• World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba
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  • October 31–November 6, 2022
    El Camaleón Golf Club at Mayakoba - Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, México
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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 Wolff61(-10)
    Aaron Wise63(-8)
    4 Players64(-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)
    CategoryMatthew Wolff
    Age22 (4/14/1999)
    CountryU.S.
    FedExCup10
    OWGR31
    Mayakoba starts0
    Mayakoba top 10s0
    Mayakoba wins0
    PGA TOUR starts51
    2021-22 starts2
    2021-22 top 10s1
    PGA TOUR wins1
    PGA TOUR top-10s6

    • 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 HoleEasiest Hole
    R1:Par-4 16th (4.106)Par-5 13th (4.356)

    Scoring Averages
    Front NineBack NineTotal
    R1:34.59134.68969.280

    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)

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