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Where is the World Wide Technology Championship being held?
El Cardonal at Diamante, Los Cabos, Mexico
When does the World Wide Technology Championship start?
By 2pm on Thursday
World Wide Technology Championship course details
| Course | El Cardonal at Diamante, Los Cabos, Mexico |
| Prize money | $6m ($1.296m to the winner) |
| Field | 72 |
| Cut | No cut |
| Length | 7,425 yards |
| Par | 72 |
| Course make-up | Four par-fives; ten par-fours; four par-threes |
| Course type | Parkland |
| Course records | 72 holes 261 Erik van Rooyen (2023) 18 holes 61 Carson Young (2024) |
Course overview
The PGA Tour staged this event at El Camaleon from 2007 to 2022, but the course became a LIV venue, meaning the PGA Tour moved the World Wide Technology Championship to El Cardonal in 2023.
Tiger Woods is the course designer. The fairways are wide, there is a lack of rough, and the greens are large, but the terrain is extremely undulating and often starved of rain, so the paspalum fairways and greens typically run firm and fast
What will it take to win the World Wide Technology Championship?
Woods says that “angles of approach are very important”, but El Cardonal is an open and straightforward course for professionals, with wind as the only defence.
With four par-fives and a driveable par-four, attacking big-hitters can make merry
Who is taking part?
JJ Spaun is set to make his first appearance since the Ryder CupCredit: Getty Images
American Ryder Cup stars JJ Spaun and Ben Griffin are teeing up in Mexico this week. Spaun has not competed since the Ryder Cup, while Griffin finished 32nd in last month’s India Championship.
Highest-ranked players in field (world ranking in brackets)
JJ Spaun (6), Ben Griffin (12), Max Greyserman (31), Wyndham Clark (33), Nick Taylor (41)
World Wide Technology Championship weather forecast
Sunny, hot and calm, with temperatures peaking at 34C
World Wide Technology Championship key stat
Fourteen of the 18 editions of this tournament have been won by an American
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