Player Interviews (all times local – MT)
Tuesday, November 4
3:15 p.m. – Emilio Gonzalez
3:30 p.m. – Austin Eckroat
Wednesday, November 5
After 7:53 a.m. 9-hole pro-am – Ben Griffin
After 8:04 a.m. 9-hole pro-am – Nico Echavarria
TBD – Michael Brennan
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Michael Brennan
• Won the 2025 Bank of Utah Championship in his third career PGA TOUR start to earn TOUR membership
• Became the seventh player since 1970 to win on the PGA TOUR within his first three career starts
• Became the first sponsor exemption to win on TOUR since Nick Dunlap (2024 American Express)
• With the win, earned 500 FedExCup points and was added to the FedExCup Fall standings at No. 95
• Will be considered a PGA TOUR rookie for the remainder of the 2025 season
• 23-year-old will make first start as TOUR member this week and is exempt through the 2027 PGA TOUR Season
Nico Echavarria
• Set to make third consecutive start at the World Wide Technology Championship (T6/2024, T31/2023)
• Colombian is a two-time winner on TOUR (2024 Baycurrent Classic, 2023 Puerto Rico Open)
• Earned three top-10 finishes in 24 starts on TOUR this season, highlighted by a runner-up finish at the Sony Open in Hawaii
• Enters the week at No. 65 in the FedExCup Fall standings having qualified for the FedExCup Playoffs for the first time in
2025
Austin Eckroat
• 2024 World Wide Technology Championship winner and World Wide Technology ambassador set to make fifth start at the
event (T12/2020, T38/2022, T23/2023, 1st/2024)
• With a win this week, would join Viktor Hovland (2020-21) as multiple winners of the event
• World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is the only player to defend their title on TOUR this season (the Memorial Tournament
presented by Workday)
• In his third season on TOUR, recorded five top-25 finishes, highlighted by two T11 finishes (Procore Championship, John
Deere Classic)
Ben Griffin
• World Wide Technology ambassador is making his fourth consecutive start at the event (best: T23/2023)
• 2025 marks his best season on TOUR, highlighted by 11 top-10 finishes including two victories (Zurich Classic of New
Orleans, Charles Schwab Challenge)
• World No. 12 is the second-highest ranked player in the field behind J.J. Spaun (No. 6)
Emilio Gonzalez
• San Miguel de Allende, Mexico native will make his second start at the World Wide Technology Championship
• Finished No. 5 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List and will be a PGA TOUR rookie in 2026; is currently the only player
from Mexico with PGA TOUR membership in 2026
• In his third season on the Korn Ferry Tour, recorded seven top-10s in 25 starts, highlighted by his win at the Albertsons
Boise Open presented by Chevron
• Finished T74 at the 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open for his lone made cut in three career starts on the PGA TOUR
• Made his major championship debut at the 2025 U.S. Open, earning a spot in the field through open qualifying
• The 28-year-old played the 2020-21 and 2022 seasons on PGA TOUR Latinoamérica
• Played four seasons at St. Mary’s University (2016-20), an NCAA Division II program in San Antonio, Texas, where he earned
seven collegiate victories, including a win at the 2018 Ryan Palmer Foundation Invitational
World Wide Technology Championship notes
• The World Wide Technology Championship became the first official PGA TOUR event played in Mexico in the modern era
when it debuted in 2007, and holds the distinction as the first official TOUR event played outside the U.S. or Canada
• This year marks the 19th playing of the event and the third time the tournament will be played at El Cardonal at Diamante
• Seven of the top 60 players in the Official World Golf Ranking are in the field: J.J. Spaun (No. 6), Ben Griffin (No. 12), Max
Greyserman (No. 31), Wyndham Clark (No. 33), Nick Taylor (No. 41), Michael Brennan (No. 42), Johnny Keefer (No. 53)
• Four past World Wide Technology Championship winners are in the field: Patton Kizzire (2017), Matt Kuchar (2018), Erik
van Rooyen (2023), Austin Eckroat (2024)
• Along with Bank of Utah Championship winner Michael Brennan, two others finished inside the top 10 in Utah to qualify for
the World Wide Technology Championship: David Ford (T3), Pierceson Coody (T3)
• 23 alumni of the Cabo Collegiate are in the field, highlighted by defending champion Austin Eckroat
• Latin American players in the Field:
o Mexico (4): Emilio Gil Leyva (Culiacán), Emilio Gonzalez (San Miguel de Allende), Alejandro Madariaga (Puebla),
Omar Morales (Puebla)
o Argentina: Emiliano Grillo
o Chile: Cristobal Del Solar
o Colombia (2): Nico Echavarria, Camilo Villegas
o Puerto Rico: Rafa Campos
• In the tournament’s two years at El Cardonal at Diamante, the winner has carded a 63 in the final round (Erik van
Rooyen/2023, Austin Eckroat/2024)
• 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year Johnny Keefer received a sponsor exemption to compete in
his fifth career PGA TOUR start and first since the 2025 U.S. Open. Keefer finished No. 1 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points
List off the strength of two victories and became the third player to sweep both awards, joining Sungjae Im (2018) and
Scottie Scheffler (2019).
PGA TOUR season notes
• The 2025 World Wide Technology Championship is the fifth event of the FedExCup Fall, a group of seven tournaments
played after the TOUR Championship that finalizes eligibility for the 2026 PGA TOUR Season. The top 100 players in the
FedExCup Fall standings at the conclusion of the FedExCup Fall at The RSM Classic will earn exempt status on TOUR for the
2026 season.
o Players who moved inside the top 100 in the FedExCup Fall standings after the Bank of Utah Championship:
Max McGreevy (T11/No. 104 to No. 96), Thorbjørn Olesen (T3/No. 116 to No. 97)
o Players who moved outside the top 100 in the FedExCup Fall standings after the Bank of Utah Championship
Sami Valimaki (DNP/No. 97 to No. 102), Patrick Fishburn (MC/No. 98 to No. 104)
• Winners of events during the FedExCup Fall receive the similar benefits of winners of Full-Field Events during the Regular
Season, including 500 FedExCup points, Official World Golf Ranking points, a two-year PGA TOUR exemption (exempt thru
2026) and invitations to THE PLAYERS Championship, RBC Heritage and PGA Championship
• The Aon Next 10 is an eligibility pathway that awards access into Signature Events (outside of The Sentry), recognizing the
top 10 players, not otherwise exempt, from the FedExCup standings; Nos. 51-60 in the final FedExCup Fall standings at the
conclusion of The RSM Classic will serve as the Aon Next 10 for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and The Genesis Invitational
o Players who moved between Nos. 51-60 in the FedExCup Fall standings after the Bank of Utah Championship:
Kevin Yu (T15/No. 61 to No. 59)
o Players who moved outside Nos. 51-60 in the FedExCup Fall standings after the Bank of Utah Championship:
Joe Highsmith (MC/No. 60 to No. 62)