2022 World Wide Technology Championship: Details, Picks, Predictions, Odds
Dean McHugh This week the PGA Tour takes us to the El Camaleaon Golf Club at Playa del Carmen. The World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba was the first PGA Tour event held in Mexico this century when it started in 2007.
Like last week’s Butterfield Bermuda Championship, this week’s World Wide Technology Golf Tournament will be played on a short course in a warm climate where birdies will abound.
Unlike last week’s competition, this one has some big-name competitors who will likely tip the odds in their favor.
Victor Hovland has a chance to become the first golfer since Steve Stricker (John Deere Classic 2009-11) to complete the hat trick and win the same tournament for three straight years. If Hovland wants to win, he has to beat several serious competitors. Among the experienced players hoping to dethrone Hovland and win this year’s World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba are Scottie Scheffler (US), Tony Finau (US), Collin Morikawa (US) and Jason Day (Aus). This week’s tournament has a purse of $8.2 million and the winner will receive 500 FedEx Cup Points. There will be no LIV Golf tournament this week to compete with the PGA Tour event as the finale took place last week in the LIV Golf Team Championship with Dustin Johnson’s team taking the victory.
The World Wide Technology Championship, also known as the TOUR Championship, is a prestigious golf tournament held annually as part of the PGA Tour. It marks the culmination of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, featuring the top 30 golfers in the FedEx Cup standings. Played at various renowned golf courses across the United States, the tournament attracts global attention and offers significant prize money. Known for its intense competition and thrilling conclusion, the World Wide Technology Championship crowns the FedEx Cup champion, solidifying its status as one of the premier events in professional golf.
World Wide Technology Championship – Notable Odds
Viktor Hovland (+950)
It’s not surprising to see Viktor Hovland not be the overall betting favorite here given his two consecutive wins at this event. He shot a course-record cumulative stroke count of 261 (-23), which was good enough for him to win by four strokes over Carlos Oríz last year. He very nearly matched an 18-hole course record by scoring a 62 in the third round.
Hovland is currently ranked 11th in the OWGR and has played well so far this season. He finished T5 at the ZOZO Championship and T21 at the CJ Cup.
Collin Morikawa (+1600)
There are several reasons why I think he’s good for this week. His elite iron play should fit well into this golfing event, as he was third in stroke gain on approach shots last year and has been 10th after two poor performances in this one.
He has no experience playing at this venue. This is often viewed as a negative, but I see it as his last-ditch effort to really step it up in the early half of this season.
He’s one of my players who I’ve been hoping would finally get a win. And he knows that he doesn’t have many more chances to get a win before the end of the 2022 calendar year.
Tony Finau (+1400)
Finau won two consecutive tournaments in late July last season before a 9th-place finish at the TOUR Championship. He returns on Thursday to a course that has many mixed emotions for him. Finau shot two consecutive 70s over the weekend to finish T45 last year, he had a top 10 finish at T8 in 2020, missed the cut in 2019, and 2018 he landed T16.
Adam Long (+7000)
Long has gone from T-2 to T-3 to T-22 at Mayakoba in the last three years, so he’s come pretty close to winning here before. He didn’t cut his first start of the season and then finished T30 at the Sanderson Farm Championship. He currently sits 2nd on tour in SG: PUTTING, but his iron play leaves a lot to be desired.
World Wide Technology Championship – Field + Odds
Scottie Scheffler +950
Viktor Hovland +950
Tony Finau +1400
Collin Morikawa +1600
Billy Horschel +2000
Aaron Wise +2000
Maverick McNealy +2600
Taylor Montgomery +2600
Tom Hoge +2700
Jason Day +3400
Emiliano Grillo +3400
Seamus Power +3700
Kyoung-Hoon Lee +4200
Brendon Todd +4200
Brian Harman +4200
Alex Noren +4500
Thomas Detry +4500
Keith Mitchell +5000
Russell Henley +5000
Patrick Rodgers +5000
Adam Hadwin +5500
Harris English +5500
Aaron Rai +6000
Robby Shelton +6500
Mark Hubbard +6500
Justin Lower +6500
Justin Rose +6500
Hayden Buckley +6500
Sepp Straka +6500
Andrew Putnam +6500
Matt Kuchar +7000
Dean Burmester +7000
Francesco Molinari +7000
Sebastian Munoz +7500
Cameron Champ +7500
Nick Hardy +7500
Russell Knox +8000
Lee Hodges +8000
Greyson Sigg +8000
Joel Dahmen +8000
Davis Riley +8000
Chris Kirk +8500
Kevin Streelman +8500
J.T. Poston +9000
Brandon Wu +10000
Erik Van Rooyen +10000
Adam Long +10000
Garrick Higgo +10000
Chun-an Yu +10000
Danny Willett +10000
Matt Wallace +10000
Justin Suh +10000
Nick Taylor +10000
Beau Hossler +10000
J.J. Spaun +11000
Adria Arnaus +11000
Seonghyeon Kim +11000
Martin Laird +11000
Adam Svensson +11000
Byeong Hun An +11000
Dylan Frittelli +12000
Ben Griffin +12000
James Hahn +12000
Austin Eckroat +12000
Will Gordon +12000
Austin Smotherman +12000
Troy Merritt +12000
Ryan Palmer +12000
David Lipsky +14000
Lucas Glover +14000
Ze-Cheng Dou +16000
Callum Tarren +16000
Harrison Endycott +16000
Ryan Armour +16000
Charley Hoffman +16000
Travis Vick +16000
C.T. Pan +16000
John Huh +16000
