The 2026 World Wide Technology Championship runs Thursday, November 5 through Sunday, November 8 at El Cardonal at Diamante in Los Cabos, Mexico, a Tiger Woods design that has produced winning scores of 24 to 29 under since the event moved there in 2023. It is the sixth of eight FedExCup Fall events, with a $6 million purse, $1.08 million and 500 FedExCup points to the winner, and only two more events left after it to settle 2027 cards. Ryan Gerard, No. 3 in the FedExCup standings and the highest-ranked player in the field, is the name at the top. Ben Griffin is back to defend after a closing 63 won it at 29 under last year, and Haskins Award winner Jackson Koivun makes his first start here. Here is the full preview: every player committed so far, how to watch, what wins on this course, and where the BettorEdge community board stands.
Who is in the field at the 2026 World Wide Technology Championship
Field as of November 3
Commitments closed at 5 p.m. ET on Friday, October 30. This is a 120-player event and 116 names have been published, so the list below will still move before Thursday as alternates fill the open spots and any withdrawals.
- B: Zach Bauchou, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Zac Blair, Chandler Blanchet, Blades Brown
- C: Rafael Campos, Davis Chatfield, Luke Clanton, Tyler Collet, Pierceson Coody, Trace Crowe
- D to E: Joel Dahmen, Cam Davis, Luke Donald, Zecheng Dou, Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Tyler Duncan, Nick Dunlap, Austin Eckroat, A.J. Ewart
- F to G: Tony Finau, Patrick Fishburn, Steven Fisk, David Ford, Brice Garnett, Ryan Gerard, Lucas Glover, Max Greyserman, Ben Griffin, Emiliano Grillo
- H: Harry Hall, Garrick Higgo, Joe Highsmith, Kensei Hirata, Austin Hitt, Lee Hodges, Rico Hoey, Tom Hoge, Rasmus Højgaard, Billy Horschel, Beau Hossler, Mark Hubbard, Mackenzie Hughes
- J to K: Stephan Jaeger, Ben James, Takumi Kanaya, Jeffrey Kang, Johnny Keefer, Michael Kim, Chris Kirk, Patton Kizzire, Ben Kohles, Jackson Koivun, Matt Kuchar
- L: Christo Lamprecht, Lyon Lazare, Hank Lebioda, Jay Leng, Haotong Li, Nicholas Lindheim, David Lipsky, Justin Lower
- M to O: Alejandro Madariaga, Peter Malnati, Ben Martin, Denny McCarthy, Max McGreevy, Keith Mitchell, Taylor Moore, William Mouw, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Pontus Nyholm, Alvaro Ortiz
- P to R: John Parry, Matthieu Pavon, Taylor Pendrith, Marco Penge, Paul Peterson, Chandler Phillips, Aldrich Potgieter, Seamus Power, Andrew Putnam, Chad Ramey, Davis Riley, Patrick Rodgers, Kevin Roy, Marcelo Rozo
- S: Isaiah Salinda, Gordon Sargent, Adam Schenk, Neal Shipley, Ben Silverman, David Skinns, Jordan Smith, Hayden Springer, Jimmy Stanger, Preston Stout, Kevin Streelman, Jackson Suber, Adam Svensson, Jesper Svensson
- T to Y: Nick Taylor, Alejandro Tosti, Sami Valimaki, Erik van Rooyen, John VanDerLaan, Kristoffer Ventura, Karl Vilips, Jorge Villar, Camilo Villegas, Danny Walker, Vince Whaley, Aaron Wise, Dylan Wu, Sudarshan Yellamaraju, Kevin Yu
The list matches Golf News Net's November 1 field and Fairway Calendar's field page name for name. Three swaps have already happened: Paul Peterson replaced Mac Meissner, Ben Martin replaced Dan Brown, and Tyler Duncan replaced Keita Nakajima, per RotoBaller, which is why the PGA Tour's October 30 field article still shows the original three. Will Gordon and Harry Higgs are first in line from the alternate list, per Golf News Net.
How they got in
Five past champions. Ben Griffin (2025), Austin Eckroat (2024) and Erik van Rooyen (2023) all won at El Cardonal. Matt Kuchar and Patton Kizzire won earlier editions of this event when it was played at Mayakoba.
Eight sponsor exemptions. The PGA Tour lists Luke Donald, Austin Hitt, Jay Leng, Alejandro Madariaga, Alvaro Ortiz, Preston Stout, Jorge Villar and Camilo Villegas as sponsor invites. Lyon Lazare is in as a PGA section champion.
Tournament ambassadors. Taylor Pendrith, Keith Mitchell and Eckroat are World Wide Technology ambassadors, and Billy Horschel confirmed his start last week.
The rest of the field is built from status, and for a lot of these players that status is exactly what is on the line.
Quick comparison: what to track at El Cardonal
| Storyline | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Ryan Gerard | FedExCup No. 3, world No. 23, eight top-10s this season and a T4 at the Baycurrent Classic in his last start |
| Ben Griffin | Defending champion. Came from two back with a 63 to win by two at 29 under, then finished T4 at the Mexico Open on Sunday |
| Jackson Koivun | Haskins Award winner, world No. 59, making his first start at this event |
| Mexico Open runners-up | Steven Fisk and Kristoffer Ventura tied for second at 20 under behind Andrew Novak, who is not in this field |
| The 61 club | Sami Valimaki, Garrick Higgo and Nick Dunlap all shot 61 here last year, a share of the tournament record |
| The card line | Only the top 100 in the final FedExCup Fall standings keep full 2027 status, and two events follow this one |
Event: 2026 World Wide Technology Championship, PGA Tour FedExCup Fall, $6 million purse, 500 FedExCup points to the winner
Dates: Thursday, November 5 to Sunday, November 8, 2026
Venue: El Cardonal at Diamante, Los Cabos, Mexico (par 72, 7,452 yards)
Watch: Golf Channel, 3 to 6 p.m. ET all four days
Field: 120 players, cut to the top 65 and ties after Friday
Defending champion: Ben Griffin, 259 (29 under), two clear of Chad Ramey and Sami Valimaki
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How to watch the 2026 World Wide Technology Championship
Golf Channel has all four rounds in the same afternoon window. PGA Tour Radio on SiriusXM, also free at PGATour.com, runs from 1 to 6 p.m. ET each day, and live scoring is on PGATour.com and the PGA Tour app.
| Round | Date | ET | CT | PT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Thursday, Nov. 5 | 3 to 6 p.m. | 2 to 5 p.m. | Noon to 3 p.m. |
| Round 2 | Friday, Nov. 6 | 3 to 6 p.m. | 2 to 5 p.m. | Noon to 3 p.m. |
| Round 3 | Saturday, Nov. 7 | 3 to 6 p.m. | 2 to 5 p.m. | Noon to 3 p.m. |
| Final round | Sunday, Nov. 8 | 3 to 6 p.m. | 2 to 5 p.m. | Noon to 3 p.m. |
That is 1 to 4 p.m. local time in Los Cabos. First and second round tee times had not been released as of Tuesday morning.
What the FedExCup Fall decides this week
The top 100 in the final FedExCup Fall standings keep full PGA Tour status for 2027, and the list locks after The RSM Classic on November 22. This is the second fall under the 100-card system, and anyone who finishes outside it goes to Q-School to win a card back.
Golf Channel's standings entering last week's Mexico Open had Billy Horschel at No. 94, an eight-time Tour winner whose exemption runs out after this season, and Lucas Glover at No. 110, who skipped Vallarta and is in this field. Lower down, Luke Clanton (126th) and Joel Dahmen (130th) were chasing the 125 line for conditional status. Those positions moved on Sunday, so check the live standings before you lean on any of them. Higher up, Nos. 51 to 60 earn spots in the first two Signature Events of 2027, and Ben James sat 63rd entering Mexico, just outside that group.
The course: a Tiger Woods design built for options
El Cardonal at Diamante was designed by Tiger Woods and opened in 2014, and it has hosted this event since 2023. It plays as a par 72 at 7,452 yards, with 10 par 4s, four par 5s and four par 3s, and every playing surface is paspalum.
- Wide fairways, no traditional rough. RotoBaller's course breakdown puts the landing areas at about 60 yards wide, with 48 bunkers, one water hazard and desert arroyos framing the holes.
- Huge greens. They average about 8,300 square feet, among the largest on Tour, so players face long first putts even after decent approaches.
- Four par 5s. The 1st (582 yards), 6th (601), 14th (554) and 18th (585) all played under par last year, and the 18th gives everyone a closing birdie chance.
- Two short par 4s. The 3rd (351) and 10th (344) give players a wedge or less in, or a chance to get close off the tee.
Wind is the defense. It usually comes off the north and can switch to come in off the Pacific, and the dry climate keeps the ground firm. This week's PGA Tour forecast calls for 10 to 20 mph winds Wednesday through Friday, easing to 5 to 10 mph for the weekend, with highs of 83 to 84 degrees and almost no chance of rain.
What actually wins at El Cardonal
The winning scores tell the story: 27 under for van Rooyen in 2023, 24 under for Eckroat in 2024, and 29 under for Griffin last year, a tournament record of 259. The field scoring average was 68.90 in 2025, more than three shots under par, and the cut fell at 5 under, compared with 2 under in 2024, when the field averaged 70.26.
When the fairways are 60 yards wide and there is no rough to punish a miss, driving accuracy barely matters. What separates players is approach play into those enormous greens, putting from long range, and how many of the four par 5s and two short par 4s they convert. Griffin's win is the model: he made three long birdie putts down the stretch, from 40 feet at the par-3 11th, 25 feet at the 12th and 25 feet at the par-3 16th, per the PGA Tour's recap.
On a course with no rough, the leaderboard is decided by who makes the most birdies, not who avoids bogeys. Griffin needed 29 under last year. If the wind lays down for the weekend as forecast, the Sunday number will be deep again, and players will need a low round to keep up.
Course history worth knowing: Garrick Higgo has averaged 2.76 strokes gained per round over his eight rounds at El Cardonal, per RickRunGood (a course split, not a season number), and shot his 61 here in the 2025 third round. Ramey and Valimaki tied for second last year. At this event, Gerard has a T14 and a missed cut in two starts, and Kuchar has made the cut in all 10 of his starts across both venues.
World Wide Technology Championship 2026 odds: where the community board stands
As of 1:58 p.m. UTC on Tuesday, November 3, the BettorEdge community board has the winner market open with early prices posted on most of the field. Here is the top of the board:
| Player | BettorEdge community odds | Implied chance |
|---|---|---|
| Ryan Gerard | +1076 | 8.5% |
| Ben Griffin | +1076 | 8.5% |
| Ben James | +1182 | 7.8% |
| Jackson Koivun | +1415 | 6.6% |
| Jackson Suber | +2173 | 4.4% |
| Keith Mitchell | +2226 | 4.3% |
| Chris Kirk | +2226 | 4.3% |
| Ben Kohles | +2281 | 4.2% |
| Steven Fisk, Kristoffer Ventura, Mackenzie Hughes, Harry Hall, Marco Penge, Max Greyserman, Zach Bauchou | +2400 | 4.0% |
| Michael Kim | +2464 | 3.9% |
Read it with the scale in mind. Even the co-favorites are priced to win less than one time in 11, and that is the right size for a 120-player field with no world top-20 player in it. These are early quotes, and added together the full board comes to far more than 100 percent, so the deeper you go, the more a price tends to overstate a player's real chance. A handful of names, including Blades Brown, Johnny Keefer and Garrick Higgo, had no community price posted at all. Run any number through the implied probability calculator or the no-vig calculator before you back it.
The case on each side of the co-favorites
The case for Gerard. He is the best player here on paper, No. 3 in the FedExCup and No. 23 in the world, with eight top-10s this season. He shot four rounds in the 60s for a T4 in Japan last time out, and he arrives rested while much of the field played Vallarta last week.
The case against Gerard. His record at this event is a T14 and a missed cut, and an 8.5 percent price asks him to beat 119 players on a course where the winner has needed 24 to 29 under.
The case for Griffin. He owns the scoring record here, won by holing long putts on these greens, and comes in off a T4 at 19 under at the Mexico Open on Sunday. Course fit and current form both point the same way.
The case against Griffin. Defending is hard at this event. No one has won it twice since the move to El Cardonal, and his last five starts, the T4 included, also contain two missed cuts.
Where the other prices are worth a second look
Ben James at +1182 is priced ahead of Koivun and close to the co-favorites, a lot of respect for a player who turned pro in June. He already holds a card through 2027, so the question is whether the board is pricing his talent or his headlines. Fisk and Ventura at +2400 are the two players with the freshest proof, both 20 under at Vallarta, and Ventura played his last 27 holes there without a bogey and ranks fifth on Tour in strokes gained off the tee. The golf outright betting guide covers why a 4 percent chance and a 4 percent price are not the same thing.
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Beyond the outright: cut and matchup angles
The cut is the top 65 and ties after 36 holes. It has fallen at 5 under in two of the three years here, and the windier conditions forecast for Thursday and Friday matter most for this market, because the weekend is expected to be calmer. A make-the-cut bet this week is mostly a bet on who handles the wind for two days. The sponsor exemptions, several of them making rare Tour starts, are where those prices are least tested. The make the cut betting guide walks through how they are built.
Matchups are the other angle. A pairing between a player who has gone low here, such as Higgo, Valimaki or Dunlap, and a player arriving with strong recent form but no course history is the kind of question this week's board asks. The golf matchup betting guide and the top 5 and top 10 finish guide cover both, and the rest of the fall schedule is on the BettorEdge golf hub.
World Wide Technology Championship 2026 FAQ
Who is in the field at the World Wide Technology Championship?
The 2026 World Wide Technology Championship field is led by Ryan Gerard, defending champion Ben Griffin, Jackson Koivun, Marco Penge, Keith Mitchell and Ben James, with past champions Austin Eckroat, Erik van Rooyen, Matt Kuchar and Patton Kizzire also in. Billy Horschel, Tony Finau, Lucas Glover, Chris Kirk and Mexico Open runners-up Steven Fisk and Kristoffer Ventura are entered too, along with sponsor invites Luke Donald and Camilo Villegas. The full list of 116 published names is above, as of November 3.
When is the 2026 World Wide Technology Championship and how can I watch it?
The 2026 World Wide Technology Championship runs Thursday, November 5 through Sunday, November 8 at El Cardonal at Diamante, with all four rounds on Golf Channel from 3 to 6 p.m. ET. That is 2 to 5 p.m. CT and noon to 3 p.m. PT each day.
Where is the World Wide Technology Championship played?
The World Wide Technology Championship is played at El Cardonal at Diamante in Los Cabos, Mexico, a Tiger Woods design that plays as a par 72 at 7,452 yards. It has hosted the event since 2023.
Who is the defending champion at the World Wide Technology Championship?
Ben Griffin is the defending champion, having won in November 2025 at 29 under par with a final-round 63, two shots ahead of Chad Ramey and Sami Valimaki. His 259 is the tournament scoring record.
Who is the favorite to win the 2026 World Wide Technology Championship?
Ryan Gerard and Ben Griffin are co-favorites at +1076 on the BettorEdge community board as of Tuesday, November 3, about an 8.5 percent implied chance each. Ben James (+1182) and Jackson Koivun (+1415) are next.
What is the purse for the 2026 World Wide Technology Championship?
The purse is $6 million, with $1.08 million and 500 FedExCup points going to the winner.
What score wins at El Cardonal?
The winning score at El Cardonal has ranged from 24 to 29 under par, with Erik van Rooyen at 27 under in 2023, Austin Eckroat at 24 under in 2024 and Ben Griffin at 29 under in 2025. The cut has fallen between 2 and 5 under.
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The bottom line
The World Wide Technology Championship has 116 names published for a 120-player field, a course with no traditional rough and greens averaging 8,300 square feet, and a winning score that has never been worse than 24 under. Gerard and Griffin share the top of the community board, James and Koivun sit right behind them, and the players who went low at Vallarta on Sunday are priced in the next group. When you look at the board, ask whether a price is paying for a name or for a player who can make 25 birdies in four days.
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