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The 2026 PGA Tour golf season continues, with El Cardonal at Diamante next on tap to host the World Wide Technology Championship, beginning this Thursday. Ryan Gerard, Ben Griffin, and Ben James headline among World Wide Technology Championship bets this week, as John Haslbauer provides his favorite picks among all the golf odds for this tourney. Below, you’ll find the best odds across betting sites for each player.
The international swing has reached its final leg, and with just three events left on the year, urgency is high to secure coveted FedEx Cup points. We stay in Mexico for one more week, as the PGA Tour remains on the Pacific coast heads over to Cabo for the 2026 World Wide Technology Championship at Tiger Woods’ El Cardonal at Diamante.
Through its first three years on the PGA Tour, no course has offered the field less resistance than El Cardonal. Ben Griffin set the tournament scoring record at 29-under-par last year, the third consecutive instance in which the winning score pushed beyond 24-under-par. With massive fairways and negligible penalty for missing them, El Cardonal is a bona fide second-shot course that rewards the hottest and approach players and putters.
Below, we’ll go through my final World Wide Technology Championship bets. Click the odds anywhere in this article to place World Wide Technology Championship wagers. For a full breakdown of the tournament and course, visit my World Wide Technology Championship preview.
World Wide Technology Championship Odds: The Favorites
Find the comparison table at the bottom of this post for World Wide Technology Championship odds and the best available prices across sportsbooks in your state. Navigate to my longshots post for more golf DFS picks and considerations.
How I Built My World Wide Technology Championship Betting
Volatility is the name of the game at birdie fests, and the best way to combat volatilty from an outright perspective is to build a longer, diversified card with exposure to ample longshots. My card focuses on in-form approach players who have proven spike putting upside, and are capable of taking a birdie fest deep under par.
From a unit allocation standpoint, it’s back to business as usual for my weekly stake at the 2026 World Wide Technology Championship.
- Outrights – 3.5U in to pay 25U each
- FRL – 0.5U in to pay out 10U+ each
- Full Tournament Matchups – 1U in to pay out 2U
- Props – 1.5U in to pay out 3U+ each
World Wide Technology Championship Bets: Outrights (3.5 Units)
Ben James
My Bet: +2250
I was high on Ben James last week, and a T16 finish at Vidanta is not going to deter me from going right back at the same price one week later in Mexico. There is no player in better form over the last five events than James, who has three additional top-5 finishes over that span.
It’s still too early to project what James’ ceiling looks like, but he looks hell-bent on securing his first PGA Tour win this fall while his game remains this sharp. A long and easy setup is the ideal formula for James, who excels on approach from beyond 150 yards and has been red hot on the greens across these easy scoring setups. He finished T5 the last time we saw him on a long, easy desert setup in Utah, and I believe he can conjure up a similar game plan on El Cardonal’s generous layout.
Blades Brown
My Bet: +3500
Viktor Hovland has earned the nickname of Paspalum Prince with three wins across the Puerto Rico Open and World Wide Technology Championship. Blades Brown may be on his way to stealing his crown, though based on his first pass through the PGA Tour’s coastal courses. Brown finished 3rd and T11 in his debuts at the Puerto Rico Open and Corales Puntacana Championship earlier this season. Just last week, he added to his Paspalum resume with a T19 finish at Vidanta.
Brown has kept busy across the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour in 2026, but successfully earned his 2027 Tour card after a runner up showing at the Korn Ferry Tour Championship last month. Few have been more consistent than Brown in his select PGA Tour starts this year though, as he’s finished top-20 in eight of 11 starts this year. A consummate birdie-maker, calm conditions should make this tournament feel like the Korn Ferry Tour venues he’s been dominating all season.
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
My Bet: +5000
A second-shot, easy-scoring golf course is just what the doctor ordered for Bezuidenhout, who excels from fairway to green but has often been held back by his shortcomings with the driver. It’s an ideal bounce-back spot for Bezuidenhout now, as he ranked 4th in the field in SG: APP at Vidanta last week and settled for a T19 finish because of a cold putter.
The three-time Presidents Cupper appears due for a breakout soon, entering this week with top-20 finishes in each of his last two starts. He’s been at his best on the easiest scoring setups in 2026, picking up his three best finishes this season at the Myrtle Beach Classic (T6), Puerto Rico Open (T8), and John Deere Classic (T12). Assuming some positive regression sets in on the greens, the rest of Bezuidenhout’s game is in an ideal place to attack El Cardonal.
Trace Crowe
My Bet: +6000
The 30-year-old from North Carolina has been a bit of a late bloomer on the PGA Tour scene. This 2026 season is his second stint on the highest stage, and the ceiling potential has certainly been there, with two top-5 finishes on the year between the Zurich Classic and Bank of Utah Championship.
His T3 showing at Black Desert Resort marked the best finish of his PGA Tour career, an encouraging sign for this week, considering the overlapping characteristics of both courses featuring firm and fast desert conditions, relatively calm weather, and similar yardages and scoring difficulty. Crowe led the field in SG: APP that week in Utah, and would have been poised to win if not for some miscues with the driver.
El Cardonal at Diamante is statistically one of the most forgiving courses off the tee on Tour, which should be music to the ears of Crowe, who enters amongst the hottest players in this field from fairway to green. Crowe ended on a high note at Vidanta last week, shooting the co-round-of-the-day at 8-under-par to finish T11 for the tournament.
He ranked 2nd in both SG: APP and SG: P at Vidanta, the two most important stats for the birdie-fest ahead at El Cardonal. So if he can continue to ride that hot form in Mexico for one more week, he represents one of the most appealing values on the board at the World Wide Technology Championship.
Denny McCarthy
My Bet: +7500
The World Wide Technology Championship has proven to be nothing more than a putting contest in each of its first three years on the PGA Tour, with winning scores pushing beyond 24-under-par in each iteration. If there truly is no challenge from tee-to-green at this golf course, then McCarthy stands the best chance to capitalize in this field, as he is the No. 1 long-term putter over the course of the 2026 season.
McCarthy tends to peak at the end of the season, when the fields get easier, and courses concentrate on Bermuda and Paspalum greens. He’ll be making his World Wide Technology Championship debut this week, but enters in excellent form amidst a stretch of three consecutive top-30 finishes. His irons were sharp last week at Vidanta as well, where he ranked 20th in the field in SG: APP. If the irons can stay hot, McCarthy’s putter can be the x-factor in this bona fide putting contest.
Ben Silverman
My Bet: +12500
It’s been a great fall swing for the veteran Canadian, who comes to El Cardonal fresh off two of his best finishes of the season – a T19 at the Mexico Open at Vidanta and a T3 at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship. Silverman’s recent success has come in spite of an ice-cold putter, a part of his game which has normally been his strength. He’s been especially strong on Paspalum greens throughout his career, though, so this projects to be an ideal get-right spot for Silverman on the greens.
You need to be able to go low to contend at El Cardonal, and Silverman proved his game translates here in 2025, where he fired a final-round 64 en route to a T21 finish. He has four top-20 finishes across the Bank of Utah Championship, Mexico Open, and Corales Puntacana Championship, supporting that he is at his best on these resort-style coastal venues. Silverman ranks top-10 in SG: APP over the last 16 rounds, and will look to keep that momentum going on a great course fit this week in Cabo.
Lee Hodges
My Bet: +12500
A pure birdie fest like this is prone to some volatility, and Hodges profiles as the ideal high-risk, high-reward player to take a flyer on. He proved he is capable of winning a putting contest on a longer layout with his dominant 2023 3M Open victory. That spike putting upside has been on display this season too, as he ranked top-2 in the field in SG: Putting in three events this season, including the John Deere Classic, where he gained 9 strokes on the greens.
Hodges is a dependable ball-striker as well, ranking 15th in Approach Fit. He’s gained strokes ball-striking in nine of his last 10 starts, and has three top-20 finishes over that span. He’s a pure boom-or-bust play for me, but the spike approach and putting upside is worth chasing at this price.
Tom Hoge
My Bet: +20000
It may be too reductive to say there is no resistance at all from El Cardonal from tee-to-green, but it is, by all accounts, a quintessential second-shot course. That’s ideal for a player like Hoge, who has been bleeding strokes off the tee, but excellent in all other facets of his game leading in. Hoge was last seen in Bermuda, where he finished T6, and ranked top-25 in the field across SG: APP, SG: ARG, and SG: P. He is one of just six players to rank top-15 in SG: APP and above-average in SG: P over the last 36 rounds.
Hoge has been able to right the ship at El Cardonal in the past, finishing T45 and T21 in two prior starts while entering in far worse preceding form. The 2022 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am winner knows how to close on a Pacific coastal course, and is still one of the most dangerous players in this field with an iron in hand.
Kensei Hirata
My Bet: +34000
If recent form, SG: APP, and SG: P are the three factors that matter most at El Cardonal, then Hirata stands out as one of the best values in this field. Hirata has found his stride over the last two weeks, finishing T34 at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship and T11 at last week’s Mexico Open at Vidanta.
Hirata is not a long hitter off the tee, but that profile has not held back other contenders over the years like Matt Kuchar or Chad Ramey. Like them, Hirata is capable of spiking with his irons and putting, which is what this event has boiled down to over its first three years on Tour. He’s ranked top-15 in SG: APP and top-30 in SG: P in each of his last two starts, and will carry a high floor at this price if that form continues.
World Wide Technology Championship Bets: First Round Leader (0.5 Units)
Ben Kohles
My Bet: +5500
It has become cliché to endorse Ben Kohles in the first round at this point, but what else can we do? There is no player who frontloads his best rounds more than Kohles, and a pure birdie fest that emphasizes approach play from the fairway and converting birdie putts is exactly the situation Kohles thrives in. He’s No. 2 in my model, and carries strong momentum into this week.
Johnny Keefer
My Bet: +5600
I was very high on Johnny Keefer last week, but an ice cold putter resorted him to an early exit from Vidanta. A shot week is not always the worst thing, as he’s had a couple extra days to correct the putting issues while still in Mexico. Longterm, the putter has not been a concern, and Keefer proved he can thrive in easy scoring conditions with his dominant 2025 Korn Ferry Tour season. El Cardonal suits his game well, and his ball striking remains sharp enough to generate ample birdie looks on Thursday.
Trace Crowe
My Bet: +6000
There is no player who I believe suits El Cardonal better this week than Crowe. He is a long, yet, inaccurate driver who will benefit from seeing these expansive fairways, and has been the best player in terms of combined strokes gained on approach and putting over the last three weeks. That includes spike approach and putting performances at the Mexico Open at Vidanta and Bank of Utah Championship, where he finished T11 and T3 respectively.
Denny McCarthy
My Bet: +6700
If it’s a putting contest we’re going to get, then I’m going straight to the best putter in this field at this price. McCarthy has been proficient well beyond just the greens this fall, entering this week on the heels of three straight top-30 finishes. His irons looked sharp at Vidanta last week, where he gained 3 strokes on approach, so if that form continues, he’ll be positioned well to convert more birdies on Thursday.
Tom Hoge
My Bet: +10500
One of the founding fathers of my FRL cards, it’s never a bad idea to chase Hoge’s upside in the first round. He faced some valleys of form in 2026, but the iron game is back in full force now. Hoge ranks top-10 in SG: APP over the last 36 rounds, and is one of just five players in this field to rank top-25 in terms of both SG: APP and SG: P. That’s the formula for going low at El Cardonal, making him my favorite value on the board this week.
World Wide Technology Championship Bets: Props (2.5 Units)
Full Tournament Matchup: Blades Brown > Harry Hall
My Bet: -118
There is a lot of love from oddsmakers for Harry Hall this week, who finds himself on the first page amongst the other top favorites in this field. I can certainly understand some hype for Hall in an easy desert setup, considering he plays our of Las Vegas, played collegiately at UNLV, and has long leaned on his short game as his greatest strength.
But with all that said, it’s still too hard to poke any holes in Blades Brown’s game at the moment. He is very comfortable in easy scoring conditions, consistently contending across the PGA Tour and Korn Ferry Tour throughout 2026. He’s gaining across the board as well, averaging over half a stroke per round gained across OTT, APP, ARG, and P since the start of the fall. Brown has yet to convert his stellar form into a PGA Tour win, but for matchup purposes, he’s a safe and proven entity with a very high floor this week.
Top-20 Finish: Trace Crowe
My Bet: +280
It’s tres Crowe bets for me this week, as I’m building my outright, FRL, and placement card around one of the hottest players in this field. There are no two courses that simulate El Cardonal’s playing conditions better than Black Desert and VidantaWorld, and he posted two of his best results of the year at each (T3, T11) over the past month. If the irons and putter stay hot, this is a course that should continue to reward the greatest strengths of his game.
Top-20 Finish: Ben Silverman
My Bet: +380
It’s been an excellent fall swing for Silverman, who has finished top-20 in each of his last two starts and given himself an outside chance to eclipse the FedEx Cup top 100 with a strong closing stretch. El Cardonal is a great place to keep the pedal down for Silverman, as he finished T21 here in 2025, and has played the best golf of his career on easy second-shot venues like this.
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World Wide Technology Championship Bets: The Card
That’ll do it for this week’s PGA Tour golf bets. Best of luck this week with your own World Wide Technology Championship bets, and see you in two weeks for the Austin Championship preview.
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