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The PGA Tour is in Mexico this week for the 2023 World Wide Technology Championship, a tournament that’s being held at El Cardonal at Diamante. It’s the 1st time a course designed by Tiger Woods will host a PGA Tour event as the world gets a look at this spectacular venue in Cabo San Lucas.
Below, we search for the best value prop bets among the 2023 World Wide Technology Championship odds and make our PGA Tour picks and predictions.
Ludvig Aberg, who is No. 10 in the latest Golfweek/Sagarin rankings, has the best odds to win this week, coming in at +900. Cameron Young has the 2nd-best odds at +1200, followed by Sahith Theegala at +1600. Young is No. 18 in Golfweek’s rankings, with Theegala checking in at No. 20.
El Cardonal Golf Course is 7,452 yards long and plays as a par 72 with massively wide fairways and large greens. Positioning within the fairways will be essential if players want to attack pins, though. Wind is likely to play a factor, too, with the course being right on the Pacific Ocean.
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World Wide Technology Championship – Top-5 picks
Odds provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Tuesday at 9:31 p.m. ET.
Ludvig Aberg (+200)
Aberg is the best player in the field and even if he doesn’t have his A-game in Mexico, he’s talented enough to finish in the top 5. With this being a course everyone is seeing for the 1st time on the PGA Tour circuit, his inexperience as a pro won’t be a disadvantage as it is in some other events.
Stephan Jaeger (+450)
Jaeger has 2 top-10s in 31 starts this season, with the most recent coming in July at the Rocket Mortgage Classic when he finished 9th. He hasn’t finished worse than 40th in his last 8 starts so Jaeger has been relatively consistent lately.
Sahith Theegala (+300)
Theegala notched his 1st PGA Tour win last month at the Fortinet Championship and followed it up with a T-19 at the Zozo Championship 2 weeks ago. He’s playing as well as anyone and now with the weight of a victory off his back, the floodgates might just open.
World Wide Technology Championship – Top-10 picks
Cameron Champ (+400)
Champ’s length will be an advantage this week, especially with no rough and very wide fairways throughout the course. He has 2 top-20s, including a T-9, in 2 of his last 3 starts this season so he’s building some momentum.
Beau Hossler (+220)
Hossler has 3 top-10s in his last 8 starts, with 2 of those coming in his last 2 starts alone. He’s a good bet to keep it going this week in Mexico after a strong start to the fall season.
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World Wide Technology Championship – Top-20 picks
Troy Merritt (+300)
Merritt is one of the long shots this week despite finishing in the top 10 twice in his last 3 starts. He only finished T-64th at the Shriners Children’s Open earlier this month but he showed good form in his 2 starts prior.
Henrik Norlander (+400)
Norlander almost nabbed his 1st career victory at the Sanderson Farms Championship earlier this month when he finished 2nd in a playoff, but even still, he has 6 top-25s this season.
Kelly Kraft (+400)
Kraft is trending in the right direction this fall, finishing 33rd, 25th, 16th and 23rd in his last 4 starts. At +400 with 4 straight top-35 finishes, he’s a good value this week.
World Wide Technology Championship – First-round leader
Stephan Jaeger (+3500)
Jaeger ranks 11th on the PGA Tour in 1st-round scoring average this season.
Justin Suh (+5000)
Suh is 19th in 1st-round scoring average this year and just finished 10th at the Zozo Championship recently.
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