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After a week off, the PGA Tour is back with the 2023 World Wide Technology Championship at El Cardonal Golf Course in Mexico. It’s the 1st PGA Tour event to be held at a course designed by Tiger Woods.
Below, we look at the 2023 World Wide Technology Championship odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions.
Ludvig Aberg leads the field as the betting favorite this week, coming in with odds of +900 to win in Mexico. Cameron Young (+1400), Sahith Theegala (+1600) and Beau Hossler (+2200) are also teeing it up at El Cardonal Golf Course. Aberg is the highest-ranked player in the field coming in at No. 10 in the latest Golfweek/Sagarin rankings. Theegala is 20th.
El Cardonal Golf Course was Woods’ 1st course design and opened in 2014. It’s 7,452 yards long and plays as a par 72, with drastic elevation changes throughout the course. It features wide fairways and big greens, so players don’t have to be overly accurate off the tee.
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World Wide Technology Championship – Expert picks
Odds provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Monday at 1:57 p.m. ET.
Ludvig Aberg (+900)
It’s a chalky pick, but Aberg is already at the point where it’s hard not to like him on any course against any field. This isn’t a loaded field by any means and he’s playing better than anyone teeing it up. In addition to winning the European Masters on the DP World Tour last month, he’s finished 14th, 2nd and 13th in his last 3 PGA Tour starts.
Stephan Jaeger (+2800)
Jaeger has finished T-45 and T-25 in his 2 starts this fall, but he ended the regular season strongly with a T-14 at the Wyndham Championship and a T-20 at the FedEx St. Jude Championship in August. He has 10 top-25s in 31 starts this season and he’ll look to keep that going this week.
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World Wide Technology Championship picks – Contenders
Cameron Champ (+5500)
Champ finished T-59 at the Zozo Championship 2 weeks ago but he came in 9th and 18th in his 2 prior starts. On a course like El Cardonal with wide fairways, his inaccuracy off the tee won’t be particularly penalizing like it is on narrower courses. And he has the power to really take advantage of some par 4s by giving himself wedges into greens.
Joel Dahmen (+5500)
Dahmen has been having a good fall season, finishing 13th at the Sanderson Farms Championship and 7th at the Shriners Children’s Open earlier this month. He had a bad week at the Zozo Championship, finishing tied for 59th, but Dahmen is playing better now than he was earlier this season.
World Wide Technology Championship picks – Long shots
Troy Merritt (+9000)
Merritt finished T-7 at the Fortinet and T-9 at the Sanderson Farms Championship before hitting a rut at the Shriners Children’s Open where he came in 64th. It’s still be a good fall season against some weaker fields, and he could keep that going in Mexico.
Henrik Norlander (+10000)
Norlander lost in a playoff at the Sanderson Farms Championship earlier this month before coming in 35th at the Shriners Children’s Open a week later. He was struggling prior to those finishes but he had 2 top-25s last fall, including a T-15 at this tournament in 2022.
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