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2013 World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba

• Playa del Carmen, Mexico
• November 14-17, 2013
• Par/Yards: 36-35—71/6,987
• El Camaleón Golf Club at Mayakoba Resort
• Purse: $6,000,000
• FexExCup Points: 500 (winner)
• Weather: Partly cloudy with temperatures reaching a high of 83 degrees. Winds ESE 5-10 mph.
• On Thursday, the first round was suspended from 8:40 - 11 a.m. Central due to a dangerous weather situation with the entire morning wave on the course. Play was suspended again at 1:22 p.m. due to a dangerous weather situation. Play was called for the day at 3:30 p.m. with 15 players completing the first round. First round play resumed at 6:46 a.m. on Friday and was completed at 12:57. The second round began at 11:50 a.m. on Friday.
• The first round utilized preferred lies in closely-mown areas. Over 4.35 inches of rain fell on the course from Wednesday evening through Thursday evening.
• The 2013 season saw 22 of 40 events delayed for various reasons ranging from fog, lightning, thunderstorms, snow, hail, sleet, frost, darkness and high wind. Three of the first six events of the 2013-14 season have had delays due to weather (CIMB Classic, McGladrey Classic and World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba).
• In addition to 500 FedExCup points and a two-year PGA TOUR exemption, the winner of the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba (if not previously eligible) receives invitations to the Hyundai Tournament of Champions, a winners-only event in January, along with two major championships (Masters Tournament and PGA Championship) and THE PLAYERS. The player will also earn exemptions into six additional invitational events.
• First-Round Leaderboard
  

  Robert Karlsson	63	(-8)
  Brian Stuard	65	(-6)
  Kevin Kisner	65	(-6)

Robert Karlsson

• Karlsson received a sponsor exemption into the McGladrey Classic last week where he finished T10 to earn a spot into the field this week at the OHL Classic. Last week, Karlsson shot a final round 65 with a birdie-3 on No. 18 at the McGladrey Classic to earn the top-10.
• Karlsson, who finished No. 156 in the FedExCup standings last year, does not have status on the PGA TOUR for the 2013-14 TOUR season.
• Karlsson made only nine of 18 cuts on TOUR during the 2013 season. His only top 10 was a T4 at the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte.
• Karlsson’s previous best round on TOUR was a 64 shot on three occasions the last coming at the 2013 HP Byron Nelson Championship.
• Karlsson’s only other first-round lead/co-lead on TOUR came at the 2008 PGA Championship (T20).

Brian Stuard

• Stuard is coming off a missed cut last week at the McGladrey Classic. In his other starts this season, Stuard finished T15 at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open and T58 at the Frys.com Open.
• Stuard is making his second start in the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba. His career-best finish on TOUR is T2 at the 2010 World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba with rounds of 67-67-71-66.
• Stuard finished No. 92 in the 2013 FedExCup standings on the strength of four top-10 finishes.

Erik Compton (67, 4-under)

• Two-time heart transplant recipient Erik Compton missed the cut in his first two starts of the season at the Frys.com Open and Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Last week he finished T63 at the McGladrey Classic.
• Compton’s career-best finish of T4 came last year at The Honda Classic. It remains his only top-10 finish on TOUR. He is making his 84th career start on TOUR. He finished No. 99 in the 2013 FedExCup standings.
• Compton’s previous starts in the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba: T40/2010 and T55/2012. His best round in this event came in the first round in 2010 (67).
• Compton earned his first Web.com Tour title at the 2011 Mexico Open in Leon, Mexico in his 95th start on that tour. That win helped him finish No. 13 on the final Web.com Tour money list to earn his first TOUR card.

Jhonattan Vegas (66, 5-under)

• Vegas is playing this season on a Major Medical Extension after injuring his left-shoulder last year. He had surgery in South Carolina in March and missed the next six months. He returned to action in September at the Hotel Fitness Championship, the first event of the Web.com Tour Finals (T43).
• Vegas entered this season with 21 events to earn $595,483 under his Major Medical Extension. He missed the cut at the Frys.com Open and finished T40 at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open to earn $24,600.

Alvaro Quiros (67, 4-under)

• In the 2013 season, Spain’s Alvaro Quiros’ only start on the PGA TOUR was a missed cut at the Open Championship. Quiros’ only other start at Mayakoba was in 2008 (T28) with rounds of 68-73-68-69.
• Quiros, who has six wins on the European Tour, is making his 38th career start on the PGA TOUR this week. His best finish on TOUR is T6 at the 2010 WGC-Cadillac Championship and T6 in 2011 at THE PLAYERS Championship. His last win in Europe came on December 11, 2011 at the Dubai World Championship.

Jose Coceres (68, 3-under)

• Coceres entered the season on a Major Medical Extension with six events to earn $598,323. In his first three starts of the season he has earned $36,450. Coceres did not make a start on TOUR in the 2010, 2011, 2012 or 2013 seasons due to a left wrist injury. Prior to playing four events to start this season (2013-14) his last start was the 2009 HP Byron Nelson Championship where he withdrew after an opening round 76.
• Coceres has three previous starts in the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba: 2007/2nd, 2008/T69 and 2009/MC.

Miscellaneous Notes

• Defending World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba champion John Huh posted a 1-under 70 in round one. In 2012, he shot rounds of 67-70-71-63 on his way to victory.
• Briny Baird, Cameron Beckman, Joe Ogilvie, Dicky Pride, Kevin Stadler, Chris Stroud, Esteban Toledo are the only players to play in the World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba each of the first seven years of the event.
• There are four Mexican players in the field this week: Roberto Diaz (73), Oscar Fraustro (72), Jose de Jesus Rodriguez (72), Esteban Toledo (72). Rodriquez won two weeks ago on PGA TOUR Latinoamerica.
• The World Wide Technology Championship at Mayakoba made golf history when it became the first PGA TOUR co-sanctioned event to ever be contested outside of the United States and Canada in February 2007.
• Bogey-free rounds:
  

  R1:	Jason Bohn (67), Josh Teater (68), Brendan Steele (70)

• Scoring Averages at the par-71 El Camaleón Golf Club:
  

  	Front 9	Back 9	Total	Cumulative
  R1:	35.489	35.382	70.870	---

• Last year, the cumulative scoring average for the week at El Camaleón Golf Club was 71.651.
• George McNeill (back) withdrew after an opening round 75, while Andres Romero (illness) withdrew after two holes in the first round. Jim Herman withdrew after the first round after learning that his wife went into labor.
• Notes created by: Mark Stevens, Media Official (904-861-5112. Please visit pgatourmedia.com.