World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba Field: By The Numbers

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Matt Kuchar Mayakoba Golf Classic at El Camaleon Mayakoba
Matt Kuchar plays his shot from the 7th tee during the final round of the Mayakoba Golf Classic at El Camaleon Mayakoba GC on Nov 11, 2018 in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. (Photo by Cliff Hawkins via Getty Images)

The 2022 season’s seventh event gets underway on Thursday morning in Playa del Carmen, Mexico with the 15th edition of the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba.

Known colloquy as the “Mayakoba Golf Classic,” the event features a field of 128 players who qualified, or were exempt, through some performance metric.

The field at El Camaleon Golf Club will feature several big names including American superstars Brooks Koepka and Justin Thomas.

As we do each week, let’s take a look at the field, by the numbers.


Top 20: Official World Golf Rankings

Seven (7) of the top 20 in the current Official World Golf Ranking will be in the field.

  • Justin Thomas (7th)
  • Tony Finau (11th)
  • Brooks Koepka (13th)
  • Abraham Ancer (14th)
  • Viktor Hovland (17th)
  • Tyrrell Hatton (19th)
  • Billy Horschel (20th)

Top 20: PGA Tour Money List 2021

Six (6) players who finished in the top 20 of the last season’s PGA Tour Money List will be in the field.

  • Justin Thomas (5th)
  • Abraham Ancer (10th)
  • Tony Finau (11th)
  • Brooks Koepka (13th)
  • Viktor Hovland (16th)
  • Scottie Scheffler (19th)

Top 20: PGA Tour Money List 2022

Twelve (12) players who rank in the top 20 of this season’s PGA Tour Money List will be in the field.

  • Lucas Herbert (7th)
  • Cameron Tringale (8th)
  • Brendan Steele (9th)
  • Maverick McNealy (10th)
  • Matthew Wolff (11th)
  • Talor Gooch (12th)
  • Nick Watney (14th)
  • Aaron Wise (16th)
  • Rickie Fowler (17th)
  • Patrick Reed (18th)
  • Mito Pereira (19th)
  • Danny Lee (20th)

2020-21 PGA Tour Winners

There are thirteen (13) players who won a PGA Tour event during the 2020-21 season.

  • Justin Thomas (PLAYERS)
  • Tony Finau (Northern Trust)
  • Brooks Koepka (Phoenix)
  • Abraham Ancer (St. Jude)
  • Viktor Hovland (Mayakoba)
  • Billy Horschel (Match Play)
  • Patrick Reed (Farmers)
  • Sergio Garcia (Sanderson)
  • Garrick Higgo (Palmetto)
  • Carlos Ortiz (Houston)
  • Matt Jones (Honda)
  • Seamus Power (Barbasol)
  • Joel Dahmen (Corales)

World Wide Technology Championship Winners

There are nine (9) players in the field who have won at Mayakoba.

  • Brian Gay (2008)
  • John Huh (2012)
  • Charley Hoffman (2014)
  • Graeme McDowell (2015)
  • Pat Perez (2016)
  • Patton Kizzire (2017)
  • Matt Kuchar (2018)
  • Brendon Todd (2019)
  • Viktor Hovland (2020)

U.S. Open Champions

There are four (4) players in the field who have won a U.S. Open championship.

  • Graeme McDowell (2010)
  • Justin Rose (2013)
  • Brooks Koepka (2017, 2018)
  • Gary Woodland (2019)

PGA Champions

There are four (4) players in the field who have won the PGA Championship.

  • Keegan Bradley (2011)
  • Jimmy Walker (2016)
  • Justin Thomas (2017)
  • Brooks Koepka (2018, 2019)

Masters Champions

There are five (5) players in the field who have won the Masters.

  • Zach Johnson (2007)
  • Charl Schawartzel (2011)
  • Danny Willett (2016)
  • Sergio Garcia (2017)
  • Patrick Reed (2018)

British Open Champions

There are four (4) players in the field who have won the Open Championship.

  • Zach Johnson (2015)
  • Henrik Stenson (2016)
  • Francesco Molinari (2018)
  • Shane Lowry (2019)

10 PGA Tour Wins

There are four (4) players in the field with at least 10 career PGA Tour wins.

  • Justin Thomas (14)
  • Zach Johnson (12)
  • Sergio Garcia (11)
  • Justin Rose (10)

World No. 1 Players

There are four (4) players in the field who’ve been ranked No. 1 in the world at one time in their career.

  • Justin Thomas
  • Brooks Koepka
  • Justin Rose
  • Luke Donald

Full Field & Odds

World Wide Championship | El Camaleon GC | Playa del Carmen, MX | Nov. 4-7, 2021


More: Read Joel Cook’s Power Rankings.


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