Corales Puntacana Championship

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Corales Puntacana Championship
Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship logo.png
Tournament information
Location Punta Cana, La Altagracia, Dominican Republic
Established2016
Course(s)Corales Golf Club
Par72
Length7,670 yards (7,010 m) [1]
Tour(s) PGA Tour (alternate event)
Web.com Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$3,800,000
Month playedMarch
Tournament record score
Aggregate264 Dominic Bozzelli (2016)
To par−24 as above
Current champion
Flag of England.svg Matt Wallace
Location Map
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Corales GC
Location in the Dominican Republic

The Corales Puntacana Championship is a golf tournament in the Dominican Republic on the PGA Tour, formerly on the Web.com Tour. It was first played in 2016 at the Puntacana Resort and Club, [2] on the east coast in the La Altagracia province.

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After two years as a Web.com Tour event, it transitioned to a PGA Tour alternate event (opposite the WGC Match Play in Texas), starting in March 2018. [1] The first PGA Tour event held in the Dominican Republic, it is similar in rewards to other alternate events: 300 FedEx Cup points for the winner, a two-year tour exemption, 24 OWGR points, but no invitation to the Masters Tournament. [3]

The inaugural event in 2016 was held in early June, then moved to early May in 2017.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 tournament was postponed until September when it was part of the 2020–21 PGA Tour season. It was also elevated to full FedEx Cup point event status, with the winner receiving a 2021 Masters Tournament invitation. [4]

Winners

YearTour [lower-alpha 1] WinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Corales Puntacana Championship
2023 PGAT Flag of England.svg Matt Wallace 269−191 stroke Flag of Denmark.svg Nicolai Højgaard
2022 PGAT Flag of the United States.svg Chad Ramey 271−171 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Ben Martin
Flag of the United States.svg Alex Smalley
Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship
2021 PGAT Flag of the United States.svg Joel Dahmen 276−121 stroke Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Rafael Campos
Flag of the United States.svg Sam Ryder
2020 PGAT Flag of the United States.svg Hudson Swafford 270−181 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Tyler McCumber
2019 PGAT Ulster Banner.svg Graeme McDowell 270−181 stroke Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mackenzie Hughes
Flag of the United States.svg Chris Stroud
2018 PGAT Flag of the United States.svg Brice Garnett 270−184 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Keith Mitchell
2017 WEB Flag of the United States.svg Nate Lashley [lower-alpha 2] 268−201 stroke Flag of Argentina.svg Augusto Núñez
2016 WEB Flag of the United States.svg Dominic Bozzelli [lower-alpha 2] 264−244 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Blake Adams
Flag of Mexico.svg Roberto Díaz
Flag of the United States.svg Sam Ryder

Notes

  1. PGAT − PGA Tour; WEB − Web.com Tour.
  2. 1 2 Player graduated to the PGA Tour via the Web.com Tour regular-season money list.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship". ESPN. March 25, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  2. "New event in Dominican Republic". PGA Tour. October 28, 2015.
  3. "Puntacana tournament transitioning to the PGA Tour in 2018". PGA Tour. April 18, 2017.
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