World Wide Technology Championship: PGA Tour Golf Betting Odds

This event made golf history in 2007 when it became the first PGA Tour event to be contested outside of the United States or Canada. It had been held at Mayakoba Resort on the Riveira Maya but there was one problem with that: Greg Norma designed the host course, El Camaleón Golf Course in Playa del Carmen.

Of course, Norman also helped start the rival LIV Golf so there was no chance of the PGA Tour returning to that track after its contract ran out with the resort after 2022. Plus, the 2023 LIV opener was held there in February and won by Charles Howell II at 16 under – but over three rounds per LIV rules.

(The PGA Tour and LIV eventually agreed to merge in a shocker, but that deal is very much up in the air due to legal roadblocks, etc.)

The 2023 event will be held at El Cardonal at Diamante Cabo San Lucas (on the Pacific side) in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. It opened in 2014 and was the first golf course designed by Tiger Woods. It’s a par 72 at about 7,450 yards influenced by the courses Woods grew up playing in San Diego, Los Angeles and other areas around southern California. The fairways are wide and the greens are big.

The past two winners at El Camaleón finished 23-under 261 (tied for lowest score in event history) and four shots up on the second-place finisher. American Russell Henley was the 2022 champion with Viktor Hovland trying for a threepeat. Henley had a six-shot lead entering the final round but saw that cut to three when he missed a 5-foot par putt on the par-5 fifth hole. Henley responded with three straight birdies, and no one got closer than four shots the rest of the way. The previous five times Henley had at least a share of the 54-hole lead, he failed to win.

It was Henley’s fourth career PGA Tour win and first in five years. He hasn’t won since and isn’t playing this week. Americans have won this event all but three times: The Swede Hovland did in 2020 & ’21 (he’s not playing this week, either), and Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell did in 2015. That was the last time there was a playoff. We picked Maverick McNealy to win in 2022, and he finished T10.

World Wide Technology Championship Golf Odds

Swedish rookie Ludvig Aberg is the +900 favourite. He hasn’t won on the PGA Tour yet but won on the DP World Tour in September and was part of Europe’s winning Ryder Cup team.

Cameron Young is +1400 with Sahith Theegala +1600, and Beau Hossler and Lucas Glover are both +2200. Young was hoping to be a captain’s pick for the USA Ryder Cup team but was passed over. He hasn’t played an official Tour event since mid-September (BMW Championship) and looking for a first career win. Theegala got his first win last month at the Fortinet Championship to kick off the Fall Series and last was T19 at the Zozo Championship.

No Canadian has won the tournament. Adam Hadwin was the top finisher last year at T32, while Nick Taylor was T53. Adam Svensson and Michael Gligic missed the cut. Svensson is +3300 this week, with Taylor Pendrith +4000, Mackenzie Hughes +8000 and Gligic +60000.