We are through 36 holes at the 2025 World Wide Technology Championship and for those who missed the cut, well, perhaps it’s a relaxing weekend in Cabo San Lucas. For those grinding to make the top 100 for 2026, there’s much work to be done.
Read below for round recaps, highlights and leaderboard updates from Saturday’s third round of the 2025 World Wide Technology Championship.
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2025 World Wide Technology Championship leaderboard
Check tee times and keep tabs on every score being carded at El Cardonal at Diamante in Cabo San Lucas with the 2025 World Wide Technology Championship leaderboard.
Garrick Higgo fires blistering 61 in third round, takes solo lead into Sunday
Have a day, Garrick Higgo. The 28-year-old from South Africa made an eagle and nine birdies en route to an 11-under 61 in the third round of the WWT Championship.
“I hit it great, made a lot of good putts and chipped in once,” Higgo said. “Everything was really solid and took advantage of the opportunities that I had.”
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Higgo got his day started with an eagle at the par-5 1st and never looked back, rattling off five straight birdies on Nos. 3-7 to sign for a 29 on the front nine. He spent a few holes on 59 watch but ultimately was unable to get that low. A respectable 32 on the back nine got him to 22 under for the tournament and secured the outright 54-hole lead. Higgo is loving the especially wide fairways at the Tiger Woods-designed El Cardonal as he seeks his third career PGA Tour victory.
“Courses like Wyndham and San Antonio where it’s really tight, it’s a bit harder for me,” Higgo said. “Accuracy off the tee is something that I’ve been trying to work on ever since I’ve turned pro. So it is nicer this week, but sometimes it’s weird when the fairways are that wide that you can actually lose a bit of focus. You still have to step up and pick a good starting [line] and try to hit to like a small spot.”
Carson Young finished the day one shot behind Higgo and will enter Sunday in solo second place at 21 under after signing for a 9-under 63 that saw him make two bogeys offset by a whopping 11 birdies. At 136th in the FedEx Cup Fall standings, a win on Sunday would be massive for Young in his efforts to keep his PGA Tour card (the top 100 will be exempt for 2026).
One guy who doesn’t have to worry about that is Ben Griffin, who won twice on the PGA Tour this year and represented the U.S. in the 2025 Ryder Cup. Griffin turned in a 6-under 66 Saturday to enter the final round at 20 under, in a three-way tie for third with Trevor Cone and Chad Ramey.
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Matti Schmid, the 36-hole leader, struggled to get much of anything going on Saturday, signing for a 71 to enter the final round in solo seventh place, one shot behind Sami Valimaki.
Andrew Putnam makes an ace at the 16th
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Garrick Higgo opens up two-shot lead at World Wide Technology Championship
Garrick Higgo is 10 under through 14 holes as of 4 p.m. ET and has taken a two shot lead at 21 under for the tournament.
Garrick Higgo takes the solo lead in Cabo
Garrick Higgo has soared to the top of the leaderboard, taking the solo lead at 19 under just after 2:30 p.m. ET. The 28-year-old South African went out in a blistering 29 before making another birdie on No. 10 to get to 8 under for the day. Dare I say, 59 watch?
Garrick Higgo, Ben Griffin join logjam at the top of the leaderboard
Garrick Higgo went out in 7-under 29 on the front and has joined a five-way tie for the lead with Chad Ramey, Matt Schmid, Nick Dunlap and Ben Griffin, who is 4 under through 6 holes as of 2:20 p.m. ET.
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Four-way tie for the lead as the final groups get started Saturday
It didn’t take long for the leaderboard to bunch up in a big way Saturday afternoon. As of 1:30 p.m. ET, there’s a four-way tie for the lead at 17 under between Chad Ramey, Nick Dunlap, Sami Valimaki and 36-hole solo leader Matti Schmid.
Garrick Higgo is 5 under through 5 holes and sits in a tie for fifth with U.S. Ryder Cupper Ben Griffin at 16 under. Jackson Suber has the best round going on the golf course at 7 under through 12 holes, which featured a blistering 30 on the front nine.
Who’s leading the 2025 World Wide Technology Championship?
That would be Germany’s Matti Schmid, in front by a shot at 17 under. Nick Dunlap and Sami Valimaki, the first-round co-leaders who each posted 61s on Thursday, mirrored each other again with Friday 67s and sit one shot back.
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Who missed the cut? What about the projected FedEx Cup Fall standings?
Both of those can be answered here. The cut came in at 5 under and the WWT champ from two years ago was among those heading home early. As far as the projected FedEx standings, there were four golfers who have made huge jumps up into the top 100.
How to watch, follow the 2025 WWT Championship
All times ET
Saturday, Nov. 6
Sirius XM PGA Tour radio: 1-6 p.m.
Note: There is no PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ this week.
2025 World Wide Technology Championship payout, purse
The total purse for the 2025 World Wide Technology Championship is $6 million. The winner of the 2025 World Wide Technology Championship receives $1.080 million, or 18 percent of the total purse. See the full payout list.
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See the Tiger Woods, Davis Love III golf courses at Diamante
The area at Diamante is vast and host to four offerings to scratch your golf itch. One of those is a 15-hole putting course that changes its routing daily. Another is the 12-hole Oasis short course. The main draws, however, are the Dunes course designed by Davis Love III and ranked fifth on Golfweek’s Best: Top 50 courses in Mexico, Caribbean, Atlantic islands and Central America, and El Cardonal, the first golf course designed by Tiger Woods, which ranks 31st on that list. Check out these photos of the two golf courses.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: World Wide Technology Championship leaderboard updates for Saturday
