The World Wide Technology Championship is a professional
golf
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Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...
tournament on the
PGA Tour
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in
Mexico
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, contested at the Tiger Woods-designed El Cardonal golf course within the Diamante Cabo San Lucas resort. It debuted in February
2007
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and was the first PGA Tour event to take place in Mexico. The first 16 years of the tournament took place in Riviera Maya before the tournament was moved to Los Cabos in 2023.
History
Originally an alternate event in late winter, the tournament was played the same week as the
WGC Match Play
The WGC Match Play, currently titled as the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play for sponsorship reasons, is a professional men's golf tournament that has been held since 1999. It is the only one of the World Golf Championships to have been contested ...
event in
Arizona
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. Mayakoba was part of the
FedEx Cup
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, but only earned half the points of a regular event. The prize fund in 2007 was
US$
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3.5 million (with a winner's share of $630,000),
making it the richest golf tournament in Mexico.
Fred Funk
Frederick Funk (born June 14, 1956) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions.
Early life
Fred Funk was born in Takoma Park, Maryland. He tried several sports, and even boxed for eight years for a junior ...
, a winner four months earlier on the
Champions Tour
PGA Tour Champions (formerly the Senior PGA Tour and the Champions Tour) is a men's professional senior golf tour, administered as a branch of the PGA Tour.
History and format
The Senior PGA Championship, founded in 1937, was for many years ...
, took the inaugural event in a playoff over
José Cóceres
José Eusebio Cóceres (born 14 August 1963) is an Argentine professional golfer who spent many years on the European Tour and the PGA Tour.
Cóceres was born in Argentina's Chaco province. He is one of 11 children who grew up in a two-bedroo ...
of
Argentina
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.
Greater Milwaukee Open
The Greater Milwaukee Open was a regular golf tournament in Wisconsin on the PGA Tour. For 42 years, it was played annually in the Milwaukee area, the final sixteen editions in the north suburb of Brown Deer at the Brown Deer Park Golf Course. U. ...
in July 1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
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.2014
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season as a primary event in the early part of the season, which began in October for the first time. The tournament now offered full FedEx Cup points, a Masters invitation, and a large purse increase (over 60%, to $6 million). With the tour's new schedule, the Mayakoba event was not part of the abbreviated 2013
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season.
The Golf Classic is allocated four additional sponsor exemptions designated for players of Spanish
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Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
or Mexican heritage from Latin America
Latin America or
* french: Amérique Latine, link=no
* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
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, South America
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, Spain
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, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
, or Mexico.
In 2021, World Wide Technology
World Wide Technology, Inc. (WWT) is a privately-held technology services provider based in St. Louis, Missouri. The company has an annual revenue of $14.5 billion (the 27th largest private company in the US and the biggest black-owned company in ...
was announced as the new title sponsor of the event, in a deal lasting until 2027.
In November 2022, it was noted that the El Camaleón Golf Course had been added to the roster for the 2023 LIV Golf League. With the PGA Tour and LIV Golf
LIV Golf () is a professional golf tour financed by the Public Investment Fund, the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia. The name "LIV" refers to the Roman numerals for 54, the score if every hole on a par-72 course were birdied and the number ...
's ongoing legal battle, the tour decided to end its relationship with Mayakoba. In January 2023, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan
Joseph William "Jay" Monahan IV (born May 7, 1970) is the fourth and current commissioner of golf's PGA Tour. He ascended to this position in January 2017.
Early years
Monahan was born and raised in Belmont, Massachusetts, a suburb northwest o ...
confirmed that the tour was working with World Wide Technology, but did not see them being back at Mayakoba.
Winners
''Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.''
References
External links
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Coverage on the PGA Tour's websiteWorld Wide Technologies Mayakoba website
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PGA Tour events
Golf tournaments in Mexico
Solidaridad (municipality)
Recurring sporting events established in 2007
2007 establishments in Mexico
Autumn events in Mexico