Just a couple of weeks away from the 15th anniversary of the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba, the tournament is ready to receive the most powerful field in its history, with the confirmation of seven players within the top 20 in the world. Official World Golf Ranking. Justin Thomas, the world number 7, tops a powerful list of international stars who will play in The chameleon, on Mayakoba, from November 4 to 7, at the pioneering event of the PGA TOUR on Mexico.
In addition to Thomas, who will play the tournament for the third time in his career (2014 and 2020), tournament officials today announced confirmations from the Americans. Tony Finau (11th in the world ranking), Harris English (14th) and Billy Horschel (20th). Three stars that join the English Tyrrell Hatton (17th), the Mexican Abraham Ancer (12th) and the defending champion, the Norwegian Viktor Hovland (15th), announced last week and that will be in Riviera maya.
Other great European players such as Spanish Sergio garcia, English Justin rose and the swedish Henrik Stenson will debut in in Mayakoba. Young americans Matthew Wolff and Will Zalatoris will also compete in the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba, Wolff will do it for the first time in his career.
“This field is very exciting,” he said. Joe Mazzeo, Tournament Director. “He is shaping up to be the best in the history of the event, with a mix of young and veteran players in the top rankings. Along with having some great competitors, we will have some really amazing personalities that will make the competition fun and exciting. It’s a wonderful way to welcome our new title sponsor, World Wide Technology, and show that Mayakoba and this tournament are really special.
Other big names already confirmed to compete next month are the Americans. Rickie Fowler, Brandt Snedeker and Gary Woodlandas well as Italian Francesco Molinari and English Danny Willett. The tournament will also feature top 50 players in the world, including Patrick Reed, Matt Fitzpatrick, Ryan Palmer, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Brian Harman, Garrick Higgo e Ian Poulter.
The Northern Irishman Graeme McDowell is one of ten former tournament champions who are confirmed to return in 2021 along with Brian Gay (2008), John Huh (2012), English (2013), Charley Hoffman (2014), Pat Perez (2016), Patton Kizzire (2017), Matt Kuchar (2018), Brendon Todd (2019) and Viktor Hovland (2020).
The World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba will feature a distinctive flavor of the Ryder Cup that was played last month in Whistling Straits, since eight of the 24 participants are confirmed in the ‘field’ this year, with Stenson and McDowell, as vice captains of the European team. They are also confirmed Luke Donald, another European vice captain, and Zach Johnson, vice captain of the winning American team.
Again Latin America will be well represented with the confirmations of the Argentine Emiliano Grillo, the Chilean Myth Pereira, the Venezuelan Jhonattan vegas and the colombian Camilo Villegas. The Mexican Carlos Ortiz it was announced and confirmed last week. They will also represent Mexico Roberto Diaz, Juan Carlos Benitez and Juan Diego Fernandez. Díaz is the highest ranked Mexican in the Official World Golf Ranking, after TOUR members Ancer and Ortiz, while Benítez and Fernández received exemptions by virtue of winning the qualifying events in the Mayakoba Match Play presented by UNIFIN and the UNIFIN Invitational at Mayakoba, respectively.
Spanish will also play Sebastian Garcia Rodriguez, winner of Villa Magna Qualifier presented by Terralpa. Due to current restrictions on COVID-19, this year there will be no ticket sales, nor spectators from the general public.
