The PGA Tour stays south of the border this week, heading down to Cabo San Lucas for the World Wide Technology Championship at the Tiger Woods-designed El Cardonal at Diamante.
This course boasts extremely wide fairways, so iron play and finishing ability will be paramount this week at a venue that lends itself to low scores (Ben Griffin won this event last year at -29). We're looking at solid putters and guys who can make birdies in droves this week.
We fell just short of grabbing another winner this past weekend at VidantaWorld, with Steven Fisk finishing T2. We will keep in mind the fact that iron play and putting are the key to VidantaWorld now, not just distance, a recipe that we're going to recycle for the picks this week. Let's hop back on the winning train this weekend, and keep up some strong pick performance at the end of the year.
Honorable Mentions: Zach Bauchou, Blades Brown, Trace Crowe, Michael Kim, Matthieu Pavon
9. Jackson Suber
It's been a bit of a quiet fall for Jackson Suber so far, as he hasn't been able to keep up the form he showed with his T15 in Asheville. His performance at Vidanta Vallarta was better in my mind than his T34 finish, but he just seemingly ran out of steam on the weekend.
However, I think with the focus that we see from this course on needing strong approach play to give yourself a chance in the birdie-fest that this tournament turns into, I think Suber is well suited to put in a strong performance. He also finished T11 here last season, so I'm not overly worried by his lack of high finishes as of late.
8. Ben Kohles
Ben Kohles is on a run of four straight top-25 finishes, and he would've been in with a chance to win in Bermuda if he had putted to the field average. One of the biggest things that will be key this week is making birdies and birdie-or-better percentage.
And compared to everyone on the PGA Tour this year, Kohles is third on Tour in birdie average and fourth on Tour in birdie-or-better percentage. He's been solid all of 2026 between the PGA and Korn Ferry Tours, and this week seems like it should be tailor-made for his game.
7. Seamus Power
Eagle-eyed readers will have noticed that, in my Bermuda power rankings, I completely forgot to add in honorable mentions. Luckily, it worked out because I had Austin Smotherman, but it came at the detriment of leaving the first name out of the rankings completely, and that was Seamus Power. The Irishman has had a very solid fall so far, with three straight top-25s, and two of those being top-10s. The irons have turned around for him, and the putting has been well above normal for Power, so I think he keeps up his momentum this week.
6. Ben James
Fun fact: Ben James was the only player at VidantaWorld last week to finish in the top 25 and open with an above-par opening round. Truthfully, it felt like Thursday was him regaining his sea legs after being blown out to sea in Bermuda, and he righted the ship very quickly en route to a T16 finish.
Now that there's more consistency between venues this week, I think James is going to be well-positioned for a win. He can clearly keep pace in a birdie-fest, and his talent is out of this world. I'm backing the young gun this week.
5. Chris Kirk
When I was younger, I attended the 2012 Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston. The first golf shot I saw that year was Chris Kirk holing out for eagle from the middle of the ninth fairway. Ever since, I've kept tabs on him, and I think he is primed for a great week in Cabo.
Bermuda marked a third straight top-25 finish, but the biggest thing is that Kirk putted well on those slow greens, which is going to be the same deal this week at El Cardonal. He's been striking the ball fantastically lately; the putter is cooperating, and I think Chris Kirk takes it down this weekend.
4. Steven Fisk
I'm going back to the Steven Fisk well this week. The Baycurrent aside, Fisk has been playing some really solid golf the last six weeks, with a T7 in Utah and his T2 last week. The biggest thing from Fisk recently is that he's been able to rein in the driver and find more fairways recently.
With the width of these fairways, his distance off the tee should be good enough to keep him in high-scoring areas on basically every hole he hits driver. With a solid putter recently, Fisk should be able to find himself in the mix once again.
3. Ben Griffin
Well, we finally got some answers as to why Ben Griffin's 2026 was such a disappointment. After clearing up his knee issues and switching caddies, Griffin finished T4 at VidantaWorld, his best finish since a T3 at the Charles Schwab in May.
Coming in as this week's reigning champion, it's clear that Mexico agrees with Griffin's style of play. After seeing his buddy Andrew Novak win last week, the three-time Tour winner is going to be extremely motivated to salvage a disappointing 2026 with a victory this weekend.
2. Jackson Koivun
Yes, the new prodigal son of golf got a little rocked around by Black Desert last time we saw him tee it up. However, I'm not going to jump off the Jackson Koivun bandwagon because of one bad week. Your future 2027 PGA Champion, I'm willing to ride with him until the wheels fall off. If he has the irons this week, Koivun might be knocking on the door of win number two already.
1. Ryan Gerard
Ryan Gerard picked up where he left off on the PGA Tour with a T4 finish at the Baycurrent, his first Tour start since his solo third at the Tour Championship. 2026 was somewhat of a breakout year for Gerard, despite not being able to find a win this season (I still think he was unlucky to get left off of the Presidents Cup team at Medinah).
This week should play right into his hands, just being able to throw darts at every single flag on this course and trust that his putting backs him up and helps him convert his birdie chances.
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