The PGA Tour's Fall slate continues this week for the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba odds.
After a super light field in Bermuda, this week will see a couple of stars tee it up including World No. 2 Scottie Scheffler and back-to-back champion Viktor Hovland. With most books pairing the two heavy hitters against one another in a 72-hole matchup, I'm taking the bait.
Our World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba betting picks and predictions break it all down and give you a full betting card ahead of this week's PGA Tour action.
World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba picks
- Hovland (+108) over Scheffler
- Detry (+122) over Henley
- Maverick McNealy Top 20 (+162)
- Thomas Detry Top 20 (+210)
Picks made on 11/1/2022 at 1:30 p.m. ET.
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World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba matchup predictions
Viktor Hovland over Scottie Scheffler (+108 at FanDuel)
Opportunities to fade the former World No. 1 and current No. 2 Scottie Scheffler have been few and far between over the 12 months — but this week may be the time to strike.
Viktor Hovland enters the week looking for his third straight victory here at Mayakoba (!) and appears to be rounding back into form after being abnormally quiet for much of the spring and summer months.
Scheffler has made just one start since the start of September (T45 at CJ Cup) while Hovland hasn't really slowed down, making two starts on the DP World Tour (T5 at BMW PGA, T34 at Italian) before playing both the ZOZO and CJ Cup, finishing T5 and T21, respectively.
At the CJ Cup, Scottie lost nearly a full shot putting and more than half a shot around the greens, indicators that he's knocking off some of that offseason rust. At plus money, Hovland is primed to take advantage as he enters a stretch of golf he dominated a year ago.
Thomas Detry over Russell Henley (+122 at FanDuel)
I'm sure I'm starting to sound like a broken record here, but it's time to go back to the well with Thomas Detry. In one of the more shocking lines you'll find this week, FanDuel has Russell Henley listed as a -182 favorite against Detry.
Where do I begin? Henley has made two starts so far this season: a missed cut at the Sanderson Farms and a ho-hum T45 at the CJ Cup. You must be thinking he's got great course history to be as big of a favorite as he is against someone as in form as Detry, right? Wrong...T56-MC-MC in his last three Mayakoba starts with his personal-best T29 coming back in 2018.
Detry started the season going T12-T9 at the Fortinet and Sanderson Farms and bounced back from a T69 at the Shriners with a runner-up finish in Bermuda last week. His T22 finish here a year ago is also encouraging and better than any finish Henley's had here in four career tries (mentioned above).
At juicy plus-money odds, backing the Belgian here should be close to a no-brainer.
World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba top finisher predictions
Maverick McNealy Top 20 (+162)
While still young, it's starting to become shocking that the talented Mav McNealy has gone without a win on Tour.
With that said, he's started this season strongly, riding a hot putter to three straight Top-20 finishes at the Shriners, ZOZO, and CJ Cup after missing the cut at the season-opening Fortinet Championship.
His ball-striking isn't anything to write home about but between the Shriners and CJ Cup (ZOZO doesn't track), Mav has gained more than four strokes putting and ranks fourth on Tour in the early goings of the new season (19th last season).
He also has great course history here at Mayakoba to pair with that recent form, finishing inside the Top 12 in each of the last two years as well as T26 in his debut back in 2019.
I'd urge you to find the best price here as DraftKings has him as short as -110 while others have him at +140 or longer. Betway still has this at +162 — a number you should jump on before it's too late.
Thomas Detry Top 20 (+210)
For all the reasons listed in the matchup breakdown above, the Belgian is also a great bet to finish inside the Top 20 for the fourth time in five starts this season.
I'm not super concerned with the idea of a letdown here after finishing second in Bermuda. And while this week's field will be stronger, it quickly drops off and becomes very thin after Scheffler and Hovland.
With a T22 finish here a year ago and better than 2/1 odds to be in the mix again this weekend, there's no reason to get off the gravy train now.
