Cap Cana Championship

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The Cap Cana Championship was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour. It was played from 2008 to 2010 at the Punta Espada Golf Club in Cap Cana, Dominican Republic.

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The purse for the 2010 tournament was $1,600,000, with $240,000 going to the winner.

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Keith Carlton Fergus is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, the Nationwide Tour and the Champions Tour.

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  1. "2009 Champions Tour Official Media Guide". PGA Tour. p. 5:24–42.