Starting this Thursday, November 4 comenzará el World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba at the Camaleón golf course (Mayakoba, Riviera Maya) A tournament that has been held since 2007 and that will experience its fifteenth edition.
With nine top 25 golfers confirmed to participate: Justin Thomas, Tony Finau, Brooks Koepka, Abraham Ancer, Viktor Hovland, Tyrrell Hatton, Billy Horschel, Patrick Reed and Scottie Scheffler and 20 within the top 50, among which stand out names such as the Spanish, Sergio García and the Englishman, Matt Fitzpatrick, everything seems to indicate that it will be a close contest to get the chameleon trophy, but who are the golfers who have done it in the past?
The list begins with the American Fred Funk, winner of the first edition and continues with his compatriots, Brian Gay, Mark Wilson, Cameron Beckman, Johnson Wagner, John Huh, Harris English and Charley Hoffman.
It was until 2015 that someone not born in the United States He took the victory, it is the Northern Irishman, Graeme McDowell. Subsequently, the Americans Pat Perez, Patton Kizzire, RMatt Kuchar and Brendon Todd regained the dominance they had had, until in 2020 eNorwegian Viktor Hovland was proclaimed champion.
Like Brian Gay, John Huh, Harris English, Charley Hoffman, Graeme McDowell, Pat Perez, Patton Kizzire and Brendon Todd, Hovland will be another of the champions returning to Mayakoba this week.
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“It’s nice that for the first time I will be available to make a defense. I couldn’t do it in Puerto Rico the last time, so I’m happy to be here, “said the European player, taking as a reference the other tournament he managed to win.
“I love everything about this place, the golf course is amazing, it is in a very good condition and the complex is amazing. It’s like a vacation from our bad time in Oklahoma. You have many things where you can not think about golf. You go to the beach and eat good food, there are many more people with whom you can have fun ”, he added prior to the start of the contest.
All the champions in Mayakoba
Fred Funk .- USA (2007)
Brian Gay.- USA (2008) * Returns
Mark Wilson.- USA (2009)
Cameron Beckman.- USA (2010)
Johnson Wagner.- USA (2011)
John Huh.- USA (2012) *Returns
Harris English.- USA (2013) *Returns
Charley Hoffman.- USA (2014) *Returns
Graeme McDowell,. (Northern Ireland) (2015) * Returns
Pat Perez.-USA (2016) * Returns
Patton Kizzire.- USA (2017) *Returns
Matt Kuchar.- EUA (2018)
Brendon Todd.- USA (2019) *Returns
Viktor Hovland.- NOR (2020) * Regress
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