After a recent voyage to Japan and a hop back stateside for a trip to Utah, the PGA Tour presses on with its fall series and heads to the World Wide Technology Championship in Mexico.
The event is hosted at the Tiger Woods-designed El Cardonal, which is a course we have seen for the past two seasons on the PGA Tour. We therefore have a pretty good idea of what to expect, with a premium placed on making birdies and scoring low.
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World Wide Technology Championship 2025 Betting Tips
Before we dive deep into this strong field, just a quick reminder to check out my weekly betting column, ‘Bazza’s Best Bets’, once you’ve finalised your picks in Mexico.
In this week’s edition, I evaluate the field and land on a couple of big names at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship on the DP World Tour.
But first, let’s press on to El Cardonal and share our best bets…
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Elliott Heath
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Higgo has been in great form of late
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Pick One: Garrick Higgo (+2200) To Win @ BetMGM
The big-hitting South African ticks all the boxes this week to rightly be among the favorites to lift the trophy in Mexico.
Higgo was T6 here last year at 17-under-par and arrives in superb form after a T4 at the Baycurrent Classic, solo-2nd at the Sanderson Farms Championship and T7 at the Procore Championship.
Whether he can keep up this play is the question, but if he can then look for him to challenge for his third PGA Tour win and second of the year.
Pick Two: Johnny Keefer (+5000) To Win @ BetMGM
The former Baylor University man has just wrapped up a remarkable season on the Korn Ferry Tour, where he won the Player and Rookie of the Year titles as well as breaking the circuit’s season-season scoring average record.
In his first start with a PGA Tour card I can see him arriving in grand style. Keefer has two wins and two runners-up finishes this year so he has to be looked at.
He has not done much in four career PGA Tour starts but that doesn’t worry me – he is certainly one we’ll be watching a lot of in the coming years.
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Matt Cradock
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Matt joined Golf Monthly in February 2021 covering weekend news, before also transitioning to equipment and testing. After freelancing for Golf Monthly and The PGA for 18 months, he was offered a full-time position at the company in October 2022 and continues to cover news and social media.
Two runner-up finishes in 2025 for Greyserman, but can he grab a PGA Tour victory this week?
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Pick One: Max Greyserman (+2000) To Win @ BetMGM
There’s a lot going for Max Greyserman this week and, at the World Wide Technology Championship, I believe it will be the tournament where he finally claims a PGA Tour victory after several close calls.
Just in 2025 alone, he has two runner-up finishes, including one at his last tournament – the Baycurrent Classic – He also lost out in a playoff at the Rocket Classic in June.
Importantly, the American has course form at El Cardonal at Diamante, finishing solo fourth in 2024 after rounds of 68, 64, 69 and 65, meaning that he will hopefully take confidence into this week.
Pick Two: Nico Echavarria (+3300) To Win @ BetMGM
Like Greyserman, I have opted for someone with good course form and recent form, with the Colombian fitting that bill nicely with some eye-catching odds.
I’m a big fan of Echavarria’s, with his all-round game extremely solid.
He has two victories on the PGA Tour, so isn’t afraid to win, and looking at his last result at the Baycurrent Classic he squeezed himself into the top 10 for the first time since the Rocket Classic in June.
Finishing T6th in this tournament last year adds to hope that the 31-year-old can make it a hattrick of PGA Tour career wins.
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Jonny Leighfield
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Jonny Leighfield is our Staff News Writer who joined Golf Monthly just in time for the 2023 Solheim Cup and Ryder Cup. He graduated from the University of Brighton with a degree in Sport Journalism in 2017 and spent almost five years as the sole sports reporter at his local newspaper. During his time with Golf Monthly, Jonny has interviewed several stars of the game, including Robert MacIntyre, Ian Poulter, Lee Westwood, and Joaquin Niemann.
Ben Griffin is the betting favorite and two of our experts believe that is completely justified
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Pick One: Ben Griffin (+1200) To Win @ BetMGM
Unsurprisingly, Griffin is among the leading claims to win this week following the best season of his career so far.
The American Ryder Cup player has won twice and managed eight more top-10s, the most recent of which arrived via a runner-up finish at the Procore Championship in his last start on this side of the world.
His game is the best it’s ever been with strokes gained in all areas, especially on the green, and that will be crucial in a tournament which has often turned into a shoot-out.
Although he has managed a best finish of T23rd here, Griffin has never been this complete a player, so I fully expect him to contend this time around.
Pick Two: Garrick Higgo (+2200) To Win @ BetMGM
If you’re keen to back a big-hitting, clutch putter who’s in great form, look no further than South Africa’s Garrick Higgo.
The 26-year-old’s past three results on the PGA Tour are T7th, 2nd, T4th for a start, and he managed a T6th at this very event 12 months ago.
Higgo’s length off the tee and form with the flat stick should help him compete once more, and with no pressure on his shoulders as a result of a victory at the Corales Puntacana Championship earlier this year, the South African can play confident and free – ingredients which often help when trying to win a tournament.
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Tips by…Baz Plummer
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Baz likes Sami Valimaki at a huge price after seeing his Strokes Gained data over the last six months
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Pick One: Ben Griffin (+1200) To Win @ BetMGM
I wouldn’t usually side with Ben Griffin as the betting favorite in a tournament, especially at this kind of price, but I really do believe he is significantly better than most of the field in his current form.
Griffin has played great on correlating courses, at the FedEx St. Jude and RBC Canadian Open (at Hamilton), but his recent results are also pretty electric.
A runner-up finish on his last start is particularly encouraging, but four further top-12 finishes in the previous four starts adds significant weight to his claim.
Griffin ranks 6th for SG: Approach and SG: Putting, so has the perfect skill set to go low and propel himself to the top of the leaderboard for a third PGA Tour win.
Pick Two: Sami Valimaki (+10000) To Win @ BetMGM
Sami Valimaki might not have any recent form to write home about, but I think he is perfectly suited to this particular test.
He was runner-up at the Mexico Open last year, his best finish on the PGA Tour so far, and also played respectably on correlating track Hamilton Golf and Country Club in 2024.
Two top-10 and six top-25 finishes in 2025 is a relatively promising return, but his Strokes Gained numbers suggest this could be his week.
In the last six months, Valimaki ranks 5th in the field for SG: Putting and 9th for SG: Approach – meaning he certainly fits the profile at a huge price.
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Event
Price
GM Staff Member
Richard Mansell
Porsche Singapore Classic
+6000
Matt Cradock
Eugenio Chacarra
Hero Indian Open
+3500
Elliott Heath
Sergio Garcia
LIV Golf Hong Kong
+2200
Jonny Leighfield
Ludvig Aberg
Genesis Invitational
+2200
Matt Cradock
Laurie Canter
Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship
+2200
Jonny Leighfield/Matt Cradock
Tommy Fleetwood
Tour Championship
+1200
Jonny Leighfield
Joaquin Niemann
LIV Golf UK
+900
Matt Cradock
Tyrrell Hatton
Hero Dubai Desert Classic
+900
Jonny Leighfield
Joaquin Niemann
LIV Golf Virginia
+750
Jonny Leighfield
Rory McIlroy
The Masters
+650
Barry Plummer
Scottie Scheffler
PGA Championship
+400
Matt Cradock/Elliott Heath
Rory McIlroy
Amgen Irish Open
+400
Jonny Leighfield
Tommy Fleetwood
DP World India Championship
+650
Baz Plummer/Jonny Leighfield
