Steve Palmer's free World Wide Technology Championship predictions & golf betting tips

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When to bet on the World Wide Technology Championship

By 1.30pm on Thursday

Where can I watch the World Wide Technology Championship

Live on Sky Sports Golf from 7pm on Thursday

Steve Palmer's World Wide Technology Championship predictions

Matti Schmid
3pts each-way 28-1 bet365

Doug Ghim
3pts each-way 22-1 bet365

Harry Hall
2.5pts each-way 30-1 bet365

Nico Echavarria
1.5pts each-way 50-1 Coral, BoyleSports, Ladbrokes

Patton Kizzire
1pt each-way 60-1 Coral, Ladbrokes

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Steve Palmer's World Wide Technology Championship preview

Max Greyserman has emerged as clear favourite for the World Wide Technology Championship, despite the fact he is yet to win a tournament on any major tour. The 29-year-old has moved up to 40th in the world rankings due to consistent form, but getting over the line in front has been an issue.

Greyserman, with form figures of 2-2-33-28-2, is making his El Cardonal debut. The short prices against his name can be resisted, as can slightly bigger odds about Cameron Young, who has also been a regular PGA Tour bridesmaid.

Steve Palmer's top tip

Matti Schmid 28-1

German ace Matti Schmid has guaranteed his PGA Tour future with a burst of brilliance over the last few weeks – and the 26-year-old can threaten a breakthrough victory in the World Wide Technology Championship.

Schmid finished 16th in the Sanderson Farms Championship, before fifth spot in the Black Desert Championship, then third place last time out in the Shriners Children's Open. The power-packed youngster seems more well-rounded than ever and this week's layout appears ideal.

There are four par-fives and a driveable par-four, so Schmid can attack these wide fairways and set up numerous birdie chances. His putting has been getting more consistent and a maiden title seems on the cards sooner rather than later.

Schmid finished 38th on his course debut last year, carding three good rounds, undone by a poor Saturday. He started this year with six consecutive missed cuts, stopping the rot with tenth place in the Puerto Rico Open, enjoying the paspalum fairways. He is back on paspalum grass this week.

Schmid's second top-15 finish of this year came in the Corales Puntacana Championship on paspalum grass in the Dominican Republic. He seems to relish his trips to compete in tropical locations, with third spot in the Bermuda Championship last year another eyecatching effort.

Having just broken into the world's top 100, Schmid is riding the crest of a wave, and he can overwhelm El Cardonal.

Next best bet

Doug Ghim 22-1

Another PGA Tour maiden who appears close to a maiden success is Doug Ghim, a superb ball-striker and greens-in-regulation machine. The former world number one amateur is based in Las Vegas, so has had just a two-and-a-half-hour flight south to Los Cabos.

Ghim has arrived in rock-solid form. He has posted seven top-50s in a row, including a magnificent runner-up effort in the Shriners Children's Open at the end of last month. The 28-year-old was on the wrong side of a huge draw bias – his half averaged almost four shots worse over the opening two rounds – but he battled manfully in the wind and eventually lost the event by a shot to a player from the easier side of the draw.

Ghim jetted straight to Japan after that near-miss, understandably sluggish from the gates in the Zozo Championship, but closing rounds of 66, 66, 69 meant 27th place, before he freshened up last week for El Cardonal.

Ghim's form figures from his last five events of last year were MC-MC-15-MC-MC. The 15th place came at El Cardonal. The best result of his Korn Ferry Tour career came with a third place in Colombia and he was eighth in the Mexico Open on paspalum grass in February.

Other selections

Harry Hall 30-1
Nico Echavarria 50-1
Patton Kizzire 60-1

Harry Hall became a PGA Tour champion in July by winning the ISCO Championship. He won on the Korn Ferry Tour in both 2021 and 2022, so this is a 27-year-old worthy of respect. All of those victories came with a winning total of 20 under par or better, so the swashbuckling Englishman enjoys a birdiefest.

Hall finished 12th in the John Deere Classic prior to his ISCO heroics, then was 12th in the British Masters, 18th in the BMW PGA, ninth in the Shriners and 13th in the Zozo last time out. He looks set to penetrate the top 100 of the world rankings for the first time on Sunday.

Hall had three top-15 finishes on the PGA Tour on paspalum grass last year. Like Ghim, he lives in Las Vegas, so had a short flight south to Los Cabos.

Complete the attack with Nico Echavarria and Patton Kizzire. Echavarria won the Zozo Championship last time with some magnificent iron-play and a red-hot putter. He switched his putting grip on the Tuesday of Zozo week and the results were spectacular. Confidence levels are through the roof after victory on a tight course which does not seem to suit him.

Echavarria, a Colombian who is comfortable in the region to which he has jetted this week, won in Mexico on the Latinoamerica Tour in 2018. His PGA Tour breakthrough came on paspalum grass in last year's Puerto Rico Open.

Echavarria had just missed 12 consecutive cuts on the PGA Tour before teeing up for his El Cardonal debut last year, so 31st place was a fantastic effort. This time he has arrived inside the world's top 100, knowing his A-game is good enough for Tour glory.

Kizzire won his maiden PGA Tour title in this event in 2017. It was at a different course, but the grass, conditions, vibe and grade were the same. He became a three-time Tour champion with a five-shot romp in the Procore Championship in the middle of September.

Kizzire, star of the Korn Ferry Tour in 2015 when he won twice, is enjoying a resurgence at the age of 38. He finished 15th at El Cardonal last year and has a great record generally in Mexico.

Course guide for the World Wide Technology Championship

• Course El Cardonal at Diamante, Los Cabos, Mexico
• Prize money $7.2m ($1.476m to the winner)
• Length 7,452 yards
• Par 72 – four par-fives; ten par-fours; four par-threes
• Field 120 The cut Top 65 and ties qualify for round three
• Highest-ranked players in field (world ranking in brackets) Cameron Young (33), Max Greyserman (40), Lucas Glover (47), Austin Eckroat (59), Harris English (67)
• Course records - 72 holes 261 Erik van Rooyen (2023) 18 holes 62 Cameron Percy, Andrew Putnam, Austin Cook
• Course winner taking part Erik van Rooyen
• When to bet By 1.30pm on Thursday
• When to watch Live on Sky Sports Golf from 7pm on Thursday
• Time difference Mexico is seven hours behind the UK and Ireland
• Course type Parkland
• Course overview The PGA Tour staged this event at El Camaleon from 2007 to 2022, but the course became a LIV venue, meaning the PGA Tour moved the World Wide Technology Championship to El Cardonal last year. Tiger Woods is the course designer. The fairways are wide, there is a lack of rough, and the greens are large, but the terrain is extremely undulating and often starved of rain, so the paspalum fairways and greens typically run firm and fast
• Story of last year Erik van Rooyen defeated Matt Kuchar and Camilo Villegas by two shots at El Cardonal
• Weather forecast Sunny and warm throughout, with gentle breezes
• Type of player suited to the challenge Woods says that “angles of approach are very important”, but El Cardonal is an open, straightforward course for professionals, with wind as the only defence. With four par-fives and a driveable par-four, attacking big-hitters can make merry
• Key attribute Power

Steve Palmer's World Wide Technology Championship key stat

Thirteen of the 17 editions of this tournament have been won by an American

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