The latest leg of the PGA Tour heads to Mexico for the World Wide Technology Championship at El Camaleon Golf Club in Mayakoba where Viktor Hovland will be confident of winning for the third successive year.
Last year’s success for the Norwegian marked the first of three wins in five tournaments. However, he has failed to win a tournament since the Slync.io Dubai Desert Classic at the start of the year. That win propelled him to World No.3 but he has steadily dropped down the Official World Golf Ranking in the ensuing months and is currently World No.11.
Despite that, the 25-year-old has plenty of room for optimism that he will earn his fourth PGA Tour victory this week. Although his win in the tournament two years ago (then named the Mayakoba Golf Classic) was by just one shot over Aaron Wise, he was far more assured last year, winning by four shots over Carlos Ortiz to finish 23-under for the tournament – a new record in the event.
Hovland will face some stiff competition, though, not least from World No.2 Scottie Scheffler. The American had been World No.1 until Rory McIlroy surpassed him following his win in the CJ Cup in October and he will be hoping it proves to be a short-lived drop. The 26-year-old needs either a win or to finish outright second to regain the top spot this week.
As well as Hovland and Scheffler, World No.9 Collin Morikawa is in the field along with two more players from the world’s top 20, World No.14 Tony Finau and World No.16 Billy Horschel. Seamus Power, who won last week's Butterfield Bermuda Championship, also plays.
Others hoping to make an impact will be the previous three winners before Hovland’s 2020 success, Brendon Todd, Matt Kuchar and Patton Kizzire. The winner the year before Kizzire, Pat Perez, now plays with LIV Golf so is ineligible this week.
El Camaleon Golf Club is a Greg Norman-designed course that will see players negotiate diverse landscapes including jungle, long stretches of sand, freshwater canals and mangroves in pursuit of the first prize of $1.476m from a purse of $8.2m, an increase of $1m from last year.
Below is a full breakdown of the prize money and field for the 2022 World Wide Technology Championship.
World Wide Technology Championship Prize Money
| Position | Prize Money |
| 1st | $1,476,000 |
| 2nd | $893,800 |
| 3rd | $565,800 |
| 4th | $401,800 |
| 5th | $336,200 |
| 6th | $297,250 |
| 7th | $276,750 |
| 8th | $256,250 |
| 9th | $239,850 |
| 10th | $223,450 |
| 11th | $207,050 |
| 12th | $190,650 |
| 13th | $174,250 |
| 14th | $157,850 |
| 15th | $149,650 |
| 16th | $141,450 |
| 17th | $133,250 |
| 18th | $125,050 |
| 19th | $116,850 |
| 20th | $108,650 |
| 21st | $100,450 |
| 22nd | $92,250 |
| 23rd | $85,690 |
| 24th | $79,130 |
| 25th | $72,570 |
| 26th | $66,010 |
| 27th | $63,550 |
| 28th | $61,090 |
| 29th | $58,630 |
| 30th | $56,170 |
| 31st | $53,710 |
| 32nd | $51,250 |
| 33rd | $48,790 |
| 34th | $46,740 |
| 35th | $44,690 |
| 36th | $42,640 |
| 37th | $40,590 |
| 38th | $38,950 |
| 39th | $37,310 |
| 40th | $35,670 |
| 41st | $34,030 |
| 42nd | $32,390 |
| 43rd | $30,750 |
| 44th | $29,110 |
| 45th | $27,470 |
| 46th | $25,830 |
| 47th | $24,190 |
| 48th | $22,878 |
| 49th | $21,730 |
| 50th | $21,074 |
| 51st | $20,582 |
| 52nd | $20,090 |
| 53rd | $19,762 |
| 54th | $19,434 |
| 55th | $19,270 |
| 56th | $19,106 |
| 57th | $18,942 |
| 58th | $18,778 |
| 59th | $18,614 |
| 60th | $18,450 |
| 61st | $18,286 |
| 62nd | $18,122 |
| 63rd | $17,958 |
| 64th | $17,794 |
| 65th | $17,630 |
World Wide Technology Championship Field
- Adamonis, Brad
- An, Byeong Hun
- Armour, Ryan
- Arnaus, Adri
- Baddeley, Aaron
- Barnes, Erik
- Benitez, Isidro
- Blair, Zac
- Bramlett, Joseph
- Brehm, Ryan
- Buckley, Hayden
- Burmester, Dean
- Champ, Cameron
- Cole, Eric
- Cook, Austin
- Daffue, MJ
- Dahmen, Joel
- Davis, Brian
- Day, Jason
- Detry, Thomas
- Dou, Zecheng
- Dufner, Jason
- Duncan, Tyler
- Eckroat, Austin
- Endycott, Harrison
- English, Harris
- Favela, Armando
- Finau, Tony
- Frittelli, Dylan
- Ghim, Doug
- Gligic, Michael
- Glover, Lucas
- Gordon, Will
- Grant, Brent
- Griffin, Ben
- Grillo, Emiliano
- Hadwin, Adam
- Hahn, James
- Haley II, Paul
- Hall, Harry
- Hall, Ryan
- Hardy, Nick
- Harman, Brian
- Henley, Russell
- Herman, Jim
- Hickok, Kramer
- Higgo, Garrick
- Higgs, Harry
- Hodges, Lee
- Hoffman, Charley
- Hoge, Tom
- Horschel, Billy
- Hossler, Beau
- Hovland, Viktor
- Hubbard, Mark
- Huh, John
- Kim, Michael
- Kim, S.H.
- Kirk, Chris
- Kizzire, Patton
- Knowles, Philip
- Knox, Russell
- Kuchar, Matt
- Laird, Martin
- Landry, Andrew
- Lashley, Nate
- Lee, Danny
- Lee, K.H.
- Lingmerth, David
- Lipsky, David
- Long, Adam
- Lower, Justin
- Marin Santander, Enrique
- Martin, Ben
- Matthews, Brandon
- McGreevy, Max
- McNealy, Maverick
- Merritt, Troy
- Mitchell, Keith
- Molinari, Francesco
- Montgomery, Taylor
- Moore, Ryan
- Morikawa, Collin
- Muñoz, Sebastián
- Noren, Alex
- Norlander, Henrik
- Núñez, Augusto
- Palmer, Ryan
- Pan, C.T.
- Piercy, Scott
- Poston, J.T.
- Power, Seamus
- Putnam, Andrew
- Rai, Aaron
- Ramey, Chad
- Reavie, Chez
- Riley, Davis
- Rodgers, Patrick
- Rodríguez, José de Jesús
- Rose, Justin
- Ryder, Sam
- Sabbatini, Rory
- Scheffler, Scottie
- Schmid, Matti
- Schwab, Matthias
- Shelton, Robby
- Sigg, Greyson
- Smotherman, Austin
- Spaun, J.J.
- Stevens, Sam
- Straka, Sepp
- Streb, Robert
- Streelman, Kevin
- Suh, Justin
- Svensson, Adam
- Tarren, Callum
- Taylor, Ben
- Taylor, Nick
- Todd, Brendon
- Trace, Travis
- Tway, Kevin
- van Rooyen, Erik
- Vázquez, Sebastián
- Vick, Travis
- Wallace, Matt
- Werenski, Richy
- Westmoreland, Kyle
- Willett, Danny
- Wise, Aaron
- Wu, Brandon
- Young, Carson
- Yu, Kevin
What Is The Tournament Purse For The World Wide Technology Championship?
The tournament purse is $8.2m, of which the winner will claim $1.476m. The runner-up will win $893,800. The overall prize money represents an increase of $1m over last year's tournament.
Who Won The 2021 World Wide Technology Championship?
Viktor Hovland claimed his second successive World Wide Technology Championship in 2021, and set a tournament record of 23 under-par to do so. He finished four shots clear of Carlos Ortiz.
Who Will Be Playing In The 2022 World Wide Technology Championship?
Hovland returns to defend his title, but he will face stiff competition from World No.2 Scottie Scheffler and World No.9 Collin Morikawa. World No.14 Tony Finau is also in the field, while the player two places beneath him in the Official World Golf Ranking, Billy Horschel, also appears.
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