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The Golf Classic is allocated four additional sponsor exemptions designated for players of Spanish or Mexican heritage from Latin America, South America, Spain, or Mexico. [ 7 ] In 2021, World Wide Technology was announced as the new title sponsor of the event, in a deal lasting until 2027.
By winning the Mayakoba Golf Classic, Funk became the first man to win a PGA Tour event held in Mexico and, at age 50 years, 8 months and 12 days, became the fifth-oldest champion in PGA Tour history and the oldest since Art Wall Jr. (51 years, 7 months, 10 days) at the 1975 Greater Milwaukee Open. [6]
LIV Golf Mayakoba is a professional golf tournament sponsored by LIV Golf in Mexico, held at Playa del Carmen, south of Cancún. It debuted in February 2023 . The first event was also co-sponsored by the MENA Tour .
[8] On November 18, Todd won the Mayakoba Golf Classic for his second straight win. [9] On June 27, 2020, Todd fired his career lowest round of 61 during the third round of the Travelers Championship. This allowed Todd to hold the 54-hole lead by two strokes over Dustin Johnson. He shot a 75 in the final round to drop back to a T11 finish.
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In only his fifth PGA Tour event, Huh picked up his first victory at the Mayakoba Golf Classic, defeating Robert Allenby in an eight-hole sudden death playoff. [5] Allenby held a two stroke lead with one hole to play but double bogeyed after putting his tee shot in the trees, and a Huh par forced a playoff.
Gay turned pro in 1994 and mostly competed on mini-tours in the United States, winning several tournaments, before qualifying for the PGA Tour in 1999. He picked up his first win on the tour at the Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun in 2008 after 293 starts, with his second win coming at the Verizon Heritage in 2009. [7]
It was the only Champions Tour event in Mexico in 2006, and was the richest golf tournament of any kind to be staged in that country. A richer PGA Tour event called the Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun debuted in 2007. Morris Hatalsky won the tournament, taking the winner's US$240,000 share of the $1,600,000 purse. [1]