The PGA Tour makes its way to El Camaleon Golf Club this week for the World Wide Technology Classic at Mayakoba, with plenty of big names, including Justin Thomas, returning to action.

Away from Matt Vincenzo’s outright preview, let’s take a look at the best prop bets this week, some that may be of use to back up your top-heavy fantasy line-ups.

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Russell Knox Top 20 Finish +300 (DraftKings, Bet365)

Suitable conditions lead to returns to form, and after a 12th place finish last week, the 36-year old has just become the second Scot to break the $15 million barrier on the PGA tour and can celebrate with another good finish in Mexico.

Whether in or out of form, Knox seems to turn up and perform at El Camaleon, following a pair of T16 (including Bermuda) and a missed-cut with a top-25 here last season. Previously, 2019 saw a solid run of figures through Houston, Bermuda, here and at the RSM, whilst previous course finishes of 9/3/2 confirm all we know – if it’s short and requires a solid greens-in-regulation figure, Knox will show up.

Overall sixth in driving accuracy last week with a worst of 17th in the second round, he led the green-finding stat with an average of over 80% for the final three rounds and anything approaching that, on a course he enjoys and back in good form and health, should see him land his second consecutive top-20.

Danny Lee Top 20 Finish +400 (DraftKings), +500 (UniBet UK)

Both Graeme McDowell and Patrick Reed caught the eye last week, and whilst both are at opposite ends of the odds scale, they thrived in the tougher conditions in Bermuds. Sadly, it looks like being the opposite throughout this week’s event and not to their advantage.

Instead, if Danny Lee is ‘back’, then get on Danny Lee.

Runner-up here behind Matt Kuchar in 2018 (a book-ending pair of 65s sandwiching 66/67), the youngest ever winner of the U.S Amateur has had some long-term injury issues. However, having changed club manufacturer and showing snippets of form on the KFT (best of 19th at coastal South Carolina) it was only a mind-numbing decision at his 66th hole at Bermuda that cost him his first title for six years.

Of course, we can’t speculate what would have happened without that bizarre double-bogey, but, for sure, it affected his play for the next hour or so, and it was to his credit that he was able to fight back with three consecutive birdies down the stretch.

As we’ve seen with many players, form on the greens at Bermuda and efforts at Puerto Rico carries weight here, and therefore his runner-up at Rio Grande (scene of Hovland’s first win) carries some weight.

First in putting average, first in birdie count and no worse than eighth across the ranking for pars three, four and five last week, Lee can be yet another player that follows on through this most suitable set of tournaments.

Davis Riley Top 20 Finish +700 (DraftKings)

The 24-year-old Korn Ferry graduate has been on most long-term radars for a while, and for bettors, if not Riley himself, it may be a blessing in disguise that he had to endure a Covid-induced extra year at the graduate level.

Speculatively backed at large prices for his first trio of events, there was a glimmer of promise at Shriners when he couldn’t quite kick-on from the end of third round 31st place, but it was at Bermuda last week where he showed he could compete in difficult conditions.

Despite a final round 67, his fairway-finding was at its lowest ebb of the week, but by finishing third in birdie-count tells a story of a player happy on the coastal Bermuda greens, and it’s this clear ability on similar tracks that make me believe it’s now the time to cash in before he ‘does a Will Zalatoris’ and gets silly short in a few months.

Eighth in Bermuda and winner on the KFT at coastal Panama, but it’s his victory at the Greg Norman-designed San Antonio at The Oaks that gives the most impetus behind the wager. He’s also a player clearly at home in the South America region.

Tied-second for the Bermudan par-fours fits in well with recent winners Matt Kuchar, Brendan Todd and Hovland, and as his good friend Zalatoris says, “it’s a matter of time before he’s gonna be a top-10 player in the world…it’s not if, it’s when”.

I’m not sure the outright +20000 takes into account his improvement and course suitability, and it’s a tough field, but this may be another step up the ladder, and the top-20 is the play of the week.