PGA Tour Odds: 2021 World Wide Technology Championship At Mayakoba

The PGA Tour is getting closer to being back on U.S. soil with this week’s stop in Mexico.

After a two-week excursion that saw players tee it up in Japan followed up by a long-range jaunt to Bermuda, the Tour lands in Mexico for the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba. The tournament will be held at El Camaleon Golf Club, a Greg Norman design.

While the last two PGA Tour events have had limited big-name appeal, this one brings out more of the star power.

And that’s a good thing for the Tour, the fans, and the sports betting world.

We’ll start at the top with one of the biggest names in the sport, Justin Thomas, and see if we can come up with a reason not to pick him this week.

(Hint: Probably not.)

This tournament, when it came onto the scene in 2007, was the first PGA Tour event to be held outside of the U.S. or Canada. Now it’s a staple and more and more players are heading south for the week.

It’s had its share of big-time champs, including Viktor Hovland (2020), Matt Kuchar (2018), and Graeme McDowell (2015). It’s also had its share of lesser-known players who have gone on to have stellar, if not spectacular, careers–players like 2014 champion Charley Hoffman (Hint No. 2, we’re looking at him this week…again) and Pat Perez (2016).

So who is going to strike it rich in Mexico this week?

We thought you’d never ask.

Odds To Win World Wide Technology Championship By BetMGM

Let’s Start At The Top

We like to stay away from chalk players for one simple reason: The odds are never as big as we’d like when you’re looking at going up against 140-plus other Tour players.

With that in mind, we’re going to go against our best intentions and back Thomas, especially when we can get him at +1200. That’s a great value for a tournament favorite.

This is likely one of his final outings until he tees it up at the Tournament of Champions in Maui–if he decides to go–so we’re looking for him to bring his ‘A’ game.

Betting golf is one of the toughest to handicap simply because you’ve got to have four days of great golf and hope another player (or players) don’t have better days. As everyone knows, there is no defense in golf. You can go out and shoot a 64 and watch as you’re beaten despite having that great round.

And Thomas has had his share of solid rounds even in his limited play in the wraparound season. He helped Team USA win the Ryder Cup and in his only regular-event start wound up T-18 at The CJ Cup at Summit in Las Vegas. A third-round 70 in that event took him out of the running for a title but a final-round 64 gave him the finish we’ve all come to know and love from his game.

Thomas was T-12 here last year despite an opening-round 72 that left him chasing much of the field.

A quicker start this year gets him into the picture earlier and sets him up for a nice, relaxing off-season.

Another Mid-Range Value To Consider

Aaron Wise, at +3000, finished second here last year after missing the cut the previous year so he either learned a lot over that year or just had four great days.

We’re going with a combination of both factors.

He’s coming off a break while the PGA Tour went to Japan and Bermuda but prior to that he spent two weeks at the Vegas events and came away with a T-8 at the Shriners and a T-5 at the CJ Cup.

He’s ranked 20th in the FedEx Cup points race so another solid week–or a victory–will keep that momentum going.

Add in the fact he’s still hunting for PGA Tour victory No. 2 (after a win in 2018 at the Byron Nelson) and the drive is there to pick up another big trophy–as well as an impressive paycheck and all the perks that go with it.

Here We Go Again With One Of Our Favorite PGA Bets

For some strange reason, we’re still big Hoffman fans. He keeps getting into the picture and is just a bad chip or missed putt from getting back into the winner’s circle.

He’s +8000 this week which is a great number. He’s already won this event before and that’s one of his four PGA Tour titles. We’ve picked him to win twice earlier this year and he’s come in with a second and a T-3 so we’re picking him in the right weeks when he challenges. (Our final hint…if you can find him to finish top-five or top-10 at your favorite site or app, this just might be the perfect time for that particular prop bet.)

This wraparound season has been a little tougher for Hoffman as he’s five-for-five in made cuts but he’s been mid-pack most of the time finishing between T-28 and T-68 in those outings.

Like Thomas, he started out slowly here last year and wound up with a T-46 finish.

He’s had a couple of weeks off to fine-tune his game and we’re thinking his familiarity with the event will also help him compete once again.