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PGA TOUR
LAST TOURNAMENT: Butterfield Bermuda Championship (Lucas
Herbert)
THIS WEEK: World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba,
Riviera Maya, Mexico, Nov. 4-7
Course: El Camaleon Golf Course at Mayakoba (Par 71, 7,017
yards)
Purse: $7.2M (Winner: $1.296M)
Defending Champion: Viktor Hovland
FedEx Cup Leader: Sam Burns
TV: Thursday-Friday, 3-6 p.m. ET; Saturday-Sunday, 2-5 p.m.
(Golf Channel)
NOTES: One of the strongest fields of this season's fall swing
includes former No. 1 players and major champions Justin Thomas
and Brooks Koepka among the 132 players entered. ... Hovland
birdied the 72nd hole to claim his second tour title last year
and is attempting to become the first repeat champion in the
event's 15-year history. ... Eleven players who competed in the
Ryder Cup in September are in the field. ... Sponsors exemptions
include Thomas Detry, Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra, Guido Migliozzi
and APGA star Willie Mack III. Migliozzi is a two-time winner on
the European Tour who also tied for fourth at this year's U.S.
Open. ... Abraham Ancer and Carlos Ortiz are the top-ranked
Mexican players in the field. Ortiz tied for eighth last year
while Ancer finished T12. ... This is the third consecutive PGA
Tour event played outside of the United States, following the
Zozo Championship in Japan and the Bermuda Championship. Kramer
Hickok, Garrick Higgo, Peter Malnati and Sepp Straka have
entered all three events. ... The Mayakoba Classic has been
decided by a single shot for four consecutive years.
BEST BETS: Thomas (+1100 at DraftKings) shot a tournament-low 62
in tying for 12th last year. He finished T18 in his first start
of this season at The CJ Cup. ... Hovland's (+1600) first two
PGA Tour victories have come outside of the U.S. (Mexico, Puerto
Rico) and he said this week he likes the typically slower pace
of the greens. ... Ancer (+1600) has a pair of top-10s in six
previous starts in the event. ... Tony Finau (+2000) has a pair
of top-10s in five previous event starts, including T8 last
year. ... Koepka (+2500) has missed the cut in both of his
previous starts at the Mayakoba. The four-time major champion is
making his third start of the season.
NEXT WEEK: Houston Open, Houston, Nov. 11-14
LPGA Tour
LAST TOURNAMENT: BMW Ladies Championship (Jin Young Ko)
THIS WEEK: OFF.
NEXT TOURNAMENT: Pelican Women's Championship, Belleair, Fla.,
Nov. 11-14
Champions Tour
LAST TOURNAMENT: Dominion Energy Charity Classic (Bernhard
Langer)
THIS WEEK: TimberTech Championship, Boca Raton, Fla., Nov. 5-7
Course: The Old Course at Broken Sound (Par 72, 6,807 yards)
Purse: $2M (Winner: $305,000)
Defending Champion: Darren Clarke
Charles Schwab Cup leader: Bernhard Langer
TV: Friday, Noon-3 p.m. ET; Saturday, 5:30-8:30 p.m.; Sunday,
6-9 p.m. (Golf Channel)
Notes: This is the second leg of the playoffs, with the top 30
players after this week advancing to the Charles Schwab Cup
championship. ... Clarke won by one shot over Langer and Jim
Furyk last year. ... Langer, 64, has four consecutive top-10
finishes and lives only 15 minutes from The Old Course. He has a
mathematical chance of securing the title this week with the
winner earning 610,000 points. Ernie Els is third in the
standings, but 803,554 points behind Langer. The winner of the
Charles Schwab Cup Championship will earn 880,000 points. ...
Furyk has finished T4-T3-T8 in his past three starts and posted
three rounds of 68 or better in this event last year.
NEXT WEEK: Charles Schwab Cup Championship, Phoenix, Nov. 11-14
--Field Level Media
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