Billy Horschel Joins Field at Next Week’s 20th Anniversary Edition of the World Wide Technology Championship to be held in Los Cabos
Rising stars, WWT ambassadors and Mexican and Latin American players also confirmed
LOS CABOS, MEXICO (October 28, 2026) – Billy Horschel has committed to tee it up next week at the World Wide Technology Championship in Los Cabos, Mexico. Horschel is an eight-time winner on the PGA Tour, including the 2014 season-long FedExCup championship, and a fan favorite. 2026 will be his ninth career appearance at the event.
Also announced today in the field are several additional standout players, including World Wide Technology’s brand ambassadors, some of golf’s brightest rising stars as well as several Mexican and Latin American players. All these players join the leading names previously announced, which included Tony Finau, Jackson Koivun, Luke Donald, Ryan Gerard and defending champion Ben Griffin.
Representing title sponsor WWT in the field as brand ambassadors are Canadian Taylor Pendrith and Americans Keith Mitchell and 2024 champion Austin Eckroat as well as the aforementioned Griffin and Donald. Together, the WWT ambassadors have combined for 12 career PGA Tour victories.
The future stars of the PGA Tour will be represented as well with names like Blades Brown, Nick Dunlap, and Ben James among next week’s competitors. Brown is a record-breaking teenager who has earned his way onto the PGA Tour at only 19 years old. Dunlap made history for his win as an amateur on the PGA Tour two years ago at The American Express. James finished No. 1 on the PGA Tour University rankings this season and has since notched four top-five finishes on the Tour. Also confirmed to compete are David Ford, Johnny Keefer, Jay Leng, Jr., Gordon Sargent, Neal Shipley and also Preston Stout of Oklahoma State University. Stout is the No. 1 ranked amateur golfer in the world and earned his place in the field via his individual win at the 2026 Cabo Collegiate.
Lastly, Guadalajara’s Alvaro Ortiz leads a strong contingent of players from Mexico and Latin America—Ortiz has his PGA Tour card for 2027 already confirmed via his season-long performance on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2026. Joining him from Mexico will be Alejandro Madariaga and Jorge Villar, who were victorious earlier this month in the WWT Championship’s Mexican qualifying events, and Kristoffer Ventura who holds dual citizenship of Mexico and Norway but was born and raised in Puebla. Also returning to Diamante will be fellow Latin American players Camilo Villegas (Colombia), Emiliano Grillo (Argentina), Alejandro Tosti (Argentina), Marcelo Rozo (Colombia) and Rafa Campos (Puerto Rico).
The full field of players will be announced on Friday at 2 pm local Los Cabo time after the PGA Tour’s commitment deadline. And the final field additions will be confirmed via the tournament’s Monday Qualifier which will identify four more participants after an 18-hole open qualifying event to be held at Oleada Golf Links in Cabo San Lucas on Monday, November 2.
The tournament has been a pioneer for golf in Mexico and Latin America since its founding in 2007 when the first edition of the event was played in the Riviera Maya-Cancun region; and has continued to lead the way ever since. 2023 saw the event move to Mexico’s premier golf destination of Los Cabos. The tournament has annually gathered leading figures from the PGA Tour and has delivered many iconic moments and memories, including crowning champions such as inaugural winner Fred Funk in 2007, back-to-back winner Viktor Hovland in 2020 and 2021 and reigning champion Griffin.
While 2026 marks a key milestone in that it is the tournament’s 20th playing, many figures and numbers illustrate the impact the event has had on the sport of golf in Mexico. The tournament will have distributed more than $118 million dollars in prize money, including this year, which is the most by any golf tournament in history in Latin America. Through 19 editions, 33 different Mexican players have competed and made a total of 95 appearances. Since 2007, a total of 544,591 competitive strokes have been played by participants in the event. And once more, the global television broadcast of the event will reach more than 220 countries and territories via 44 broadcast and digital partners in 26 languages.
This year, the WWT Championship will again feature a week full of action and excitement. Beyond the four rounds of professional competition, multiple Pro-Ams will be contested over the week giving sponsors, VIPs and amateur golfers the opportunity to tee it up alongside the pros. The festivities start with the Kickoff Pro-Am on Monday, November 2, and run through the El Cardonal and Dunes Pro-Ams on Wednesday, November 4. Another highlight is the Oasis Short-Am benefiting the First Tee of Diamante which gathers PGA Tour pros along with junior golfers to raise funds for the inspiring and uplifting program which strives to introduce the game of golf and its values to young people who otherwise wouldn’t have the opportunity.
And last but certainly not least, the WWT Championship will again offer an attractive variety of hospitality and ticket options to enjoy the professional competition. From private VIP suites to shared hospitality venues, there is truly something for everyone looking to experience PGA Tour action in style. Tickets are now on sale at www.WWTChampionship.com.
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