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Dunlap and Välimäki Share WWT Lead With 61s as Emilio González Paces Mexican Contingent

Extension talks alongside a DIF donation underscore WWT’s push to root the event in Mexico.

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Alejandro Madariaga dice que tener un torneo PGA en México es una gran oportunidad para los jugadores de casa.
El mexicano Emilio González tuvo una buena primera ronda en El Cardonal GC at Diamante en Cabo San Lucas.
Raúl Pereda se muestra sereno en las prácticas en El Cardonal at Diamante.

Overview

  • Nick Dunlap and Sami Välimäki opened with bogey-free 61s to tie the El Cardonal course record at 11 under and lead after round one.
  • Emilio González shot a bogey-free 66 to sit T-14 at six under, leading the five-player Mexican group ahead of Omar Morales (-2), Alejandro Madariaga (-1), Emilio Gil Leyva (+3) and Raúl Pereda (+5, round unfinished).
  • The field features 120 players with 31 recent PGA Tour winners, including major champions and defending titleholder Austin Eckroat.
  • Mexico’s lineup includes González, Morales, Madariaga, Gil Leyva—making his first PGA Tour start—and Pereda, who qualified on Monday with a 64 at Palmilla.
  • WWT said it is in talks to extend its naming-rights deal beyond 2027, and the PGA Tour confirmed a $10,000 donation to the Los Cabos DIF ahead of the tournament.