Kevin Streelman, Tom Whitney and Rico Hoey each shot 5-under 67 in windy conditions Thursday to share the first-round lead in the World Wide Technology Championship.

The wind off the Pacific Ocean in the southernmost point of the Baja California Peninsula can be fickle and on Thursday it was fierce.

LOS CABOS, Mexico (AP) -- Kevin Streelman, Tom Whitney and Rico Hoey each shot 5-under 67 in windy conditions Thursday to share the first-round lead in the World Wide Technology Championship.

The 2024 World Wide Technology Championship format remains unchanged this year, with the PGA Tour event played at El Cardonal at Diamante Resort in Los Cabos, Mexico. The 2024 World Wide Technology Championship field is 120 players.

After a week off, the PGA Tour returns for the 2024 World Wide Technology Championship, which begins on Thursday. El Cardonal at Diamante in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, will host this event for the second straight year.

The 2024 World Wide Technology Championship —the first of three straight weeks of PGA Tour action before the league takes a break until 2025—gets underway Thursday at El Cardonal at Diamante in Los Cabos, Mexico. This is the second year the Tiger Woods design will play host.

The 2024 World Wide Technology Championship purse is set for $7.2 million, with the winner's share coming in at $1,296,000 -- the standard 18 percent payout according to the PGA Tour's prize money distribution chart.

In the opening round of the 2024 World Wide Technology Championship, Tom Whitney, Rico Hoey and Kevin Streelman each carded a 5-under 67, placing them in a three-way tie for the lead heading into Friday.