2024 World Wide Technology Championship Golf Odds Preview: Everything To Know About El Cardonal At Diamante

After a brief one-week hiatus, the PGA Tour returns to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, for continued FedEx Fall action. The 2024 World Wide Technology Championship is back for its second stint at El Cardonal at Diamante, moving in from its previous home at Mayakoba. Let’s run through key course info and odds for the 2024 World Wide Technology Championship.

Designed by Tiger Woods in 2014, El Cardonal is anything but the test you might expect from the game’s greatest competitor. With oversized fairways and greens and negligible rough throughout the property, this resort course was designed to produce birdies in bunches. We saw PGA Tour players feast on this layout in its debut last year. Nine players eclipsed 20 under par. If winds remain down again in 2024, we should expect yet another pure birdie fest, offering separation for the hottest iron players and putters leading into this week.

Now, let’s get into the key facts and info about El Cardonal at Diamante before betting on World Wide Technology Championship odds. Be sure to lock in the best sportsbook promo codes from golf betting sites this week.

world wide technology championship Golf ODDS: THE FAVORITES

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world wide technology CHAMPIONSHIP ODDS: FIELD AT A GLANCE

The Fall Swing is not known to attract many household names, so some drop in field strength was expected after the star-studded Zozo Championship. Still, the 2024 World Wide Technology Championship could deliver some compelling storylines with trending up-and-coming rookies and veterans searching for a spark.

Cameron Young headlines as the top-rated player in the field in terms of Official World Golf Ranking (No. 32). Failing to qualify for the Presidents Cup team, Young may look a bit rusty in Cabo. He’ll be making his first start since the BMW Championship in August.

A total of 10 OWGR top-75 players are set to tee it up this week, with Max Greyserman, Luca Glover, Austin Eckroat, Tom Hoge, Harris English, Ben Griffin, Taylor Moore, Ben Griffin, Maverick McNealy, and Erik van Rooyen serving as the headliners.

Erik van Rooyen is your defending champ at the World Wide Technology Championship, winning the inaugural event at El Cardonal last year. It was one of the most impressive championship back-nine displays we’ve seen in recent memory. Van Rooyen rode a scorching putter to chase down Matt Kuchar, birdieing seven of his last nine holes to claim his second career PGA Tour victory. He’ll be joined by Matt Kuchar, Patton Kizzire, Charley Hoffman, and Harris English as past World Wide Technology champions back from its time at Mayakoba.

INTRODUCTION TO el cardonal at diamante

Designed by Tiger Woods in 2014 with aid from Davis Love, El Cardonal is a resort course made for the casual golfer. While the champion’s tees stretch back to 7,452 yards, that is hardly a challenge for the modern PGA Tour pro. Look no further than Erik van Rooyen’s winning mark of -27 at the 2023 World Wide Technology Championship.

Situated on the West Coast of Mexico in Cabo San Lucas, El Cardonal’s best defense is likely its exposure to coastal winds. Unfortunately, wind did not play a part in the 2023 event, rendering it virtually defenseless.

How It Breaks Down

If coastal winds do not intervene, El Cardonal sets up as the easiest venue on the PGA Tour schedule. Standing at 7,452 yards as a par-72, El Cardonal is not prohibitively long. In its first year hosting, we saw as many plodders (Matt Kuchar, Camilo Villegas, Andrew Putnam) as we did bombers (Erik van Rooyen, Ryan Palmer, Ludvig Aberg) atop the leaderboard. With gargantuan fairways and negligible rough on the property, skilled fairway finders get very little bonus.

The paspalum greens at El Cardonal are also oversized but feature some tight tabletop runoffs similar to the greenside complexes at Kapalua, Corales, and PGA National. From a short-game perspective, these may serve as useful comps for the shot-making required at El Cardonal.

Still, with oversized fairways and greens and a winning score projected beyond 25 under par, players will not be asked to scramble too often on these grounds. Instead, the straightforward resort layout will reward in-form players with proven results in easy-scoring conditions who can spike with their irons and putt on paspalum greens.

el cardonal at diamante COURSE SPECS

• Yards: 7,452
• Par: 72 (4x 3s / 10x 4s / 4x 5s)
• Greens: Paspalum
• Architect: Tiger Woods
• Comp courses: TPC Craig Ranch, Vidanta Vallarta, Port Royal, Grand Reserve, Corales, Country Club of Jackson, Silverado Resort, TPC River Highlands, Keene Trace
• Past winners at El Cardonal: Erik van Rooyen -27 (’23)

COURSE HISTORY AND COURSE COMPs

While the World Wide Technology Championship has been a fixture on the PGA Tour schedule for decades, its previous host — El Camaleon at Mayakoba — does not serve as the best indicator for future success. Though both courses are paspalum-based on resorts in Mexico, El Camaleon is an extremely claustrophobic course that emphasizes the importance of driving accuracy first and foremost. With El Cardonal offering much more forgiving fairways, I’ll look past event history when handicapping this week’s event.

Looking at performance in the first year at El Cardonal, nine top-10 finishers will return: van Rooyen, Villegas, Kuchar, Justin Suh, Ryan Palmer, Chesson Hadley, Sam Ryder, Austin Cook, and Carson Young.

Course Comps

In the absence of long-term course history to model, weeks like these require leaning on the right comp courses. With El Cardonal at Diamante, there are many styles of play that should translate well. However, easy scoring conditions, paspalum greens, and forgiving landing areas off the tee are the most pertinent course characteristics I’m looking for.

Grand Reserve and Vidanta Vallarta stand out as the two most obvious starting points to reference for comp course history. Both are similar resort-style courses with generous fairways and greens. Both produce ample birdie opportunities when winds are down.

Looking beyond paspalum resorts, Keene Trace, Country Club of Jackson, and TPC Craig Ranch are also known to produce easy scoring conditions and have opened up low scoring for both plodders and bombers alike. On the basis of profiling for pure birdie-makers, I also like Port Royal, Silverado Resort, and TPC River Highlands as a measure for players who can stockpile birdies in easy conditions.

Combine performance across this list, and the top 10 players in comp course history here are Keith Mitchell, Daniel Berger, Justin Lower, Hayden Springer, Beau Hossler, Patton Kizzire, Alex Smalley, Patrick Rodgers, Bud Cauley, and Dylan Wu.

KEY STATS TO CONSIDER for World Wide Technology Championship Golf Odds

• SG: APP / SG: Ball Striking
• Good Drives Gained
• Scrambling Gained
• Birdies or Better Gained
• Par-5 Scoring
• SG: P (L36, Paspalum)
• Course & Comp Course History

To keep it simple, the ideal player for this week should rank above average in Comp Course History, SG: APP, SG: Putting, and Birdies or Better Gained. Eight players fit that criteria: Ben Griffin, Jhonattan Vegas, Harry Hall, Jacob Bridgeman, Rico Hoey, Matti Schmid, Carson Young, and Dylan Wu.

PLAYER SPOTLIGHT: RICO HOEY

The pride of Puerto Rico, Rico Hoey should be no stranger to coastal resort golf. He will make his World Wide Technology Championship debut this week and will enter the new season with lofty expectations after a standout rookie campaign in 2023. Hoey’s rookie season featured four top-10 finishes, each in his last 12 starts. Each of those top-10 finishes also share extremely easy scoring conditions in common, with his best results coming at the 3M Open, Barracuda Championship, ISCO Championship, and Shriners Children’s Open.

Hoey profiles well for a generous layout like El Cardonal. He is a skilled long driver with potent upside in approach and putting. A simple formula of Comp Course History, SG: APP, Birdies or Better Gained, and SG: Putting is the basis of what I’m looking for when refining my player pool this week. Hoey happens to rate in the top 10 in each category.

Ranking No. 7 overall in my model this week, El Cardonal caters perfectly to Hoey’s strengths. He’ll look to build on a T3 finish showing at the Shriners Children’s Open earlier this fall.

2024 world wide technology championship: PLAYER POOL AND MODEL RESULTS

With all the course-fit profiles in mind, I’m leaning early toward the below player pool. Naturally, I’m also looking their way in the PGA Tour odds. I’ve broken the list down by projected pricing/odds tier for DraftKings.

Model Breakdown

In my model, I’m emphasizing SG: APP, Comp Course History, Birdies or Better Gained, and SG: Putting, followed by a more balanced mix of Scrambling Gained, SG: TOT (L16), and Par-5 Scoring.

Model Favorites

A first-timer climbing to the top spot in my model, Harry Hall takes the honor this week. Hall picked up his first career PGA Tour win at the ISCO Championship, one of the easiest venues on the schedule. So he’s proven capable of going low when he needs to. He’s gotten off to a hot start this fall as well, with four top-20 finishes in his last six starts.

After Hall, the rest of my model’s top 10 features Jacob Bridgeman, Beau Hossler, Max Greyserman, JJ Spaun, Keith Mitchell, Rico Hoey, Doug Ghim, Jhonattan Vegas, and Henrik Norlander.

When PGA Tour odds open for the World Wide Technology Championship, I’ll look to hedge my exposure across a fairly long card, understanding the randomness that comes with a putting contest like this. Depending on where the World Wide Technology Championship odds ultimately fall, I’ll have my eye on players like Max Greyserman, Harry Hall, Rico Hoey, and Harris English. Check back in later this week for more updates, and best of luck navigating the World Wide Technology Championship odds!

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