The 2024 PGA Tour season is winding down towards its conclusion, but before we reach the RSM Classic there are still two more events to play – starting with this week’s $7.2 million World Wide Technology Championship.
Each of the golfers in the FedEx Cup Fall tournament will be hoping to improve upon their positions in the standings, be it by either trying to jump into the top-70 on the season or simply securing their full-time playing rights for 2025.
In order to do that, they will likely need to generate an awful lot of birdies on this Tiger Woods-designed layout in Mexico. In its debut last season, Erik Van Rooyen walked away with the title on an eyebrow-raising 27-under.
As we approach the last-chance saloon for a number of recognizable names on the PGA Tour, the pressure to achieve their respective goals will be rising with each passing round.
Ahead of the 2024 World Wide Technology Championship, four of the Golf Monthly team have selected a handful of likely contenders…
El Cardonal at Diamante is Tiger Woods’ first design used by the PGA Tour
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WORLD WIDE TECHNOLOGY CHAMPIONSHIP 2024: THE COURSE
El Cardonal at Diamante is located in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and represents Tiger Woods’ first design used by the PGA Tour.
The 7,363-yard, par-72 layout opened in 2014 and is well known for its extremely forgiving fairways and mammoth-size greens. As a result, finding the fairway and putting surface is not as much of a challenge as usual. This was highlighted by Adam Long’s feat of hitting every fairway for the week in 2023.
With the area only receiving something like six inches of rain per year, the ground conditions in the desert area unsurprisingly play extremely firm and fast. This helps golf balls trickle into the rustic bunkers which are often placed in the middle of desired landing areas.
And the range of elevation – around 240 feet – from the 17th tee to the third fairway makes El Cardonal a pretty taxing walk for players and caddies alike. Nevertheless, the resort course is extremely scoreable, reflected by van Rooyen’s winning 27-under total last season, and is expected to produce another birdie-fest in 2024.
El Cardonal at Diamante’s fourth green
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