2025 WWT Championship – Betting Preview

f684b2f3d4218ee06dad551b3bb2074b

After a break from action over the past week, the PGA Tour heads to a relatively new course, El Cardonal, in Los Cabos, Mexico, for the World Wide Technology Championship. Opened in 2014, this 225-acre parcel in the foothills of the Baja California desert is the first golf course designed by 82-time PGA winner Tiger Woods.

El Cardonal’s design was inspired by the classic Golden Age courses on the West Coast that Woods played in his youth. Thanks to several options for navigating each hole, proper decision-making is rewarded, as El Cardonal is a course that emphasizes strategy and creativity.

Offering dramatic views of the Pacific Ocean, Diamante is a private resort situated at the southernmost tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula, in the state of Baja California Sur. In addition to El Cardonal, Diamante also features the Dunes Course, designed by Davis Love III. The World Wide Technology Championship is one of two FedExCup events in Mexico, along with the Mexico Open at Vidanta. Previously, the event was held at El Camaleon Golf Club, south of Cancun, in Mexico’s Riviera Maya.

Characterized by wide fairways, strategically placed bunkers, and enormous undulated greens, the resort-style course is a birdie-maker’s delight, as evidenced by the -27 winning score by Erik van Rooyen in 2023 and followed up by Austin Eckroat‘s -24 winning score last year. While potential howling winds off the coast and the encroaching desert arroyos will provide some pushback, El Cardonal should once again feature plenty of scoring opportunities throughout.

The Field

It’s a surprisingly quality field in Mexico for this year’s World Wide Technology Championship. Headliners in attendance include Wyndham Clark, J.J. Spaun, Ben Griffin, Mackenzie Hughes, Si Woo Kim, Nick Taylor, Max Greyserman, and the recent winner of the Bank of Utah Championship, Michael Brennan. In total, 28 players in the field have won a PGA Tour event in the last two years.

Featuring a field of 120 players, 500 FedExCup points, and jobs are on the line as time is running out to become eligible to make the final top 100 for next year’s season, which begins in January. Eligibility for the first few signature events next year is also based on points from these fall events, so positioning as close as possible inside the top 10 of the FedEx Cup Fall standings is vital.

Among those fighting for full status next year are Max McGreevy (96), Thorbjorn Olesen (97), Beau Hossler (98), David Lipsky (100), Sami Valimaki (102), Isaiah Salinda (103), and Patrick Fishburn (104).

Top 10 Most Important Stats For Success at El Cardonal at Diamante

SG: APP
Driving Distance
3-Putt AVD
Birdie or Better %
SG: Coastal/Wind
Par 5 Scoring
SG: Putting
Sand Save %
SG: Easy Scoring Conditions
Proximity 175+ yds

Key Rabbit Hole Filters

Course Region: Mexico
Course Type: Coastal/Resort
Scoring Conditions: Very Easy
Field Strength: Weak
Event Season: Fall
Bunker #: Low
Water Danger: Low
Greens Surface: Paspalum
OTT Club Type: Driver Heavy
Gain OTT: Very Easy
Gain APP: Easy
Scrambling Short Grass: Difficult
3-Putt AVD: Difficult

WWT Championship – Final Model

In each preview article and on Discord, I present my final model, which gives a detailed player ranking of the most important stats and splits for the week. My modeling is based on the PGA’s Strokes Gained data, which is categorized into SG: Off the Tee (OTT), SG: Approach (APP), SG: Around the Green (ARG), and SG: Putting (P). Learn more about Strokes Gained and why it can be so useful in analyzing the past and predicting future performance. Many of these specific metrics and conditions can be found in “The Rabbit Hole“, with my final model exclusively published here and in the Discord for subscribers.