Blog 186 World Wide Technology 

Blog 186 World Wide Technology 

Championship

Los Cabos MX M Nov 7-10, 2024

Par 72 Purse $7.2M-$1M 14%

HISTORY Field is similar to most Fall tournaments.  In 2022 there was a much stronger field with Scottie Scheffer being the favorite along with Viktor Hovland, Tony Finau, Colin Morikawa, Brian Herman and Billy Horschel.  Scheffler came in 3rd behind Brian Harman and winner Russell Henley.  Last year Eric van Rooyan won with Matt Kucher 2nd.  Kucher is infamous in this tournament for an incident in 2018 when he won $12.6M and it is said that he promised his substitute local caddie (David “El Tucan” Ortiz) $130,000  if he won.  He gave him only $5,000

and tournament officials were so upset they were not going to invite him back.  Later he reconsidered and gave Ortiz another $50,000 which was still much less than the normal 10%.  

FAVORITES This is the 6th of 8 Fall events and another limited field, so picking a winner is very difficult.  However the top pick, Ludvig Aberg is the best player and my pick to win.

If he does not I do not think it will come from the top 10 someone from the field.

1 Ludvig Aberg 9/1 He has not won on the PGA this year but did win the European Masters. 

2 Cameron Young 12/1 Still waiting for his first PGA win and he could make this it.

3 Sahith Theegala 14/1 Placed 56 in Japan last week and may have jet lag.

4 Beau Hossler 20/1 Has played well this Fall, 2nd at Sanderson and is #1 for Fall stats.

5 Stephen Jaeger 25/1 Has had a good Fall, if he is on he could win.

5 Emiliano Grillo 25/1 Don’t know why he is so high.

5 Lucas Glover 25/1 Not done much since winning back to back at Whydham & St Jude 2023.

8 J.J. Spaun 30/1 Spots of good play but not often enough.

8 Akshay Bhatia 30/1 When he is on he could win but you never know who will show up.

10 Thomas Detry 35/1 He has payed well and could be a sleeper.

My LONGSHOTS *Legitimate, Others Sentimental

*Harry Higgs Gained his PGA card for 2025, with this field his best chance for his 1st PGA win.

*Chris Kirk At 39 he did win the first tournament of 2024 The Sentry but not much since.

*Matt Kucher Has played pretty well in Fall and with his 2018 behavior is lucky to be back.

Michael Block Became a folk hero at the 2023 PGA finishing 15th, still head pro at Arroyo GC.

Jason Duffner At age 47 with 5 PGA wins, including the 2013 PGA, little chance to win again.  

FEEL GOOD STORY  Max Greyserman

He is ranked 48th in FedX points and 42nd OWGR, and has 5 top 5’s in 2024, but nobody knows him.  Last week he came within less of an inch of making a 30’ birdie putt on 18 for a playoff at the ZOZO.   In July at the 3M he finished 2nd, 1 stroke behind Jhonattan Vegas and 2  weeks later at The Wyndham he led after the 3rd RD but fell apart on the last 5 holes to finish 2nd by 5 strokes.  If he can learn to finish strong he should win soon.  I think he will win The Sony, American Express or the Farmers to start 2025.