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First-Round Notes - November 4, 2021

Weather: Mostly cloudy with light showers in the morning. High of 84. Wind ENE 6-12 mph. Due to overnight rains, preferred lies in closely mown areas were in effect.

First-Round Leaderboard

Matthew Wolff	61	(-10)
Aaron Wise	63	(-8)
4 Players	64	(-7)

Things to Know

Making his first start in the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba, Matthew Wolff ties his career-low score with a bogey-free 10-under 61
A year removed from a solo-second in the event, Aaron Wise was 8-under through 10 holes before posting an 8-under 63
Combined with a final-round 8-under 63 in 2020, Wise is now 16-under in his last two rounds at El Camaleon GC
Chris Kirk aces his first hole of the day (No. 10) en route to a 7-under 64; the last player to make a hole-in-one on his first hole of a PGA TOUR round was Keith Mitchell at this event in round one of 2017
In his bid to become the first player to successfully defend a World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba title, Viktor Hovland opens with a 4-under 67
World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba became the first PGA TOUR co-sanctioned event to ever be contested outside of the United States and Canada in February of 2007

First-Round Lead Notes

3: First-round leaders/co-leaders at the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba to win; Fred Funk/2007, Patton Kizzire/2017, Matt Kuchar/2018
0: No first-round leader/co-leader has converted for the win this season

Matthew Wolff (entering the week)

Category	Matthew Wolff
Age	22 (4/14/1999)
Country	U.S.
FedExCup	10
OWGR	31
Mayakoba starts	0
Mayakoba top 10s	0
Mayakoba wins	0
PGA TOUR starts	51
2021-22 starts	2
2021-22 top 10s	1
PGA TOUR wins	1
PGA TOUR top-10s	6

Making his first start at the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba, made five birdies on each nine to tie his career-low score of 10-under 61 (previous 61: 2021 Shriners Children’s Open/R1)
Marks his first 18-hole lead and fourth after any round on TOUR
Hit 11-of-14 fairways, 14-of-18 greens in regulation and required 24 putts to complete his round
Making his third start of the season, comes off a solo-second most recently at the Shriners Children’s Open
Seeks a second career PGA TOUR title in his 52nd TOUR start (2019 3M Open)
Advanced to the FedExCup Playoffs for a third consecutive season in 2020-21; ended his season at No. 71 in the standings

Aaron Wise (2nd/-8)

A year removed from his solo-second at the 2020 World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba, was 8-under through 10 holes before playing his last eight holes in even par
His 8-under 63 in last year’s final round matched with this year’s opening-round 63 moves him to 16-under par in his last two rounds at El Camaleon GC
Making his sixth start in the event, with his first top-10 finish (T10) coming in 2018
Extends his streak of par-or-better rounds on TOUR this season to a perfect 13
In three starts this season prior to this week, finished inside the top 10 in his most recent two (Shriners Children’s Open/T8, THE CJ CUP @ SUMMIT/T5)
Seeks a second career PGA TOUR title in his 104th start this week and first since the 2018 AT&T Byron Nelson

Additional Notes

Chris Kirk (T3/-7) used a 6-iron from 207 yards to ace his first hole of the day (No. 10); the last player to make a hole-in- one on his first hole of a round on TOUR was Keith Mitchell at this event in 2017 (also No. 10); Kirk’s lone top-10 finish in four previous starts at the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba came in his first start of 2016 (T7)
Coming off top-10 finishes in his last two starts in the event (T8/2019, T5/2020), Billy Horschel (T3/-7) made five birdies, an eagle at the par-5 fifth and no bogeys; the 2014 FedExCup champion seeks a seventh TOUR title and second in the calendar year (World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play)
Rickie Fowler (T11/-5), who finished solo-second in his first World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba start in 2017, offset three bogeys with eight birdies; best of three showings this season is T3/THE CJ CUP @ SUMMIT
2012 World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba winner John Huh (T11/-5) aced the par-3 eighth from 139 yards, becoming the 16th player in tournament history to make a hole-in-one in the event and second of the day (Chris Kirk/No. 10)
Viktor Hovland (T20/-4) made five birdies and one bogey in his bid to become the first player to successfully defend his World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba
Beginning on No. 10, 2017 FedExCup champion Justin Thomas (T36/-3) made the turn in three-over par before making birdies on six of his last seven holes; in two previous starts at the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba, finished T23 in 2014 and T12 last season
Mexico’s first Presidents Cup participant (2019) and winner of the 2021 World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational Abraham Ancer (T36/-3) opened with a 3-under 68 in his seventh consecutive start at the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba; seeks a third top-10 finish in the event (T9/2017, T8/2019); comes off a T12 showing at Mayakoba last year
There are 11 Latin American players in this week’s field: Mexico (6) – Abraham Ancer (-3), Juan Carlos Benitez (+3), Roberto Diaz (E), Juan Diego Fernandez (-2), Carlos Ortiz (-4) and Monday qualifier Camilo Aguado (+3); Argentina (1) – Emiliano Grillo (-3); Chile (2) – Joaquin Niemann (-2), Mito Pereira (-1); Colombia (1) – Camilo Villegas (-2); Venezuela (1) – Jhonattan Vegas (E)

Course Statistics

	Toughest Hole	Easiest Hole
R1:	Par-4 16th (4.106)	Par-5 13th (4.356)

Scoring Averages

	Front Nine	Back Nine	Total
R1:	34.591	34.689	69.280

Bogey-Free Rounds

R1 (9):	Matthew Wolff (61), Billy Horschel (64), Sergio Garcia (65), Bill Haas (65), Adam Long (66), Stephan Jaeger (67), Scottie Scheffler (67), Aaron Rai (67), Nick Taylor (67)