inside 10’ per round. Our winner will need that next acumen in order to win.

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The mysterious case of Nick Dunlap loves a super shootout. Especially when the fairways are 60 yards wide. In a tumultuous 2025, Dunlap finished eighth at the WWT. Nick gained over 11 strokes last year on the El Cardonal course, his best SG: Total for the entire season. Now heading into Cabo, the iron play, short game, and putter are in order. Just keep it on the 50+ yard wide landing zones, and we’re good to cash with 40 places.

Best head-to-head bet

Other than having some bad sushi in Japan, Steven Fisk has been rolling this fall. Fisk’s usual impeccable ball striking has been complemented by a hot putter and two top seven results in his last three starts. Christiaan Bezuidenhout has been equally good in autumn but has not scored 20 under par (or better) in almost three years. Even though Bezuidenhout has been on target, I doubt the putter can keep pace with Fisk, and I love positive odds on H2Hs.

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World Wide Technology Championship preview

In three editions of the WWT Championship, the average winning score is 26.7 under par. Those three winners, Erik van Rooyen, Austin Eckroat, and Ben Griffin, averaged a 31.7 sub-par score en route to victory. What will it take to win this week? Birdies, and maybe a couple of eagles. The WWT might be the purest form of a birdiefest on the PGA Tour schedule.

The average cutline over three years is four under par, and it takes an average total of 20 under par to reach the top 10. The outright breakdown for this event is not complicated. Over the past three years, the average drive is 302 yards, players hit 89% of their fairways, and 78% of their GIRs. So what separates the field, scoring? With 8,300 sq/ft size green surfaces on average, hitting 80% of your GIRs is not difficult. The course has one hole with water in play, and 48 bunkers. The fairways are 60 yards wide in most cases. The field will produce at least three or four players who will not miss a fairway for four days. Nineteen players scored four rounds in the 60s last year. 

The Tour is blessed with resort weather in Cabo San Lucas. Temperatures are forecasted in the mid-80s with no precipitation on the radar. A slight breeze will pick up every afternoon into the low teens coming out of the west. Bordering the Pacific Ocean, the gusts may reach 16-20 mph some afternoons. With Pasaplum agronomy and this forecast, scoring should reach record levels. The golf course conditions are absolutely perfect for going low. 

The greens are covered in Platinum Paspalum. One of those sticky surfaces, players with a positive history navigating these slow, grainy greens will have an advantage. Grand Reserve and Vidanta Vallarta are two great comp venues just for that reason. Personally, I also love the scoring skill set correlation at the American Express in Palm Desert, and at the Corales Golf Club. For those looking to go a little deeper on the historic leaderboards, try PGA National and TPC Summerlin.

The field and the purse were reduced last year. Only 120 in the field and they are competing for $6 million. The top 65 and ties make the weekend and have a chance to win that $1.08 million winner’s check. Most would have a million dollars in their bank account, but a large majority is here for the FEC points. Time is quickly winding down as counting the WWT there are only three events left on the 2026 PGA Tour calendar. A quick glance at the scorecard (Par 72, 7,452 yards) and you see there’s some length. Truth is, the average par 3 is 188 yards (7 or 8 iron) and all of the par 5s are reachable by a majority of the field. Two par 4s under 350 yards provide more scoring chances. Thirteen of the 18 holes have a scoring average under par.

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How to win the World Wide Technology Championship

I want to build the outright archetype around scoring. The winner will need 30+ subpar scores to win. That’s making birdie or better on 45% of the holes!

Although these guys make it look easy, going super low for four straight rounds is a separating skill on Tour. Not every elite PGA Tour player can shoot 63 or better. Each of them may do it once or twice a season, but we are talking about doing it twice in four rounds. By keeping our focus on scoring, we can get very narrow on the traits these players will need to accomplish that level of going low.

Let’s walk through the art of averaging seven under par, per round:

• The fairways at El Cardonal are the widest on the PGA Tour. Don’t get thrown off by the fact everyone can hit them. These green complexes are wild. The surfaces have shelves, plateaus, and sections to contend with when you are putting. By placing the ball on the correct side of these vast fairways, players will give themselves the best angle to attack specific pin locations. Accuracy counts at El Cardonal on more than approach shots.
• Speaking of approach play, that’s your number one priority in this scoring fest. To contend, you must create 30+ realistic birdie chances. The sweet spot in the bag is between your gap wedge and seven iron. Following the last few weeks of the FEC Fall Series, we know who the best iron players are; time to use them.
• Putting on Platinum Paspalum sounds fancy, but the reality is many in the field just are not great on slow, bumpy greens. The salt air tends to puff up the blade and make the surfaces sticky. Experience on grainy Bermuda, slow greens, and Paspalum is noteworthy.
• Instead of singling out par 5 scoring, I’m looking through the scrambling rankings. Scoring from close range is an art form, and with these creative green complexes, players will be asked to pitch it close from 25 to 75 yards on the par 5s and short par 4s. Capitalizing on those six scoring chances per round is imperative.
• I cannot find a direct correlation between ball speed and success at El Cardonal. Ball striking, yes! But for every Marco Penge, we have an Austin Eckroat. I am steering clear of the distance conversation and relying more on iron play.

I have created a couple of rankings, one for scoring that includes BoB% along with the ability to create actual scoring chances. The second leaderboard reveals the best iron players for this scorecard. By comparing those two lists side by side, you start to see clearly the style of player who can contend at El Cardonal. Who are they? Scroll down to see our outright card for the World Wide Technology Championship.

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