2024 PGA Picks: World Wide Technology Championship Odds and Expert Betting Predictions
Buenos dias ladies and gentlemen, and bienvenido to the Tiger Woods-designed El Cabernal at Diamante in sunny Los Cabos, Mexico, for the 4th event of its name, the World Wide Technology Championship.
We’ve had several different names for this tournament, but it was always played at Riviera Maya near Cancun until last year’s move to Cabo San Lucas.
The inaugural winner, South Africa’s Erik van Rooyen, will be in the field this week. However, the sportsbooks don’t favor him to repeat, as he is a half scroll down the betting board at 35-1. The betting favorite this week, Max Greyserman, is coming off of a T-2 alongside Justin Thomas at the previous event, the ZOZO Championship.
Matt Kuchar will be in the hunt this week for his second WWT Championship victory. Yes, it was on a different course, but don’t count out the 46-year-old. He finished T-2 with fellow first-something Camilo Villegas.
Our betting darling of the FedEx Cup Fall, 44-year-old Lucas Glover, had a bad showing in Cabo in 2023. It was a different year with different motivations. The FedEx Cup Fall has never been as rewarding for the young talent as well as the older guys, who are trying to earn their 2-year exemption on the Tour or more. Glover is playing his best golf of 2024 right now, with finishes of 13th, 3rd, and 3rd in his only three starts in the FedEx Cup Fall.
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WWT Championship Winner Betting Odds
Max Greyserman: +1800 Lucas Glover: +3000
Cameron Young: +1900 Matt Kuchar: +3500
Doug Ghim: +2200 Erik van Rooyen: +3500
Matti Schmid: +2200 Nico Echevarria: +5500
Harris English: +2500 Nate Lashley: +7500
Maverick McNealy: +2800 Henrik Norlander: +7500
El Cabernal at Diamante: Course Characteristics
El Cabernal at Diamente was designed by the great Tiger Woods. It is a coastal course because there are certainly pristine views of the Pacific Ocean. However, facing inland it looks and plays like a desert course.
The fairways are some of the widest on the PGA Tour but since we’re in Cabo, we can’t forget about what the late Jimmy Buffet said. You gotta keep it between the navigational beacons because if you don’t, there is virtually no rough/buffer zone between you and the many hazards that line the course.
Another challenge El Cabernal at Diamente presents is the elevation change. I know that sounds like I’m describing a hike to you but 250 feet over a mile is significant by PGA standards. Lastly, the greens are huge like the fairways but there’s nothing in between besides hazardous material.
WWT Championship Betting Picks
Doug Ghim: +2200
Doug Ghim is a name you may not have heard of but just three weeks ago, he finished second at the Shriners. He has decent finishes recently around that tournament and a respectable 15th at the 2023 WWT.
This course is all about getting it from the tee to the green and Ghim is top 10 on the PGA Tour for the year in this category!
Matt Kuchar: +3500
The aforementioned Kuchar not only has the favorable tournament and course history on his side. The American comes into this week’s WWT Championship swinging a hot stick. He has finishes of 3rd, 12th, 13th, and 14th in four of his previous six starts on Tour.
It would be sweet for Kuchar to get his 10th and likely final win on the PGA Tour. It took a final round 63 to beat him last year. How much can you really age from 45 to 46 anyway?
Nate Lashley: +7500
Nate Lashley is yes, another 40-something golfer, but hear me out. These are the guys winning. They’re hunger has caught up back up with their experience. The young talent is going through the opposite. The results don’t lie and the sportsbooks have caught on. We are still getting incredible value here on another American at 75 to 1.
Lashley has improved his form the past two tournaments with finishes of 29th and 16th. He snagged 10th at last year’s WWT Championship.
WWT Championship Prop Bets
Henrik Norlander Top 40: -120
Henrik Norlander needs a solid finish badly and the FedEx Cup Fall only has one more event after this. He was cut at the Shriners in his most recent appearance but 8th at the Black Desert a week prior, a similar course to this one, tells me he can rebound this week.
The pressure is on, but professional golfers don’t get enough credit for their performance under fire.
Lucas Glover Top 20: -140
I like Glover here for a top 10 but the top 20 is still affordable. Can we make it 3/3 on Glover in the FedEx Cup Fall? The outstanding form of 13th, 3rd, and 3rd is something we can’t ignore. One of those 3rd place finishes came on a very similar course as well.
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