World Wide Technology Championship

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.

World Wide Technology Championship

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$8,200,000
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
Erik van Rooyen
Location Map
El Cardonal Location in Mexico Show map of Mexico El Cardonal Location in Baja California Sur Show map of Baja California Sur

History

Originally 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

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Purse ($)	Winner's share ($)
World Wide Technology Championship
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

1. "Scoreboard: At Playa del Carmen, Mexico". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). February 26, 2007. p. D4.
2. . Archived from the original on October 30, 2006.
3. "50-year-old Funk wins at Mayakoba". Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). Associated Press. February 26, 2007. p. 3C.
4. "Oldest PGA Tour winners". Retrieved May 14, 2009.
5. "Art Wall a winner at Milwaukee". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. (Florida). Associated Press. July 7, 1975. p. 1C.
6. "2013–14 PGA Tour schedule (2013 tournaments)". PGA Tour. December 12, 2012. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
7. (PDF). October 5, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 12, 2016.
8. "World Wide Technology Named Mayakoba Title Sponsor Through 2027". Yahoo! Finance. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
9. Schupak, Adam (28 November 2022). "Mexico's Mayakoba Resort jumps ship from PGA Tour to LIV Golf". Golfweek. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
10. Bastable, Alan (5 December 2022). "'Not an easy decision': Why this longtime PGA Tour site embraced LIV Golf". Golf.com. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
11. Dethier, Dylan (9 January 2023). "Jay Monahan met with media. Here are 15 issues he addressed". Golf.com. Retrieved 9 January 2023.

External links

• Official website
• Coverage on the PGA Tour's website
• World Wide Technologies Mayakoba website

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